Assassin's Creed sequence

[RCBH928]

I hope this is the right forum...

I just want a clarification on Assassin's Creed, I played the first and I am ready to play the second but there seems to be Assassin Creed II and Brotherhood and Revelation. Can any one explain to me what is going on here?

[isiolia]

They wanted to keep making money on the franchise, and cranked them out on a yearly basis.

ACII -> Brotherhood -> Revelations.

Brotherhood continues the story of the main character from II, Revelations continues the story of the main characters from both I & II.

ACIII has had its cover art appearing on game news sites recently, but follows a new assassin.

If you're worried about playing them out of order in terms of the game's chronology...you already have. Sorta. According to wikipedia, it's AC:Altair's Chronicles (DS/iOS/etc) -> AC -> AC:Bloodlines (PSP) -> ACII -> AC: Discovery (DS/iOS) -> AC: Brotherhood -> AC: Revelations.

[Xeogred]

A trilogy became a trilogy within itself and they'll probably continue to repeat this.

Yep.

[SirPsycho]

A trilogy became a trilogy within itself and they'll probably continue to repeat this.

Yep.

Ubisoft likes money. And you already wrote yourself one of these...

[RCBH928]

So now that I want to play the game I have to play ALL of these?
or can I just play Creed 1+2+3?
This is what I had in mind and I don't care about extension stories or side missions. Just the main thing.

[CFFJR]

So now that I want to play the game I have to play ALL of these?
or can I just play Creed 1+2+3?
This is what I had in mind and I don't care about extension stories or side missions. Just the main thing.

Then the order is

AC1>AC2>AC Brotherhood>AC Revelations

Those are all of the main games as the series stands right now.

[RCBH928]

Damn I don't want to play that much , thats at least 60hrs before I get to assassin creed II!!!

I guess I'll just play II since everyone is praising it, maybe jump ahead to III

[CFFJR]

Er, I don't know where you're getting 60 hours from, so I think you might've misunderstood me.

Play it in the following order, top to bottom.

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed 2

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

Assassin's Creed Revelation

See, Brotherhood and Revelation come after 2. There is no 3, it hasn't been released yet, and it won't be for at least a year.

Now if you skip around, that's your choice, but those 4 games, in that order, are how the story flows.

I should emphasize though, that Brotherhood and Revelation are not side stories. They're part of the main series.

[Metal Jesus]

This reminds me of when Van Halen decided to release their album titled Van Halen III (1998) eight albums after Van Halen II (1979).

A younger music fan looking at their catalog would wonder "WTF?!"

[Yancakes]

Ubisoft picked up a really annoying trait from Rockstar. ACIII better be better than GTAIV.

EDIT: Also, this isn't exactly the right forum for ACIII