Assassin’s Creed® III

Ubisoft app is just horrible, being made to login every launch because it can't remember creds?? Also had issues with save game syncing...lost my progress in AC3 :(

It's a pre-RPG Assassin's Creed release with all of the associated baggage that might bring. It's fun, though not overwhelmingly so, and it's worth playing if you like open world stealth games.

Let me start wit the fact the game is basically unplayable for 90% of the people nowadays. I had to resort to run this game via my Integrated GPU on my 9800X3D CPU to even REMOTELY "work" = at roughly 30 fps on minimum details!

It was good for it's time, but even back then in 2012, it was RIDDLED with bugs and glitches from top to bottom, not to mention TERRIBLE control scheme and settings for PC. Clearly a cash grab type of console port.

And don't get me started on Fanorona and Morris mini-games. This was the BIGGEST F-YOU into the face of the player in history of all gaming. SPITEFUL, horrible human beings at Ubisoft who let this be a mandatory thing to do if you want to have all Achievements. The AI in these games is almost impossible to beat and the games are so limited and boring that this should be considered a CRIME.

All of this is a shame because game itself is fun, it has a good core, lot of love went into it, and with interesting story. All ruined by UBITRASH INCOMPETENCE AS ALWAYS.

Glitchy buggy mess, unplayable in this state. Camera flickers at first which affects your character control, sorted that out now it's disappearing objects and actors hovering in the scenes!

native american with a engerland freemason father in a burgeoning american colony is weirdly believable

Not the worst AC game, but still an AC game. Full of bugs, full of meaningless grind, full of mecanics that doesn't add anything except for "use this mecanic you've never had a need for during the whole playthrough X times to complete a list". A lot of "full synchronization" missons should be rather called "full desynchronization" as they recquire to play in the least canonical way possible or just random.

If you also have a thought about 100% it, because "they've removed all multiplayer achivements, how hard could it be to get the rest?", just don't. Your mental health doesn't worth it.

great

Can't launch the game, Ubisoft support doesn't respond, Steam can't refund. Good times.

I never understood while playing why I have to chase those people in that computer game.

Dayum the graphics jump is awesome. Story of Connor is decent you get to play as the templars which is fun. But Assassins FTW as always. Definitely Recommended!!!

game is hyper buggy, and no, ubisoft does not give a copy of remastered for owning the original. spend more money on a game you already own you POVERTY PLEB

(also optional objectives are just.... no. go away. i got about 5 hours in and the fact that the optional objectives, in THE genre that encourages experimentation, exist to arbitrarily force you to play a certain way or risk not 100%ing it... bleh. left enough of a bad taste in my mouth for me to uninstall. the firing line optional objective in haytham's 3rd/4th mission was atrociously bad in particular, considering that the mechanic said objective is based around is BROKEN in this port. if you're curious, the way you get around it is by just going around the entire map and avoiding all fights entirely.)

Outstanding story. Gameplay and graphics still holds up

wont let me play without cd key even tho i purchased the game

Another time greedy clowns from ubisoft pissing on their costumers, adding achievements to unplayable game xD infinite screen flickering makes it unplayable in 2025. Remaster for 10$ xD normal companies give remasters to everyone who purchases game before, this is not a remake u fools. No wonder they are almost going bankrupt in 2025.

1/10
Really enjoyed this game back in the day, they added achievements recently so i thought i'd reinstall and have another go, game is a total mess, super glitchy, full of bugs. Unplayable, big shame.

Achievements got added

An All-Time Favorite – More Than 108 Hours Played!

Assassin’s Creed III is an absolute masterpiece! The story, the setting, and the combat all come together perfectly to create an unforgettable experience. The American Revolution setting is immersive, and Connor is one of my favorite protagonists in the series. The parkour, stealth, and naval battles are just incredible.

Steam says I have 108 hours recorded, but I know I’ve played way more – and I’d still come back for more! If you love deep storytelling, open-world exploration, and thrilling combat, this game is a must-play. Highly recommended!

👍 Yes

Played this game sooooo much in my childhood. Maybe this is an unpopular opinion but i think this and black flag are special specifically because they are so toothless and easy that even 2013 me, a ten your old, can play and enjoy them without getting destroyed. This game may have an omnipotent "you win" button (O) but i think its okay to make an easy cinematic game that is lowkey beautiful and stupid.

Wanted to retry the game years after my first playthrough so I could get 100% achivement on Steam.

What a god awful game that is, the constant white flashing screens when you navigate menus, the time wasted on Desmond and Haytham that you just want to speed through so you can enjoy the Connor gameplay, the sh*tty checkpoint system coupled with your inability to CROUCH BY YOURSELF making you stand in tall grasses like a dumbass while you get spotted.

In short, it is an unpolished port of an unpolished game.

Still the worst Assassin's Creed for me. As a sequel to one of the series' best, this game was really up against it... and it failed on most accounts. While the game has a somewhat interesting premise, its storyline is dragged out for far too long with forced tedious quests (chores) that dance around introducing the game's many useless mechanics. This isn't helped by its overly vast setting and landscape that for the most part has little going on outside of the small town areas and main port. Unfortunately, this couldn't come anywhere close the historic landscapes of Italy or Constantinople from the previous games.

A huge disappointment overall and a huge step in the wrong direction.

Stuck on a gamebreaking bug halfway through the game

Please consider this more of an analytical haiku than a review.

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"You look like a Spaniard, so let's name you Connor."
"Call us if you need us." (This is said to prisoner Connor, five meters from the Scaffold. Connor confidently walks onto the scaffold. His plan is to just get hanged, and then kill everyone. He then gets hanged, and goes to kill everyone.)
Connor.

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I love getting flashed by a white screen every tiny loading screen.
Managed to lost my save file due to using Ubsisoft version once and then Steam version.

I have nothing but good memories from playing this game, I'm sure it holds up fine with the remastered version that I am going to play soon hopefully.

8/10 if i remember correctly

not bad

Assassin’s Creed III

[Positives]

- The time period is really cool. It’s great to see a recreation of the American Revolution and the people surrounding it.
- Gameplay feels pretty solid. It feels a bit more refined in some areas, but combat feels too easy.
- The OST is pretty good.
- Solid graphics and art style.
- Some of the missions are pretty cool, especially some of the more historical ones.
- Some side content is surprisingly good considering this is a Ubisoft game. The homestead missions and finding Captain Kidd’s treasure stick out as pretty solid side missions.
- Being able to upgrade the homestead by doing it’s missions is neat.
- The forest areas are pretty immersive and have great sound design.
- Hunting is neat, although very basic.
- The naval combat is pretty cool. It’s much more limited compared to Assassin’s Creed IV though.

[Mixed]

- It’s neat to see new environments in the series, but the map isn’t quite as fun to traverse. Lots of this game consists of wide open land, which isn’t ideal for an Assassin’s Creed game.

[Negatives]

- Requires a Ubisoft Connect account.
- This version of the game was delisted in favor of the remaster.
- Online services (including multiplayer) were shut down in 2022. This also included blocking new players from activating their DLC, blocking players from content that they paid for.
- The story has some issues. Connor is a boring character with little personality, though this fits in somewhat with his backstory, it’s very jarring compared to Ezio. The Desmond plot in this game is a rushed and disappointing end to his arc, which the series never really recovered from with the modern plot lines in any of the following games. Originally, this game was meant to be the conclusion of the series, but Ubisoft scrapped the original ending in favor of extending the series.
- The opening of the game is a bit long.
- Typical Ubislop collectible spam.
- The lock-picking mini game is a bit annoying.
- The crafting system is convoluted.
- Cutscenes don’t reflect your outfit choices and will always show Connor’s default outfit.
- The game is very buggy. It’s actually one of the buggiest games in the series in my experience. I’ve gotten softlocked by clipping into buildings, gotten stuck and softlocked when exiting hay carts, sometimes Connor will face the wrong direction in side mission cutscenes, waypoints will sometimes place themselves on the map without you actually setting it, sometimes the map will bug when zooming out and show no icons, etc.
-Physics can also glitch when playing above ~80 FPS. Playing the game at a 60 FPS cap is recommended.
- No anisotropic filtering or borderless windowed mode. V-Sync is forced in single player unless you tweak the .ini settings file. Forced mouse acceleration.
- Lots of pop-in and aliasing even on max settings.

[Conclusion]

Asssassin’s Creed III is a solid game, but it’s one of the weaker links of classic AC. The gameplay and visuals feel refined, but the story and characters are lacking. The ending is disappointing, but overall it’s a game worth playing if you like the franchise.
7/10

nah

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A disappointing entry into the otherwise riveting Ezio's chronicles that preceded it.

The game is plagued by poor and bland writing, with a flat and uninteresting main character, predictable scripted missions, horrible side objectives, forced plot points and battles to tailor to the American Revolutionary War, and plenty of "chores" and side tasks that do not add much value to the main game. The environment, be it New York, Boston, or the Frontier, offer little to do to the player. A lot of the mechanics were unpolished - such as lockpicking, fast travel, and sailing - which were jarring to learn and master.

Finishing this game felt like completing a homework assignment than the usual exploration, mysteries, and twists that accompany an Assassin's Creed game. AC3 is just not a fun game.

The silver lining was that, thanks to this game, AC4 Black Flag could reach the heights that it had in 2013 with polished sailing, exploration, and world map.

this game in general in very nice but this edition a little bit boring while preveiws ones much exited.

Assassin's Creed 3 was not what I expected, the story was pretty boring.
I expected to see more missions centered around the American Revolution, but you spend very little time exploring that part of the game in my opinion.
and the game has a lot of bugs that make it hard to enjoy,so while there were some good things that were definitely fun, the majority of the game wasn't very entertaining and I can't recommend it.

colonial assassin ye

So I have been trying to beat all the AC games for some time now. I am slowly realizing that everything past Unity isn't worth playing. AC III might just be the apex of the creed games. Really happy that I came back to beat this 9/10

智障一样的开场。简直是来折磨玩家的

An enjoyable enough game, sadly this version is unplayable.

It's chill

Take simple combat controls, put them in the bin and create something irritably useless.

One of the best ones in the series, but its a shame the series has been rinsed, gutted and buried with newer games

good good

I preferred Ezio's trilogy over Connors story, however Assassins Creed 3 is still a solid game. Naval combat was enjoyable. This also included AC: Liberation Remaster which was a lot shorter of a game(~11hrs to fully complete) which was a nice short instalment of the series but the story did seem a little rushed especially towards the end.

story ok... location is awsome and still have ok stelth time is iteresting with lot of coruption

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Assassin's Creed III shifts the series to Colonial America, offering a fresh setting with iconic historical events like the American Revolution. The story is ambitious, and the gameplay introduces naval combat and wilderness exploration. A very pleasant and atmospheric experience overall!

legendary assassins creed game try it

Personally my favorite in the series considering it's the first one i've ever played (not that i'm going to play the other ones because this series is a recycled pile of garbage just like COD) but i did actually like this one the most so i give it a pass.

This is one of the good ones <3

Buggy mess, do not play.

4/5 stars