Assassin's Creed
Ranked 11 of 12 action adventure games by recommenders
Well-known, long-running action series recommended for its brand and historical story. Critics agree the games repeat the same formula and have declined in quality.
Well-known, long-running action series recommended for its brand and historical story. Critics agree the games repeat the same formula and have declined in quality.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 13
- approval share
- 32%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Well-known, cool franchise
“Assassin's Creed is also a really cool IP”
Comment from 24 Mar 2026 in “Ubisoft's Death by a Thousand Cuts” Historical story with a black samurai
“A guy changed Japanese history by introducing a black samurai.”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Discover Wikipedia articles popular on Hacker News”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Repetitive formula and sameish quests
“ever since the first Assassin's Creed their games have generally been the same formula of an overworld with a lot of repeated but sameish "quests"”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Game design is simple” “to progress the game forces you to do those fun things in a series of very rigid, repetitive, arbitrary challenges”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Game design is simple” “it was so repetitive even within the same game (the first one)”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Game design is simple” - Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary”
- Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6”
Quality declining with each release
“milked them to death while lowering the quality game over game”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Rainbow Six Siege Hacked as Players Get Billions of Credits and Random Bans” “they sure know how to ruin games that used to be fun”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look [video]” “They managed to mess up Assassin's Creed”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Hollywood's Video Game Era Is Here. Will It Be Any Good?” Ubisoft seen as struggling
“Ubisoft is not in a good place right now”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “Fuck it, make it anyway” “Enshittifying three whole product lines to own the workers.”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “Ubisoft Shuts Assassin's Creed Developer Studio Just Weeks After It Unionized”
Other action adventure games people recommend
The four most recommended other action adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breath of the Wild | 27 | 8 | 77% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 17 | 3 | 85% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Shadow of the Colossus | 14 | 2 | 88% | 4 | — | Approved |
| God of War | 12 | 6 | 67% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Assassin's CreedThis page | 6 | 13 | 32% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
17 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“you've seen the formula like 20+ times already”
“too busy looking for new versions of the same tired games”
“Parts of the game where you earn this currency in-game are bugged, so I don't get all the currency I am owed.”
“Ubisoft is not in a good place right now”
“started pushing the always-online requirement for even single player games like assassins creed”
“they sure know how to ruin games that used to be fun”
“They managed to mess up Assassin's Creed”
“A guy changed Japanese history by introducing a black samurai.”
“most games where stealth is not a central gameplay element (e.g. the AssCreed games) implement it poorly”
“Yeah they show Resident Evil VIII and Assassins Creed Whatever but they don't sell much.”
“Assassin's Creed is also a really cool IP”
“Enshittifying three whole product lines to own the workers.”
“milked them to death while lowering the quality game over game”
“Assassins creed gives me fomo. I move 100m and I probably missed something... very unpleasant.”
“to progress the game forces you to do those fun things in a series of very rigid, repetitive, arbitrary challenges”
“it was so repetitive even within the same game (the first one)”
“ever since the first Assassin's Creed their games have generally been the same formula of an overworld with a lot of repeated but sameish "quests"”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.