Any armchair assassins here? (Assassin's Creed franchise thread)

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I love the franchise! I've played AC1, AC2, brotherhood and I'm now playing through black flag. I missed AC3 as I heard it got lukewarm receptions and black flag was superior.

I actually fully played through AC1 after playing AC2, I had assumed the original was "flawed" after hearing this from various people. However, I don't think it is flawed, I think it's flat out amazing.

AC2 was even better, absolutely brilliant. I admit brotherhood felt more like an expansion pack, that's the biggest problem with these games. Black flag is jaw droppingly good in almost every way, come on, you're a Welsh ninja pirate! It's extremely polished, so much fun, very big, and really satisfying to play. The only thing I don't like about it so far are some of the tailing and eavesdropping sections; sometimes they are boring, and sometimes the "you got detected, start again" mechanic kind of breaks the fluidity of the experience. Apart from that though, absolutely killer. I'm about 75% through it now, and I'd be surprised if I didn't play through it all again afterwards. I'll be pushing for collecting every damn thing and 100% synch first.