Thickest atmosphere I have ever experienced in a videogame (thanks to some great music and art direction), so many memorable characters and bosses, very satisfying sense of progression. This game has so much content it does not even know where to put it.

Poor choices in game design and lack of emphasis on what made the first one great

A stand-out

There should've been way more new levels. Peak pixel art btw

Half of this game is not bad, the other half are the horribly optimized nighttime beat 'em up levels

Ok now this some hot garbage wtf

Uh-oh

An improvement on every level. Some of the best stage designs ever.

Some head-scratching levels but overall amazing art-direction, music and stage design

This game was veeeery ahead of its time

Great and impactful moral choices at the service of a pretty clichéd and predictable story

Perfect setting and atmosphere.

Another AC2 in the span of 3 years, really unnecessary

A slightly buggier AC2

Same core gameplay issues of its predecessor, but slightly more polished and with a much better setting and more interesting characters.

Just roughly cobbled together without any sort of polishing. Terrible combat system and tedious af

Every bit as fun as its predecessor, but slightly less cohesive and balanced.

Off to a great start

As balanced and fun as the franchise gets

Disgustingly identical to its predecessor, ugh.

Extremely repetitive and boring

Not much else outside of a very charming and beautiful story.

The last part of this game is a giant "what?", but great nonetheless, and on PS4 they solved the major problem of this game (shooting and cover mechanics).

Pretty alright. Not the start I was expecting, though.

A simple story told in the most effective way possible. Parts of this game broke me down as a human.

Greatest moment of this game was the woman in the menu scaring the shit out of me. Outside of that, not bad.

Fundamentally flawed concept resulting in a bullshit story.

Still plays pretty good (for a 1996 FPS)

The greatest DLC ever.

This was the necessary step. Has incredibly badass music.

GTA at its most tedious.

This is when GTA went from amazing to legendary.

This is when GTA went from great to amazing, I guess.

This feels like a rushed attempt at morphing a game into a GTA-like sandbox failed miserably

Very impressive visually, but hasn't really passed the test of time.

B-Sides are bullshit, but outside of that, this game is amazing.

Plays better on 3DS.

Lil B - I love you

Did not dig the story too much, unfortunately. Some of the characters are genuinely annoying.