The Assassin's Creed '

When video games have a series, the mechanics behind the game, which affects how they are played, either stay exactly the same throughout the series or they are changed in some way or another, such as what buttons do what, the way the game is played (ex: stealth or in your face), or how challenging it is. In the Assassin’s Creed series, one and two in particular, the changes made in between them are noticeable. The changes are as in the first game, the player can hardly manage to sneak around without being caught, where as in the second, it relies mainly on sneaking and being able to kill without being seen. Or in one, the buttons to be able to get around quickly and use your tracking abilities were in different places than in two or how in …show more content…
In the Assassin’s creed series, the main focus of them is to sneak around enemies to avoid conflicts as well as some missions require the player to not be seen at all or else they fail the mission. In the first game though, how the sneaking mechanic works is that you have to stay out of sight of enemies at all times otherwise they will see the player and kill them. When playing assassin’s creed one, the player always has to be aware their surroundings and plan out where to go based on the path the enemies take so they can get around without much trouble.
In Assassin’s Creed Two, the sneaking mechanic is much more forgiving because when you are spotted, they don’t automatically start a figh,t but will slowly realize it is you, giving you a chance to get away. In the second game of the series, they “dumbed down” the sneaking difficulty so the player did not have such a hard time playing the game. This is what makes this game’s sneak mechanic better than the …show more content…
For the first game of the series, they made it that any enemy that sees the player will come after them and do a lot of damage because they hit the player very fast and are really annoying to fight. Because of this, the combat feature not that great.
In Assassin’s Creed two, they were very forgiving after Assassin’s Creed one and made much easier by adding the counter feature which allowed the player to stop an enemy attack and hit them with their own. The combat is not too fast for the player and allows them to fight them with ease. In the second game, the developers did a better job in the combat area, they still could of done a better job with it.
When video games stay the same in a series, the player gets a sense of familiarity that some people enjoy while for others, games that have changed in some way each time in a series, it gives them a sense of challenge each time. As seen above, the makers of the Assassin’s Creed series did a much better job with making number two as in when they made the first game. As the series continued, they made more changes and more improvements each