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Assassin’s Creed III Review

being all that it could be. The overly-long tutorial
section has already been mentioned and can be
frustrate those who are desperate for things to
open up. Connor Kenway himself, while being far
from a two-dimensional character, is certainly not
as interesting nor engaging a character as Ezio
Auditore was from Assassin’s Creed II onwards.

These missions are both challenging, great fun
to play and a far cry from the shallow nature of
the rather tedious tower defence mini-game
introduced in Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. It’s
feasible to say that this one aspect of play could
form the basis of an entire game in its own right,
but in Assassin’s Creed III these missions form just
one part of the rich tapestry of what makes the Desmond has his own missions outside of the
game so special.
Animus involving both infiltration and action in
modern day-environments. While these are far
The control system has been refined over that used more entertaining than the, frankly odd, firstin the previous games and there is no requirement person moments in Revelations they still lack the
to hold down multiple buttons while free running punch of Conner’s historical antics.
or in combat. Connor is more agile than previously Finally, the game is undoubtedly the buggiest
playable Assassins and, more importantly, tends version of Assassin’s Creed to date. Pop-up
to jump and move where you want him to: unless pedestrians are commonplace and randomly
you force him to with a
secondary button