2023

[Manny Pardo]

Is it worth it to play the game now ? Wanted to play it since the first time i saw the trailer but never managed to get it.
And is it okay to have it as first AC game ? (I played Unity for an hour a few years ago but didn't like it)

[Devsman]

It's a great game, but it's not a great first game in the series.

I mean, you won't be completely lost or anything, but this is part three of the Ezio trilogy so you'll miss some things here and there. Mostly minor stuff like running jokes, but the ending won't make any sense at all without playing 2, and there are a couple of subplots that pick up from previous games.

Now, you'll probably be extremely lost when it comes to the Desmond story without playing Bro first, but that hardly matters.

I'd recommend 2 at a minimum, with 1 being the next most important and Bro getting you 100%.

[VallejoM]

It's the third part of a trilogy...so playing this first would be like watching Return of the Jedi without watching Star Wars or Empire Strikes Back first..sure, you could do it...but why would you.

AC II, Brotherhood, Revelations....that's the trilogy.

Incidentally, having replayed them again recently...I will say that players new to the series might find the control system a bit weird to begin with. Personally, I think the 'puppeteer' system as they call it in the earlier games is great. I actually prefer it to the later control systems...at least on M+K...which is kind of ironic, since I'm pretty sure it was devised in the first place with controllers in mind, yet on controller I think it's awful tbh...but that's my take. YMMV.

Anyway...something to consider...it might take a sort while to get used to because it's not what most games play like or how later games in the series handle either.