Never really played a Assassin's Creed game. But where should I start?

[Enki]

I’ll quote part of my reply on https://206.81.1.216/t/spring-cleaning-revisiting-old-purchases/10984/20

@Enki

If you ever want to play, I recommend you playing at least the first one, with the first assassin Altaïr, and the Ezio saga (II, Brotherhood and Revelations) which is the most acclaimed of the series, even the books are a fun read, me and my sister enjoyed them. Action is a big part of these games, but there are many times that you can instead approach with strategy and stealth. A lot of interesting places to explore, huge amount of real world history to learn from the period of which each game passes, just keep in mind that some stuff is altered to fit the games’ own story. I got to be friends with Leonardo da Vinci!

I’ve only played up to Black Flag, which is a great one for experiencing all pirate related stuff, sailing and sea battles in that game is awesome! As for the story, only the ones I mentioned in the quote above is what really matters in my opinion, you don’t necessarily need to play the first one but it’s also good to understand the origin of the assassins and Ezio saga is what Assassin’s Creed is all about. While also there’s the modern world story that’s going on, it’s not a big deal, you can probably catch up with that stuff via youtube videos if you wish because it’s not the main part of the games.