Assassin's Creed Needs To Go Back To Its Stealth Roots
Some news broke this week that brought quite an unexpected reaction from me. A leak suggested we'd be getting a new Assassin's Creed game this year, and I found myself excited at the prospect. Assassin's Creed is a series I once loved, but I haven't felt that way for a long time now. The problem is Assassin's Creed has ballooned well beyond what it used to be. Once a stealth title that allowed for action with a tight, linear story that was told in spaces to match, it has since become a long, bloated action RPG with a little bit of stealth - and as the size of the games have grown, the narrative has sagged under the weight. This new game, if the rumours are true, changes all that.
The leak suggests that it was initially supposed to be an expansion for Valhalla, but is now being retooled to be a standalone game. That makes it seem as though it might be in the Miles Morales mould, telling a shorter and more contained story. It will also emphasise stealth, reports say, although hopefully that means more of the (very good) old school AC games and less of the (very bad) stealth sections in Spider-Man.
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For those of us bored with what Assassin's Creed has become, this is a step in the right direction. I miss the days when Assassin's Creed was more focused and everything felt in service of the main story, rather than endlessly filling hours with busy work. I've put my time into the early games, climbing towers, catching pages, and collecting feathers. There were always optional extras, but there were far less of them, and they never felt overwhelming. Most importantly, you didn't need to ride over miles and miles of empty map to get there, which is just a ploy to
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