How long do the Assassin's Creed games take to beat?

**Dave-The-Rave** · 06-05-2012

I admit AC3 has me intrigued..but I never got to play through the other ones even though they are meant to be good..because the first one is so boring, I never beat it.

I'm thinking of forcing myself to finish the first one so I can finally go and play AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations.

So I want to know story alone (No extra stuff) how long does each game take to beat. Summer is the perfect time for me to catch up on these titles and be ready for the release of III.

**neoxthexone** · 06-05-2012

Each game can take like 10-14hours for the main storyline, but I wouldn't force myself through AC1 just watch the ending on Youtube it'll be far more easier.

**DreDayDetox** · 06-05-2012

20 or more hours if you're like me and like to do everything.

**Kuro** · 06-05-2012

I'd say 10-12 hrs. If you ignore all side quest and stuff.

**Rapture** · 06-05-2012

It depends on how fast you rush. I beat Ac2 on Steam recently and I mostly did the main missions, but it took me 29 hours to beat.

**Nitey** · 06-05-2012

I think I spent more time on AC2 because I 1000/1000 the achievements, but I completed Brotherhood on Saturday night and it took me around 20hours with 90% of the singleplayer achievements done. I'd say expect about 15~hours of gameplay each from AC2 and Brotherhood. AC1 is a borefest which I would skip if I was you [ youtube the ending like someone suggested ]

**Fenix** · 06-05-2012

I think for me there in the 25 - 40 hour range, really depends what all I do.

**-Kwesnoth-** · 06-05-2012

Took me around 20 hours to beat AC2.

But I do agree AC1 was very boring and repetitive. Took me a long time to beat it just cause I would loose interest so fast.

**Dave-The-Rave** · 06-05-2012

I was going to skip AC1, but I want to play through it now because I like Altair's character and I know Revelations is based heavily around him.

**itachi73378** · 06-05-2012

It takes me 20-30 hours because I do everything

**Rapture** · 06-05-2012

Originally Posted by Dave-The-Rave

I was going to skip AC1, but I want to play through it now because I like Altair's character and I know Revelations is based heavily around him.

If you rush you can probably squeeze through AC1 is about 9-12 hours. Afterwards you can take your time and enjoy AC2 and beyond. AC1 is by no means a bad game; it's merely repetitive.

**Lethal_NFS** · 06-05-2012

I think I hated Assassin's Creed 1 because it had no trophies..... AC2 took me roughly 20hrs because I wanted to finish the game completely. Im about to start Brotherhood, then Revelations. Hopefully I finish them before AC3 hits.

**Fenix** · 06-05-2012

I actually enjoyed AC1 a lot, was repetitive.. sure, but the gameplay and story were still really enjoyable. Was one of my very first PS3 titles

**Dave-The-Rave** · 06-05-2012

I think trophies ruin games though..I never feel a sense of accomplishment anymore for merely finishing a game.

**Royals** · 06-05-2012

I usually try to do everything in about 25 hours.

**ps3freak18** · 06-06-2012

15-20 hours if you do everything. Could probably go straight through in about 8-10 hours.

**PS3!!!!!** · 06-06-2012

AC was the worst!! It gave me headaches and I found it annoyingly repetitive. It does get better from game to game tho! Depending on how far you want to fall down the rabbit hole should be 10-15 hours..

**gangsta_795** · 06-06-2012

Originally Posted by Dave-The-Rave

I admit AC3 has me intrigued..but I never got to play through the other ones even though they are meant to be good..because the first one is so boring, I never beat it.

I'm thinking of forcing myself to finish the first one so I can finally go and play AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations.

So I want to know story alone (No extra stuff) how long does each game take to beat. Summer is the perfect time for me to catch up on these titles and be ready for the release of III.

Same here. But I think a long afternoon should be able to take you through it.

I think I should do the same..

**Kingpin326** · 06-07-2012

Originally Posted by Dave-The-Rave

I was going to skip AC1, but I want to play through it now because I like Altair's character and I know Revelations is based heavily around him.

Then just play Revelations, it will go through AC1's story and you get to play as Altair as well.

**Dave-The-Rave** · 06-07-2012

Also, how exactly do the games get better after the first one..they must've changed drastically to get the praise they get.

Does 2 have those types of quests they showed in the 3 presentation? I liked the look of that.

**Kingpin326** · 06-07-2012

It's like taking chicken shit and turning it into chicken salad. That's how much of a difference is from ACI > ACII/BroHood/Rev. You will enjoy it. The world is much more open, more side missions, stories, hidden quests, multiplayer (brotherhood/rev only). They are great games.

**Rapture** · 06-07-2012

Originally Posted by Dave-The-Rave

Also, how exactly do the games get better after the first one..they must've changed drastically to get the praise they get.

Assassins Creed 2 had a fast travel system and the missions were much more varied, along with the improved combat and diversity in weapon choices. You can change the colors of your clothes and cape, along with purchasing new armor and weapons sets to increase the defense and attack of your character. Assassins Creed 1 didn't have any of this. As an addendum, you have a set list of contracts to settle to complete the story, and to get access to a contract you had to do the same thing over and over (race mission, retrieve a letter from a courier, etc) and the entire process became overly repetitive; This was not the case in AC2, where each mission was something different.

AC1 still has some perks, such as the characters, setting, and the story, but otherwise AC2 exceeds it in literally every way. The jump between the two is rather large, and while the jump from AC2 to Brotherhood wasn't as big, it's still there. In Brotherhood, you still get some new toys to play with as well as exploring Rome, which is a lot of fun. Horses are allowed inside the cities and the buying mechanic for locations (which appeared in AC2) is improved even further. Not to mention calling down fellow assassins to aid you in battle or take out a lone guard never gets old.

Originally Posted by Dave-The-Rave

Does 2 have those types of quests they showed in the 3 presentation? I liked the look of that.

Do you mean where the man was talking and in-game the quest appeared? Those are not present in AC2. Or do you mean where he took out the soldiers before sneaking his way into the British fort? Yes, there are plenty of missions like that.

This was the only image I could find of it. There's a mission where you must get to the top of that castle to save someone, and you get full synchronization if you manage to do it without being spotted. Here's an image of the city in Brotherhood. (you can see the castle in the background)

**GirlAssassin** · 06-10-2012

Just skip AC1, it's not that good of a game BUT you should read the story on wiki or watch a walkthrough or Let's Play on Youtube. AC2 is 100 percent better than AC1 so you should play it and the rest of the games. Each game will take around 8-12 hours ~ it really depends how fast you play the game and how good you are at it. If you want to do all the missions it could take about up to 20 hours overall, but it is a brilliant game.

**sainraja** · 06-10-2012

AC1 is not that different from AC2, AC: Brotherhood and AC: Revelations. I really wish that people would stop treating the first as a completely different game.

Also, AC2, AC: B and AC: R can be just as repetitive, if not more so.