Dark Ages Briton is just made to feel dull and boring which I suppose it probably was in real life but you don't need to adhere that closely to realism! Like its supposed to be this land that's being reforged by war and invasions but its just not interesting. A massive chunk of the game is spent running around to "gather alliances" but the depth of the story and missions in each region is paper thin at best. None of it feels like it has anything to de with the central conflict of the whole series i.e. Assassins vs Templars. Which is because it doesn't. Evior isn't part of the hidden ones. So there is no investment in hunting down and killing members of the order. The entire reason your running around England is to get some other guy his own kingdom who you bearly even see once you leave Norway. Which would be quite an interesting story except the game makes you feel like you're just being taken advantage of for your skills as a murder machine. Its like Sigurd is off on an Assassins Creed type adventure somewhere and you're one of the oblivious side characters making things happen for him. You're not even chasing the guy that killed your family because you do that in the opening of the game!

Also why is like every main character in this game the reincarnation of a Norse god?! Why? Like the whole Isu stuff should be waaaaay in the background. Like the conflict of the games should be about the ideological battle between the two orders that fight over the use of (extremely rare) isu technology to further their cause in whatever "present" they happen to be in. But the isu should only be a faint shadow in each game because they are effectively extinct. Not having reincarnation get togethers through the ages. Like the sage in black flag was done well. Who they actually were is a twist at the end of the game and doesn't hijack the the entire plot. Also Asgard fever dreams are dumb. If ubisoft want to do that sort of stuff make it into its own game.

I'm seeing post everywhere of people complaining that in Valhalla, Odyssey and Origin's your not playing as an Assassin and doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed franchise game.

My thoughts on the matter is that those people are small minded idiots. Sorry. But you basically just want to wear Etzio's outfit and skulk around assassinating people. Play the Etzio trilogy.

The franchise is more that simply running around some historical time, somewhere in the world and assassinating people. It's the "modern-day" elements to do with Abstergo, The Templars mission, and the reason both factions are using the animus in the first place. Just like Desmond saved the world by activating an ISU device, again Layla is trying to do that in Valhalla. Just because Eivor is not an assassin does not mean his ancestors weren't. He has genetic memories pertaining to locations and items relevant to what the Assassin's are trying to achieve. Suffice to say this is another story in a long line of stories and I for one particularly loved it. But the story is by no means complete, and we have been in and out of the animus for centuries.

So why complain that these games don't feel particularly "assassiny" (as described by someone that was complaining). You don't have the whole story, you have not seen the big picture. I'm actually thinking that sooner or later one of the games is going to be a fully trained Modern day Assassin with no Animus. Just a lot of travelling different locations around the world (perhaps some we've even visited), assassinating Templers and trying to save the world one last time. Putting a final end to the Templer tyranny. Using all the knowledge gained from the animus dives of previous assassin's. Maybe, it's possible.

Point is, we don't know. And the suspense of that is part of the fun, what's it gonna be, where we gonna go, what are we going to be doing, why are we doing this.

Please stop complaining. I think Ubisoft have done the greatest job of entertaining the masses with the Assassin's creed Franchise. Bringing so many games, with so many unique stories, and all woven in a big story we have yet to see play out.

Yes the games could use improvement in places, most games will because you can't please everyone. But they are still good games, recognise them for what they are, and not what you demand they be.

If you already own the full game ultimate edition. Do you still have to buy the new update?