Get Up To 90% Off Historical Murder In The Assassin's Creed...

If you've somehow managed to avoid Assassin's Creed up to this point and are looking to dive in, (or, as is more likely the case, you're looking to fill a gap in the vast library of historical murder simulators Ubisoft has created since 2007) now might be the time to do so. Ubisoft is running a franchise sale on its stabby depictions of human civilisation, offering impressive discounts on some of the best games in the series, as well as its newest entry at half-price.

The best offers in the franchise sale are, jointly, Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Both games are available for 90% off, bringing the price of each down to $6 (£5) apiece. If you have to choose between them, Valhalla is the larger and more comprehensive game of the two, featuring numerous systems and ideas that don't appear in Origins.

That said, Origins arguably has the more interesting setting and story. While Valhalla does impressive work with dark age England, and raiding Monasteries with your Viking horde is tremendous fun, it's hard to compete with exploring the Great Pyramids in Roman-occupied Egypt.

After those, the next best deal is probably for Assassin's Creed: Odyssey at $9 (£7.49). Odyssey is properly massive, letting you explore the whole of Ancient Greece, fight in the Peloponnesian War, and even do battle with Medusa and the Minotaur. I do think it spreads its systems quite thin compared to Valhalla and Origins. But really, the main separator here is that it is just slightly more expensive.

If you want to see what Assassin's Creed has been up to most recently, then Assassin's Creed Shadows is half-price at $35 (£30). In many ways, Shadows is the ultimate Assassin's Creed game. Not only does it take place in feudal Japan, arguably the most coveted setting in the series, but it also features the most sophisticated stealth of any Assassin's Creed game (i.e. stealth that works). If you've never played an Assassin's Creed game before, this is probably the one to pick up provided you can afford it.

If you're interested in exploring the series' back catalogue, then the best deal among the older games is probably for Assassin's Creed: Unity, which is 85% off at $4.50 (£3.89). While Unity was famously derided at launch due to an abundance of technical issues, it is actually a great Assassin's Creed game, with a fantastic setting of revolutionary Paris, and an underrated story and characters. It's also probably the easiest older Assassin's Creed to return t

Source: PC Gamer