Do you have to play Assassin's Creed 1 to understand 2?

Do you have to play Assassin's Creed 1 to understand 2?

5 Answers. Although you can play and enjoy it, AC2 is a direct sequel to AC1, so I'd suggest you play the first one to fully grasp the whole story. The final part of the game is very entertaining and made it worth for me to play thorugh the repetitive parts.

Do I need to play Assassin's Creed 3 before 4?

There is a relation between AC4 and AC3 where in AC4, you will play as Edward Kenway who is the father of Haytham Kenway and grandfather of Connor Kenway in AC3. It's not necessary although if you do not play AC3 you won't understand or be able to appreciate the surprise "didn't see that coming" ending.

Do I need to play the previous Assassin's Creed?

There might be some references thrown regarding the Creed, but no prior gameplay experience will be required to get them. If you still want to take a stroll through the old lore, the AC universe has a pretty extensive history.

Should I play Assassins Creed 3 after 2?

The first five Assassin's Creed games are connected to a single character in the modern day, who finds out about his ancestors. So, if you find both the stories of the Assassin's and the modern day interesting, you should play in the sequential order, i. e. play Assassin's Creed, 2, Brotherhood, Revelations and then 3.

Should I play previous Assassin's Creed before unity?

You DO NOT need to play the previous games to get an understanding of what it's all about. There are of course subtleties within the game that hark back to previous games that you will not pick up on, but they are not critical.

Do you have the original Assassin's Creed game?

• I've got the original Assassin's Creed game somewhere in my house. When I finish a game I then intend to play it, but it seems to "move" and so I begin another game instead. Been going on for two years+. My question is, should I bother with the first Assassin's Creed game? I know there are a lot more out there now.

Which is the best order to play Assassin's Creed?

• Surely the announcement has awakened the "hunger for Assassin's" to more than one and therefore, for those who want to catch up on the saga or complete its history, at FreeGameTips we have encouraged ourselves to quickly review all the games that are in the series and in which order it is recommended to play.

Can you jump into any Assassin's Creed game?

• Coming from an Assassin's Creed Veteran I'll say you have some choices. If you really don't care about much of the story (which I assume isn't the case because you made this question) you can easily jump into any game. Maybe if you jump into Brotherhood or Revelations without any previous knowledge you'll feel quite lost.

Do you follow the story arch in Assassins Creed?

• At a high level, the overall story arch (the "Assassins vs. Templars") story plays out from game to game, and while you will pick up enough from the early stages of each new game to figure out the big picture, the story makes more sense if you follow from the beginning.