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.
And…Discuss!
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.
You get a wing suit in 3.
Yeah, but not till the end and 4 is set in the mountains where it’s actually fun to use.
My dumb ass thought you guys were talking about Assassin’s Creed.
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
Thanks for the recommendations!
I loved AC2. I don’t think there’s enough different in Brotherhood, Revelations, or 3 to warrant playing them. Black Flag is a fantastic time.
I truly believe Far Cry 4 is just a more fun FC3 with a more interesting but shallower story
2, Brotherhood and Revelations are all Ezio trilogy, right? So is it more content or more of the same.
FC4 is getting some rave reviews
Yeah they are the Ezio trilogy. If you like Ezio, you can play them but gameplay-wise it’s really more of the same, just in Rome (which might as well be bigger Florence) and Constantinople.
Alright then. Good to know. Thanks for the tip.
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.
Black Flag
The Splinter Cell series is also fun!
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.
+1 for trackmania as well. Yes it is a subscription but it is also only $10 for a year of standard access which gets you 4 campaigns and 365 TOTDs
My top 5:
- Assassin’s Creed 2
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
They are peak Ubisoft and the only games I’d say fall close to ‘must-play’.
2 for the story, Brotherhood for the cleaner combat and tighter controls.
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
Surprised nobody’s said The Division yet. The first one is incredible fun IMO, and the second one is good, but not as much fun.
- Rayman Origins
- Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
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.
All the main Splinter Cell games. Relics of a time when Ubisoft games were good.
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Sounds interesting! Thanks for the tip
The Anno series is pretty fun if you like the genre. I put several hours into Anno 1800 and enjoyed it. I’ll likely get back to it at some point.
I’m semi-into city building. Thanks for the tip
Gonna throw in a shout out to AC’s spritual precursor, Prince of Persia. Also can’t go wrong with Rayman or Rabbids.
Prince of Persia looks super cool and is dirt cheap right now. I’ll for sure check it out.
Far Cry 3 and 4 are my favorites, 5 is OK. Those are the only Ubi games I’d care to recommend. 3 is pretty old.
Can’t forget Blood Dragon!
Far cry 5 is one of my favorite far cry games so I definitely recommend it.
Definitely interested in the Far Cry series, I’ll have a look at 5, thanks!
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.
