ImTheCaptain
I disagree with you
I used to be a big fan of them, but 3 was bad and then Unity really put me off the series. I am getting ready to fire up Syndicate, though, as I just finished a couple of games and wanted to clear up a bit of backlog. The newer games don't necessarily sound like what I want from AC games, as I like the more methodical planning and combat of the early ones.
then you will not like syndicate. i mean, it's a fun setting but still not great. Unity improved after launch when they fixed all the dumb bugs; i still didn't like all the tedious stuff and Syndicate has a lot of that.
Ezio was the peak of "actual assassinations" missions. i think after that Black Flag and then the newer crop (Origins & Odyssey) are pretty good but more action-RPG.