Rayman, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia: Ubisoft, the French giant, shines in platforming, adventure and open worlds. RomWize re-ranks the publisher's best games by its re-evaluated scores, each with its current score, its versions, their rarity and their collector value.
"The unlikely pairing of Mario and the Rabbids yields a surprisingly clever turn-based tactics game. Cover, chained movement and snappy slides turn battles into genuine brain-teasers, served with welcome offbeat humor."
"Rayman 2 Revolution remixes the Ubisoft classic for PS2. More cutscenes, a central hub and beefed-up dialogue. The 3D platformer remains gorgeous and moving, an essential."
"This sequel frees up movement by ditching the grid for looser, open exploration. The Sparks add varied powers and the planets brim with activities, making for a tactics game more accessible and colorful than the first."
"Far Cry 4 is a generous sequel in the Himalayas with Pagan Min and the Kyrat resistance. Vertical open world with rideable gyrocopters and elephants, online co-op. Less memorable than FC3 but excellent."
"AC II GOTY and AC I bundle, ideal combo to discover the saga's first two peaks. Foundational AC I in the Holy Land, masterful AC II in the Renaissance. The best possible entry into the series."
"AC IV Black Flag and Rogue bundle, the perfect duo for the post-ACIII era. Pirate Edward in the Caribbean and Templar Shay in the Atlantic. Two complementary perspectives for the price of one big game."
"Blood Dragon turns Far Cry 3 into a gleeful spoof of 80s action flicks with neon, VHS grain and a pitch-perfect Michael Biehn. Short, sharp and hilarious, one of the decade's best stand-alones for fans of that kitsch aesthetic."
"Ubisoft Montréal modernise Splinter Cell with a more vengeful Sam Fisher and an efficient mark-and-execute system. Wall-projected staging paces the storytelling, Deniable Ops mode extends the adventure in co-op, and the 360 receives one of the most gripping Splinter Cells in the entire franchise."
"The Ezio Trilogy compiles AC II, Brotherhood and Revelations, Ezio's complete journey. Travel through the Italian Renaissance with the saga's most beloved character. Essential to discover the series at its best."
"Ubisoft Montpellier masterpiece unjustly forgotten at launch. Jade is a memorable heroine, the dystopian universe unique, gameplay varies between investigation, stealth and combat. A game every adventure game fan should play."
"AC III plunges Connor Kenway into the American Revolution with a wild frontier, snowy Boston, Lexington and Concord. Ambitious and spectacular despite a slow ramp-up. The saga's best setting."
"The most action-focused Splinter Cell. Multiple playstyle approaches work well together. Strong Spies vs Mercs cooperative mode. A solid entry despite some franchise fatigue at the time of its release."
"Obsidian turn South Park into a hilarious RPG with extraordinary visual fidelity to Matt Stone and Trey Parker's show. Turn-based combat plays it safe but the jokes fire constantly, the storytelling switches between scatological mayhem and epic heroism, and the result remains an absolute peak among licensed comedy games."
"The European edition under the Puzzle Fusion name, the exact same hypnotic beast with an added ad hoc versus mode. To discover the original Lumines on a PSP screen in Europe, this is the starting point."
"Brotherhood extends ACII into an open Rome with a delightful assassin-recruit system and a bold multiplayer experiment. Ezio remains magnetic and every corner of the city hides a side mission worth chasing."
"Lumines Electronic Symphony is a musical puzzle masterpiece on Vita. Merge blocks on a luminous board with hypnotic electronic music. Addictive and sublimely audio-visual."
"Obsidian turn South Park into a hilarious RPG with extraordinary visual fidelity to Matt Stone and Trey Parker's show. Turn-based combat plays it safe but the jokes fire constantly, the storytelling switches between scatological mayhem and epic heroism, and the result remains an absolute peak among licensed comedy games."
"AC I and AC II Welcome Pack, the saga's founding duo in one package. The first for its pioneering ambition, the second for its Renaissance perfection. Ideal for starting AC or gifting to a budding fan."
"Direct sequel to No More Heroes, Travis returns to climb the ranking again after a personal vendetta. Refined combat with possible dual katanas, more varied levels, wacky 8-bit pet management mini-games. Suda51 still on form, more mature writing but humor intact. Bosses as memorable as the first entry, unique atmosphere preserved. A sequel worthy of the cult, sometimes surpassing the original on pure action."
"Prince of Persia 2008 is the saga reboot with the Prince and Elika in a world corrupted by Ahriman. Sumptuous watercolour art direction, innovative Elika protection mechanic. More forgiving than the Sands but very beautiful."
