The Shrine

MEH! Connor is a shit character who's basically a native Forrest Gump with severe teenage angst. A brutal character, particularly when compared to Ezio, who was great. Their attempt at a tie-in to colonial America was a good idea but ended up being shit execution and fucking boring. For no good reason whatsoever, they decided to go back to Assassin's Creed 1 and make sure you couldn't go two feet on a rooftop without being spotted by a guard. Couple that with the open woodland areas and I rarely did any climbing of any kind in the game which was the entire basis of gameplay that was well-refined in the Ezio trilogy (no, running through the trees wasn't fun). The naval battles were super basic (keep changing to one of three speeds to avoid getting hit, come up to a ship and kick the shit out of it, repeat) and a lot of the extra shit was silly and useless (bartering, almanacs, etc). Not to mention the fighting system was made even more annoying by guys who defended a shitton better so it takes you forever to do anything. And, to top it all off, Desmond's storyline, which was neat, ended in a huge wimper, kind of a minimalistic ending. After 5 fucking games I expected a lot more.

Overall, I'd give it a 6 or 6.5 out of 10. Not quite as bad as the first game (that was a 5 to me) but nowhere near the excellence of the Ezio trilogy (8.5-9.5). I'm probably gonna give the series a break for at least one year and see what they do with it. Probably just pick up #4 when it goes down to $20 in January 2014.

Zeus wrote:1) Not to mention the fighting system was made even more annoying by guys who defended a shitton better so it takes you forever to do anything.

2) And, to top it all off, Desmond's storyline, which was neat, ended in a huge wimper, kind of a minimalistic ending. After 5 fucking games I expected a lot more.

I liked the game.

1) Fights were super easy. Oh no, you mean I have to do something other than just a single-option counter to face-rape everything? (although not much more)

2) I agree.