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70. Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (Johnbobb)


First of all, I really liked the Assassin's Creed games I've played, even the original, which from what I can tell isn't well regarded. A large part of the appeal for me is all the parkour, climbing everything in sight, synching with the environment around you, using Eagle Vision to spot enemies, and stealth killing targets. The Ezio trilogy was great because I'm a big fan of Ezio himself. I think he's a really fascinating character because you get three games with him at different phases of his life. You follow him literally from birth to death, and it's a satisfying journey across those three games. I haven't played an Assassin's Creed game since then though because I got burned out with four games in four years. I already own 3 and 4, so I just need to motivate myself to play them.

That being said, Brotherhood is probably my least favorite of the three, perhaps mostly because they put less emphasis on the story in favor of recruiting assassins and exploring Rome. I didn't care much about all the recruitment stuff, other than being able to sic them on people so you don't have to get your hands dirty, which was great. Rome was a cool location, which goes without saying. Getting to scale famous landmarks like the Colosseum is a really neat experience. While the story wasn't as good in Brotherhood as it was in the other two Ezio games, it does have one great moment in particular at the very end. I'm not going to spoil it, but you know what it is if you've played it because the shock value of it all was excellent. Unfortunately, Revelations mostly ignored the implications of it and didn't really follow up on it. I assume later games at least do SOMETHING with all of that, but I have no idea because I'm usually pretty good at keeping myself from getting spoiled.

Perhaps my favorite aspect of the Ezio games is the Assassin Tombs. Those things are a blast. I love trying to figure out how to solve them. It's an oddly fulfilling combination of puzzles, parkour, and platforming. They were called Lairs of Romulus in Brotherhood, but for all intents and purposes, they're the same thing. I don't know if the later games have these, but I will sorely miss them and I doubt I'll like them as much as the Ezio games if they don't. They're that much fun to me.

Bonus Question: What is your favorite Assassin's Creed game?
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