Welcome to the end of Assassin’s Creed Week here at Henchman-4-Hire! I hope you’ve enjoyed yourselves. Maybe I’ll be able to think up some new theme weeks to come. I apologize for the lateness of this review. Assassin’s Creed 3 came out at the end of October, but I wanted to wait to get the PC version when it came out later because my computer has better graphics than my standard definition TV. And this is a game that demands the best graphics. I also had to beat the darn thing, and that took a good chunk of time. Day jobs tend to get in the way of wanting to play video games all day long. But here we are, Assassin’s Creed 3, probably my most anticipated game of this year – and it more than lived up to the hype and excitement! This is one hell of a game and a damn fine expansion on the series as a whole.

Boasting what has to be one of the single greatest game worlds and atmosphere in all of gaming, Assassin’s Creed 3 has an awesome main story, oodles of side projects and definitely improves on all of the best aspects of the series.

Game rating: 5/5: Great!

That’s not to say the game isn’t without flaws, and it has more than a few, mostly to do with the side missions and projects. The main storyline is great, with some surprising twists and some very well-done character development. Connor is a fun, though sometimes stiff, protagonist, and his enemies are some of the most well-defined in the entire series. I loved killing the Borgias in Rome as much as the next guy, but the Templars get some real character development in this game, some of it very entertaining. The best parts of the game are still the parts that define the Assassin’s Creed series: dizzying parkour and smooth, vibrant slaughter. Assassinations are still incredibly fulfilling (when I can get them right), and fighting feels just a bit more fun, with more animations and variety. And the ways in which the developers have upgraded the parkour to include trees and wilderness will astound you. So much fun!

And believe me, we’ll be talking about the naval missions. They’re a whole new great game in and of themselves.

The weakest link in Assassin’s Creed 3 are the Desmond Miles missions set in the present day. While some of the missions involve some truly spectacular visual achievements, Desmond has never felt so worthless. And he’s supposed to be saving the world, for cryin’ out loud! And sure enough, Desmond gets one clunker of an ending. So it’s a good thing Connor can shoulder the weight of the entire game.

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