Assassins Creed III
Developer: UbiSoft
Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo
Wii-U
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Price: $59.99
ESRB: M
Box Description:
Ignite the Revolution
"The American colonies, 1775. As a Native American
assassin fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames
of a young nation’s revolution."
What is it?
Assassin Creed is the 3rd (well technically 5th)
game in the Desmond saga (this is at least what I like to call it because I’m
guessing that the game will branch off after the Desmond storyline is
over).This game’s main protagonist is Ratonhnhaké (or Connor Kenway) who is
half Native American half English who becomes an assassin to protect is land as
well as his people. You will also be playing through an alternate story line as
Desmond Miles who is continuing his story of escaping the Templars and saving
the world.
The good:
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Graphics
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Voice acting
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Battle System
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Story (at least Connor’s)
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Gigantic world to explore
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Verity of gameplay elements
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Free running is as fun and easy as ever
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Mini Games are a fun addition
The Bad:
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I’m not a fan of the ending
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I don’t really care for crafting
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Multiplayer is unbalanced
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Graphical glitching
Graphics:
Assassins Creed III is a sight to see. Everything from
facial animations to the vast free roaming world of the frontier to the violent
waves of the ocean is beautifully animated. For the most part everything runs
smoothly. Every once in a while you get dropped frame rates or graphic hiccups.
One thing that I noticed that kind of pisses me off is that you are attacked by
a bear early in the game and if you manage to kill it you will use a hidden
blade that technically you haven’t received yet… Also there is a scene where
Connor zip-lines using his tomahawk but if you don’t have it equipped you will
use whatever small weapon you have and to be honest it would be physically
impossible to do that with a small knife.
Sound:
The game’s soundtrack is what you would expect from the
Assassin’s Creed series, nothing really superb or even that memorable. Where
the audio shines is in the voice acting and in the ambient noises.
Gameplay:
UbiSoft revamped the gameplay elements this time. They
changed the battle system to a more counter orientated system. You can no
longer just hold block to defend yourself from hoards of enemies you have to
counter which makes things a bit more difficult but more satisfying. Free
running was made easier in Assassin’s Creed III, now you don’t really even have
to jump anymore you just hold the R(t) button and you will run scale buildings
jump to only safe areas, and climb trees
like you are racing though jungle gym. They also added naval battles which are
either a hit or a miss, I like it but I know people who find it repetitive.
There is also a ton of mini games like checkers etc. that you can play as well.
Multiplayer:
I was hyped for multiplayer before I got the game. I was
even more hyped when I got the game a realized that there is a whole separate disk
for it (well at least on the Xbox360, not too sure about the Wii-U and the
PS3). It turned out that I was a little underwhelmed after finally playing it
for a few reasons. I waited to the first
disk before even putting the multiplayer disk in the system, which turned out
to be a bad move because other players are on higher levels, which makes the
game that much harder to succeed at. Wolf-Pack, the new game mode added is good
but rather simple if you have a 4 other players playing with you.
My Thoughts:
Assassin’s Creed III is a great game. It wasn’t as epic
that I hoped it would have been but to be completely honest my expectations
were set really high to begin with. The game has its flaws but they are easily
looked over because the game has so much to do that you will forget about them.
I wish that the Multiplayer mode felt like a MMO or even if it felt a little
more like Red Dead Redemption or like GTA IV I wound had been more satisfied with
the experience.
Graphics: 4.5
Sound: 4.5
Gameplay: 5
Replay: 4.5
Game Rankings: 3.44
Score:
21.94 / 25
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