As most of you know, Assassins Creed 3 is set in the time of the American revolution, the main character is Connor (or his native American name, Ratonhnhaké:ton, which I would not recomend trying to pronounce). Connor sets out on some typical revenge based quest that puts him at odds with his father who as you find out in the tutorial is a Templar (the rivals of the assassins), which is sure to result in a bit of drama later on in the game. I had no trouble getting into the story line. However I do find the overlying business with the animus to be very annoying, nothing can break the fourth wall like being pulled out of the 18th century and into the shoes of some dude named Desmond. I would prefer if in the next Assassins Creed game the makers drop the whole story with the animus and space gods and whatnot and go back to the basics of being a member of an order of assassins who get to use cool weapons and gadgets viciously maim their enemies. I dont want to say to much about the plot in or outside the animus and if you havent played the game and want to know more about the story then I suggest you buy the game rather than reading my rubbish blog and fantasising about playing it...
For those who have played Assassins Creed 3 or any of the previous games should know that the games are all about their combat system, not so much about anything else. This is all well and good until you get over the amazing game-play and are left climbing up view points and completing annoying side-missions for God knows how long, I find that at this point I am rapidly losing the will to live. There are however many good aspects of AC3 such as the all new naval battles which I very much enjoyed, nothing like getting blown to pieces by the British.
All in all the game is up to scratch in my opinion. Graphics are realistic, gameplay is pretty fluent and easy to get the hang of, not to mention the upgrading system and the building of your own town, unfortunately you have to complete many side quests for this to come about but it all seems worth it in the end. I'd say this game is a solid 8 out of 10, well done to the game makers, they managed to keep me banished in my room until I completed it when I really should have been revising for my A-Level exams. Thank you all for reading, be sure to continue reading my future rants about games if you found this to be entertaining.
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