The Acolyte Podcast

Connor's spot amongst favorite characters always leads to heated discussions and opinions. And while he is far from the best character, he certainly isn't close to being the worst. I understand his motivations and I appreciate his convictions. Here is my episode ranking Connor Kenway.

Both World Wars were a very pivotal time in shaping the world in the early 20th century. This setting has also been done countless times throughout all forms of entertainment, most notably, movies and video games in the since the turn of the century. This era has been a somewhat highly requested setting for Assassin's Creed  fans for many years and I don't think it makes for a good setting in a ma...

Revelations is an incredible experience. The culmination of Ezio's story. The finality of Altair's journey. The setting. The music. The best weapon introduced in any game ever, the hookblade. Assassin's Creed Revelations may be some people's least favorite Ezio adventure and despite this, however, it has recieved a lot more love in recent years. This final chapter of Ezio's  story provides an expe...

One of the coolest secrets you can find in  Assassin's Creed Syndicate  is a Rift that transports you forward about 50 years to World War 1 era London. Here,  Lydia Frye  is introduced. And while she is amazing for the time you play as her, it is very short-lived, unfortunately.

One half of the "Frye Twins." Leader of the Rooks. The main star of  Assassin's Creed Syndicate . One of my least favorite characters, Jacob Frye.

Back in 2017, it was announced that Netflix was going to make an  Assassin's Creed  series for it's streaming service. It was announced again in 2020 that they could make any live-action, animated, or anime project for their platform. Then, in 2022, this partenrship was once again announced with a showrunner in place. Close to 3 years since, we haven't heard a peep about the status of the series u...

Howdy partner! An  Assassin's Creed game set in the Wild West is surely an interesting prospect. Even though there was an in-game teaser email (found in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag ) regarding this possible time period, we have yet to see this franchise tackle the Wild West setting. And after many years of surveys and comments for this time period being highly requested by many fans, I don't b...

Welcome to the "Revisited Series!" In this series, I am going back through each mainline Assassin's Creed game and "revisiting" them (see what I did there...). After ranking the games in Season 1, I made more bite size episodes about each game to bring closure to my thoughts about them. I appreciate you listening! - The Hooded Shadow

We finally made it...and what a journey it has been. Finally, we are getting the setting that has been atop most fan's wishlist and the one I've been waiting to immerse myself in an Assassin's Creed game for more than a decade. Here are my pre-release thoughts and musings on how I feel about  Shadows  right before it launches. Thanks for listening! -The Hooded Shadow

In this "Revisited Series " episode, we are looking back at one of the most beloved games in the franchise. It is often referred to as the best Assasssin's Creed  game ever and it is a shining star amongst its peers within the games industry. The game that solidified the franchise as a beheamoth and one that is here to stay; in this episode I am revisiting Assassin's Creed II.  Each "Revisited Ser...

After striking a deal with a Saudi backed investor "Savvy Games Group," it looks as if Ubisoft will create a DLC for  Assassin's Creed Mirage after all. We may see it sooner rather than later. Furthermore, what stories are they going to potentially tell? I explore three interesting ideas in this episode. Please enjoy! - The Hooded Shadow

Eivor is the main character of  Assassin's Creed Valhalla. She is a character who suffers from the design principle of wanting the players to have a defined character versus having freedom of dialogue choices; and in addition, the structure of the story does Eivor no favors in shaping her character. Lastly, spending hundreds of hours with her gets boring really fast. Here's my ranking and please e...

With each game, mechanics seem to be forgotten or not improved upon. I guess that's what happens when you have multiple studios making an anthology-style series. It's really quite stupid to do, in my opinion. However, in this episode I go over some of my favorite mechanics and if I could take them from one game and insert it into another in order to improve the experience and elevating that partic...

I present to you, my series titled "Revisited: Assassin's Creed."  And in this series I will be revisiting every mainline game, including the Chronicles titles, and giving some updated thoughts and doing something that I love to do which is talking about the games, of course! Every episode will be released on the last Wednesday of the month. So, I'll start with O.G. Assassin's Creed and work my wa...

In this series, I'm ranking in order, from worst to first, my favorite playable characters from any mainline game or DLC. This is the first episode and will be released continually throughout the rest of the year between the General Discussion and Revisited Series episodes, in the middle of the month.

Ladies and gentlemen! Assassins and Hidden Ones! Welcome to Season 2 of  "The Acolyte Podcast!"   To kick things off for 2025, I'm discussing the franchise roadmap that has been "revealed" for the upcoming projects over the next 5 years and taking a deep dive (or leap of faith) into the interesting future that awaits Assassin's Creed. -The Hooded Shadow

At the end of every year, I will be doing the traditional "Game of the Year" discussion that everbody seems to do. I'm going to add a twist to it though, so instead of a "GOTY" of a game released in it's respective year, I will be doing a game that I finished a playthrough of. It doesn't have to be released in that current year, however. I have two "FGOTY's" for 2024, and the first is  Star Wars J...

At the end of every year, I will be doing the traditioinal "Game of the Year" discussion that every game content creator or publication does. However, I will put a twist on it. Instead of a "GOTY" of whatever released in it's respective year, I want to give my "favorite" game of the year, something that I played and finished a playthrough of, for the current year, but it doesn't have to be release...

Well here we are again. The  Assassin's Creed  franchise is once again at a crossroads. Everything I needed to say was said in this episode. I'll always carry this franchise in my heart, but I lack faith in the vision and people who are sheperding it into the future. Moreover, I've got some cool episodes lined up for Season 2, starting January 1st, but before that the next 2 episodes this month wi...

Wait...I have an idea! Or several unique ones for different aspects of  Assasson's Creed.  These ideas have been ruminating, most of them anyway, for a few years and are kind of like a "pie in the sky," wishful thinking, here's how I would improve upon these things. This is Part 4 of a 4-part series, which will all be released sequentially through the end of November. Thanks for listening! youtube...

Wait...I have an idea! Or several unique ones for different aspects of  Assassin's Creed. These ideas have been ruminating, most of them anyway, for a few years and are kind of like a "pie in the sky", wishful thinking, here's how I would improve upon these things. This is Part 3 & will be a 4-part series,  which will all be released sequentially through the end of November.

Wait...I have an idea! Or several unique ones for different aspects of  Assassin's Creed. These ideas have been ruminating, most of them anyway, for a few years and are kind of like a pie in the sky, wishful thinking, "here's how I would improve upon these things." This is Part 2 & will be a 4-part series, which will all be released sequentially through the end of November.

Wait...I have an idea! Or several unique ones for different aspects of  Assassin's Creed . These ideas have been ruminating, most of them anyway, for a few years and are kind of like a pie in the sky, wishful thinking, "here's how I would improve upon these things." This is Part 1 of a 4-part series, which will all be released sequentially through the end of November.

You can do a case study of the "evolution" of the  Assassin's Creed  franchise and after formulating a massive headache, then you *might* be able to have an informed opinion of it. A lot of opinionated gamers have varying degrees of how much these games have changed over it's 16+ year history. Is it really an evolution or was it a major, even necessary, change that occured? So in this episode, I g...