They'll only hear you if you don't buy it... what's so hard about that? saying it makes no difference. How about some self restraint and not buy the next AC... at this point that's like asking a crackhead not indulge. smh.

"decent into arrogant madness" because one bad game out of a whole year of great games means the compan is corrupt. Sure Unity wasn't great but everything else was so ignore the yearly release and buy the better games. Also why is this evil of Ubisoft when Activision has been doing this long before Ubi but everyone praises then?

Brilliant and accurate article. Since the first AC I've preorder every Assassins Creed game up to Black Flag. I was a MASSIVE fan of the series, the Ezio , Italian lore really drove me in and I replayed AC2 and Brotherhood countless times! I loved the Desmond story-line despite it's many flaws. Nonetheless I look at AC today as something that used to be amazing but is now dead and buried. Ever since revelations I have not enjoyed an Assassin Creed game. Black flag was a pile of ****, there I said it. I don't know why it received so much love as it was god awful in terms of story and character development. I haven't even bothered to pick up Unity and it makes me sad that I lack the motion to do so seeings as AC was once my favorite series. I cannot see the franchise lasting until 2025 and if it somehow does, it will undoubtedly fail to match the authenticity and immersion of the first few titles

My body is ready for more AC :D my favorite game franchise.

Black flag was an astonishing game after a stale franchise since ac2. Its a shame unity came in crashing and burning

Am I the only one who really enjoyed Unity !!!
Honestly , the story is good (not great) Gameplay is the same as every other AC but with parkour down . and the buildings inside is really good and detailed ...
And Bonaparte side quests are really funny and good xD (Love triangle)

This was once my favorite franchise, but after the disgrace that was Unity, I'm officially, finally done.

Not only was the game unfinished, technically, but man, was it ever an absolute bore of a video game when everything ran smoothly.

Ubisoft touted more freedom and choice. Choice regarding how you could assassinate primary story targets for different outcomes. Well, that's fine, I guess, but nothing that blew my socks off. Freedom regarding free running? I appreciated the 'enhanced' navigation, but again, socks aren't going anywhere. There was nothing really impressive about Unity aside from graphics and buildings.

I've gone from devotee to wait and see. Unless these games are polished and FUN, I won't be buying another one.

Could not agree more. AssCreed is beyond overdone. I don't think ANY franchise needs an annual installment (except for maybe sports titles since that's just kinda the way they go), let alone a franchise like AssCreed that almost always releases unfinished. It's just too much. I love Uncharted, but if there was a new one literally every single year I eventually would be like "ok Naughty Dog how about you make something new."

Never could get into the franchise just too much work for me tried the first game and 2nd did not last more that an hour on each so no great loss in my gaming world.

The day Ubisoft decided to try to inject online connectivity into literally everything, was the day that they went down the wrong path.

Assassin's Creed it's saturated, Black Flag was fun, but AC 3 and Unity are really boring, AC 3 had so much potential, and the narrative it's beyond boring, that final sequence was a big joke. The side-quests are nothin special either.
I will play my Shadow of Mordor.

I stoped playing AC after Assassins Creed Brotherhood and i don't care about the franchise anymore...

I stopped playing AC after Assassins Creed Brotherhood and i don't care about the franchise anymore...

Good article, written with a love for the series. Its obvious that yearly development ,plus a lack of interesting new ideas is dragging the series into the ground. Its creatively fallow and has been since a few games back. AC isn't the only sinner, lots of yearly release games are falling into same trap.

If they do insist on carrying on the series, a move back to a two-yearly dev cycle and working out the bugs would be at least a start.

That said, what does it matter what i say? As long as people keep buying, they keep making them.

Im never tired of AC stuff. Im a AC franchise whore. Gimme more, more, more!

The only AC game i played was black flag for the ps3

Just playing through Shadow of Mordor and it's really good. Pretty much trumps Assassin's Creed in every department.

Black Flag was awesome, a lot of fun Unity had nothing to want me to buy that game...

If they are going to make sh&t like Unity then yes shut it down. If you are going to make more like black flag then bring it..