1. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Middle chapters are always the best, and from Lord of the Rings to Jak & Daxter, Uncharted, Star Wars and now Assassin's Creed, Brotherhood marked the apex of the Ezio storyline, effortlessly ticking all the boxes of AC II, before fleshing out more aspects of gameplay in awesome and enjoyable new ways. Ezio was no longer the rookie we'd watched grow up, nor the old man he'd become in Revelations, instead Brotherhood asked that you be the first person to amass an Assassin Order, rescuing wayward NPCs and recruiting them to your cause. From there the best part came in calling them in to aid you in battle - with just one button press, Ezio would throw his hands in the air and your loyal subjects would dispatch a target of choice. It. felt. BRILLIANT. In terms of gameplay it was easier than ever to chain together kills both melee and stealth-based, a fact bolstered by the series' most impressive amount of attack animations yet. You could wield all sorts of weapons, disarm foes and skewer them with their own blades, glide through groups of foes by altering tactics based on which 'class' you were up against. There were more excuses to pull off double kills, an upgrade tree worth pursuing, tons of customisability for Ezio himself, a gorgeous city worth exploring, the option to throw any weapon - absolutely everything you could possibly want, coming together to form the finest assassin's sandbox of all time. What's the greatest Assassin's Creed of them all? Let us know in the comments!