Explain to me why this gaming series is popular?

Explain to me why this gaming series is popular?

It’s the closest we have for temporal tourism without having access to a real life Animus, Holodeck, and/or time machine.

All the games before Origins are the definition of "Press X to win"

Did you ever get around to defeating those legendary ships from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag?

normies

No I didn't, I couldn't bear to play it any longer than it took to complete the main story.

It's a vacation simulator for fedora doning nerds that peaked with a pirate minigame.

the games with ezio were good

I blame mega 64.
If they didn't make those hilarious videos of pretending to be the character from the first game where they push people out of their way. No one would've cared about the game.

I'd say the people sperging over it are the fedora donning nerds
this is a very normal person's franchise of games

I truly pity underage anons who didn't get to experience the Ezio trilogy in its prime. Everything since (including Black Flag, aka reddit the fucking game) has been mediocre at best. The series has never been perfect but prior to 3 it was at least getting better with each iteration and seemed to be moving in an interesting direction. Had they not gone all Ubi and cannibalized themselves by making yearly releases and completely bungling the modern day portion of the games the series could be in better standings, but I digress. Origins is decent, at least.

It's been the furthest anyone's pushed character freedom in terms of movement, but they've been downgrading the only thing that sold the first one ever since. The only real competitor they've got on freedom is Shadow of Mordor/War.
That and the "historically accurate" cities and side characters. It's pretty much the closest thing to time travel at the moment.

I only cared about the first game, mainly because the protag was based off a hot model no homo. It's boring otherwise, press a button to do everything, like said.

I fucking hated black flag, that shit was so boring
like the naval combat was a fun side thing in AC3 but it's such a shame that people jacked off over it so hard that it got made into a whole game
I wanted an AC in china or something, and even if they did now there would be so much ubisoft jewry

People have a hard on for that game because of the shanty songs and a "muh feels!" ending. A third of the missions on your ship and tailing missions with giant pirate ships, which is so ridiculous it doesn't need much explanation.
I wish we got a completely modern day game with Desmond as a contemporary assassin' Freerunning in a major US city using stealth to take out armed targets. They teased at this so god damn much and each game had the modern day sections expanding, I wish they would have attempted it.

Is origins worth a play?

this desu

Sure. Wait for the crack and pirate it if you want.

Yes. It's pretty solid so far and the map is fucking huge. The combat has some nice changes too. It's not perfect and it's a shame Ubi is so stingy with sales, but if you like the series or genre you could do worse. Then again I got it for free from an user who posted a code in here so I find it hard to be harsh.

Yes, the story is kind of shit but the combat is actually decent for the first time ever in an AC game, the world is amazing and Bayek is a cool protagonist. It's definitely one of the best AC games.

Only if you like Witcher 3

yeah, I loved the modern day sections with desmond and I really thought that they'd do a whole game around it one day
idk why they killed him off

whoops

The worst thing about this is that thanks to Watch Dogs being canon now we'll never get a full on modern day ac.

>idk why they killed him off
I'm not sure, I would assume voice actor disputes, I think that's what it came down to with Kristen Bell's character, the blonde chick, when they killed her in the very next game. Such a shame, I'm sure they didn't want to go modern day because it might mean ending the series and they weren't ready for that. A competent writing team could have made a ton of spinoffs and whatnot, but this is Ubi we're talking about.

The engine is annoying as fuck and the story is beyond retarded. The entire memory BS and sci fi crap is just damn right annoying. If only it was about history. It's like a Japanese Anime. Detective Conan could be a fun crime but they had to add all this crap of an adult getting turned into a child. I feel the same about this game.
Also
>Animus
haha

>ywn explore the abandoned churches and caverns of Rome again
>ywn solve apple of eden puzzles for the first time again
>ywn meet Leonardo the Vinchi and bro it up while inventing bomb ass gliders
>ywn recruit a band of miscreants to hop out of the shadow and teleport behind guards while saying nothin' personnel, kid
>ywn avenge the death of your family by assassinating the pope
why even life?

this

enough marketing will make any fucking game highly profitable

I am fucking 32. Suck my dick. Asscreed was the first game I pirated for my brother when he got his Xbox 360. I failed to get into it back then already and I've tried countless of times.

I like the fighting in those Batman games so why is the fighting in those games so shit? The running around freely could be fun but it's all done so shitty. HECK running around freely is done even better in those 3d Prince of Persia games which says a lot. I can not even push myself back when I am hanging on a wall just to reach a wall that is behind me.

>I can not even push myself back when I am hanging on a wall just to reach a wall that is behind me.
Ignoring the rest of your concerning post, there were inputs as early as II that did exactly this. Just because you're too autistic to figure it out doesn't mean the early games of the series didn't have their merits.

>I wanted an AC in china or something, and even if they did now there would be so much ubisoft jewry
They already made it. It was a 2d stealth game. It was ok.

settle down gramps don't give yourself a heart attack

I know about that but I mean real AC game

I’m a 28-year-old, overweight, unemployed, high school drop-out, friendless, virgin who lives with his hard-working 71-year-old mother and plays video games all day long, especially Assassin’s Creed games. Am I a normie?

Yeah. You're also a loser, those are not mutually exclusive.

What are you talking about?? It's part of AC?

You would think Ubisoft would have taken the AssCreed formula and made a modern day Matrix game using it.

I’ve also been officially diagnosed by an actual psychologist with the following three disorders: major depressive disorder, social anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder. And a psychiatrist diagnosed me with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Am I still a normie?

Then how do I do that? I guess it might work in certain areas only?
Also this is: I am fucking lost - The Game. I don't know where I should go to and what the game even wants from me. Gang members see me and instantly attack so they start chasing me through the entire city. Annoying.

As of Origins yes. If you look inside Laya's computer you'll see that the reason your boss from 4 never came back is because Pierce killed him, with a picture and everything.

do you have any words for the youngsters on here and what they should be doing with their futures

I have nothing positive to say to anyone. Except, maybe: go find a psychiatrist to prescribe you Adderall so that it could possibly help you get off of Sup Forums and video games, then finish school, get a job, and then maybe, just maybe, you will eventually experience something resembling happiness. Maybe. Also: you should probably abandon any dreams that you may have about becoming a pro in e-sports.

Like fuck Syndicate. One first baby mission was to kidnap people and put them into a carriage and drive away. I put one guy in there and wanted to put more into it. I've put person 2 into it and person 2 just VANISHED into thin air. Should have told me in advance. The AC series is full of SUCH BS.

Also there are gang members all over the street and each one attacks me. So how do you play this game? Walk around in eagle vision the entire time trying to avoid them or constantly run away? This is just no fun. You often pick a fight, kill 5 guys, then more guys come and also the police comes and running away is your only chance.

You get to be medieval/renaissance/pirate/colonial/etc Batman