Alright, since I have now played and finished Black Flag, it is time for me to update the order of my favorite AC games. Here goes mine: Assassin's Creed II Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Assassin's Creed III Assassin's Creed: Revelations Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed II Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Assassin's Creed I Assassin's Creed: Revelations Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Assassin's Creed: III
Can't stand Connor's lack of personality and the horrible flow of the story line... I'd rather have story/personality over visuals any day. Hence why I still believe Ocarina on N64 is still one of the best games ever created.
Assassin's Creed II Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Assassin's Creed III Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Sadly, I began with III and haven't even played the first one yet. To me, II and Brotherhood have the best storylines and settings. We spent our honeymoon in Florence so it was something special to me to see it again, depicted during the Renaissance, with such brilliant graphics. Venice and Rome were an added bonus.
I loved that III was set in America during the Revolutionary period but the story could've used some improvement. I agree that Connor's idealistic personality needed tweaking. I loved the setting, the hunting, crafting, trading, naval and homestead aspect of it. I thought the combat aspect was greatly improved over previous versions.
I reckon every young boy has a 'thing' for pirates and I am no different. So IV is a lot of fun for me for that aspect alone. Although I'm only at about 17% synch.
All that said, I am not really what one could consider a "gamer" but I have played quite a few over the last 30 or so years and thoroughly enjoyed several. Assassin's Creed has been by far one of the most fun.
I'm going with something completely different to everyone: (also counting non major releases) Assassin's Creed III Assassin's Creed: Revelations Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Assassin's Creed 2 Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines
I have only just started playing AC:IV but here's my list anyway:
Assassin's Creed Revelations Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Assassin's Creed II Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Assassin's Creed III
I don't know why but these last two AC games have felt more like a chore to play instead of the last 5 games where it was genuinely fun to play. I'll still complete them both (Yes, I have just let AC:III sit on my shelf for over a year since I last played it) but nothing about the gameplay screams "fun" to me.