1. Ezio Auditore da Firenze
OK, who seriously didnt see this one coming? Ezio is so charismatically charming that Ubisoft churned out 3 full games for him! He is young, brash, and reckless during his teenage years but grows over time into the quintessential assassin. For 3 games we played as Ezio, under the spell of his exotic Italian accent, liberating Templars across absolutely dazzling historical locales including Venice and Rome. Im not joking when I say that playing Assassins Creed 2 and knowing that a great amount of the geography was historically accurate desperately made me put vacationing there on my bucket list. Barring Revelations- which should really only be played for more gripping narrative chunks- his trilogy of games are also the highlight of the franchise from a gameplay perspective too. It doesnt get much more awesome than having Leonardo da Vinci craft new gadgets for you such as the parachute. From birth, to his rascally teenage years, to his maturity, to his rebuilding of the Assassins, to his elder years, to his natural death in an animated movie, I feel like I have gotten to know and understand Ezio more than most video games could ever dream of achieving with a character. Requiescat in pace! Do you agree with this ranking of the assassins so far? Let us know below!
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