i liked how wholesome the homestead missions was it was cosy everyone knew everyone and it was so chill i loved doing them and adding people to the small village was so nice
I was genuinely shocked when people said they disliked AC3 so much especially when they said that Connor was such a dull person. Then they’d say they never did the homestead missions and it would make sense.
@@arifsalahudin6673 My favorite part is that the easiest way to highlight targets is by aiming a weapon, so the homesteaders are just trying to work and out of the corner of their eye they see Connor standing in a bush staring at them with his pistol pointed at their head.
The syndicate train felt very lived in, which is quite nice in my opinion. Also the fact that it moves around and you can wait to get to other stations is a fun gimmick.
what i love about the cafe in unity is that if you decide to chill in the actual cafe section, there are many different people that will go on stage and tell stories/or read relevant news for the time! and you can drink a coffee too
It is literally hiding in plain sight. And there is nothing on its exterior that connects it to the Assassins. Also, Nigel, the conductor and Agnes barely know what Assassins are.
The Homestead from Assassins Creed 3 had the most unique hideout upgrade system. Pretty much the other hideouts can be upgraded with money but the Homestead can be upgraded through playing missions where you meet and interact with civilians. Really gave that community feel the best of the hideouts. Though that one encyclopedia achievement where you have to scan the civilians each 3 times in different places and times of the day was painful.
Exactly, upgrades released after secondary missions that were part of a context for upgrade, to improve the mine you had to do a mission to help the miner explode the mine more, so hunter help her how to hunt new animals, I remember q had a mission that a man needed the carpite's help to improve something. I found it incredible was all fluid and real, not just pay and that and it was improved
The Davenport Homestead feels most like a community where people live their lives, doing things for their own and each other’s survival and pleasure, and having interpersonal connections. Through the homestead missions you come to know them more richly than the average NPC because of the stories you see them go through and help them with.
I liked Monteriggioni's historical elegance and mysterious nature, while with the Homestead, I liked the rustic feel and building the community and getting to know the other residents.
Honestly the people who dont like Connor and AC3 havent done the homestead missions they really open his characters personality up more and more with each new building and neighbor thats brought into him plus the funeral scene is so much better with a full homestead.
The entire game gets better if you do the homestead missions (apart from the one that makes you shove pigs into their pen, f that one). The double holster is only available through the homestead, for example.
@@blarfroer8066 yeah im with you on the pig one and it really does show a better side to Connor but ive been gaming since the Nes games and my fave genre has always been rpg so side quests, doing and talking to everyone is annoyingly ingrained into me
I can't for the life of me imagine the funeral with just Connor. What the heck? I never even thought of the possibility of skipping Homestead missions because to me they are as mandatory as the main story.
Masyaf has a great lore reason to not like it. It shows the decadence of the assassins. It’s a huge compound plastered with assassin flags and banners. They compromise themselves and the very nature of it rejects the creed.
I would flip Cafe Theatre and Great Inagua personally. Yeah Great Inagua is pretty, but it’s all surface detail. There’s nothing you do there other than unlock the Templar armor that you can’t do elsewhere. Cafe Theatre was a genuinely unique place with lots of stuff to do and interact with.
@@Idk-cy2sb You can buy a couple upgrades such as a harbor master or general store, but they are the same shops you can find everywhere in the game. There are also a couple cosmetic upgrades which are just money sinks, they don’t do anything other than look nice and contribute to an achievement. Contrast that with upgrading the Cafe Theatre which not only unlocks missions but also new parts of the hideout unlock with some fun easter eggs like a report from a sexist assassin who gets their ass beat by a female swordsman they were hoping to recruit.
I think a big factor you missed about Maysaf is the context. Its bustling with other Assassins and you are just another recruit which is awesome and unique. You are no-one special. It feels very alive and like it will go on with or without you. Yes there is nothing to interact with or upgrade due to it being the first game, but thematically thats because you are not in control of anything because you are just a recruit. Great video 😊
An with that factor that's why no other AC game can really compete with AC1, Being a normal ass assassin nobody special it makes it overall more immersive, seeing the other assassin's train, patrol, an tryna climb the ranks is honestly astounding an really gives off the feel of togetherness because they're literally your family...Enough of my irrelevant rambling i just hope AC Mirage can pull it off like the OG, Hate to say it but So far Valhalla unfortunately had the ac1 formula an just wasted all of it.
Agree. Another reason why AC1 is the only one that feels like an actual Assassins. The sequels made them Vigilante's like some kind of Medieval Batman.
@@Abel_Unstabledid any of you ever play AC1?!? That who Alt’air was. A renegade who went against the creed. He WAS someone special. He WAS that guy. Until he overstepped what was completely demoted. Then everyone *acts* like the golden boy quarterback from last week is on the bad jobs now… while he grinds his honor back. He was always special from the moment we knew him.
@@Abel_Unstable In ac2 altair write in a codex. That assasins must go to shadow and avoid public display of execution. Their base is also in plain site raided by templars and mongols.
The train is actually my favourite. It serves little in game purpose, but it's such a cool concept that I can fully believe the London Assassins would come up with.
Davenport Homestead is one of my favorite parts of Assassin's Creed III. I really enjoy building it up from just Achilles' run down house into a thriving community.
I mean, with how Inagua was designed, there's just not much to do overall. The only thing they could truly change, is that the Cosmetic Upgrades to the Mansion will now improve your income (because in the original AC4, they do nothing). But other than that, there isn't much to change, solely becauss of how AC4's "Renovation" system was made.
@@erso_returned2530 A lot of Remakes that came out lately have actually been great releases, some of which made more than their original versions, "kid"...
Tiber and galata will always have a place in my heart. Not only because they were my favorite games but I actually enjoyed the lead role to the assassin’s brotherhood and seeing my recruits as I upgraded them and progressed them to be better assassins. Truly gave the feel of ezio being the mentor of the brotherhood
Why the hell did Ubisoft forget about the whole brotherhood thing. It was so cool clearing the way with your assassin's. Ubi failed to deliver so many times.
I really loved Unity's Cafè, 'cause it's so detailed and you can discover new rooms and secrets proceeding with the story. I'd love this kind of hideout in other games
Assassins Creed 3 was the best IMO gameplay and story wise. So many different things to do, Sailing, fighting, hunting, assassinating, delivering, fort clearing, naval battling, crafting, running a settlement, exploring, puzzle solving, bad ass missions, I was never bored. I even grew to like Connor even though he made it really hard to. But the homestead missions where just *chefs kiss*.
I always felt an affinity towards Connor. Other than that I agree with your comment. I've lost count of how many times I've played AC3 in comparison to the rest of the games. I only own from AC1 to Rogue though. I've played Rogue twice, Black Flag once, and the rest all more than 5 times. But definitely I've replayed AC3 the most. After I'm done with my playthrough of the whole greek saga of God of War games, I plan on playing all my AC games.
Couldn’t agree more with Davenport Homestead for being number one! Fitting to the Colonial American setting, completed with a an entire community that you can build up by helping the residents with Homestead Missions. Each particular homesteader provides your hideout with both economic and crafting resources, and the more you help them, the more their residence and services will grow. The Homesteaders are actual characters with unique personalities and developing stories/characters and you can see why Connor deeply cares for them and is always willing to help them out. As much as Connor is a brooding protagonist, his interactions with his fellow homesteaders actually allow us to see him actually be at peace and happy. You feel the bond he built with these people, as if they were his family and they really bring your hideout to life. They’re not just NPCs that stand about, they actually have routines. Chores and tasks that show off their trade and craft that they provide to your homestead community. You actually bond with them and help them through hardship. Celebrate their happiness with them, from a child being born to two of them getting married. In a way, you feel so accomplished, you help band together these colonists who felt abused, lost, stricken with hardship. And gave them a home and a family that would provide for and protect one another.
I would say that the AC syndicate one should be ranked higher because of the convenience of the train always moving, and making it much easier to access different parts of the city, the fact that it is probably the most hidden hideout (you are literally hiding in plain sight under starricks nose). And it makes more sense for the assasins to have a small well hidden hideout than a massive mansion, or huge manor.
My ideal hideout in this franchise has the Homestead Missions and interactions from AC: III, the Vendors from AC: II, and the money n supplies needed to upgrade it from AC: Valhalla. Along with the ability to control Assassin Recruits and your own finances would be nice. I the hideout had all those features it would be praised to high heaven.
The Brotherhood and Revelation hideouts are some of my favorites. The train is probably in my top 3 favorite hideouts along with the cafe. The Homestead is in my top 5 for how homely and cozy it is. It was so satisfying playing theough missions and the Homestead missions and seeing both the area and house itself become decorated. On so many occasions i just walked around the house and looked at the decorations and momentos.
With Ravensthorpe there are a lot of buildings to construct and cosmetic items to decorate the settlement with but I do think it's lacking in defenses. There are no guard towers except maybe if you put the lookout tower in the spot in front of the longhouse where a big tree can go (which I did for my settlement), no walls surrounding Ravensthorpe, and a lot of the buildings are for trading like growing crops and raising livestock while the only military buildings are the armory, the jomsviking hall, and the barracks. The cities in England, settlements like Soma's fort, the bandit camps, and the forts along the rivers have walls and guard towers yet Ravensthorpe doesn't. Not to mention the hills behind the longhouse offer an opportunity for enemies to observe the settlement and attack from behind. I'm surprised Ravensthorpe only gets attacked once in the whole game.
The treasure room in great inaqua in AC4 actually represents how much money you have in game. It’ll change depending on how much you have on you. Idk the exact amounts but >5000 is the lowest I believe and 100,000+ is the max (I think there are 2 other sizes of the treasure between).
Love the homestead got respect it deserved Always hated people saying it was bad as it had this community vibe with how you found every member and helped them in important moments. It made me quite sad they've never returned to this idea as it was one of AC 3. Hell Valhalla could of been the homestead 2.0, imagine that, would've been amazing
Exactly, I loathed how much you had to grind to fully build up your Viking settlement. Unlocking buildings and upgrading through completions of side missions is far more fulfilling and pleasant way to build up your hideout. So much potential, just wasted on such a grinding resource economy.
I totally agree on your number 1, building that homestead into a full thriving town is my favourite part of the game. In a game of hits and misses this was definitely one of the hits
My favorites are the Cafe, Villa Auditore and Great Inagua. Honorable mention would be the train in syndicate. I do love the fact it was always moving and it was very helpful as I would use it to get to my next location if it was nearby.
the train hideout in syndicate was not only fun to just wander around in and interact with things but also some days id just look out of the train and just look around the city as it moved on, perfect.
Achilles Manor where the Homestead took place was a break from the Revolution of the time, but my personal favorite hideout remains the Great Inagua compound for the Caribbean setting.
I love Ravensthorpe with every fiber of my being, but I definitely see where it could have been improved. I tend to love most games, worlds, stories, and characters I play and experience in the AC franchise despite some of their faults though
I beat assassins creed 3 multiple times but I’ve been seeing so much about it that I HAVE TO replay it as in adult as I am currently on an assassins creed binge
My favorite is definitely Davenport Homestead. I not only like the building and the region. The people are great, I adore the Homestead community and helping all of them through the side missions. I think part of why AC3 is one of my favorite games and the AC game I've played more times than I can count is because of the Homestead people. I just love how they live, how they help each other, I like helping them. It really makes me feel part of a working and supportive community and I love it.
Well.. You have a Hideout in Liberations too, but it will be probably somewhere in the last 3 spots anyway, because there isn't much. Just a single room in a trading warehouse. Personally, I would put AC4's hideout over AC3's. but only because I like the setting way more. A simple reason, I know, but my personal biggest reason. :D
A lot of people loved the moving train, I have to admit it’s very creative. Auditors villa is goat but I see where your coming from with the homestead there’s just so much to it and the trading mini game heavily depending on your level of homestead is just brilliant 👌🏻
0:22 - 1:25 I received AC Rogue as a Christmas gift in 2014 just over month after it launched. I didn't progress very far, completing only the first sequence before abandoning the game. A year ago in September 2022 across the span of only three days (the 15th, 16th, and 17th), I went achievement hunting and ground out the game, getting every achievement except for those that were i.e. "do X amount of this". I travelled the entire map, 100% sequences, collected all collectibles, and I do not remember the building of Fort Arsenal. A fort, yes, a mansion, no.
What I like the most about Davenport homestead is that you know the people there and that makes the homestead so alive... at least if you do the homestead missions. 1st time around I got stuck and didn't find the homestead missions anymore. Turns out it was Morris that I missed the first time around. Kinda hidden away at the north of Boston.
I ABSOLUTLY loved Davenport. How the growing of the village was carried over the years and time-jumps... over several missions where you get to know the settlers, help them and feel like they realy develop alongside you... loved this little village. :3
"Well she's dead." Lol Good luck in University mate! I think the Syndicate train was such a cool idea and was very unique. I think it coulda been better but I really like that they tried to do something new.
What I like about fort arsenal is that it's very reactive. I've only really played the kenway games, and no other of them had guns and swords on a rack that actually change depending on what weapons you pick up. Plus, I like just hanging out around because it's also near your Templar HQ.
What I like about the cafe theatre is that its a hideout where you can really see arno just chilling. He can interact with the coffee table and drink coffee while listening to politics.
thanks for this video brother here's my rank : 11 : ravensthorpe from valhalla ( i place it at the worst just because i hate this game) 10 : fort arsenal from rogue 9 : the hidden ones bureaut from origins 8 : steam train from syndicate 7 : cafe theatre from unity 6 : great inagua from black flag 5 : galata headquarters from revelelations 4 : tiber island from brotherhood 3 : homestead from ac 3 2 : masyaf castle from ac 1 1 : villa auditore from ac 2
My thing about masyaf castle is that it's a giant castle, you're not hiding you're just showboating and the architecture is strangely like the English buildings in acre, and with the knowledge gone it makes it clear that al Mualim is scared of altïar or anyone really knowing who he really is I still love it as it's giant symbolism of how the brotherhood in 1 is just, Templars with hoods
Wtf the Steam Train in Syndicate was awesome. You could literally be doing something random just to see the hideout passing by, and jump on it like that untill you were ready to step out at your next destination
I agree with this list ac3 hideout was my favorite, I like assassins creed mirage’s hideout but I’m in the middle of the game and not even sure you can go back to that hideout
Masyaf will always be special for me. One of the historic original headquarters of the Assassins, full of knowledge and the coolest dressed trained killers fighting to keep the world from actual Templar knights.
I’d honestly put Black Flag’s near the bottom. Yeah, you can upgrade it, but it does nothing. You don’t even earn passive income like in Unity or Syndicate nor does it have any unique missions or the trade system associated with it since that’s all in the Jackdaw. You could remove it from the game entirely and nothing changes other than the location of the ending.
Ravensthorpe and the train are so underrated in this. The ac 3 homestead is overrated. People are going to say im a new player but no I just dont like the homestead
Ima be honest I wasn’t paying that much attention scrolling through TH-cam But the hideouts on the thumbnail I legitimately thought was a modern day suburb which I think is funny af
Mine is 1. Homestead from ac3 2. Cafe from ac unity 3. Train from ac syndicate My favorite is actually the cafe teatre but homestead just have that cozy vibe that it just have to be at number 1 in my list
I guess I'm biased because I prefer Ezio's story over the other assassins. And Villa Auditore is to me the best because it feels closer to the family. Being also Mario's state and all that. And there is the fact that you could decorate it by buying the art in the game. That was a very nice touch.
I like how in all of the games those places make sense. That's why you don't get a house in Oddysey. There is nothing in Kassandra's story to justify it, except for building a house being a thing. Witcher 3 added house in DLC because I guess people like them in Skyrim, they made a story for that and it kind of made sense. In Syndicate you get a train - which makes sense. But then you just get a ship which is not reallya hideout. And in Valhalla again it makes sense - you are not a wandering mercenary, you are creating a colony and doing assasin stuff as something extra. So building a village makes sense and does not feel pushed.
In syndicate, as you upgrade and win thug wars, the number of members on the train increases, and you see more diverse member types. Plus, all the mwechants you need are on the last car, on your way out.
You also forgot that below Monteriggioni is the Auditore crypt, a nice detail as the crypt is officially designated in the game with an assassin’s tomb mark, usually reserved for one of the six assassin tomb’s necessary to unlock Alt’air’s legendary armor.
have you tried watching what the people in the homestead does? bro the details makes it feel real and alive everyone has something to do from carpenting and watching it finish carpenting and the butchery of a pig carcass
My list 1. Davenport Homestead AC3 (Ship+Comfort+View+Community) 2. Great Inagua AC4 (Ship+ View+ Comfort) 3. Train from AC Syndicate (Moving HQ) 4. Fort Arsenal AC Rogue (Ship+ Average View+ Comfort) 5. Masyaf 6. Tiber Island HQ AC Brotherhood
I 100% agree with this poll thank you for not picking 2s area as number 1 based on nostalgia alone I agree after really getting into 3s homestead 2s looks 2nd best by comparison but its no doubt a very close runner up so I agree with the placement
I really missed the AC mechanics where you can train your recruits to become full-fledged Master Assassins, anyway my number 1 HO is also the DAVENPORT. it just feels like home when you return from the main cities missions.
I feel like the one bad thing about how badly reviewed AC3 was is the loss of Hideout Upgrade stuffs. In AC4 I'd loved to have seen a combination of the systems of AC2 and 3, as most of the island isn't considered that important, and I always miss how much you could do in AC2. Beyond things in the mansion there were new places to explore as you upgraded the town, Statues to find in the town, the Wall of Assassin's Scrolls, and Ezio's sister to interact with. It feels like they tried to go too far with the crafting system in AC3, but I'd have liked to have more secrets on the island, and have more distant parts play a bigger role. Like I'd have loved to see stuffs done with the Forts done from the other side. Instead of assaulting a Fort you defend one instead. Or you could get ahold if other ships, have them docked, and even take them out for yourself, but they maybe don't get upgrades, but have different abilities.
12:28 where does the money come from? It better be donated/ payments made for missions cuz there ain’t no way an assassin would resort to -extorting the innocent- taxation.
i liked how wholesome the homestead missions was it was cosy everyone knew everyone and it was so chill i loved doing them and adding people to the small village was so nice
I was genuinely shocked when people said they disliked AC3 so much especially when they said that Connor was such a dull person. Then they’d say they never did the homestead missions and it would make sense.
So cosy and comforting atmosphere and missions really added to connors personality
Yeah and spying on the homestead since Achilles wants you to record it for the history XD
@@arifsalahudin6673 My favorite part is that the easiest way to highlight targets is by aiming a weapon, so the homesteaders are just trying to work and out of the corner of their eye they see Connor standing in a bush staring at them with his pistol pointed at their head.
Specially while raining
The syndicate train felt very lived in, which is quite nice in my opinion. Also the fact that it moves around and you can wait to get to other stations is a fun gimmick.
what i love about the cafe in unity is that if you decide to chill in the actual cafe section, there are many different people that will go on stage and tell stories/or read relevant news for the time! and you can drink a coffee too
Sooo cool 😊
Syndicate takes a rare W on this one. The seccond best imo just because it moves and you can see the entire city from there
I liked the Steam train. To me it made sense that Assassin's would have something like that.
Yes
It is literally hiding in plain sight. And there is nothing on its exterior that connects it to the Assassins. Also, Nigel, the conductor and Agnes barely know what Assassins are.
@@philippegauvin-vallee9371---Technically Nigel was Agnes assistant. It was Agnes that ran everything about the train like a conductor would.
One of the few parts of Syndicate I actually liked
The Homestead from Assassins Creed 3 had the most unique hideout upgrade system. Pretty much the other hideouts can be upgraded with money but the Homestead can be upgraded through playing missions where you meet and interact with civilians. Really gave that community feel the best of the hideouts. Though that one encyclopedia achievement where you have to scan the civilians each 3 times in different places and times of the day was painful.
Exactly, upgrades released after secondary missions that were part of a context for upgrade, to improve the mine you had to do a mission to help the miner explode the mine more, so hunter help her how to hunt new animals, I remember q had a mission that a man needed the carpite's help to improve something. I found it incredible was all fluid and real, not just pay and that and it was improved
The Davenport Homestead feels most like a community where people live their lives, doing things for their own and each other’s survival and pleasure, and having interpersonal connections. Through the homestead missions you come to know them more richly than the average NPC because of the stories you see them go through and help them with.
I liked Monteriggioni's historical elegance and mysterious nature, while with the Homestead, I liked the rustic feel and building the community and getting to know the other residents.
Honestly the people who dont like Connor and AC3 havent done the homestead missions they really open his characters personality up more and more with each new building and neighbor thats brought into him plus the funeral scene is so much better with a full homestead.
The entire game gets better if you do the homestead missions (apart from the one that makes you shove pigs into their pen, f that one). The double holster is only available through the homestead, for example.
@@blarfroer8066 yeah im with you on the pig one and it really does show a better side to Connor but ive been gaming since the Nes games and my fave genre has always been rpg so side quests, doing and talking to everyone is annoyingly ingrained into me
I can't for the life of me imagine the funeral with just Connor. What the heck?
I never even thought of the possibility of skipping Homestead missions because to me they are as mandatory as the main story.
I would say those who never liked Connor and Ac3 never watched or liked the movie the Last Mohican
I'm a completionist, I've done all of them. Connor is still a prick and an idiot
Masyaf has a great lore reason to not like it. It shows the decadence of the assassins. It’s a huge compound plastered with assassin flags and banners. They compromise themselves and the very nature of it rejects the creed.
I would flip Cafe Theatre and Great Inagua personally. Yeah Great Inagua is pretty, but it’s all surface detail. There’s nothing you do there other than unlock the Templar armor that you can’t do elsewhere. Cafe Theatre was a genuinely unique place with lots of stuff to do and interact with.
Can't u upgrade your mansion and great inagua?
@@Idk-cy2sb You can buy a couple upgrades such as a harbor master or general store, but they are the same shops you can find everywhere in the game. There are also a couple cosmetic upgrades which are just money sinks, they don’t do anything other than look nice and contribute to an achievement. Contrast that with upgrading the Cafe Theatre which not only unlocks missions but also new parts of the hideout unlock with some fun easter eggs like a report from a sexist assassin who gets their ass beat by a female swordsman they were hoping to recruit.
@@fakjbf3129 I will admit defeat, I stand corrected
There’s a trophy for watching a play being performed!
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It's cool that the Play is also quite good.
It's not some dull random idle stuff - it's an actual play that can be quite engaging.
I think a big factor you missed about Maysaf is the context. Its bustling with other Assassins and you are just another recruit which is awesome and unique. You are no-one special. It feels very alive and like it will go on with or without you. Yes there is nothing to interact with or upgrade due to it being the first game, but thematically thats because you are not in control of anything because you are just a recruit. Great video 😊
An with that factor that's why no other AC game can really compete with AC1, Being a normal ass assassin nobody special it makes it overall more immersive, seeing the other assassin's train, patrol, an tryna climb the ranks is honestly astounding an really gives off the feel of togetherness because they're literally your family...Enough of my irrelevant rambling i just hope AC Mirage can pull it off like the OG, Hate to say it but So far Valhalla unfortunately had the ac1 formula an just wasted all of it.
Agree. Another reason why AC1 is the only one that feels like an actual Assassins. The sequels made them Vigilante's like some kind of Medieval Batman.
@@KoreyVortex Honestly, AC1 did it perfectly having you be a master assassin who messed up and is a "nobody" as a punishment
@@Abel_Unstabledid any of you ever play AC1?!? That who Alt’air was. A renegade who went against the creed. He WAS someone special. He WAS that guy. Until he overstepped what was completely demoted. Then everyone *acts* like the golden boy quarterback from last week is on the bad jobs now… while he grinds his honor back. He was always special from the moment we knew him.
@@Abel_Unstable In ac2 altair write in a codex. That assasins must go to shadow and avoid public display of execution. Their base is also in plain site raided by templars and mongols.
The train is actually my favourite. It serves little in game purpose, but it's such a cool concept that I can fully believe the London Assassins would come up with.
Davenport Homestead is one of my favorite parts of Assassin's Creed III. I really enjoy building it up from just Achilles' run down house into a thriving community.
Lets hope the Black Flag remake improves on Great Inagua, could be the best we've ever had.
It definitely won’t change anything
I mean, with how Inagua was designed, there's just not much to do overall.
The only thing they could truly change, is that the Cosmetic Upgrades to the Mansion will now improve your income (because in the original AC4, they do nothing).
But other than that, there isn't much to change, solely becauss of how AC4's "Renovation" system was made.
Meh stop waiting for sh-it-ty remakes kid...
@@erso_returned2530
A lot of Remakes that came out lately have actually been great releases, some of which made more than their original versions, "kid"...
@@TheCursedCat1927 I highly doubt that. Some remakes are unneeded.
Got it "kid"
Tiber and galata will always have a place in my heart. Not only because they were my favorite games but I actually enjoyed the lead role to the assassin’s brotherhood and seeing my recruits as I upgraded them and progressed them to be better assassins. Truly gave the feel of ezio being the mentor of the brotherhood
Why the hell did Ubisoft forget about the whole brotherhood thing. It was so cool clearing the way with your assassin's. Ubi failed to deliver so many times.
I really loved Unity's Cafè, 'cause it's so detailed and you can discover new rooms and secrets proceeding with the story. I'd love this kind of hideout in other games
unity is one of my favorites, i love the attic area with the outfits on display. its such a simple thing but it feels very personal.
I went through the entirely of Rogue without ever going back to Fort Arsenal.
Your problem.
the cafe theater is such a vibrant cozy vibe i can't help but love it.
Assassins Creed 3 was the best IMO gameplay and story wise. So many different things to do, Sailing, fighting, hunting, assassinating, delivering, fort clearing, naval battling, crafting, running a settlement, exploring, puzzle solving, bad ass missions, I was never bored. I even grew to like Connor even though he made it really hard to. But the homestead missions where just *chefs kiss*.
My favorite by far
I always felt an affinity towards Connor. Other than that I agree with your comment.
I've lost count of how many times I've played AC3 in comparison to the rest of the games. I only own from AC1 to Rogue though. I've played Rogue twice, Black Flag once, and the rest all more than 5 times. But definitely I've replayed AC3 the most.
After I'm done with my playthrough of the whole greek saga of God of War games, I plan on playing all my AC games.
Personaly i loved unity hideout because i’m french , i’m looking at the theatre then going on the garden looking at the world just so relaxing
Couldn’t agree more with Davenport Homestead for being number one! Fitting to the Colonial American setting, completed with a an entire community that you can build up by helping the residents with Homestead Missions. Each particular homesteader provides your hideout with both economic and crafting resources, and the more you help them, the more their residence and services will grow. The Homesteaders are actual characters with unique personalities and developing stories/characters and you can see why Connor deeply cares for them and is always willing to help them out.
As much as Connor is a brooding protagonist, his interactions with his fellow homesteaders actually allow us to see him actually be at peace and happy. You feel the bond he built with these people, as if they were his family and they really bring your hideout to life. They’re not just NPCs that stand about, they actually have routines. Chores and tasks that show off their trade and craft that they provide to your homestead community. You actually bond with them and help them through hardship. Celebrate their happiness with them, from a child being born to two of them getting married. In a way, you feel so accomplished, you help band together these colonists who felt abused, lost, stricken with hardship. And gave them a home and a family that would provide for and protect one another.
I would say that the AC syndicate one should be ranked higher because of the convenience of the train always moving, and making it much easier to access different parts of the city, the fact that it is probably the most hidden hideout (you are literally hiding in plain sight under starricks nose). And it makes more sense for the assasins to have a small well hidden hideout than a massive mansion, or huge manor.
My ideal hideout in this franchise has the Homestead Missions and interactions from AC: III, the Vendors from AC: II, and the money n supplies needed to upgrade it from AC: Valhalla. Along with the ability to control Assassin Recruits and your own finances would be nice. I the hideout had all those features it would be praised to high heaven.
Personally I loved Tiber Island. It was hiding in plain sight. And seeing your fellow assassins there in between missions was always cool.
I can relate on the Syndicate hideout occasionally disappearing from the map. Glad I'm not the only one!
The Brotherhood and Revelation hideouts are some of my favorites. The train is probably in my top 3 favorite hideouts along with the cafe. The Homestead is in my top 5 for how homely and cozy it is. It was so satisfying playing theough missions and the Homestead missions and seeing both the area and house itself become decorated. On so many occasions i just walked around the house and looked at the decorations and momentos.
With Ravensthorpe there are a lot of buildings to construct and cosmetic items to decorate the settlement with but I do think it's lacking in defenses. There are no guard towers except maybe if you put the lookout tower in the spot in front of the longhouse where a big tree can go (which I did for my settlement), no walls surrounding Ravensthorpe, and a lot of the buildings are for trading like growing crops and raising livestock while the only military buildings are the armory, the jomsviking hall, and the barracks. The cities in England, settlements like Soma's fort, the bandit camps, and the forts along the rivers have walls and guard towers yet Ravensthorpe doesn't. Not to mention the hills behind the longhouse offer an opportunity for enemies to observe the settlement and attack from behind. I'm surprised Ravensthorpe only gets attacked once in the whole game.
My all time favorite must be the AC3 Hideout, the way we start off as a single house to a community of people living there is just making me so HAPPY
The treasure room in great inaqua in AC4 actually represents how much money you have in game. It’ll change depending on how much you have on you. Idk the exact amounts but >5000 is the lowest I believe and 100,000+ is the max (I think there are 2 other sizes of the treasure between).
I'm near 2million reales, I'm trying to get to the #1 pirate rank rn
Love the homestead got respect it deserved
Always hated people saying it was bad as it had this community vibe with how you found every member and helped them in important moments. It made me quite sad they've never returned to this idea as it was one of AC 3. Hell Valhalla could of been the homestead 2.0, imagine that, would've been amazing
Exactly, I loathed how much you had to grind to fully build up your Viking settlement. Unlocking buildings and upgrading through completions of side missions is far more fulfilling and pleasant way to build up your hideout. So much potential, just wasted on such a grinding resource economy.
i honestly tought that that basement wasnt even accecible while free roaming in the homestead this guy just showed me how to get in thx bud 🤣
Fun fact about the treasure room in Ac black flag: the more money you have in the game, the more gold is in the pile.
I totally agree on your number 1, building that homestead into a full thriving town is my favourite part of the game. In a game of hits and misses this was definitely one of the hits
My favorites are the Cafe, Villa Auditore and Great Inagua. Honorable mention would be the train in syndicate. I do love the fact it was always moving and it was very helpful as I would use it to get to my next location if it was nearby.
the train hideout in syndicate was not only fun to just wander around in and interact with things but also some days id just look out of the train and just look around the city as it moved on, perfect.
Achilles Manor where the Homestead took place was a break from the Revolution of the time, but my personal favorite hideout remains the Great Inagua compound for the Caribbean setting.
I love Ravensthorpe with every fiber of my being, but I definitely see where it could have been improved. I tend to love most games, worlds, stories, and characters I play and experience in the AC franchise despite some of their faults though
I beat assassins creed 3 multiple times but I’ve been seeing so much about it that I HAVE TO replay it as in adult as I am currently on an assassins creed binge
My favorite is definitely Davenport Homestead. I not only like the building and the region. The people are great, I adore the Homestead community and helping all of them through the side missions. I think part of why AC3 is one of my favorite games and the AC game I've played more times than I can count is because of the Homestead people. I just love how they live, how they help each other, I like helping them. It really makes me feel part of a working and supportive community and I love it.
Villa Auditore is my favorite hideout, and all the hideouts in the ezio trilogy were great.
Well.. You have a Hideout in Liberations too, but it will be probably somewhere in the last 3 spots anyway, because there isn't much. Just a single room in a trading warehouse.
Personally, I would put AC4's hideout over AC3's. but only because I like the setting way more. A simple reason, I know, but my personal biggest reason. :D
the moving train was a cool idea
The Desmond outfit confused me for a sec 😂
A lot of people loved the moving train, I have to admit it’s very creative. Auditors villa is goat but I see where your coming from with the homestead there’s just so much to it and the trading mini game heavily depending on your level of homestead is just brilliant 👌🏻
0:22 - 1:25 I received AC Rogue as a Christmas gift in 2014 just over month after it launched. I didn't progress very far, completing only the first sequence before abandoning the game. A year ago in September 2022 across the span of only three days (the 15th, 16th, and 17th), I went achievement hunting and ground out the game, getting every achievement except for those that were i.e. "do X amount of this". I travelled the entire map, 100% sequences, collected all collectibles, and I do not remember the building of Fort Arsenal. A fort, yes, a mansion, no.
What I like the most about Davenport homestead is that you know the people there and that makes the homestead so alive... at least if you do the homestead missions. 1st time around I got stuck and didn't find the homestead missions anymore. Turns out it was Morris that I missed the first time around. Kinda hidden away at the north of Boston.
Davenport Homestead is the reason AC 3 is my favourite game ever, i have made a save just to do the homestead quests over and over again.
I like how they all have nice houses except for origins, which is just
H O L E .
I ABSOLUTLY loved Davenport. How the growing of the village was carried over the years and time-jumps... over several missions where you get to know the settlers, help them and feel like they realy develop alongside you... loved this little village. :3
"Well she's dead." Lol
Good luck in University mate!
I think the Syndicate train was such a cool idea and was very unique. I think it coulda been better but I really like that they tried to do something new.
Thank you, appreciate that. Yeah I can agree with that. I saw the potential
The train hideout had a library 📚
Homestead Missions where so chill
I like Black Flag one. You get whole island to yourself 😎
I honestly didn't remember that there's a hideout in rogue
I never knew it exist in rouge
cafe theatre. well im biased with Unity. its so good imo. great video
The legacy room in unity made me tear up when i saw all the assassin's outfits from previous games
What I like about fort arsenal is that it's very reactive. I've only really played the kenway games, and no other of them had guns and swords on a rack that actually change depending on what weapons you pick up. Plus, I like just hanging out around because it's also near your Templar HQ.
What I like about the cafe theatre is that its a hideout where you can really see arno just chilling. He can interact with the coffee table and drink coffee while listening to politics.
thanks for this video brother
here's my rank :
11 : ravensthorpe from valhalla ( i place it at the worst just because i hate this game)
10 : fort arsenal from rogue
9 : the hidden ones bureaut from origins
8 : steam train from syndicate
7 : cafe theatre from unity
6 : great inagua from black flag
5 : galata headquarters from revelelations
4 : tiber island from brotherhood
3 : homestead from ac 3
2 : masyaf castle from ac 1
1 : villa auditore from ac 2
Edward Kenway having a whole island amazes me. He even has his own tavern. Guess that is where plundering ships from the South get you
My thing about masyaf castle is that it's a giant castle, you're not hiding you're just showboating and the architecture is strangely like the English buildings in acre, and with the knowledge gone it makes it clear that al Mualim is scared of altïar or anyone really knowing who he really is
I still love it as it's giant symbolism of how the brotherhood in 1 is just, Templars with hoods
"What other hideout in any other video game is constantly on the move?" - The Aurora train from Metro Exodus for example, there are quite a few :)
13:48 omg i never knew in ac3 remastered you could get agulars robes from the ac movie that looks so cool in game 😃
Wtf the Steam Train in Syndicate was awesome. You could literally be doing something random just to see the hideout passing by, and jump on it like that untill you were ready to step out at your next destination
AC syndicate's train was the coolest hideout ever...it sure felt like something hidden in plain sight
To me Aditore town and Villa takes the cake! It was awsome! And was awsome to revisit it as desmond in brotherhood
Maybe i'm just a sucker for steam engines but i loved Syndicate's train hideout and how it goes through the entire map
Definitely need to bring this back!! Hideouts are the best!!!
I agree with this list ac3 hideout was my favorite, I like assassins creed mirage’s hideout but I’m in the middle of the game and not even sure you can go back to that hideout
Masyaf will always be special for me. One of the historic original headquarters of the Assassins, full of knowledge and the coolest dressed trained killers fighting to keep the world from actual Templar knights.
I’d honestly put Black Flag’s near the bottom.
Yeah, you can upgrade it, but it does nothing. You don’t even earn passive income like in Unity or Syndicate nor does it have any unique missions or the trade system associated with it since that’s all in the Jackdaw. You could remove it from the game entirely and nothing changes other than the location of the ending.
Ravensthorpe and the train are so underrated in this. The ac 3 homestead is overrated. People are going to say im a new player but no I just dont like the homestead
Ima be honest
I wasn’t paying that much attention scrolling through TH-cam
But the hideouts on the thumbnail I legitimately thought was a modern day suburb which I think is funny af
Syndicate hideout is pretty cool
Mine is
1. Homestead from ac3
2. Cafe from ac unity
3. Train from ac syndicate
My favorite is actually the cafe teatre but homestead just have that cozy vibe that it just have to be at number 1 in my list
The thing about Davenport Homestead is that it makes me wanna move there for real.
I guess I'm biased because I prefer Ezio's story over the other assassins. And Villa Auditore is to me the best because it feels closer to the family. Being also Mario's state and all that. And there is the fact that you could decorate it by buying the art in the game. That was a very nice touch.
Bro the Galata hideout really using social blending
I like how in all of the games those places make sense. That's why you don't get a house in Oddysey. There is nothing in Kassandra's story to justify it, except for building a house being a thing. Witcher 3 added house in DLC because I guess people like them in Skyrim, they made a story for that and it kind of made sense. In Syndicate you get a train - which makes sense. But then you just get a ship which is not reallya hideout. And in Valhalla again it makes sense - you are not a wandering mercenary, you are creating a colony and doing assasin stuff as something extra. So building a village makes sense and does not feel pushed.
Assassins creed 3 is such an amazing game and so underrated
In syndicate, as you upgrade and win thug wars, the number of members on the train increases, and you see more diverse member types. Plus, all the mwechants you need are on the last car, on your way out.
You also forgot that below Monteriggioni is the Auditore crypt, a nice detail as the crypt is officially designated in the game with an assassin’s tomb mark, usually reserved for one of the six assassin tomb’s necessary to unlock Alt’air’s legendary armor.
Love your videos man 👍 keep up the good work
have you tried watching what the people in the homestead does? bro the details makes it feel real and alive everyone has something to do from carpenting and watching it finish carpenting and the butchery of a pig carcass
My list
1. Davenport Homestead AC3 (Ship+Comfort+View+Community)
2. Great Inagua AC4 (Ship+ View+ Comfort)
3. Train from AC Syndicate (Moving HQ)
4. Fort Arsenal AC Rogue (Ship+ Average View+ Comfort)
5. Masyaf
6. Tiber Island HQ AC Brotherhood
Love that one of the most underrated games (being ac 3) got some love. One of my favorite ac games it’s in the top 5 for sure.
Most definitely not underrated
Honestly upgrading Ravenstop and doing Raids was my favorite part of Valhalla, only made it in the main quest to where you rescue Siguerd 🤷
The only way I like or love an AC hideout is when it lets you upgrade and/or build it up as the games go on. The Homestead or Villa for example.
I 100% agree with this poll thank you for not picking 2s area as number 1 based on nostalgia alone I agree after really getting into 3s homestead 2s looks 2nd best by comparison but its no doubt a very close runner up so I agree with the placement
I really missed the AC mechanics where you can train your recruits to become full-fledged Master Assassins, anyway my number 1 HO is also the DAVENPORT. it just feels like home when you return from the main cities missions.
cafe theatre is my favorite, but i have to admit that galata hq and tiber island hq are the best hideouts
personally i love the villa auditore hideout in ac 2
cool thumbnail and great video
I very rarely ever went back to Edward's hideout. I was much happier to just explore the ocean.
Great video! That Rogue footage looks familiar
I agree creed man
Haha yepp
AC Rogue was the Firest AC game showing of the Templars side of the coin, vs the Assasins side of the coin which we have gotten used to by now..
I feel like the one bad thing about how badly reviewed AC3 was is the loss of Hideout Upgrade stuffs. In AC4 I'd loved to have seen a combination of the systems of AC2 and 3, as most of the island isn't considered that important, and I always miss how much you could do in AC2. Beyond things in the mansion there were new places to explore as you upgraded the town, Statues to find in the town, the Wall of Assassin's Scrolls, and Ezio's sister to interact with. It feels like they tried to go too far with the crafting system in AC3, but I'd have liked to have more secrets on the island, and have more distant parts play a bigger role.
Like I'd have loved to see stuffs done with the Forts done from the other side. Instead of assaulting a Fort you defend one instead. Or you could get ahold if other ships, have them docked, and even take them out for yourself, but they maybe don't get upgrades, but have different abilities.
12:28 where does the money come from? It better be donated/ payments made for missions cuz there ain’t no way an assassin would resort to -extorting the innocent- taxation.
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