Assassin's Creed hasn't been doing the best these last few years. With games that failed to live up to the golden standards set by their predecessors, the franchise has entered a sort of limbo where every release tied to it is met with skepticism rather than excitement.
A few years ago, while the series was still living off its prime, Ubisoft tried to pivot into moviemaking. The end result wasn't great, nor did the box office see it perform as well as it should, and so that was the end of that story, too.
