Assassin's Creed is a "forever brand" because Ubisoft supported huge risks with it, ex director says: "Whereas, say, EA, you get these awful execs and they never made games and they came from toothpaste companies"
www.gamesradar.comAssassin's Creed's shift to open-world RPGs would never have happened at many companies, Alex Hutchinson says


Okay but Black Flag slapped. Maybe not as an AC game per se, but Black Flag was still a greater game.
Black Flag was a mediocre Assassin’s Creed game, at best. It was a phenomenal pirate game
Agreed. Black Flag was awesome. Never finished the story though. Just sailing, singing shanties.
And Rogue. I rarely hear Rogue mentioned but it’s my favourite. I find the story the most appealing, and it comes with so much moral ambiguity.
Gameplay-wise, Rogue is even better than Black Flag. Narratively, Rogue is a disaster fueled by Shay being painfully stupid.
Being released at the same time as the significantly more modern (and unpopular) Unity didn’t do Rogue any favors.