Constantinople, Ezio's final steps, and the loop of a saga closing on its favorite hero.

No instinctive ranking here, but the contrast across criteria is striking. Attachment plunges right to the bottom, ahead of barely more than one game in ten, and that is its most established mark, on several duels. For the conclusion of the Ezio arc, that is harsh, almost unfair. And yet, look at the rest, on few votes so to be confirmed: rediscovery places it ahead of three quarters of games, the feel with a controller in hand ahead of two thirds. There is the tension: you would love to relive it for the first time and it plays beautifully, but the emotional bond just doesn't take. Like a fine chapter whose motions you keep more than its memory.

For an entry in an annual saga, that says something. Revelations refined a known formula more than it reinvented it, and a transitional installment marks hearts less than a first shock.

So, who is it for? You, if you love climbing, blades and closing out Ezio's journey controller in hand. Much less if you want the saga entry you stay viscerally attached to.