Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (& Freedom Cry)

My playthrough of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag coincided with the release of Skull and Bones. The latter's development was troubled and costly -- and the end result was not something people thought worth the time it took for the game to come out. A common sentiment I saw: Ubisoft had already made one good pirate game: all they had to do was to build upon it. However, I'm not certain if Black Flag's single player campaign would have lent itself into a multiplayer live service format that easily. There's a multiplayer mode too in Black Flag but it doesn't involve naval combat, which is what Skull and Bones is about.

Immortals Fenyx Rising

Getting a month of Ubisoft+ maybe wasn't the most optimal course of action while also having an active 3-month Game Pass subscription going. But it was offered for a lowered price and I didn't know how long that offer would last. And most importantly, I wanted to play Ubisoft's colorful action-adventure game from last year, Immortals Fenyx Rising.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Perhaps due to the success of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) and desiring a piece of that success too, has Ubisoft introduced more roleplaying elements to their Assassin's Creed franchise. Perk trees, equipment, and combat was made more complex than before, and dialogue choices and story branching were added. Assassin's Creed Origins (2016) had some already, I believe, but it was Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018) that took it even further. What really got me interested in the series again however, was seeing Odyssey's The Fate of Atlantis DLC. It appeared Ubisoft Quebec had gone full fantasy action RPG with the game.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate

The Assassin's Creed series has not really interested me in the past. I am not sure why but I think the sheer number of games might have had something to do with. How good can they be if Ubisoft releases one every year on average? Even more if you include the games for handheld devices.