Assassin's Creed often takes itself a little too seriously. Under layers of conspiratorial lore about the perennial push and pull between Templars and Assassins, the long-running, history-hopping series from Ubisoft sometimes forgets to have fun. Perhaps that's why Assassin's Creed games that shift the focus from the series' impregnable foundations to an accessible outsider attempting to break it all down feel so distinct. Of course, the Assassins and Templar stuff is great, but wouldn't it be fun if you could do all of that as a pirate?