10 Games To Play If You Love Assassin's Creed

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00:00Welcome to Mojo Plays and today we're looking at the best games that appeal to fans of Assassin's

00:13Creed while still standing on their own two feet.

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00:37Ghost of Tsushima

00:38We're starting with the most obvious Assassin's Creed-like of all, Sucker Punch's Ghost

00:52of Tsushima.

00:53You'll enjoy any of the studio's other games too, like the Infamous trilogy, but

00:57Ghost of Tsushima has the stealth gameplay and historical setting many Assassin's Creed

01:02fans love.

01:03It also appeals by not being bogged down with the baggage of nearly 20 years worth of Isu

01:09lore.

01:10Even if you play Ghost of Tsushima for dozens of hours and pop that platinum, you're never

01:15going to encounter a giant golden hologram who will monologue the plot to you at length.

01:20It's also a title that puts Ubisoft to shame in a lot of ways, with people wondering how

01:25the company will ever be able to compete with it.

01:32Sea of Thieves

01:40This one's a little different, because it really only appeals to fans of a small number

01:45of AC games.

01:47Those are, of course, the ones set in the Americas.

01:51If you love the open world sailing of Black Flag and Rogue, you have a good chance of

01:56thoroughly enjoying Sea of Thieves too.

01:58Sea of Thieves also has the benefit of being co-op, so you can play with a group of friends.

02:04There is, of course, no co-op multiplayer in Black Flag or Rogue.

02:09Ubisoft would take over 10 years to release its multiplayer version of Black Flag, but

02:14Skull & Bones still can't hold a candle to its main competitor from Rare.

02:18Plus, with Sea of Thieves recently landing on PS5 to critical acclaim, there's never

02:23been a better time to set sail.

02:31Mirror's Edge

02:39Maybe you don't play Assassin's Creed for the history or for the open world.

02:43Maybe you like the platforming and the movement mechanics.

02:46Which were quite complex and often difficult in the older games.

02:51If you want a parkour system with an even higher skill level, you should definitely

02:55play the 7th gen classic, Mirror's Edge.

02:58The first person platforming does take some getting used to, but once you master Mirror's

03:03Edge's controls, it's immensely fun.

03:06Even years on, and Mirror's Edge has a huge community of expert speedrunners still unlocking

03:11new tricks in its parkour mechanics.

03:14Few games are as rewarding to master as this one.

03:26God of War

03:33Ten years ago, recommending God of War to an Assassin's Creed fan would have been bizarre

03:38to say the least.

03:40But years later, and AC has sunk its teeth deep into mythology.

03:45When Odyssey went to Ancient Greece and pit players against gods and monsters, the comparisons

03:50to the older God of War games were inevitable.

03:53And then, Valhalla did Norse Mythology two years after God of War 2018.

03:58If you wish Valhalla had even more Norse Mythology, and maybe you don't want to pay for its DLC

04:04to see Ragnarok play out, and you somehow haven't played God of War, you should fix

04:09that immediately.

04:11God of War also has far better boss fights, and its take on mythology isn't preoccupied

04:16with otherworldly technology and deadly solar flares.

04:25Far Cry Series

04:36If people didn't like Ubisoft's specific brand of open world games, they'd stop buying

04:41them, and Ubisoft would stop making them.

04:44If you're one of those players who enjoys the way Ubisoft builds its open world and

04:48packs them full of side content and base takeover missions, then you should play Far Cry and

04:53enjoy a more modern take on fighting against an oppressive regime.

04:57Far Cry also has something else that appeals to Assassin's Creed fans, very well realized

05:02settings that perfectly capture the atmosphere of the real world locations they base them

05:07on.

05:08Far Cry's hunting and crafting mechanics also make more sense than when the same mechanics

05:12appear in Assassin's Creed.

05:19The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

05:27Similar to God of War, Assassin's Creed didn't used to be anything like CDPR's massive RPGs,

05:33but The Witcher 3 changed everything so Ubisoft took inspiration for Odyssey and Valhalla.

05:40Ubisoft wanted to build big open worlds full of deep, engaging side content, and went as

05:45far as saying that in Valhalla, all the side content feels meaningful, just like in The

05:50Witcher.

05:51This turned out to really not be the case, since you may feel like going from The Witcher

05:563 to Odyssey or Valhalla is something of a downgrade, but still, with the next Witcher

06:01game seemingly years away, you can have a lot of fun with Cassandra and Eivor in the

06:06meantime.

06:07They even stole CDPR's entire dialogue tree design.

06:23Mafia 2

06:32On the surface, Mafia and Assassin's Creed weren't that similar, until Mafia 3 decided

06:38to copy Ubisoft's beloved territory takeover mechanics.

06:42But Mafia 2 may appeal to the same people who love the older games.

06:46Though it is an open world, Mafia 2 has a linear story with minimal side content, and

06:52every single story mission is a standout.

06:55Just like every AC game up to and including Syndicate, the story never has a dull moment.

07:01For another historical action game with a GTA-style sandbox, you could also check out

07:05The Saboteur, but unlike Mafia 2, The Saboteur isn't available on modern consoles.

07:11But you still can't go wrong with Vito and Joe.

07:21Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain

07:30There's another key gameplay element in Assassin's Creed that we haven't touched on so far, stealth.

07:36The older games focus on stealth heavily, despite also having fun, and often, relatively

07:42easy combat systems.

07:44But if you love stealth, you need to play Metal Gear.

07:48Any Metal Gear Solid game is a great choice, but we're choosing Hideo Kojima's unfinished

07:53masterpiece to recommend.

07:55As well as much better stealth, Metal Gear may appeal to those players who want a long

08:00series with deep lore to dig into.

08:03Not to mention that it also has a historical setting, taking us to Cold War Afghanistan

08:08in the 1980s.

08:18Uncharted

08:26Both Uncharted and Assassin's Creed began in 2007, but Ubisoft didn't have Naughty Dog's

08:31talent for action sequences and massive set pieces.

08:34Arguably, it still doesn't, but it's certainly tried, with bombastic sequences like Ezio's

08:40parachute carriage chase in Revelations and the Lisbon earthquake in Rogue.

08:45If you like learning about history, traveling the world, and unearthing ancient, semi-supernatural

08:50artifacts, Uncharted will scratch that same itch.

08:54And with a Thief's End, Naughty Dog also implemented more stealth mechanics, though this is likely

08:59due to the success of stealth in The Last of Us rather than because of Ubisoft.

09:07Watch Dogs 2

09:18Ever since the first game, people have been asking, will Ubisoft ever do an Assassin's

09:23Creed game set in the modern day?

09:24We got a small taste of it through Desmond's short missions in Assassin's Creed 3, but

09:29generally, Ubisoft has left the modern day alone.

09:32Perhaps that's because of Watch Dogs, which essentially is a modern day Assassin's Creed,

09:38with the hackers relying on stealth and gadgets to free the world from Bloom's control.

09:43After getting off to a poor start with the first game in 2014, Watch Dogs 2 perfected

09:49the hacktivist formula, with a cast of likable characters, a fun setting, and an engaging

09:55story.

09:56And via easter eggs, Ubisoft has hinted that Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed take place

10:00in the same universe.

10:07Let us know what your favorite non-AC, AC game is in the comments.

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