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#19 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Playstation 3, 2010)

There are like a million games in the Assassin's Creed series. For like a decade, they made at least one every year. And I've only played five of them, so I cannot say for sure that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, is the best one of them. But it is my favorite.



This is the second game in the Ezio Auditore "trilogy," following Assassin's Creed II, and while II got a lot of things right and was a very good game, Brotherhood is an improvement in pretty much every single way. It was not surprising to me, because II had a similar relationship with the original Assassin's Creed. Unfortunately, that trend did not continue with future AC games. In my experience, Brotherhood is where the series peaked.

But what a peak it was! The end of ACII saw Ezio travel to Rome, and that's where Brotherhood takes place over a large portion of his adult life. The single city setting allows a level of focus that sets the game apart from its predecessors, and the gameplay and story benefits greatly as a result. And when the city is not enough, there are individual missions set out in the countryside that provide some variety. Also returning are the wonderful underground/tomb sections that focus on exploration. Of course, there are tons of little missions and things to do scattered throughout the city, and climbing up Rome's historic buildings is still satisfying at this point.



The game also featured a then-unique multiplayer mode that I thought was perfect for the series. It gives you an opportunity to use the stealth and assassination skills that you take for granted in single player against other humans, which is deeply satisfying when it works. It wasn't the main thing about the game, but it was a nice addition that added value.

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