Unbelievable that Assassin's Creed never won a Game of the Year award

Animus

Seriously, people need to stop saying everything needs a remaster. It's precisely how we got into the current situation we're in.

You're right about AC2, especially since it's a relatively quiet year for hits (2009) so getting a nomination shouldn't have been that hard. That said, it has a lot to do with who is voting, money spent on promoting the game, etc., and I'm not sure it would have won GotY even though it might even end up on some people's top games of all time.

Fun fact, apparently same year Minecraft released. Lol (I looked up a list, that and LittleBigPlanet are my favorite of the year).

But for me, it was always the annoying immersion killing part.

I'm always exactly the opposite! For me it lets me forgive all the gamey-nonsense. Why can't I leave the map? Because this ancestor never did so there's no data for anywhere beyond here.

Maybe they should just ditch the whole Animus plot.

I think if that was going to happen it would have happened after AC3.

Personally I'm glad the Animus is there, it makes it much easier for me to suspend disbelief about so many things in those games. I wish AC3 hadn't messed up Desmond's story though, I wanted a cool conclusion, rather than having Desmond get Poochied.

Fair point. That was indeed a good reason. But IMHO an intro would've been enough to explain the boundaries of this simulation. Not a whole "mini-game" around it.
But anyhow, it didn't really kill the vibe, just temporary. Loved the games. Even Valhalla was nice. At least the beginning....

Doesn't make it better 😉
Still haven't purchased. Not even pirated or played. That's so sad they fucked it up.

It was an example to illustrate my point, not the entire line of reasoning. There's loads of other stuff I feel the Animus side of the setting works well for, I just didn't feel like writing an essay so provided just one example to support my line of argument.

ive never played an assassins creed game but i will try going through them all at some point

My brother is doing that right now. It's brutal and so tiring.

I would not recommend it.

There's certainly a good start to the series, but fair warning, most of them are very similar and you can't really play them one after another without burning yourself out. Still, interesting to see how the series evolves over time.

For which year? After the few Assassins Creed games, they were similar in gameplay, so not really worthy of GOTY for most. Not every good or popular game can win an award. The best chance of winning could have II, Brotherhood or Black Flag. I've looked at best rated games of the year for those games on Metacritic (I could not find a way to sort lists on OpenCritic).

Assassins Creed 2 (2009) - 90:

Uncharted 2 - 96
Call of Duty Modern Warfare - 94
GTA China Town - 93

Assassins Creed Brotherhood (2010): 89

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 98
Mass Effect 2 - 96
Red Dead Redemption - 95

Assassins Creed 4 Black Flag (2013): 88

Last of Us - 95
BioShock Infinite - 94
* Super Mario 3D World - 93

The Assassins Creed games are fun, but not a juggernaut in gameplay or otherwise. They were never these massive perfected games, standing out as the pillar of gaming. If you have competition like Uncharted 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Last of Us, and come with the same formula again, then you can't expect to win awards for being the best game of the year.

yeah not in one go, just havent started as1 yet

The original trilogy is amazing. But after those, I would only recommend Black Flag and Origins. I haven't played the others in the series but I have seen enough of the gameplay and reviews to say that the Assassin's Creed franchise had jumped the shark.

Is the animus still there in the newer games? I haven't played a AC since origins and I don't remember the animus but perhaps that story was so insignificant and boring that I have suppressed those parts.

I wished Desmond's story should have gotten more time or even a spin-off focusing only on Desmond.