I can confirm after completing Mirage that the Stealth was very enjoyable plus the throwing knives got a seriously good upgrade by getting a skill to slow time a smidge and throw the blade while in the air
Man i always return to unity because of the parkour and stealth, its always such a good vibe. Arno is so stylish with his moves and the world is so well done, i just wished unity had a more time in the oven to perfect it.
One thing that I'll never get tired of is being a blade in the crowd just walking up to people then killing them then walking back into the crowd is always so goddamn cool
AC3 did have assassin “recruits” though they were not as good or apparent as in brotherhood and took more of a grind to unlock all of them. While I agree the rpg games don’t have good stealth tools or mechanics, I actually found I played those games more stealthy than some past games. I spent more time being deliberate, hiding bodies, sneaking and planning. Saw a video from another AC UA-camrs names “So Says Jay” about the illusion of AC that relates to this idea.
What I liked about recruits in AC3 is that they're actual characters with stories, like Stephane Chapheau or the kid in the opera in the first mission with Haytham
ACIII recruits are by far the best of the whole series, they have a dedicated menu that offers a lot of options to prepare for attacks and respond to all situations. It’s just a huge invitation to creativity.
Ah yes, I mistook ac3 and black flag, because at the time of making the video I wrote about black flag before AC3 and I guess it fucked with my brain when I was recording. AC3 does have recruits yes.
Since I’ve played mirage, I think the stealth is amazing, especially out of the rpg games. It might even be tied with unity in terms of stealth for me.
Syndicate to me was best suited for Stealth. It had an actual sneak button and got rid of Unity's stupid L2 being sneak (which made aiming for gadgets or weapons very confusing, and Syndicate streamlined it very much)
Syndicate has probably the best stealth in my opinion. The blackbox assassinations were so fun Edit: Now that I‘ve played AC mirage, I‘d say it is the second or the best stealth system in the series. The tools and the assassin’s focus ability were very fun to use.
@@chillhouse2490syndicate has better stealth but it often feels like unity on training wheels, the entire parkour system in syndicate is almost identical down to the animations from Unity, but with the freedom of that movement locked behind a cell, you can't jump off buildings, you can't eject unless you're extremely close to another roof, and I can prove it's unity locked up because there's a glitch in syndicate where sometimes you can jump off a building, then it remembers you're not meant to and you desynchronize
Only way to make stealth useful pretty sure I also did that it’s been awhile since I last played and rather not download it then just to delete it again in the same day
Brotherhood also has the Borgia towers you have to take, most of which have a map layout with enemy patrols around that are awesome for a stealth approach. It's completely optional, but I remember spending a lot of time planning how to take a tower without being seen, and it was super fun
Tbf in defense of Oddysey, atleast you had a whole stealth section which could allow you to become invisible, one shot enemies, use chain assasination etc. It probably has the best and the worst stealth as the same time
@@TheSupinesmokey yeah. I think the problem with Stealth really is that unless you are a high level player with all the skill tree unlocked, you won't experience the true worth of Stealth. The lack of gadgets don't help too. If I had to say I did still put oddysey over AC1, Valhalla and Origins because these games are even more lacking in stealth
Becoming invisible ruins the fun, oneshotting enemies shouldn't be something you unlock in an AC game and chaining assassinations should be skill dependent...
@@Man.amistupid I haven't played it so my top for stealth would be either Revelations, 4, or Unity. I was tempted to Syndicate over Unity but I haven't played the former in years so I might be misremembering it having those gameplay improvements. Tired old mind rambling
@@Master_Kenwayyeah me too, although I like this style of content more, MasterAssassin has put more time in perfecting what he does so I can see your opinion Edit: for more elaboration, I enjoy tier lists and rankings, but MasterAssassin chooses his words more carefully and smartly so he sounds like he knows more about AC than The Hidden One
MasterAssassin's content is top tier purely becacuse, well it's his job. I have my own job, aswell as my university studies. I've also started making videos a couple months ago and suprisingly grew quite fast. (Thank you
In Revalation you can throw sticky bombs to the back of enemies and blow them up or make smike bomb ho off or whatever type you wanted to use . There was a type of recruitment system in AC3 but not the same as the Ezio games you have to do certain sidemissions in each city to recruit specific people that have their own benefits like a sniper and guy that would cause citizens to riot. Origins hidden blade can be upgraded very early in the game using the eagle you can look for animals that had the type of materials you need to upgrade it & go get it . Valhalla is the worst when it comes to stealth they give you all kinds of options for stealth like how much of a window you have before being fully detected while aiming & not aiming & how long soldiers will search for you & none of that seems to matter. A guy a mile away will detect me sometimes while guards will sometimes just stand there while I kill a group of their friends. I think it depends on the stealth settings but they can go from the meter being white to instantly red and if it turns yellow in older games it meant you have a chance to flea or fight but in Valhalla it seems like it just means fight because when it turns yellow everything moves in slow motion even Eivor it's like she is in quicksand when I try to run away until the meter turns red then you have no choice but to fight. There's certain times that I can get away while the meter is yellow but even if I break line of sight the meter continues to turn red. I have tried to report this ss a bug at first they sent me a link how to change stealth settings and I tell them I know how to change stealth settings and they ask me to upload a video as unlisted to UA-cam and give them a link & I did they say thanks for the link & details we'll send it to our gameplay department and if they find anything wrong with it they could fix it in future updates . I don't know if they even have a gameplay department & they haven't fixed it yet so I am not that much a fan of Ubisoft anymore. I will have to wait & see what people say before I get Mirage I think because I don't think Ubisoft really cares about the fans.
to be clear... there are assassin's recruit in ac3 maybe some people not know the liberation mission (IDK if that's a mission or an side quest i forgot it...) but when you complete all of it you will end up on the characters that you will recruit as your fellow mates in stealth combat and even guarding you as you roaming around in both boston and new york
tho I wish less of the stealth missions were indoors. Roaming around in the corridors of some building didn't feel as badass as parkouring around like a badass. Could have given us more outdoor stealth.
I didn't like that most of the stealth in AC Unity was indoors. Just wandering around some giant building corridors instead of parkouring all around the streets like a badass felt underwhelming. Maybe it's just me.
Origins had the perfect oppertunity for amazing stealth. But sadly the developers focused too much on combat and less so on the different stealth aspects of the game. The only reason I like Origins is because of Bayek, his story and Egypt really.
@@xAzrael_This largely depends on how good your predator bow is and the difference in levels between you and your opponents, but in general, it is impossible to eliminate a fort with just this bow.
*disclaimer* I am somewhat of a AC4 simp In general, I feel like AC 4 is the best game, it has great combat, difficult but possible stealth, and great parkour settings, I hate but love Naval battles aswell 7:25 PTSD
One thing that bothered me in the old Assassin's Creed games was the inability to crouch, which made stealth mode more challenging. When AC Unity introduced crouching, it made it much easier to outsmart enemies.
I personally feel that syndicate had a much better and polished stealth system than Unity. 1. The ability to whistle 2. The ability to hide bodies 3. The cover system was so much better and less janky 4. The ability to assassinate from zip lines opened many possibilities for stealth. 5. Overall better blackbox missions (IMO) 6. The addition of the kidnapping feature was really good 7. If you say Evie's disappearing feature was weird then what would you say for Arno's ability to change his entire appearance into to literally anyone. Unity also has a good stleath system but I feel it lacks some of the key features from Syndicate ALSO NO WAY YOU PUT BROTHERHOOD ABOVE SYNDICATE!
Bcz brotherhood is also great, I have one problem with syndicate, if ssi indicator appear on enemy the character instead of assassinating he/she straight up go to combat
I think the only RPG entry with bad stealth is Valhalla (bc it’s broken). Origins and Odyssey allow for very fun stealth approaches. Mirage has excellent stealth. Rivals the best in the series. Looking forward to an updated video.
Valhalla stealth is very bad. Origins and Odyssey stealth is viable and fun. Valhalla tried to mask it's poor stealth with the return of "social stealth" which is just smoke and mirrors.
im so glad youre not close minded and dont just hate on the rpg games like a lot of the ac fans. i was never interested in origins because of how poorly it was talked of but my friend recommended it and i gave it a try and im absolutely loving it. your videos are fantastic and its always nice hearing an honest but fair opinion
saving this vid for later as i gotta go., but i gotta say, Mirage makes me happy. actually sneaking around. I really try to not be detected and have progressed thru the game with not many scuffles. its fun subbed and liked.
AC3 had the best recruits. while i still love the randoms you save from the streets in brotherhood and revelations, AC3 gave you a lot more options with them. they could shoot from roof tops, start riots, act as bodyguards when you walk into enemy zones, disguise themselves as guards, and you can pretend to be a prisoner to get past enemy checkpoints! that one alone makes them way more useful than anyothers in my opinion
AC1 has some of the best stealth in the series imo. Not only most assasination missions wants you to be stealthy it's actually hard to fight against enemies until you get parry leading you to be stealthy or run away from them using the parkour. AC2 and onwards turns too much into power fantasy with the tools Ezio and Connor and Edward etc. has.
I disagree with unity stealth being more polished than Syndicate, I felt it was the other way around honestly, Syndicate's stealth is way better and more accessible due to the newly added kidnap feature with that ability I never failed a stealth video while recording.
I agree. I haven’t struggled with stealth in any ac game except unity. Syndicate had whistle, throwing knives and the assassination missions were much better
i kind of disagree with Odyssey. If you put in the work, I think the stealth is great. Also I was one shot assassinating most guards or captains so it's about how you play.
The problem with Odyssey is that first you have to pick skills in it and second you have to be at right level/with right equipment. And that is a bit bad for game called Assassin. Im right now replaying this game and it is annoying that at 3 level i can sneak next to a guard and take only half of his HP because i went into wrong direction on map and im in section with 4lvl enemies and not in 2-3lvl. It is strange that you cant kill someone with hit to the neck because they have one level thicker neck than you :D and because of it you cant do anything in area that would include being undetected because you cant kill without being detected.
Even though you’re right, I just don’t care. I just went in there wanting the smoke with everyone and I didn’t care I was playing an AC game. I was legit having fun with the combat.
black flag was just good. one of the reasons for it was when you get detected in stealthy mission it would not failed beacuse you were just saw by one guy and not everybody got alerted
but the combat in Black flag was way too easy, it was significantly easier to just kill them one by one in combat. Note that the stealth is also ridiculously easy in that game.
I think rogue is probably the most underrated ac game, and the stealth is really fun, especially with the rifle. But again, its just black flag with more.
It's very weird how one of the least liked AC games have arguably the best stealth together with Unity, Syndicate and Unity had similar flaws but similar good things.
syndiace’s combat is my favourite bruh, ac3 and black flag and rogue and unity all work the same too so i dont see how its bad because of button mashing
the assassin missions they did in unity and syndicate were my absolute favorites. It seemed like they took inspiration from the hitman series and I had wanted to see that so bad, its what really puts those games at the top of the list for me, but unity more so for the setting and crowds. I hope they return to that style, a game where I actually feel like an assassin, waiting in the shadows, not a blood soaked warrior cutting through the front line. I do love me some brotherhood though. I loved that games approach to stealth, and it really tried to nail that 'grayman' stealth, hiding in plain sight. with many different options. yea it could be lame sitting on a bench but it felt appropriate to me, biding my time. That's actually something I missed in Unity, I wanted more of that 'social stealth' of sorts. It had hiding in crowds i think but that was about it. Also, that multiplayer in brotherhood was amazing at the time. stressful
I view AC Odyssey as simply a more realistic version of stealth since you are fighting people on full plate armor and unlike in later games you are not trained to go for the efficient one shot kills but instead to be a soldier fighting dozens of people at once hence why you can’t assassinate everyone in one shot
Ac1 had the best stealth, no over abundance of utility like smoke, sleeping/berserk darts, pistol, bow, etc. Just your skill in blending and not being spotted. Only range were the limited throwing knives you got.
23:03 fun fact: you can learn that move in AC II in training grounds at Monteriggioni, alongside spear and heavy weapon special, gun intimidation and the most powerfull of them all: POCKET SAND
The stealth for unity was so fun but it just lacked more tools to use and how the guards can detect you alot quicker an realistically. However, it kind of lacked polishing
I think I'd put Origins slightly higher, I think being able to crouch puts it just bit up for me as originally ac didn't have that but overall very good list, Unity definitely deserves the 1st spot just now hoping that Mirage will be as good stealth wise as in your list 😁
@@sticks9264 and you can shape shift into another people in unity but nobody gives a single opinion or thought about that, it went over your head and everyone else
Unities stealth is great...when it actually works. I've had stealth opportunities ruined too many times by the phantom blade glitching, the bombs failing despite being right in line of sight with the guard I'm aiming at, but somehow alerting a giard that isn't even on the same floor, or a guard seeing me through a literal wall.
true, often the enemy will just ignore the cherry bomb or not come close enough to investigate it, as though he's only scripted to be suspicious for a limited amount of time... if only Arno could whistle.
No way Assassin's Creed 3 came lower than 1, 2, brotherhood and revelations !!!! AC3 just revolutionized stealth in the series PS: Did not expect Brotherhood to be in the 2nd place!
This is one list where I'd be alright with AC1 being lower on the list. It's functional but but later games had stealth tools and moves like ledge assassination. The one pillar of AC that pretty much fell flat in AC1.
Ac odyssey stealth is extremely underrated, if you make an actual stealth build instead of being stealth with a build made to kill like miste people, you can kill anyone without being noticed, even if you dont kill them with the stealth attack, if you uses abilities that won’t throw the enemy away or make a ton of sound you can get away with it Also there is literally an item that duplicates your assassination damage by reducing your health to 25%, you can kill anyone with that but you will die if you get detected, that’s the more balanced stealth you can get in any ac game, a fuck ton of damage to kill anyone if you have enough Adrenalin bars and insanely broken abilities, but you actually need to kill people in an order that will allow you to regain adrenaline, and if you get caught or in an open fight you will most surely die, that’s great stealth right there In any other ac games whenever I get caught I just kill everyone, no tension at all
I think the best stealth was before Origins, and now we have Mirage, wanna play it to taste it all. Here's my opinion: AC1:The first one really has some stealth,but not as much as other ones. Like yeah, you can blend, but that's all. AC2:Better, can normally blend in, use smokes, or even people. You have more possibilities to kill, that's why I like it. ACB:Same here, but it added parachute, so mid air assassinations can be performed. Many new instruments, and many possibilities ACR:same with the ACB, but has zipline AC3:Made some empoverments, added bushes, some places like people near the wall, hide at the corner, even blend like you're tasting something. AC:IV:Same with AC3 AC:Rogue:Kinda same AC:Unity:Made improvements, added cover system, many other things. AC:Syndicate:Same with Unity, but kinda better. The main focus in my style is: 1) Find a good place to see everything 2) Make a good plan to kill everyone as stealth as possible 3) Flee if noticed 4) Run after a successful hunt
AC Odyssey atleast added a guranteed assassination option with the knife of walldun since it can one shot everyone that is at or below the weapon level. Meaning at level 99 everyone is one shotable. It's not the most optimum thing, but it's there
I was so overjoyed to see Brotherhood so high on this list, and even happier when you said it was in a close race with Unity, which a lot of people would say has the best stealth and parkour hands down. I give the edge to Unity, despite Brotherhood being my overall favorite, because of the unique ways you could infiltrate restricted areas and take down your targets. I don't know if it was rushed development or what, but the flaws Unity has killed an amazing future for Assassin's Creed. Rogue definitely should have been developed after Unity. That would have given Unity more time to fix issues, given us a better time gap to callback to AC3, given a major plot twist on Shay and Charles Dorian (rather than being dependant on which game you played first), and perhaps given Rogue unique gameplay mechanics as opposed to the copy and paste of AC4 that it actually has now. Plus, we could have gotten the Arno revenge sequel after Syndicate instead of the RPG games. Seriously, the Rogue/Unity co-release dropped the ball on so many levels in hindsight, and it is tragic.
I would rank Mirage over Brotherhood in terms of stealth. I'd also swap Brotherhood and Revelations' spots. The smoke, poison and diversion smoke bombs made stealth incredibly easy.
Evie with Stealth mission is incredibly good and she's better om most missions in syndicate but in all honesty Unity is the epitome of stealth and I love it
AC 3 had one of my favorite steAlth like feel. That is not proper English but being able to climb from tree to tree stalking a group of British was awesome
I think although AC1 isn't as polished nor does it have all of the features that would be introduced in sequels, something about the build up to the assassinations and the intensity of the chases afterwards made stealth particularly exciting to me in AC1 that a lot of sequels just don't reach that same level for me
I’d rank Valhalla below Odyssey, purely because of the broken detection system, no matter the holistically added tools or social stealth systems as they barely work and are extremely limitedly situational.
If your crit is high enough in Odyssey, you can one-shot almost anything via stealth. I took out an enemy Templar that was 12 levels higher than me. I do agree with the other points about Odyssey, though.
Odyssey: wtf, stealth in Odyssey is best of all RPGs, it's just different. But I have to admit that it's really fun on a high level Black Flag IV/Rogue: would rank it higher, but ok Brotherhood: First, yes, but I would have ranked it a bit lower because the new OP combo kill system, which didn't exist in II, encourages just going into combat as a one-man army
Because a lot of people still think crouch = stealth which doesn’t have to be how games like hitman shows but tbf Ubisoft done a terrible job improving social stealth to convince people that it worked. I just hope Ubisoft Bordeaux is going to pick up social stealth and do something with it
@@damndatscrazyyy940 I doubt that’s happening they’re a small company that was lucky to get mirage but didn’t do enough with the game. A small Ubisoft studio made Rogue and liberation but that’s it they were never aloud to anything again and they still just are used to help with dlcs which is probably what Bordeaux will only be aloud to do.
I think the worst stealth was definitely black flag, no crouching, standing up gets you immediately investigated, and hiding in bushes was just annoying
I think detection and stalking zones is something really important in a stealth game and for that reason I'd put ac origins well ahead as it does those parts really well. Only if it had social stealth then it would be perfect. In my opinion AC origins is up there with unity.
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So after I've played all of the Assassin's Creed Games i have to say that Mirage has probably the best stealth in my opinion. The level design is perfect for Stealth. There wasn't a single time where i had to sneak in somewhere to either kill someone or steal something that felt too much crowded with guards in a way that stealth wouldn't be possible. All the tools you have work perfectly and i felt many times proud of myself at how i used my tools and how i approached the stealth in a mission. It felt so rewarding. Untity is good but i has some issues on stealth that makes it worse than Mirage's stealth in every way. Like some places are unreasonably filled with guards and oh boy if someone sees you, for some reason they can call guards from miles away, not to mention that many times guards detect you too easily.
Ac odyssey feels like old school tenchu to me all it needs is a grapple But other then that its mint So satisfying the abilities,mercenaries system,cult systems, ships mechanics and exploration is top notch from ubi So underrated
Valhalla is pretty stealthy if u make it and u can whistle, hide in bushes, assassinate easily and do parkour. You just gotta raid a village and ull see
It’s crazy to me that odyssey and Valhalla are so low when the stealth game play is much more enjoyable than something like AC1 or 2 where stealth boils down to haystacks and randomly placed kiosks. Crouch button wasn’t even a thing till unity. And to the point of assassinations in odyssey, it’s based on stats, so once you have the right assassin gear you can one shot anything. Taking down forts with stealth is super satisfying.
Now that Mirage is out, how would you rank it? I would put it in the top 2, equal with unity or maybe better. I'm not good with ranking things so I would just put Unity and Mirage in the same spot.
my biggest issue with the stealth in the older games is that theres no crouch button up until syndicate (i believe its syndicate), you have to go into grass or any other such thing to be able to crouch and i just hate that, not that the stealth is bad because of it, i largely prefer the older games, just saying thats one thing that the rpg games did have
I can confirm after completing Mirage that the Stealth was very enjoyable
plus the throwing knives got a seriously good upgrade by getting a skill to slow time a smidge and throw the blade while in the air
Man i always return to unity because of the parkour and stealth, its always such a good vibe. Arno is so stylish with his moves and the world is so well done, i just wished unity had a more time in the oven to perfect it.
The stealth is so hard though. I climb across a wall really high up and everyone in a 5 mile radius runs after me.
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One thing that I'll never get tired of is being a blade in the crowd just walking up to people then killing them then walking back into the crowd is always so goddamn cool
@@cockstealerit’s challenging nature makes it so fun!
The stealth is literally broken 😂 god what is it with the revisionist history and Unity. The game tanked the franchise and was clunky af.
AC3 did have assassin “recruits” though they were not as good or apparent as in brotherhood and took more of a grind to unlock all of them.
While I agree the rpg games don’t have good stealth tools or mechanics, I actually found I played those games more stealthy than some past games. I spent more time being deliberate, hiding bodies, sneaking and planning. Saw a video from another AC UA-camrs names “So Says Jay” about the illusion of AC that relates to this idea.
What I liked about recruits in AC3 is that they're actual characters with stories, like Stephane Chapheau or the kid in the opera in the first mission with Haytham
@@sizeable-cult3169yeah i like the recruit in ac3 more as it's feel more like they are real character and not some meat shield or disposable tool
ACIII recruits are by far the best of the whole series, they have a dedicated menu that offers a lot of options to prepare for attacks and respond to all situations. It’s just a huge invitation to creativity.
@@sassan476 indeed.
Ah yes, I mistook ac3 and black flag, because at the time of making the video I wrote about black flag before AC3 and I guess it fucked with my brain when I was recording. AC3 does have recruits yes.
My favourite stealth was in AC syndicate, I just love using throwing knives. 🔪
Same I love going on the roofs and "shooting" enemies with knives and assassinate the last few
Plus ESPECIALLY compared to Unity the enemy ai was crisp and predictable. Anytime I got caught I knew what I did wrong
It's easy asf
@@sambbarfuss6689facts. In unity the enemies used to see you threw walls😭 or somehow detect you while on the other side of the building out of sight
Too bad theres the weird gravity drop in Mirage.
Since I’ve played mirage, I think the stealth is amazing, especially out of the rpg games. It might even be tied with unity in terms of stealth for me.
Mirage isn't an RPG game
@@ElStink4K it is.
Syndicate had really good stealth
Funnily enough I was more stealth-focused when playing as Jecob than Evie
me too
Syndicate to me was best suited for Stealth. It had an actual sneak button and got rid of Unity's stupid L2 being sneak (which made aiming for gadgets or weapons very confusing, and Syndicate streamlined it very much)
Syndicate has probably the best stealth in my opinion. The blackbox assassinations were so fun
Edit: Now that I‘ve played AC mirage, I‘d say it is the second or the best stealth system in the series. The tools and the assassin’s focus ability were very fun to use.
unity is better
Syndicate was amazing those missions were awesome!
@@elkyry25Idk man, Syndicate feels more polished overall
@@chillhouse2490syndicate has better stealth but it often feels like unity on training wheels, the entire parkour system in syndicate is almost identical down to the animations from Unity, but with the freedom of that movement locked behind a cell, you can't jump off buildings, you can't eject unless you're extremely close to another roof, and I can prove it's unity locked up because there's a glitch in syndicate where sometimes you can jump off a building, then it remembers you're not meant to and you desynchronize
@@elkyry25 Unity's cover system is unreliable and the detection speed the enemies have is way too fast
Smoke bombs are your best friend in Unity, Syndicate and Revelations, as you can freely aim them. Looking forward for that in Mirage.
You can sort of aim them in brotherhood too, you just have to lock onto a guard
You can lock and throw them in AC3 and Brotherhood too.
I recently started playing AC Valhalla and I instantly activated the "secure assassination" option which I think could improve stealth.
Only way to make stealth useful pretty sure I also did that it’s been awhile since I last played and rather not download it then just to delete it again in the same day
@@jacksongoodman3625 it's a man's game. Most people can't handle it
@@Brandon-ew9vz it’s a game that’s a actual waste of time that’s what it is
No, its just too long for kid like you @@jacksongoodman3625
This guy is one of the most underrated Assassin's creed content creator for sure
assassins creed 3 has recruits man
Am I the only one who loved AC 1 Stealth with the "Blend in" button? Hehe
Brotherhood also has the Borgia towers you have to take, most of which have a map layout with enemy patrols around that are awesome for a stealth approach. It's completely optional, but I remember spending a lot of time planning how to take a tower without being seen, and it was super fun
Revelations has a similar thing
Valhalla detection does have the 3 step detection or whatever you wanna call it, but it is way worse and way more sensible
Tbf in defense of Oddysey, atleast you had a whole stealth section which could allow you to become invisible, one shot enemies, use chain assasination etc. It probably has the best and the worst stealth as the same time
If it functioned consistently it would be the best
@@TheSupinesmokey yeah.
I think the problem with Stealth really is that unless you are a high level player with all the skill tree unlocked, you won't experience the true worth of Stealth.
The lack of gadgets don't help too.
If I had to say I did still put oddysey over AC1, Valhalla and Origins because these games are even more lacking in stealth
I agree 100%
Becoming invisible ruins the fun, oneshotting enemies shouldn't be something you unlock in an AC game and chaining assassinations should be skill dependent...
@@Lord.alucarDwhat are you talking about if not all ac games you can one shot people if playing stealthy
Ranking a game that isn't even out yet is a bold move.
After the game came out. I think it has the best stealth in the series
@@Man.amistupid I haven't played it so my top for stealth would be either Revelations, 4, or Unity. I was tempted to Syndicate over Unity but I haven't played the former in years so I might be misremembering it having those gameplay improvements. Tired old mind rambling
Give it a try! Better than RPG trilogy in my opinion
You are such and under rated youtuber your vids are GREAT
Yeah he is a underrated AC UA-camr but I personally prefer this guy master assassin
@@Master_Kenwayyeah me too, although I like this style of content more, MasterAssassin has put more time in perfecting what he does so I can see your opinion
Edit: for more elaboration, I enjoy tier lists and rankings, but MasterAssassin chooses his words more carefully and smartly so he sounds like he knows more about AC than The Hidden One
@@Master_Kenwayboth are goats
MasterAssassin's content is top tier purely becacuse, well it's his job. I have my own job, aswell as my university studies. I've also started making videos a couple months ago and suprisingly grew quite fast. (Thank you
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I think AC Syndicate would be first on a list for me. Its very similar to AC Unity but it's more polished, and the black-box missions are great.
In Revalation you can throw sticky bombs to the back of enemies and blow them up or make smike bomb ho off or whatever type you wanted to use . There was a type of recruitment system in AC3 but not the same as the Ezio games you have to do certain sidemissions in each city to recruit specific people that have their own benefits like a sniper and guy that would cause citizens to riot. Origins hidden blade can be upgraded very early in the game using the eagle you can look for animals that had the type of materials you need to upgrade it & go get it . Valhalla is the worst when it comes to stealth they give you all kinds of options for stealth like how much of a window you have before being fully detected while aiming & not aiming & how long soldiers will search for you & none of that seems to matter. A guy a mile away will detect me sometimes while guards will sometimes just stand there while I kill a group of their friends. I think it depends on the stealth settings but they can go from the meter being white to instantly red and if it turns yellow in older games it meant you have a chance to flea or fight but in Valhalla it seems like it just means fight because when it turns yellow everything moves in slow motion even Eivor it's like she is in quicksand when I try to run away until the meter turns red then you have no choice but to fight. There's certain times that I can get away while the meter is yellow but even if I break line of sight the meter continues to turn red. I have tried to report this ss a bug at first they sent me a link how to change stealth settings and I tell them I know how to change stealth settings and they ask me to upload a video as unlisted to UA-cam and give them a link & I did they say thanks for the link & details we'll send it to our gameplay department and if they find anything wrong with it they could fix it in future updates . I don't know if they even have a gameplay department & they haven't fixed it yet so I am not that much a fan of Ubisoft anymore. I will have to wait & see what people say before I get Mirage I think because I don't think Ubisoft really cares about the fans.
Syndicate not being first is criminal.
to be clear... there are assassin's recruit in ac3 maybe some people not know the liberation mission (IDK if that's a mission or an side quest i forgot it...) but when you complete all of it you will end up on the characters that you will recruit as your fellow mates in stealth combat and even guarding you as you roaming around in both boston and new york
Unity is still to this day my favorite stealth ac game. It’s just so good.
tho I wish less of the stealth missions were indoors. Roaming around in the corridors of some building didn't feel as badass as parkouring around like a badass. Could have given us more outdoor stealth.
I didn't like that most of the stealth in AC Unity was indoors. Just wandering around some giant building corridors instead of parkouring all around the streets like a badass felt underwhelming. Maybe it's just me.
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i actually think origins has a really good stealth system and perfected the environmental stealth of the rpgs
Origins had the perfect oppertunity for amazing stealth. But sadly the developers focused too much on combat and less so on the different stealth aspects of the game. The only reason I like Origins is because of Bayek, his story and Egypt really.
nah, every single scenario can just be completed fully with the predator bow
@@xAzrael_This largely depends on how good your predator bow is and the difference in levels between you and your opponents, but in general, it is impossible to eliminate a fort with just this bow.
Yeah, Origins' stealth is pretty underrated, better and more fun than many games from the pre-RPG era.
*disclaimer* I am somewhat of a AC4 simp
In general, I feel like AC 4 is the best game, it has great combat, difficult but possible stealth, and great parkour settings, I hate but love Naval battles aswell
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One thing that bothered me in the old Assassin's Creed games was the inability to crouch, which made stealth mode more challenging. When AC Unity introduced crouching, it made it much easier to outsmart enemies.
6:48 "WARNING: Your ancestors did not kill civilians or domestic animals."
Me, playing Origins and having a killing spree:
Dude I can’t wait to play mirage
Evie in Templar outfit look so good.
I personally feel that syndicate had a much better and polished stealth system than Unity.
1. The ability to whistle
2. The ability to hide bodies
3. The cover system was so much better and less janky
4. The ability to assassinate from zip lines opened many possibilities for stealth.
5. Overall better blackbox missions (IMO)
6. The addition of the kidnapping feature was really good
7. If you say Evie's disappearing feature was weird then what would you say for Arno's ability to change his entire appearance into to literally anyone.
Unity also has a good stleath system but I feel it lacks some of the key features from Syndicate
ALSO NO WAY YOU PUT BROTHERHOOD ABOVE SYNDICATE!
True i enjoyed syndicate so much
Bcz brotherhood is also great, I have one problem with syndicate, if ssi indicator appear on enemy the character instead of assassinating he/she straight up go to combat
Yeah. I'm still not convinced that Unity's is better
Pretty nice prediction on mirage. I think I'd even put it as #2 above brotherhood. The mission design really amplified how good the mechanics were
The fact that evie could just turn invisible made it so op ngl
I think the only RPG entry with bad stealth is Valhalla (bc it’s broken). Origins and Odyssey allow for very fun stealth approaches.
Mirage has excellent stealth. Rivals the best in the series. Looking forward to an updated video.
Valhalla stealth is very bad. Origins and Odyssey stealth is viable and fun. Valhalla tried to mask it's poor stealth with the return of "social stealth" which is just smoke and mirrors.
im so glad youre not close minded and dont just hate on the rpg games like a lot of the ac fans. i was never interested in origins because of how poorly it was talked of but my friend recommended it and i gave it a try and im absolutely loving it. your videos are fantastic and its always nice hearing an honest but fair opinion
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saving this vid for later as i gotta go., but
i gotta say, Mirage makes me happy. actually sneaking around. I really try to not be detected and have progressed thru the game with not many scuffles. its fun
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for Odyssey you combine the Pilgrim armor and "Shadow of Nyx" ability you can become invisible at will, if that's not stealth I don't know what is
Exactly
@@nestormelendez9005 nope, I got easy just follow the UA-cam video and you can get it early on, then devote the points into the skill, and profit
AC3 had the best recruits. while i still love the randoms you save from the streets in brotherhood and revelations, AC3 gave you a lot more options with them. they could shoot from roof tops, start riots, act as bodyguards when you walk into enemy zones, disguise themselves as guards, and you can pretend to be a prisoner to get past enemy checkpoints! that one alone makes them way more useful than anyothers in my opinion
AC1 has some of the best stealth in the series imo. Not only most assasination missions wants you to be stealthy it's actually hard to fight against enemies until you get parry leading you to be stealthy or run away from them using the parkour. AC2 and onwards turns too much into power fantasy with the tools Ezio and Connor and Edward etc. has.
I 100% agree all the utilities make stealth more of just ranged takedowns
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I disagree with unity stealth being more polished than Syndicate, I felt it was the other way around honestly, Syndicate's stealth is way better and more accessible due to the newly added kidnap feature with that ability I never failed a stealth video while recording.
I agree. I haven’t struggled with stealth in any ac game except unity. Syndicate had whistle, throwing knives and the assassination missions were much better
i kind of disagree with Odyssey. If you put in the work, I think the stealth is great. Also I was one shot assassinating most guards or captains so it's about how you play.
The problem with Odyssey is that first you have to pick skills in it and second you have to be at right level/with right equipment. And that is a bit bad for game called Assassin. Im right now replaying this game and it is annoying that at 3 level i can sneak next to a guard and take only half of his HP because i went into wrong direction on map and im in section with 4lvl enemies and not in 2-3lvl. It is strange that you cant kill someone with hit to the neck because they have one level thicker neck than you :D and because of it you cant do anything in area that would include being undetected because you cant kill without being detected.
@@Just_a-guyskill issue odyssey was better than origins and Valhalla
@@Fwivan.8314 so the fact that in the game called assassin's creed I can't assassinate guy who has one level higher then I is skill issue?
Even though you’re right, I just don’t care. I just went in there wanting the smoke with everyone and I didn’t care I was playing an AC game. I was legit having fun with the combat.
You’re completely right, he was just playing how he played assassins creed 1
black flag was just good. one of the reasons for it was when you get detected in stealthy mission it would not failed beacuse you were just saw by one guy and not everybody got alerted
but the combat in Black flag was way too easy, it was significantly easier to just kill them one by one in combat. Note that the stealth is also ridiculously easy in that game.
I think rogue is probably the most underrated ac game, and the stealth is really fun, especially with the rifle. But again, its just black flag with more.
It's very weird how one of the least liked AC games have arguably the best stealth together with Unity, Syndicate and Unity had similar flaws but similar good things.
Assassin’s creed syndicate had really good stealth but the combat system is not that good
Combat in syndicate just requires button mashing, that's the main problem
syndiace’s combat is my favourite bruh, ac3 and black flag and rogue and unity all work the same too so i dont see how its bad because of button mashing
in ac1 u can insta counter kill with one click and in ac2 u sometimes have to repeat the counter up to 4 times on a single enemy to kill them
the assassin missions they did in unity and syndicate were my absolute favorites. It seemed like they took inspiration from the hitman series and I had wanted to see that so bad, its what really puts those games at the top of the list for me, but unity more so for the setting and crowds. I hope they return to that style, a game where I actually feel like an assassin, waiting in the shadows, not a blood soaked warrior cutting through the front line.
I do love me some brotherhood though. I loved that games approach to stealth, and it really tried to nail that 'grayman' stealth, hiding in plain sight. with many different options. yea it could be lame sitting on a bench but it felt appropriate to me, biding my time. That's actually something I missed in Unity, I wanted more of that 'social stealth' of sorts. It had hiding in crowds i think but that was about it. Also, that multiplayer in brotherhood was amazing at the time. stressful
Man i always loved using the “crossbow” as well
I view AC Odyssey as simply a more realistic version of stealth since you are fighting people on full plate armor and unlike in later games you are not trained to go for the efficient one shot kills but instead to be a soldier fighting dozens of people at once hence why you can’t assassinate everyone in one shot
Ac1 had the best stealth, no over abundance of utility like smoke, sleeping/berserk darts, pistol, bow, etc. Just your skill in blending and not being spotted. Only range were the limited throwing knives you got.
AC2 or Brotherhood are a close second imo.
23:03 fun fact: you can learn that move in AC II in training grounds at Monteriggioni, alongside spear and heavy weapon special, gun intimidation and the most powerfull of them all: POCKET SAND
Really cool feature of Unity is that you can use phantom blade while doing leap of faith
The stealth for unity was so fun but it just lacked more tools to use and how the guards can detect you alot quicker an realistically. However, it kind of lacked polishing
My first assassin's Creed game was Black flag and then i fell in love with it
I think I'd put Origins slightly higher, I think being able to crouch puts it just bit up for me as originally ac didn't have that but overall very good list, Unity definitely deserves the 1st spot just now hoping that Mirage will be as good stealth wise as in your list 😁
he didnt show it but you can literally teleport to enemies and kill them in mirage
@sticks9264 oh I know you can and I honestly don't mind it, people too often base whole game on one feature they might not like
@@sticks9264 and you can shape shift into another people in unity but nobody gives a single opinion or thought about that, it went over your head and everyone else
Origins stealth is really fabulous
lacked in quality, but more than made up for in quantity. Soo many cool ass forts/enemy camps to clear out.
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i am still playing unity till now and i didn't get the same fun from any other game crazy how a game from 2014 can be this good.
In slight defense of Odyssey, there is a flashbomb skill that does disorient close enemies but its still lackluster.
Unities stealth is great...when it actually works. I've had stealth opportunities ruined too many times by the phantom blade glitching, the bombs failing despite being right in line of sight with the guard I'm aiming at, but somehow alerting a giard that isn't even on the same floor, or a guard seeing me through a literal wall.
true, often the enemy will just ignore the cherry bomb or not come close enough to investigate it, as though he's only scripted to be suspicious for a limited amount of time... if only Arno could whistle.
No way Assassin's Creed 3 came lower than 1, 2, brotherhood and revelations !!!! AC3 just revolutionized stealth in the series
PS: Did not expect Brotherhood to be in the 2nd place!
This is one list where I'd be alright with AC1 being lower on the list. It's functional but but later games had stealth tools and moves like ledge assassination. The one pillar of AC that pretty much fell flat in AC1.
Unity’s stealth was not better than syndicate. Syndicate is the polish version of unity’s system and it had more and better black box missions
Syndicates parkour was ass
@@DarthRevan1712. Ok... but this is about the stealth, which is 100% better in Syndicate. Can't even whistle in Unity.
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Ac odyssey stealth is extremely underrated, if you make an actual stealth build instead of being stealth with a build made to kill like miste people, you can kill anyone without being noticed, even if you dont kill them with the stealth attack, if you uses abilities that won’t throw the enemy away or make a ton of sound you can get away with it
Also there is literally an item that duplicates your assassination damage by reducing your health to 25%, you can kill anyone with that but you will die if you get detected, that’s the more balanced stealth you can get in any ac game, a fuck ton of damage to kill anyone if you have enough Adrenalin bars and insanely broken abilities, but you actually need to kill people in an order that will allow you to regain adrenaline, and if you get caught or in an open fight you will most surely die, that’s great stealth right there
In any other ac games whenever I get caught I just kill everyone, no tension at all
I think the best stealth was before Origins, and now we have Mirage, wanna play it to taste it all. Here's my opinion:
AC1:The first one really has some stealth,but not as much as other ones. Like yeah, you can blend, but that's all.
AC2:Better, can normally blend in, use smokes, or even people. You have more possibilities to kill, that's why I like it.
ACB:Same here, but it added parachute, so mid air assassinations can be performed. Many new instruments, and many possibilities
ACR:same with the ACB, but has zipline
AC3:Made some empoverments, added bushes, some places like people near the wall, hide at the corner, even blend like you're tasting something.
AC:IV:Same with AC3
AC:Rogue:Kinda same
AC:Unity:Made improvements, added cover system, many other things.
AC:Syndicate:Same with Unity, but kinda better.
The main focus in my style is:
1) Find a good place to see everything
2) Make a good plan to kill everyone as stealth as possible
3) Flee if noticed
4) Run after a successful hunt
AC Odyssey atleast added a guranteed assassination option with the knife of walldun since it can one shot everyone that is at or below the weapon level. Meaning at level 99 everyone is one shotable. It's not the most optimum thing, but it's there
I was so overjoyed to see Brotherhood so high on this list, and even happier when you said it was in a close race with Unity, which a lot of people would say has the best stealth and parkour hands down. I give the edge to Unity, despite Brotherhood being my overall favorite, because of the unique ways you could infiltrate restricted areas and take down your targets.
I don't know if it was rushed development or what, but the flaws Unity has killed an amazing future for Assassin's Creed. Rogue definitely should have been developed after Unity. That would have given Unity more time to fix issues, given us a better time gap to callback to AC3, given a major plot twist on Shay and Charles Dorian (rather than being dependant on which game you played first), and perhaps given Rogue unique gameplay mechanics as opposed to the copy and paste of AC4 that it actually has now.
Plus, we could have gotten the Arno revenge sequel after Syndicate instead of the RPG games.
Seriously, the Rogue/Unity co-release dropped the ball on so many levels in hindsight, and it is tragic.
I think rogue had really good stealth opportunities and missions
I would rank Mirage over Brotherhood in terms of stealth. I'd also swap Brotherhood and Revelations' spots. The smoke, poison and diversion smoke bombs made stealth incredibly easy.
Was mad at ur ac3 placement but then you nailed the #1 so perfect it can be forgiven lol
Great video, fellow Assassin!!!!!
My picks for best stealths
1. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
2. Assassin’s Creed Mirage
3. Assassin’s Creed Origins
- regarding AC
Ac valhalla has better stealth in every way, one shot stealth, social stealth. All that origins doesnt have.
Evie with Stealth mission is incredibly good and she's better om most missions in syndicate but in all honesty Unity is the epitome of stealth and I love it
AC 3 had one of my favorite steAlth like feel. That is not proper English but being able to climb from tree to tree stalking a group of British was awesome
I think although AC1 isn't as polished nor does it have all of the features that would be introduced in sequels, something about the build up to the assassinations and the intensity of the chases afterwards made stealth particularly exciting to me in AC1 that a lot of sequels just don't reach that same level for me
Mirage is the best for stealth. You were almost right in your prediction. 😊
I’d rank Valhalla below Odyssey, purely because of the broken detection system, no matter the holistically added tools or social stealth systems as they barely work and are extremely limitedly situational.
What outfit did you use for Evie in the syndicate section
I feel like origins’ stealth was really good with like completing the Roman akropolis or pissa oros citadel were soooo fun
If your crit is high enough in Odyssey, you can one-shot almost anything via stealth. I took out an enemy Templar that was 12 levels higher than me. I do agree with the other points about Odyssey, though.
Odyssey: wtf, stealth in Odyssey is best of all RPGs, it's just different. But I have to admit that it's really fun on a high level
Black Flag IV/Rogue: would rank it higher, but ok
Brotherhood: First, yes, but I would have ranked it a bit lower because the new OP combo kill system, which didn't exist in II, encourages just going into combat as a one-man army
ac3 has recruits and ac1 doesn’t have haystack kills or roof ledge kills
AC1 is prime social stealth. The only game where social stealth actually makes sense. It’s disappointing to see it ranked too low.
Because a lot of people still think crouch = stealth which doesn’t have to be how games like hitman shows but tbf Ubisoft done a terrible job improving social stealth to convince people that it worked. I just hope Ubisoft Bordeaux is going to pick up social stealth and do something with it
@@damndatscrazyyy940 I doubt that’s happening they’re a small company that was lucky to get mirage but didn’t do enough with the game. A small Ubisoft studio made Rogue and liberation but that’s it they were never aloud to anything again and they still just are used to help with dlcs which is probably what Bordeaux will only be aloud to do.
you can have a great time using those sleep darts and the chain assassination ability in origins !
I think the worst stealth was definitely black flag, no crouching, standing up gets you immediately investigated, and hiding in bushes was just annoying
I did play the remaster of BF so it might be different
I think detection and stalking zones is something really important in a stealth game and for that reason I'd put ac origins well ahead as it does those parts really well. Only if it had social stealth then it would be perfect. In my opinion AC origins is up there with unity.
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So after I've played all of the Assassin's Creed Games i have to say that Mirage has probably the best stealth in my opinion. The level design is perfect for Stealth. There wasn't a single time where i had to sneak in somewhere to either kill someone or steal something that felt too much crowded with guards in a way that stealth wouldn't be possible. All the tools you have work perfectly and i felt many times proud of myself at how i used my tools and how i approached the stealth in a mission. It felt so rewarding.
Untity is good but i has some issues on stealth that makes it worse than Mirage's stealth in every way. Like some places are unreasonably filled with guards and oh boy if someone sees you, for some reason they can call guards from miles away, not to mention that many times guards detect you too easily.
Ac odyssey feels like old school tenchu to me all it needs is a grapple
But other then that its mint
So satisfying the abilities,mercenaries system,cult systems, ships mechanics and exploration is top notch from ubi
So underrated
Valhalla is pretty stealthy if u make it and u can whistle, hide in bushes, assassinate easily and do parkour. You just gotta raid a village and ull see
It’s crazy to me that odyssey and Valhalla are so low when the stealth game play is much more enjoyable than something like AC1 or 2 where stealth boils down to haystacks and randomly placed kiosks. Crouch button wasn’t even a thing till unity.
And to the point of assassinations in odyssey, it’s based on stats, so once you have the right assassin gear you can one shot anything. Taking down forts with stealth is super satisfying.
I like the one where you sneak around.
Now that Mirage is out, how would you rank it? I would put it in the top 2, equal with unity or maybe better. I'm not good with ranking things so I would just put Unity and Mirage in the same spot.
my biggest issue with the stealth in the older games is that theres no crouch button up until syndicate (i believe its syndicate), you have to go into grass or any other such thing to be able to crouch and i just hate that, not that the stealth is bad because of it, i largely prefer the older games, just saying thats one thing that the rpg games did have
Mirage has a amazing stealth system
Underrated❤
Syndicate, Origins, and Black Flag/Rogue have the best stealth in my opinion. Brotherhood a close one, because of the crossbow and assassin recruits.
You should do the same with parkour or maybe maps?