Ubisoft has taken us on quite a ride alongside the Assassin’s Creed franchise over the past six years. At its height, the series delivered award contenders that transported players to fully-realized historical settings and helped redefine the open-world genre. The characters captivated, and the amazing sense of place left us in awe. But as the series morphed into an annualized product, many of us were left feeling that a lot of the magic contained within the series had fallen along the wayside. One major victim of this oversaturation has been the multiplayer.

Assassin’s Creed is still viewed primarily as a single-player experience. Unlike Call of Duty, Ubisoft’s historical franchise has never been able to create a strong enough multiplayer that stands on its own as a reason to purchase each new installment on a yearly basis. This certainly isn’t for lack of trying — since Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood back in 2010, each subsequent entry has placed a growing emphasis on the multiplayer component of the package, and yet the gaming masses haven’t seemed to bite quite yet. Despite containing a good-intentioned suite of interesting ideas, the online portion of the series seems to be missing that special something that makes gamers addicted for hundreds of hours. Here are a few ideas that Ubisoft could use to help right the ship and make AC‘s multiplayer relevant.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games