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Assassin’s Creed III Review

read up on important
characters,
locations
and events and remind
themselves exactly where
they are up to.
Also located in pause
menu is the logbook,
which is particularly
useful in understanding
what is going on. In here
you will see details of
all the available mission
types and information
on the potential rewards
for completing each one. Even with a three-to-six
hour hour tutorial, without reading the logbook
most players will find themselves struggling to
understand many aspects of the game.

trading network, crafting trade goods from raw
materials and dispatching caravans to carry those
goods to merchants for coin. This is not an allencompassing list and each activity has a level of
depth and is supported by detailed and enjoyable
As entertaining and enjoyable as the main story is, missions.
players who concentrate exclusively on this aspect
of the game will be doing themselves a massive One particular highlight and one that was pushed
disservice. The world of Assassin’s Creed III is in heavily by Ubisoft in their marketing campaigns
many ways a playground and the sheer amount and demonstrations in the run-up to release are
of activities available is breathtaking. To really get the naval combat missions, in which Connor takes
to grips with what the game has to offer involves direct control of his own vessel, the Aquila, to trade
spending a significant amount of time between broadsides with both the British navy and the
story missions exploring the world and trying your unscrupulous privateers operating from American
hand at a number of different activities.
waters.
You can hunt for wildlife in the frontier; setting
snares, tracking animals and selling the meat
and pelts. You can build up the facilities in your
homestead and recruit farmers, miners and more
to work the land. You can liberate cities from the
influence of the Templars, recruiting new Assassin
allies in the process. You can complete challenges
set by frontiersmen or prove your combat skills to
a society of brawlers. You can even establish a vast
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The level of detail in these battles is incredibly
deep and the player must strive to be aware of
all the enemy ships around them to avoid their
cannons, manage the Aquila’s sails, keep track of
wind direction, brace for high waves in stormy
weather, use cannons effectively, juggle between
appropriate ammunition types, manage shallows
and rocky waters, protect allies and more - often
all at the same time.
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