Re-Ranking EVERY Assassin's Creed Stealth System

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  • @thebulletkin8393
    @thebulletkin8393 Рік тому +35

    The thing about ac1 that I like after playing it after origins was that the members of the crowd felt far more engaging. The drunkards, pot carriers and thugs made it so the crowd felt like an obstacle, and I was cautious of my actions while wondering the city.
    In most of the newer games the npcs felt more like mindless ants that were just put there fire set dressing, and I don’t view them as a tool or a consideration as I do in ac1.

    • @creepy_assassin6234
      @creepy_assassin6234 Рік тому +2

      The brawlers were helpful during pursuits, thieves can be pickpocketed for ammo, the priests can take you through guards... The crowd were tools to be used.
      If only they expanded on it instead of trying to be the witcher 3 2.0

    • @praneetbasu5151
      @praneetbasu5151 Рік тому +2

      and if you run without caution in the first few games you would actually fall after colliding with 3 persons which was annoying and also made the games realistic

    • @thebulletkin8393
      @thebulletkin8393 Рік тому

      @@praneetbasu5151 while I don’t necessarily care for realism in games, it added that extra bit of depth that made using the roofs and other parkour obstacles preferable over running on the ground, which is fantastic game design

    • @schnauzerindustries
      @schnauzerindustries 7 місяців тому

      Those drunkards were mentally ill people

  • @predatorkaliban1331
    @predatorkaliban1331 Рік тому +9

    For me it's Syndicate too, by far.
    As a fan of Splinter Cell, Metal Gear Solid, Ghost Recons, Batman Arkham series etc, AC Syndicate has the best stealth of any AC games, hands down.
    Origins cannot be the 3rd on my list though. Valhalla have some issues with detection BUT has a lot of tools. Not the best estructures, maps o design but you have smoke arrows, sleep arrows, regular arrows to distract enemies that work better than Cerry bombs in Unity, you can crouch, you can whistle, you have many ways to do 2,3,4 kills at once etc. You can hide bodies... I mean, most of AC games have not such tools. I'm not saying Valhalla is top 3 or something but for me is a lot better than Odissey, Origins etc.
    But yeah, Syndicate I agree

  • @Atlan3
    @Atlan3 Рік тому +27

    Finally someone that agrees with me that Syndicate and Origins have incredible fantastic stealth.

    • @flashyk2430
      @flashyk2430 Рік тому +3

      Ikr they think just becasue u dont have parkour the stealth sucks 😭😭

    • @Atlan3
      @Atlan3 Рік тому

      @@flashyk2430 Yeah, parkour and stealth are 2 very different things also both have stealth though its ruined.

    • @flashyk2430
      @flashyk2430 Рік тому

      @@Atlan3 excatley!!! I'm so glad someone else gets it

  • @TheStickz6
    @TheStickz6 Рік тому +5

    Great video. Thank you for recognising syndicates good stealth system. I was surprised to see origins so high up but you made some very good points for it. Ill have to try more of what you mentioned in my next playthrough with my boy Bayek.
    Cheers mate keep up the great work.

  • @Ouskii
    @Ouskii Рік тому +7

    That’s why I love this AC channel compared to the rest. Bro is unbiased, he spoke straight up facts. Ezio always takes the second or first place regardless of what the topic is due to nostalgia or them being obviously biased because the like him. I like him do, but there are other games that have done a much much better job compared to what Ezio made. Finally people actually being honest

  • @noahbuxton4190
    @noahbuxton4190 Рік тому +77

    It’s unity.

    • @kkk-y5i
      @kkk-y5i Рік тому +5

      Not really. Unity has very good stealth , but almost no social stealth . So I think it has to go to AC Brotherhood

    • @bathrobeman66
      @bathrobeman66 Рік тому +1

      @@kkk-y5i wait what I figured unity had the most social stealth people are everywhere?

    • @kkk-y5i
      @kkk-y5i Рік тому +6

      @@bathrobeman66 Do you think social stealth is when there are a lot of people ? It's not all. Yes , there are crowds of people , but you rarely use them . And where are all the different factions ? Thieves , Mercenaries ? Why can't i hire them to distract someone or blend ? Why you can't kill anyone sitting on the bench ? And in my experience in Unity ( BTW : don't get me wrong , I still very much like this game) I saw that the people don't really care how socially acceptable your actions are . Which wasn't the case in Ac1 and Ezio games .

    • @Sarge327
      @Sarge327 Рік тому +1

      @@kkk-y5iOn the contrary, Brotherhood has excellent if not perfect social stealth. But it doesn’t have very good regular stealth. The argument could honestly be made for both Unity and Brotherhood.

    • @kkk-y5i
      @kkk-y5i Рік тому

      @@Sarge327 Yeah , but social stealth lies closer to the core of the series than regular stealth .

  • @WishMount
    @WishMount Рік тому +2

    Unity is the best game by far, but man that detection system is still so broken. Some of the missions with large amounts of NPC's make it almost impossible to stay unseen- even with the fully unlocked san-challottes outfits

    • @Skyrim_Thalia
      @Skyrim_Thalia Рік тому

      In terms of stealth it’s like 3rd or 4th place in terms of the best ac game is much lower on the list like c tier

  • @Growmetheus
    @Growmetheus Рік тому +2

    I dont like a lot of Unity but npc popping was pretty cool. Its funny just turning into an old lady and walk into a heavily guarded fortress. Probably where watchdogs took it.

  • @unicorntomboy9736
    @unicorntomboy9736 Рік тому +16

    A remaster plus for Assassin's Creed Unity with all the gameplay & presentation refinements and quality of life improvements of Syndicate would be something i would love to see
    Although i think Unity is the overall better game, Syndicate us far more polished and refined compared to thst game, including and especially its stealth gameplay.
    Edit: Unrelated, but i actually played Hogwarts Legacy recently, and i names my oc protagonist (a slytherin witch) Evie Frye, which was a great name to reuse.

    • @andrewc31394
      @andrewc31394 Рік тому +1

      Syndicate had the most cartoonish combat I've ever seen and the grapple gun was just as comical. Not to mention it was a graphical downgrade.

    • @unicorntomboy9736
      @unicorntomboy9736 Рік тому

      @@andrewc31394 I don't mean those things specifically, I mean the overall flow of the gameplay is better in Syndicate than in Unity. It's hard to articulate into words, you actually have to play them both to understand what I mean

    • @burvy
      @burvy Рік тому

      One could make the argument that Evie is comparable to a witch

    • @lookatdemijipers
      @lookatdemijipers 10 місяців тому

      Syndicate is garbage and so is Hogwarts Legacy

    • @unicorntomboy9736
      @unicorntomboy9736 10 місяців тому

      @@lookatdemijipers I disagree

  • @coopdog101
    @coopdog101 Рік тому +20

    I think it's a crime to put Odyssey before Valhalla. At least Valhalla tried to incorporate stealth, Odyssey couldn't even do that.

    • @kacpernowak1535
      @kacpernowak1535 Рік тому +9

      But Odyssey is literally a copy of Origins (which is a good stealth game), while the only thing I've heard about Valhalla stealth is that the detection system is messed up and the guards often see you when they shouldn't.

    • @DeviniteHD
      @DeviniteHD Рік тому +6

      I mean Odysseys stealth system isn't great, but at least it's working and not completely broken like Valhalla

    • @Gu5A2
      @Gu5A2 Рік тому +4

      @@kacpernowak1535got to disagree with you. Valhalla not only brought back the one hit assassinations but better tools. Bringing back predator bows after having to use a skill in odyssey, The sleep arrows working right away in Valhalla, and odyssey’s over reliance on the powers like the multi kills and literally turning in visible I’d say I have to give it to Valhalla. I’m not saying Valhalla doesn’t have problems but I’d at least place it above odyssey

    • @parsashirali8957
      @parsashirali8957 Рік тому +5

      You got it backwards
      Valhallas stealth is fundamentally broken
      Odyssey at least works

    • @bananacheese6864
      @bananacheese6864 Рік тому

      Well yeah it tried and failed so tremendously badly while simultaneously removing every stealth ability that made odyssey stealth work
      And they fucked up the detection so badly

  • @Mongol-fudido21
    @Mongol-fudido21 Рік тому +1

    In almost all unity assassination missions I killed big in a flashy way, alerting everyone giving life so that the target dies, and counting on the luck of leaving alive

  • @themadhattress5008
    @themadhattress5008 Рік тому +2

    Really surprised to see Syndicate at the top. It's a good game, for sure. I think it did a lot of things right. The parkour should have been adjusted. Maybe if they decide to remaster the game for whatever reason, they'll tweak it to be more like Unity's. The stealth in Syndicate more than surpasses its parkour system, though. Just being able to toggle stealth and not get stuck on everything was a blessing coming from Unity. That being said, I've played hundreds of hours of both Rogue and Black Flag combined. And I'd personally place those games at probably 3 or 4. The stealth in those games was incentivized, especially in the warehouse parts. And the environments facilitated stealth so well. Social stealth could have been a bit better, but I think that about any AC game usually.

    • @Skyrim_Thalia
      @Skyrim_Thalia Рік тому

      Unity parkour was made for Paris not London

  • @AugustNerdinIron
    @AugustNerdinIron Рік тому +4

    I finally played Syndicate after years of ignoring it. Honestly liked it way more than Unity.

    • @dustinstacey5181
      @dustinstacey5181 Рік тому +3

      It runs a hell of alot better than unity does with stealth parkour and combat unity at times may look flashy but compared to syndicate unity runs like shit I've always said unity looks like a alpha version and syndicate looks like the finished product.

  • @bigtasty2767
    @bigtasty2767 Рік тому +1

    My biggest gripe with Unity is how unpolished it feels and looks

  • @ianleach4232
    @ianleach4232 11 місяців тому

    Great video! I would love to see you make a video where you combine one feature of each AC game into one to make your perfect game.

    • @scarabyt
      @scarabyt  11 місяців тому +1

      I’ve actually already done that :) search ‘founded scarab ideal ac game’

    • @ianleach4232
      @ianleach4232 11 місяців тому

      @@scarabyt awesome! Been binging all of your videos after not playing AC games in a while

  • @cleon_cleon
    @cleon_cleon Рік тому +2

    I agree that Syndicate has the best stealth system. However, in Origins and Odyssey, the stealth systems are very similar, therefore the low placement of Odyssey (or the high placement of Origins) is, at least, questionable.

    • @snajma1
      @snajma1 Рік тому +2

      Sleep darts. Thats the reason. 😂

    • @ReBolt590
      @ReBolt590 Рік тому

      Sleep darts,smoke bombs, actually hiding in Hay,Better detection system and more

  • @yomi2624
    @yomi2624 Рік тому +3

    Placing origins at third place is criminal. I agree that the environment and the world made for a good setting and facilitated stealth well, but at its core the stealth was barebones with a limited amount of stuff you could do other than assassinate in bushes or shoot arrows. To make matters worse it's the same recycled assassination animation contrast to unitys myriad of satisfying animations. This barebones stealth doesn't match up to ac3 / black flag's. In this game you were agile and had numerous tools that made stealth great in those games. Origins stealth certainly isn't bad, but it lacks style and creativity which overall makes it less satisfying tbh.

    • @thebulletkin8393
      @thebulletkin8393 Рік тому

      It’s one reason why I put origins down, the stealth wasn’t fun as it just felt so samey, the parkour wasn’t interesting, the story wasn’t engaging and the rpg elements just didn’t click with me.

  • @scottgallagher3886
    @scottgallagher3886 Рік тому

    My honest gripe woth syndicate is the button mash combat and lack of a jump button and the lack of cover system that locks you in place like unity i find the ine where you aproach corners to finicky to peak around

  • @bindogaming791
    @bindogaming791 8 місяців тому

    I like Mirage most for stealth. I enjoyed Valhalla stealth most but I would rank it low because there is too few opportunities

  • @yrwestillhere
    @yrwestillhere Рік тому +1

    I simply don't understand how Ubisoft fails to realise what this IP is. Assassin's Creed is stealth and parkour. Those are the two most important parts of the gameplay. It's not combat, it's not superpowers, it's not even the story (which was never anything ground-breaking, but at least we had compelling characters like Ezio or Edward). It's definitely not countless skins and equipment pieces which you can buy with real currency. Assassin's Creed is not an RPG, it was never meant to be. By turning it into one they regressed it instead of progressing. The enemies should not have level caps! If you want to make the game harder then create tougher environments/situations where the player has to carefully plan out their approach. I mean It is so obvious to me that I wonder how the studio doesn't get it (or do they - Mirage).

    • @lookatdemijipers
      @lookatdemijipers 10 місяців тому

      I mean they "don't get it" because the new formula sells better than the old one lol money talks, just because you're no longer the target audience doesn't mean people don't like the games

  • @tidusalvarado897
    @tidusalvarado897 Рік тому +1

    Why not involve freedom call and liberation?

  • @kyle2kyletroii
    @kyle2kyletroii 6 місяців тому

    where would you put mirage? i might have it at 1

  • @joe727
    @joe727 Рік тому +3

    Unity. Syndicate is close but one feature ruins it all and it’s u can’t assassinate the guard who is suspecting u. It forces u into combat every time. So if ur being detected by a guard and try to run up to assassinate it doesn’t work. Unity is the best however one feature I wish was there is whistling. Cherry bombs are a good visual lure but whistling would be a good auditory lure imo. Some other issues I have with syndicate tho are you can’t assassinate while crowd blending which kind of makes the feature a lot worse. Also in both games I wish bench assassinations were 100% hidden. So it just looks like a guard is taking a seat on the bench next to you. But overall it’s definitely unity and it’s not even close

    • @Gebro_gaming891
      @Gebro_gaming891 Рік тому +1

      Guards in Syndicate don't have eyes on their backs.

    • @kacpernowak1535
      @kacpernowak1535 Рік тому +6

      Yeah but Unity lacks whistling and knives and the cover system is terrible, so for me Syndicate is still way better.

    • @SyamDaRos-EndoManno
      @SyamDaRos-EndoManno Рік тому

      ​@@kacpernowak1535Don't knives and phantom blades work in the same way?

    • @yomi2624
      @yomi2624 Рік тому

      @@kacpernowak1535 They're both close for sure. But I think unity is still better, phantom blades worked the same way (arguably more cooler too) and I think co op stealth is worth mentioning as well; its an unmatched experience in ac. + Unity was more forgiving with stealth where you can run up to someone who's already seen you and assassinate them which makes stealth a much faster experience which I like.

  • @esiokles7623
    @esiokles7623 Рік тому

    Great ranking

  • @tidusalvarado897
    @tidusalvarado897 Рік тому

    There is also the 3 AC Chronicles: Russia,Chian, and India

  • @ilmentore7
    @ilmentore7 Рік тому +3

    Syndicate 100%

    • @praneetbasu5151
      @praneetbasu5151 Рік тому

      nah man unity had way more tools and gadgets

    • @ilmentore7
      @ilmentore7 Рік тому +4

      @@praneetbasu5151 yeah but it didn't work or flow as well. Syndicate is much more polished. Unity still rocks though.

  • @TheMaudeth
    @TheMaudeth Рік тому

    Currently playing Origins and loving the stealth experience. However, I wish I could throw smoke bombs like in AC Unity & Syndicate. Also, I agree that the stealth mechanics in AC Syndicate is superior than most games, it just lacked the disguise mechanic (or improvement of it) from Unity.

    • @ReBolt590
      @ReBolt590 Рік тому

      You can use smoke bombs

  • @BreakerX42
    @BreakerX42 Рік тому

    To be fair i dont like stealth for my own safety like Unity. I prefer Stealth for intimidation like "i can be anywhere and kill you". One thing i like is being a 1 man army but ALSO being stealthy when i want to be. Games like Unity and probably Mirage are gonna annoy me as they're not great fighters. AC games in my opinion should balance stealth and combat.

  • @stormysoup1083
    @stormysoup1083 Рік тому +3

    I hard disagree on Origins being as high as it is, I'd personally put it below the Ezio and Kenway games because while it is functional and gives you plenty of freedom in your approach, it has no social stealth and your actual tools are extremely bland, a non throwable smoke bomb, you need to attack or dodge to use first, a broken sleep dart and two other tools that are nearly useless in stealth, a broken bow that encourages snipping most of the guards from a safe distance, slow, sluggish assassination animations that make that lamer playstyle more appealing, as well as the neutered parkour making skillful repositioning a near impossibility, I don't like it's stealth system that much personally

    • @yomi2624
      @yomi2624 Рік тому +2

      I agree. It was simplified too much, they didn’t care for it.

  • @hugomartinho1225
    @hugomartinho1225 8 місяців тому +1

    This guy is crazy putting origins at third.

    • @kyle2kyletroii
      @kyle2kyletroii 6 місяців тому

      dude origins stealth is insane if you know what you’re doing

    • @hugomartinho1225
      @hugomartinho1225 6 місяців тому

      @@kyle2kyletroii It's trash compared to the others, because in the others you had a lot of things to use but in origins you'd basically crouch in the bushes and kill everyone the exactly same way.

  • @CommanderDrake
    @CommanderDrake Рік тому +1

    Now this is funny. Origins and Odyssey have nearly the same stealth system. With the only difference being how you gain one shot assassinations...and of course abilities. And yet Origins is somehow 3rd an Odyssey 2nd to last?....I call bs.

    • @kyle2kyletroii
      @kyle2kyletroii Рік тому

      origins guard ai are better, there is a realistic day night cycle, there are more tools, and the bows actually do something in origins

    • @CommanderDrake
      @CommanderDrake Рік тому

      @@kyle2kyletroii 1) Valhalla has that too
      2) That's demonstrably false
      3) The bows haven't changed in Origins.

    • @kyle2kyletroii
      @kyle2kyletroii Рік тому

      @@CommanderDrake in odyssey the bows do like no damage, plus in origins the bows have more variety with light, warrior, hunter, and predator bows (you can carry 2)

    • @kyle2kyletroii
      @kyle2kyletroii Рік тому

      @@CommanderDrake also, origins has sleep darts, poison darts, smoke bombs (kinda), fire bombs, and dead body poison

    • @CommanderDrake
      @CommanderDrake Рік тому

      @@kyle2kyletroii If you try to kill an enemy that is lvl 40 with a lvl 20 bow then sure. That applies to Origins as well. And all three games have the same bow types. Origins allowing you to wield 2 bows at once changes nothing. You can simply swap them out in the menu. Valhalla has: Social Stealth, Smoke arrows, fire arrows, traps, sleep arrows, rope dart, ability to play dead and much more.

  • @JackP1ayz008
    @JackP1ayz008 Рік тому

    I love ur video's

  • @kentglass3894
    @kentglass3894 7 місяців тому

    origens amazing.

  • @imamfn
    @imamfn Рік тому +2

    Meh, another biased list
    Origins not being the 3rd bottom list and AC2 placed lower than AC1, are u serious?

  • @kentglass3894
    @kentglass3894 Рік тому +1

    Unity

  • @WarriorStarXI2005
    @WarriorStarXI2005 Рік тому +1

    Sometimes I fail Stealth lol 😂

  • @b4bnik
    @b4bnik Рік тому

    glad to see you redeemed yourself after butchering origins in the last vid

  • @ConnorWiederich-hr4zu
    @ConnorWiederich-hr4zu Рік тому

    Regardless of how limited Valhalla's stealth is, I would say Valhalla handled the hidden blade better than Origins and Odyssey. Origins required upgrading it which is ridiculous and Odyssey has no hidden blade nor being guaranteed of getting one hit kills even for same level enemies. Valhalla, on the other hand, gives the option of one hit kills plus using quick time events to kill higher level enemies is a genius way of allowing one hit kills yet still keeping them a challenge.

  • @lltempire3719
    @lltempire3719 Рік тому

    Playing the RPG games rn and I love them……..but ya not built for stealth at ALL

  • @stealthbastard8837
    @stealthbastard8837 Рік тому

    Syndicate is great.

  • @GINGERDAHNY
    @GINGERDAHNY Рік тому

    It's syndicate.

  • @RANYS_cz
    @RANYS_cz Рік тому

    so every fukin player keep sayin that unity is dog shit like why ? better parkour better graphic better stealth like it has everytihing okey for me the story wasnt the best but still is it rly that bad ? nowadays i dont even have any bugs in unity its just works fine

    • @thelastpersononearth9765
      @thelastpersononearth9765 Рік тому +1

      I liked unity but it is flawed in a lot of ways- like the map felt small. Parkour was the only way to travel, repetitive, not so engaging storyline, didn't utilized the era and location well.

  • @gamingsquadonline1905
    @gamingsquadonline1905 Рік тому +1

    syndicate no 1 easily, unity overrated

  • @zicuvalentin2251
    @zicuvalentin2251 Рік тому

    Nah...ODYSSEY BEST STEALTH EVEER SEEN

  • @thealifexablecreed9811
    @thealifexablecreed9811 Рік тому

    ezio trilogy no doubt

    • @kyle2kyletroii
      @kyle2kyletroii Рік тому

      ezio is mid at stealth

    • @mudfightmaster4275
      @mudfightmaster4275 Рік тому

      bro even in the canon scenes Ezio cant even close a door without alerting the people (AC Brotherhood) 😂

  • @thealifexablecreed9811
    @thealifexablecreed9811 Рік тому

    you are smoking if you think ac2 is at the bottom, that game reinvented everything from the first. first did not even have working stealth system. you cant be undetected jn most assassinations. in 2 you can finish most assassinations stealthily without getting detected.

  • @Groppy
    @Groppy Рік тому

    ac unity is better than ac syndicate tbh

    • @ravenrxh5865
      @ravenrxh5865 11 місяців тому

      nope as a person who played both i disagree unity removed so many things that made ac stealth fun and good, for example: the whistling mechanic, hiding place assassinations (not removed but incredible rare to happen due to enemy pathing), the AI somehow has x ray vision most of the time and able to spot in places where they should not like hiding in cover.