The Hidden Blade Assassin's Creed in Depth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6s1S6Q3Doo

Decided to do something different this time. Read this description for some in depth reasons as to why I chose the specific kills for each game. I only counted the games for the Xbox 360/PS3.

Assassins Creed

After countering a strong attack you have the option to kill with either your current equipped weapon (sword or short blade) or break legs. There is only one other combat animation in the game where you don't use a weapon for the actual; it's a combo with the short blade. It looks like you break your opponents neck.

Assassins Creed II

To get the broken weapon kill you need to be holding a spear or halberd while your opponent is attacking with a heavy weapon (some enemies cannot be countered though). Since enemies holding a heavy or long weapon are in the minority it doesn't happen much.

Assassins Creed Brotherhood

Normally I wouldn't count deaths during scenes as actual kills, but this has to be the exception. The alternative kill doesn't change the gameplay, just how Ezio obtains the key from the cardinal.

Assassins Creed Revelations

Templar stalkers don't appear much. Therefore countering them is one of the least occurring kills. Plus killing them with their own weapon looks awesome.

Assassins Creed III

Snares are normally used to trap animals. Using them to strangle guards looks very unique. There is more than one animation for this, but since they look about the same I'll call it the same kill.

Assassins Creed IV Black Flag

El Tiburon is one of the last targets in the game, and also the first one you see. You first get a glimpse of him at an execution, shortly before he walk away. The game developers wanted to make him a very formidable enemy, and so made him able to one-hit-kill Edward in this memory. This is the first time in AC history that you can be instantly killed by someone (not including multiplayer).