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A Differing Assassin’s Creed 3 Opinion
I think I’ll end Assassin’s Creed Week with a review by one of my all-time favorite online game reviews: Yahtzee! In his Zero Punctuation series, Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw takes a far more critical look at Assassin’s Creed 3, and doesn’t like it as much as I did. But then he never likes anything.
If nothing else, I hope I’ve at least introduced you to the Zero Punctuation series. I just love it!
Review: Assassin’s Creed 3
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.
Join me after the jump for the rest of the review!
Literal Assassin’s Creed Trailers
I have become a huge fan of Tobuscus’ Literal Trailers series. And he just so happens to have done two Assassin’s Creed Literal Trailers! How fortunate, considering this is Assassin’s Creed Week!
First up is the trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, the first sequel to Assassin’s Creed II. In it, Ezio faces off against the Borgia clan, who control the Papacy in Rome.
Good times! Next up is a similar literal trailer for the next game, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. This one is a bit more dark.
Why Tobuscus never made a Literal Trailer for Assassin’s Creed 3, I will never know.
The Tyranny of King Washington Trailer
Just in time for Assassin’s Creed Week, Ubisoft has released this trailer for The Tyranny of King Washington, their upcoming 3-part downloadable content.
This sounds genuinely insane. Apparently, this isn’t going to be an addition to the existing Assassin’s Creed 3. Instead, it’s going to be an entire alternate game, in which Connor never became an Assassin (and never even became Connor). He still goes by his Native American name, and as you can see at the end of the trailer, is dressed like a badass wolfman! This DLC will explore a ‘What If…’ scenario. What if…George Washington turned down the Presidency in order to rule America as a king? It’s a totally badass premise, and I’m actually really eager to start playing.
I don’t think a release date has been announced. But you can buy a Season Pass, which gives you 25% off the bulk price rather than paying for each chapter individually. Sounds like a damn good deal to me since I definitely want to play all three!
Besides, George Washington was a total tool in Assassin’s Creed 3. It’ll feel good to kill him…
The Ultimate Assassin’s Creed Song
This video sums up Assassin’s Creed 3 nicely. With some profanity.
I gotta say, the Tomahawk Chop is definitely as much fun as Smosh makes it out to be. That was a funny thing about Assassin’s Creed 3: despite being able to buy or build different small weapons, I never switched from the Assassin Tomahawk. That thing was just too badass to part with.
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