THERE ARE LIKE 40 OF THESE GAMES
When it comes to Assassin's Creed, so far I’ve really only played through the first game in the series way back in 2008 on the PS Triple. The gameplay was pretty average, a lot of runny, jumpy, stabby actions. I remember hating that storywise everything ended up just being inside some sort of simulation, instead of you actually being in whatever world your adventure takes place in. I was also disappointed that Assassin's Creed Man looked so cool in his assassin gear, but when you returned to the real world you just looked like Adam Sandler in a hoodie.
XBOX Live Games With Gold has thrown several more Assassin’s Creed games my way over the years, but I could only ever bring myself to play any of them for 20 minutes before flaking out. The gameplay appeared to be the exact same in every game, however the 2D Assassin’s Creed games played differently and those games were pretty decent.
I honestly am not sure who is buying these yearly Assassin’s Creed releases. I imagine they are the type of people who’s idea of a good time is watching Late Night with Seth Meyers with a large glass of lukewarm fluoride filled tap water, and laughing at every single punchline. In fact, if you are a woman visiting your date’s house for the first time, and they have a bookshelf with every single Assassin’s Creed game on it, RUN……run for your life, your odds of being turned into a skin suit are great.
I JUST WANT TO BE A PIRATE
The reason I got this game wasn’t for the standard Assassin’s Creed runny, jumpy, stabby gameplay, but it was to get lost inside of a world where I get to be a pirate, and it does a pretty good job of that. Graphically the game looks great, the world is very beautiful to look at as you sail your ship through the crystal blue seas from island to island. It sounds great too, your crew will play instruments and sing sea shanties which help even more to make it feel like you’re a real pirate. I also had a blast (pun intended) exchanging cannon fire with enemy ships, and then when the time was right, boarding and taking it over.
PROS
-Atmosphere.
-Graphics.
-Sound.
-Sea battles.
CONS
-Have to log into a Ubisoft account every time you start up the game.
-The Assassin’s Creedness of it all can be tiresome at times.
OVERALL THOUGHTS
You get to be a pirate, I liked it.
