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There's a very cool set of features on UbiBlog right now detailing the progression of the series. They're worth a look if you're at all curious about these games.

What Each Assassin's Creed Brought To The Series - http://blog.ubi.com/en-GB/what-each-ass ... he-series/

EDIT: Links are broken on that page. Here they all are, fixed.

• Assassin's Creed - How it all Began
• Assassin's Creed II - How the Series Evolved
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - An Army of Changes
• Assassin's Creed III - Revolutionary Changes
• Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag - Evolution on the High Seas
• Assassin's Creed Rogue - A Darker Shade of Gray
• Assassin's Creed Unity - A New Era of Changes

HUD-less design of Assassin's Creed 1 - http://gamasutra.com/blogs/StanislavCos ... reed_1.php

Stanislav Costiuc wrote: One can say, ‘Sure Stas, the first Assassin’s Creed has interesting ideas, great atmosphere, story, and provided a base for the franchise, but it got repetitive and boring, surely the rest of the series is a big improvement over it?’ Well… in a way yes. But in a way no. After all, ‘Nothing is true, everything is permitted.’ There is one amazing thing in the first Assassin’s Creed that elevates the experience to a different level of immersion and none of its sequels has it. I’m talking about HUD-less design.

What's with that quote? Does he actually believe it? That's a little more epistemological self-consciousness than I'm used to seeing at Gamasutra. As for the rest of the article, can't comment as I haven't read it all. Nor am I likely to. The last Assassin's Creed I played was Black Flag, and even if it wasn't very obvious where to go without the HUD enabled, I still played without it. I don't think the sequels are lacking when it comes to the praise Stanislav gives the first (based on my experience with Black Flag), but I'm no expert on the series. Maybe it has gotten worse.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

This apparently is the assassin's creed.

Assassin's Creed: An oral history - https://www.polygon.com/features/2018/1 ... e-desilets