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The better trilogy: Mass Effect or Assassins Creed

Mass Effect 2 > Mass Effect 1 >> Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood > Assassin's Creed II > Assassin's Creed III >> Mass Effect 3 > Assassin's Creed: Revelations > Assassin's Creed 1

So Mass Effect.
 
I think, overall, Assassin's Creed is a better trilogy. It starts with a game that was incredibly ambitious but not quite "there", delivered a sequel that improved on that ambition in nearly every way, and then (with III, mind, not counting the iteratives) delivered a game that contained most of the improvements II brought, as well as adding a whole slew of ambitious new ideas (some of which are not quite "there", once more) to the series. Ideally, this is how I want trilogies to operate.

Mass Effect, while a series of 3 very good games, gave us an incredibly ambitious first game and then two very good (gameplay-wise, at least) sequels that excised whole elements from the first game.
 
Mass effect by far. Sad about the ending but had way more memorable moments. Like Creed also but I remember veronica mars more than the plot.
 
hamchan said:
this isn't even a question

Assassin's Creed.
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this isn't even a question

Mass Effect.

It actually has a good story (for the most part), and an interesting draw.

Assassin's Creed is open-world history murder porn that can never realize its ambitions.
 
pakkit said:
this isn't even a question

Mass Effect.

It actually has a good story (for the most part), and an interesting draw.

Assassin's Creed is open-world history murder porn that can never realize its ambitions.
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They both have dumb stories and both feature astronomical body-counts.
 
Mass Effect 1 was a better game than Assassin's Creed 1.

But what was promised with AC1 was delivered in full in AC2. The same can't be said for ME2.

Both ME3 and AC3 are slight steps backwards with a couple of interesting additions.

Both series have awful stories but Mass Effect has some amazingly written characters. I couldn't possibly care any less about Desmond and his story. The most interesting part of AC is always the main dudes, Altair/Ezio/Connor, and even then those guys are about as well-written as the worse ME squad mates.

So while AC has much more compelling gameplay across the board, ME keeps me coming back for the highly intriguing universe and strong characters.

As a trilogy, it's not really fair because AC is not a really a trilogy. They had two games between AC2 and 3 to serve as testbeds for gameplay ideas, and ME didn't have that luxury.

Overall, though, I just don't think I can decide. Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed 2 are high points of the generation, and yet the rest of the trilogies are mediocre and underwhelming.

EDIT: I'd also like to point out that both games are embarrassingly and inexcusably glitchy, poorly coded and janky considering the money and manpower behind them.
 
pakkit said:
this isn't even a question

Mass Effect.

It actually has a good story (for the most part), and an interesting draw.

Assassin's Creed is open-world history murder porn that can never realize its ambitions.
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Mass Effect tried to be a TPS more than anything else after 1 and failed miserably. Shit was generic as they come. Nice visuals, great aesthetic, and shitty combat.
 
Does Assassin's Creed allows me to have Space Waifu/Husbando? No? Then Mass Effect wins by default.

WAT?

Okay, less silly answer: the personal stories of each game (Ezio's story on AC2 + ACB + ACR and individual characters' story on ME1-3) are good. But the overaching story on both series is one big mess.
 
I think they both got progessivley better even if they all had their own issues. Hard to say, but probably ME overall for me.
 
BigJiantRobut said:
They both have dumb stories and both feature astronomical body-counts.
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Mass Effect doesn't operate under the pretense of "historical accuracy," though. And I'd disagree with you, Mass Effect can stand with some of its brethren such as the Star Trek series, whereas Assassin's Creed has been done before and done better many a time. I appreciate both games and from a pure gameplay standpoint Assassins Creed offers more variety and entertainment, but as a trilogy? No way.
 
pakkit said:
Mass Effect doesn't operate under the pretense of "historical accuracy," though. And I'd disagree with you, Mass Effect can stand with some of its brethren such as the Star Trek series, whereas Assassin's Creed has been done before and done better many a time. I appreciate both games and from a pure gameplay standpoint Assassins Creed offers more variety and entertainment, but as a trilogy? No way.
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I'm pretty sure the AC people let you know they fudge with history to a degree. You'd have to be a fucking moron to think it went down exactly how they portray it. And exactly what has done whatever it is by AC you claim before and better?
 
pakkit said:
Mass Effect doesn't operate under the pretense of "historical accuracy," though. And I'd disagree with you, Mass Effect can stand with some of its brethren such as the Star Trek series, whereas Assassin's Creed has been done before and done better many a time. I appreciate both games and from a pure gameplay standpoint Assassins Creed offers more variety and entertainment, but as a trilogy? No way.
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What? Neither does Assassin's Creed. It's history nerd fan-service, nothing more. It takes famous time periods and strings along a series of ridiculous ninja missions in a goofy game of connect-the-dots between real events and deaths.

Also I highly disagree that Mass Effect can stand in the echelons of sci-fi history. Too much retconning, too many plot points lifted directly out of other series. I love Mass Effect, but it's for the interpersonal stuff, not its story arc. Likewise, Ezio and some of the other AC characters are endearing and funny, but the story itself is really stupid.

Funnily enough, both trilogies rely on almost the exact same plot devices.
the apocalypse is coming and to stop it our hero must decipher the messages of a mysterious ancient race who turn out to be far less benevolent than one might initially expect.

Anyway, I digress. I don't think either trilogy is particularly impressive when it comes to storytelling.
 
Kerub said:
No, the third Need for Speed is Hot Pursuit which is the first in a new series. That series got rebooted with NFS: Hot Pursuit which is technically Need for Speed 18, if you count all the NFS games.
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Nah sorry bra.
NFS is always done in 6s.

  • First Hexalogy
NFS
NFS 2
NFS 3: Hot Pursuit
High Stakes
Porsche 2000
NFS: Hot Pursuit 2​

  • Second Hexalogy
NFS Underground
NFS Underground 2
NFS Most Wanted
NFS Carbon
NFS Prostreet
NFS UnderCover​

  • Third Hexalogy
NFS: Shift
NFS: World
NFS: Hot Pursuit - aka NFS: 11 (Criterion must be bad at counting)
Shift 2: Unleashed
NFS: The Run
NFS: Most Wanted - aka NFS:13 (Criterions counting strikes back, im curious which NFS games they dont count?)​

On Topic
Havent played AC3 still waiting for the PC edition and the inevitable patch to make the game playable.
But as is I hold Mass Effect higher.

Since we are only couting the main AC games.

AC1, AC2 dont hold up against ME1 and ME2.

I didnt hate ME3 like some people apparently did, and I think AC3 will be a damn good game.
But because AC1 was so weak.....the Mass Effect series wins it for me.
 
pakkit said:
Mass Effect doesn't operate under the pretense of "historical accuracy," though. And I'd disagree with you, Mass Effect can stand with some of its brethren such as the Star Trek series, whereas Assassin's Creed has been done before and done better many a time. I appreciate both games and from a pure gameplay standpoint Assassins Creed offers more variety and entertainment, but as a trilogy? No way.
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And mass effect runs on the pretense that your choices matter. Except they don't.

Space baby and goop terminator says you're wrong.
 
Ezio Trilogy was much better to me than ME. I had a really hard time going through all 3 ME games due to many disappointments. Liked the first one even though the exploration was boring, while 2 simply decided to turn into an action TPS and removed some aspects of what I loved from the first game. 3 keeps going further into the wrong direction that 2 took.

AC2 was a fantastic game. Stomped the first one like there was no tomorrow. Brotherhood was just as good to me. It didn't have the wow factor that II gave me but it was still plenty of fun. Most of Revelations is damn good too. Too bad the tower defense mini game kind of break the rhythm. Fortunately, you really only have to do it once or twice.

Ultimately, while I enjoyed both trilogies, AC was far more constant to me. At least, the Ezio arc. Also, AC3 is superb so far. Many technical issues, but the core game is very fun!

Can't wait to play the next Dragon Age III. Sure DAII was generally just wrong on so many points, but the first one was a game I liked quite a lot, even more so than ME1.
 
AC is far more stale and repetitive in its gameplay, even with the addition of new mechanics in each entry. I would also argue that the AC story is even more of a clusterfuck than ME is.
 
'Trilogy' is a funny way to describe Assassin's Creed, but if I can take my three favorites and compare them against Mass Effect, AssCreed takes the cake for sure.
 
Let's see, both series had first games that I have and very much disliked, both had sequels that made it seem to a jaded guy like myself they might be improving things but not enough for me to purchase yet, and then one took a giant dump on it's fan making it seem like doing the investment would be a HUGE waste of time while the other built up over the last, adding naval combat, and modern Oregon Trail like hunting... all set in an interesting period, which every setting was interesting but they saved the best for last and has made me think of giving the series a second chance...

So basically what I'm saying one, Assassin's Creed, doesn't seem like a complete betrayal and waste of investment, while the other does... so AC gets my vote.
 
I'm not a big fan of neither series. Mass Effect has an awesome universe, but the gameplay sucks. So Assassin's Creed win by default for me, I haven't played 3 yet, but what I've seen seems brilliant, and I'm enjoying Liberation on Vita, so yeah, I think it's safe to assume that I'll love AC3. I have the whole meta story thing with Abstergo and Desmond, and the
aliens/gods things from a distant past
but these parts are easy to ignore.
 
ME, but I have no great love for either.

ME1 was a great first entry, with a boat-load of issues that sequels should have resolved. ME2 was very balanced, but opted to go the linear action-route instead of rpg. 3 was good, but clearly the weakest of the 3, being nothing more than a shooter.

I tried AC1 and 2 and will try AC 3 for PC. AC 1 bored the shit out of me, I hated the controls (if you can even call them that) and the game world felt like a bunch of textured boxes plonked together. AC 2 was a bit better, but again, the world-design was shit and the mission, whle more varied, still were very boring to me. AC 3 at least looks to have a fantastic world (if reviews are to be believed), but I'm not expecting to be wowed. If AC 3 doesn't convince me, I'm done with the series.
 
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Both suck, but Mass Effect at least has one good/amazing game.
The first one of course.
Assassins Creed is the most boring but still insanely popular franchise around imo.

Nibel said:
Call Of Duty trilogy destroys every other trilogy
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Where does the COD trilogy start and where end?
 
Strangely enough I have only played AC2 and ME2 so I can directly compare. They are both horribly overrated and the gameplay sucks in both. But they do good world building and have charm. Basically two B tier games.
 
Mass Effect 2 > Mass Effect 1 > Mass Effect 3 > Assassin's Creed 2 > Assassin's Creed Bro > Assassin's Creed

Still playing through Revelations and haven't played 3 yet but the Mass Effect series is better by far
 
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