Assassin's Creed 3 Review

 

 Assassin's Creed is a series that have taken us across many time periods in history and across the world. But how did the setting of the American Revolution fit the latest game in the series, Assassin's Creed 3? (Warning the review below does have SPOILERS for the game)

From the start of the game you can tell there have been several improvements to the series that needed to happen to properly get the feel of Colonial America, such as weather, the inability to kill civilians, and wildlife. Although these are nice additions they don't add that much to the game, besides one main mission early on, a could side missions and trading there is really no need to hunt it the game at all. 

A big short coming of the game is the lack of an actual conclusion to the revolution. you take part in important battles and events for the revolution like Bunker Hill, Boston Tea Party, Paul Reveer's ride, and the Boston Massacre but then never have the conclusion of the British surrendering or seeing Washington become president, it's implied that the war is over but why weren't we officially show that? I know we all know what really happened in history but showing were Connor was when America official became a country would have been a nicer conclusion to his story then just that he killed the Templars he needed to.

The game overall is huge, many side missions and collectables to keep you busy even after the main story is finished, and the environment is huge with 4 large areas you can explore (not including sea missions).

The game play is exactly what you'd expect from an Assassin's Creed game but with a few nice additions such as being able to climb on trees and new weapons and combat moves that make it more diverse then previous installments. However, as fun as sailing looked in the demos for the the game this is really where the game play gets annoying. The camera never seems to be in the right place and the winds and waves change so  often that sailing becomes a hassle. Playing as Desmond as well was either fun and unique or a boring distraction from the part of the game you actually want to be playing.

The multiplayer for the game is fun, for a little while but gets boring and repetitive real fast and gives you no benefits or bonuses what so ever, so in the end it just went unplayed and stayed in the case.

Finally the ending of the game with Desmond is very dumb, I won't ruin it for anyone but he was given two choices and basically picked one that will most likely screw over the next game or will make it very strange to say the least.

Overall the game is a great game, graphics are pretty good, and it will keep you enterained long after you finish the game. However several glitches and story moment keep it from being a truely great game.

So should you buy the game? Yes if you are a fan of the series otherwise I'd say just rent it. 

Assassin's Creed 3 gets 4 founding fathers out of 5.