Assassin’s Creed® III

Bland story, empty characters, gameplay with no challenge. Easy, hollow. Unremarkable. Aged poorly. Meh, waste of time.

very nice much tomaawk

Sadly this is the game that started Assassin's Creed decent into mediocrity

Pro:

-Immersive Historical Setting: Set during the American Revolution, it captures a rich historical period with detailed environments and famous historical figures.

-Naval Combat: The naval missions are highly praised, offering a unique and enjoyable gameplay experience.

-Expansive Open World: Large, open-world environments, including cities and wilderness, provide plenty of exploration and opportunities for side missions.

-Diverse Gameplay Mechanics: Combines stealth, parkour, and combat mechanics with varied mission structures.

-Storyline: Follows a complex narrative with themes of freedom, loyalty, and revolution, adding depth to the experience.

Con:

-Graphics Settings Limitations:
Can’t change much in the graphics settings.
Unable to deactivate motion blur, which can be a problem for some players.
Resolution settings are limited and don't offer much flexibility for customization.

-Ubisoft Launcher Issues:
Requires the Ubisoft Launcher, which has been criticized for its intrusive nature and occasional connectivity issues.

-Very Buggy:
The game can be janky at times, with noticeable bugs that can affect immersion.
Occasional performance drops and glitches, particularly during cutscenes or complex sequences.

-Character Development: The protagonist, Connor, isn't as well-received compared to other characters in the franchise. His personality is often described as too stoic or one-dimensional.

-Clunky Controls: Sometimes the movement and parkour mechanics feel less fluid compared to other Assassin’s Creed games, leading to frustration during complex maneuvers.

Rating: 7/10

While Assassin’s Creed III is a solid entry in the series with a strong historical setting and exciting naval combat, its technical issues, limited graphics settings, and Ubisoft launcher requirements hold it back from reaching its full potential. Still, if you're into the American Revolution and can overlook the jank, there's enjoyment to be had.

I feel like I thread the line between should or should not play here. I loved the earlier ACII, Brotherhood, Revelations (though not as much) series, and I was excited to give this game a chance. Diving into the game, here are the good and bad:

The Good
1. Better climbing system - in general, the change in controls from AC2 series meant that you are far less likely to accidentally jump to your death. Though it is still possible, and the climbing system is not perfect, I see it as an overall improvement - just takes some time to get used to.

2. Combat system - being able to counter 2 people at once, having a more complex combat system, having a more complex combat experience (eg hold people as bullet shield) made the combat experience more challenging in a good way. Especially since you can't buy medicine anymore, combat mistakes are less forgiving.

3. Hunting - a new addition of hunting animals and how best to hunt them was pretty cool. Not a game changer but it was new and quite fun when first interacting with different animals

4. Ship missions - brought about a nice change of pace to the usual activity. Generally quite fun to complete, apart from the full-sync requirements which I will mention below.

The Bad
1. Full-sync requirements - In AC2B and AC2R, the purpose of the optional full sync requirements felt like it was making you do the mission according to how it's supposed to be played (as opposed to killing everyone in sight, or using crossbow for an easy win). In AC3 however, it feels like a tedious list of checkboxes to "challenge yourself". Sometimes having to check tutorials on how exactly to fulfill a requirement.
*Whoever came up with "The Giant and the Storm" mission's full-sync requirement should be strung up and shot.

2. Storyline/Character - I personally thought the storyline was uninteresting and quite confusing - unlike in AC2 where the mission felt clear, but I always wanted to know what happened next. Moreover, Connor feels like a very whiny and naive character, and his relationship with his father had a lot of undeveloped potential.

3. Trade/crafting system - basically it just felt unclear and I feel like I wasn't sure what to do about it

4. Overall gameplay - felt like they tried to add too many things at once, like the trade/craft system that I never understood, rather than focusing on the the core gameplay. This introduced issues like the guard detection system (basically it's hella easy to get detected, and once you do, soldiers keep coming you need to defeat the whole damn army), and various bugs that even affected the progress of main quests


TLDR;
As a standalone game I think I would recommend people to play it because despite the challenges, the assassin based game is still a very nice game to play. However I find it hard to recommend it in light of the masterpiece of the AC2 series that I have experienced

This game fails at being fun, has good qualities otherwise, but it does not come together well the way they decided to design the sequences. Sad.

The best game of the Franchise!!!!!

Would highly recommend downloading as save past sequence 4 and just watching the previous story on youtube. That way you at least skip the incredibly gameplay wise boring start. That being said even then their isn't much to look forward.

It's alright, my second fav from the saga. After this game, no other was good.

I tried playing this after playing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, which was a mistake. After all the great fun of that game, I was underwhelmed by the small world I was now in, even if it was America. The cities are small, since it's a burgeoning colony. The historical context isn't as exciting as playing with pirates. And the graphics aren't as polished (lots of tearing and clipping).

*Note: this review is based on the gameplay of assassins creed lll remaster. Any changes that have been made have not been assimilated or differentiated for diagnosis.

Synopsis: The sequel to Revelations takes Desmond Miles to the final depths of an underground temple where once again the ancients call him to the ultimate end of the world and the salvation of another of his ancestors, Conor, in a guerrilla battle in the bowels of the American Revolution.

Locations - Outside the animus
Desmond will find himself in an underground temple where his mission is to find a key to his ancestors and in this underground environment he will also need key pieces from the story mode to open the main door. To get these key pieces Desmond will go to certain regions of the world as part of the story to try and retrieve them from the hands of the Templars. Desmond will also be able to read emails and talk to Shaw, Rebecca, his father, William and the ancient Juno who will bring back stories from the ancients.

Locations - Inside the Animus
The game will be divided into three regions of old America: Boston, the Frontiers and New York. Homestead will be your separate assassin base and there will be certain naval missions that will be outside the regions.

Homestead the happy farm - after a few sequences, Conor will find himself on the property of the ancient assassin Achilles who will teach him and forge him to be the true assassin of that time. Here Conor will be able to store his armor and weapons, as well as send convoys to different regions and create various farm products. These products will only be available when Conor calls on certain members in the regions that have this accessibility and who will be part of the farm. These are Blacksmith, Doctor, Farmers, Inn, Hunter, Miner, Tailor, Lumber and Woodwork. Gradually, once you have the members in the region, more submissions will be made to improve each member's level and make more products available for forging, such as equipment for Conor, sending convoys and Franklin's famous inventions.
This is also where the precious ship Aquila will be kept, where Conor will be able to repair the ship's parts at a certain price, make his naval contracts and find the lost treasures of the former pirate Kidd.
In Homestead and other areas of the region you will also find different types of mini games that those with a cool head and patience will accept under the best of conditions. These are Fanorona, Morris and Bowls (you'll only find these in Homestead as part of the free farm-growing submissions next to the Inn).

The Frontier - the home of the hunt - apparently the most atmospheric and lively place in the game, it will be the most damaging and consumable for killing a variety of sacred species such as rabbits, elk, wolves, bears and foxes. Home of our protagonist where Conor comes from a home where indigenous people hunted to show off their warrior pride, survival and that standard touch of “to be a man” of that time. The adorable thing is that when Conor kills each of these adorable animals, you'll see him (at certain moments that his killing mood finds enjoyable) thanking nature for having offered such a bounty. Well, the items offered, from skins to pieces of the species, can be sold in various stores to get money, in certain submissions to exchange items or to craft certain items available in the homestead.

Collectibles:
*Feathers - found only in the frontiers region and you can buy a map to locate them in any of the stores in the regions;
*Chests - found in all three regions and you can buy a map in the stores to see which ones are missing. There are also chests in Captain Kidd's treasure submissions, but there is no map to view them.
*Almanac Pages - there will be scattered pages in the Boston and New York areas where you can capture them as they fly by and will soon be available as a homestead invention;
*Peg Leg pieces - To discover Captain Kidd's treasures, you'll have to deliver rewards to the old pirate who knew the legend and can give you the information you need. These Peg Leg rewards can be found in the three regions where you can buy the map to find them.

Submissions:
* Frontiersmen's Club, brawlers, hunts and robberies - just like in the old games, there will be options to complete in the appropriate clubs if you want to buy the full synchronization.
*New York and Boston Tunnels - not necessarily a submission but as an exploratory part, where both regions have 10 of 11 entrances hidden in an underground labyrinth with some puzzles to select and unlock them as a way of fast travel later on;
*Recruit and contracts of assassins - at a certain point in the story there will be submissions to liberate the New York and Boston regions from the Templars and as soon as they are released the appropriate assassins will be available to be recruited with a total of 84 submissions on the brotherhood map to be carried out to improve your assassins and earn a certain amount of money.
*Assassination contracts, messengers and item requests - in all three regions there will be individuals needing a request to assassinate certain individuals in the area, deliver certain messages or obtain certain items such as hunted animals or pieces that can only be crafted in Homestead;
*Naval contracts - with around 12 contracts with a separate one as a story form of 4 missions where Conor will compete in certain naval battles and risk the storms of the turbulent seas;
*Captain Kidd's hidden treasures - as well as the naval contracts will be available on the aquila map as soon as you get the appropriate Peg Legs where there will be certain regions to explore;
*Homestead missions - in order to improve your farm/members and recruit the right members in the right sequences, they will be available in the right regions.

Dlc - The Tyranny of George Washignton
An alternative story from the sequel's story mode where Conor finds himself in an alternative universe of the three regions where George Washignton is actually taken over by the power of the fruit.
The dlc is divided into three episodes where you can explore small parts of the three regions and there are certain chests to acquire equipment and items, but not as collectibles.
Certain submissions to help the citizens will be available in each episode and can be found repeatedly in the same place if you want to complete all the synchronization.
There will also be memory fragments where Conor can visualize part of his self in memories of his past.

Atmosphere and composition - uniquely the frontiers and homestead was the place that captivated me the most with its greenery of walking through the branches, waterfalls and streams and appreciating the life of nature and the settler members in their daily lives. Lorne Balfe didn't detract from Jesper Kyd, as he used his essence in certain moments, but it wasn't all that enjoyable, but the homestead theme summoned up the nostalgia of the countryside.

Conclusion: Assassins Creed lll is one of the most underrated games in the saga due to its comfort with archaic bugs and crashes that certain lazy developers without a biopic's eye have managed to improve. Apart from these deregulations, the game enchants with its magnificent story and Conor's developed personality and indigenous culture. Charles Lee was undoubtedly one of those villains who made me loathe him from the start, and he made his mark with his words and arbitrary actions. The idea of playing a Templar at the beginning gave a sense of understanding the other side and why he was on it, and Haytham captivates with his blunt ideology.
The naval battles raised a level of adrenaline to the saga as well and that was to take a well-deserved improvement in its sequel.
All in all, this game offers a perfect crescendo to its predecessor and that it was to bring the end of an arc in opening up various possibilities in the maddening creation of the fictional history of this saga.

Game is bugged on Sequence 9 when trying to get out of the hay cart, preventing further game progression

i'm not giving away my email, wasting a goddamn millenia signing in to your dumbass DRM garbage to play an offline game I bought almost/over a decade ago, Ubisoft. Fuck off, I'd rather just pirate the entire assassin's creed franchise than give you any of my data and sit there wasting time making a password and username that fits your exact standards, for an account I dont want and dont need and exists only to harvest my data.

Fk Ubisoft my key is not working anymore

best story of entire series