9 Video Games Nobody Wants To Admit Have Aged Terribly

7. Assassin's Creed

The original Assassin's Creed has suffered a lot over the years, primarily due to the advances the series has made. While it's undeniable that Assassin's Creed does what it does well, Ubisoft refined it to a point that the first game is nearly obsolete in comparison.

The combat, while weighty, is slow and clunky, often taking far too long. The parkour is again decent, but clunky and unresponsive at times - the "character auto-grabbing the wrong thing" issue being most prevalent before Ubisoft smoothed it over. Actual stealth mechanics are really non-existent outside of blending in with the crowd or positioning yourself on the other side a piece of the environment and hoping for the best, Ubisoft not opting for the sneaky approach that would later be perfected in the sequels. And whilst that might not be a bad thing, returning to the series after playing the future games makes the whole thing very jarring.

What really suffers is the core gameplay. Assassin's Creed doesn't have much to offer, with most of the missions being centred around dull follow quests, listening quests or pickpocket quests - all mission types that have withered with age. Combine that with the assassination missions feeling a little bit 'meh' after the time that has passed, and you're left with a game that was the pioneer of the series and a total game design-changer... until it was outdone immediately and left to wrinkle.