Lo and behold, I have Ubisoft wallet funds! And it just happens to be that it's everyone's favourite time to buy games, Cyber Monday.
So, my question for all the Lemmings out there is:
What are your top five (5) must-play Ubisoft games? I'm talking pseudo-classics, like AC2. Gems from the past decade that can run on anyone's hardware. Note that the older the game is, the higher the discount is, and thus more accessible.
Splinter Cell: Conviction. I’ve never played the predecessors that people rave about but Conviction is intense and has some of the best stealth mechanics in any game.
Watch_Dogs got a lot of shit when it first came out for not living up to expectations, but like Cyberpunk 2077, what is there is a really compelling and well-executed crime drama with some fun gameplay gimmicks.
Far Cry 3 is what many consider to be the last good Far Cry. I’d argue Far Cry 4 is since it’s in the mountains and you have a climbable, swingable grappling hook AND a wing suit.
For Honor is an incredible cross between 3rd person action and a fighting game a la Mortal Kombat. It’s the best 3rd person multiplayer game available.
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag is the absolute best story driven pirate video game in existence.
Rainbow Six: Siege is easily the smartest, most intellectually stimulating competitive FPS ever made. If you put in the time to learn all the core mechanics well, then it becomes incredibly rewarding to uncover all the creative ways you can utilize the unique abilities of all the operators.
Splinter cell looks super cool,
I'm about to buy watch_dogs on steam
I've got FC3, but 4 looks sick
Never heard about for Honor, sounds neat might check it out
Really enjoying AC2 right now, might pick up BF
This is the objectively correct answer. The new games are incredibly bland, and there's better old games to play before delving into the "good" old Ubisoft games.
Maybe there's like Beyond Good and Evil or Assassin's Creed 2, but I don't think I could really recommend them to someone with any confidence. It's probably just residual nostalgia more than anything.
Immortals: Fenyx Rising is surprisingly good. It's basically Breath of the WIld without weapon breaking and no annoying weather preventing you from climbing things.
Easy choices honestly. From better to worse: Rayman Legends, Far Cry 3, Prince of Persia Sands of Time, Assassin's Creed 4, Rainbow 6 Siege (only if you have friends to play with you)
Shoutout to Trackmania (2020) as well. Loads of fun if you're a fan of racing, but it's sadly behind a subscription service and isn't a one-time purchase.
I can only remember there is an evil organization doing evil things and the main character alongside her friends try to fight them to free the world. I found the gameplay pretty cool and the soundtrack as well
Rayman Origins and Legends are good picks if you're into 2D platformers. Both pretty old and Rayman isn't exactly a super relevant franchise anymore but these game are good and likely cheap. Not quite Super Mario Wonder but not far off.
Definitely play with a controller rather than KB+M
I actually don't like any other Ubisoft games enough to put on a list next to these three. That's not to say everything else is bad, just that the okayness of other things I like kind of blurs together and makes it impossible to say one is better than another.
Watch Dogs 2 - They added more hacking gameplay. The characters are good. It's multiplayer is fun. But the story is sub-par. Due to it's pacing.
Far Cry 3 - It's so good. Ubisoft copied it's formula for all Far Cry games after it.
Assassin's Creed - Great stealth, parkour gameplay, and how it used of it's time period. Makes AC1 great. But it's repetitive missions, boring open world outside of the cities, and Desmond part of the story. Really hurts the game.