First off, I love the assassin's creed title. I everything and I loved the story... Until now. I have no grudge against Connor or the era of the American revolution, in fact I was looking forward to it cause it's one of my most favored time in history. The game does a great job of sharing the story of the Native Americans but falls short of staying on track with the quarrel between the assassin's and templars. But then again, the assassin order at this time wasn't exactly at its prime.
Anyways, going back to Connor. Unfortunately I couldn't take Connor seriously as an "Assassin." Compared to Altair and Ezio, who had a battle hardened image and were just plain tough, Connor just seemed whiny and immature. Also didn't help how everyone patronized him. I did find the father son jokes hilarious though out of it. But like I said, Connor just didn't seem fit to be an assassin nor did his character really seem to have left a legacy in the assassin order compared to Altair and Ezio. No one really feared him or took him seriously and I felt like that set the mood as far as his projected image.
As far as game play, I enjoyed the ship to ship battles. They were fantastic. One thing that ticked me off a lot were the controls. Seemed like a lot of times during the free running, the character had a mind of his own. Either he jump in a completely wrong direction or just didn't do it at all. I also found my self repeatedly pounding one of the buttons to get Connor to shoot or attack. Some of the attacks are really cool, but are often rare since the enemy must be in the right place at the right time to see one of the cooler attacks. Overall, I did enjoy the game play, but it just seemed to be lacking my interest.
A few things I would love to have seen. One I loved how in Brotherhood, you recruited assassin's and sent them off to do some missions and take over territory. In the story, I would have love to see more ties to Ezio or Altair. Like in the past, Ezio came to wear Altair's armor. I would have liked to see Ezio's diary or letters to Claudia end up in New york and help Connor some how. Another thing I would have like to see is Connor be a Lil more of a significant figure asides from bring the order back up in North America and hiding the Key. He just seemed to insignificant in the Assassin's Creed universe.
Overall, I was most disappointed with the ending since I felt that it didn't match the quality of the previous assassin's creed. It had a mass effect 3 tough to it, but without the choices. "Oh, in the end Desmond dies." Gasp, didn't see that coming, wow jeez how long did it take the makers to come up with that one...? It was very ironic how Desmond being an Assassin chose the route of the templars. That left me feeling (a word that IMDb won't let me post). Since Desmond fought tooth and nail for the order of the assassin's and in the end did what a templar would have done. really dude...? I felt that this was a very passive aggressive cliff hanger that was poor. I mean I played the game for over 20 hours and by the end I was just ready to see the ending and then I'm left confused. It's cool they tried to add an extra twist at the end with manerva and juno, but it was done poorly and it seemed like a last minute add on as far as quality.
Anyways, going back to Connor. Unfortunately I couldn't take Connor seriously as an "Assassin." Compared to Altair and Ezio, who had a battle hardened image and were just plain tough, Connor just seemed whiny and immature. Also didn't help how everyone patronized him. I did find the father son jokes hilarious though out of it. But like I said, Connor just didn't seem fit to be an assassin nor did his character really seem to have left a legacy in the assassin order compared to Altair and Ezio. No one really feared him or took him seriously and I felt like that set the mood as far as his projected image.
As far as game play, I enjoyed the ship to ship battles. They were fantastic. One thing that ticked me off a lot were the controls. Seemed like a lot of times during the free running, the character had a mind of his own. Either he jump in a completely wrong direction or just didn't do it at all. I also found my self repeatedly pounding one of the buttons to get Connor to shoot or attack. Some of the attacks are really cool, but are often rare since the enemy must be in the right place at the right time to see one of the cooler attacks. Overall, I did enjoy the game play, but it just seemed to be lacking my interest.
A few things I would love to have seen. One I loved how in Brotherhood, you recruited assassin's and sent them off to do some missions and take over territory. In the story, I would have love to see more ties to Ezio or Altair. Like in the past, Ezio came to wear Altair's armor. I would have liked to see Ezio's diary or letters to Claudia end up in New york and help Connor some how. Another thing I would have like to see is Connor be a Lil more of a significant figure asides from bring the order back up in North America and hiding the Key. He just seemed to insignificant in the Assassin's Creed universe.
Overall, I was most disappointed with the ending since I felt that it didn't match the quality of the previous assassin's creed. It had a mass effect 3 tough to it, but without the choices. "Oh, in the end Desmond dies." Gasp, didn't see that coming, wow jeez how long did it take the makers to come up with that one...? It was very ironic how Desmond being an Assassin chose the route of the templars. That left me feeling (a word that IMDb won't let me post). Since Desmond fought tooth and nail for the order of the assassin's and in the end did what a templar would have done. really dude...? I felt that this was a very passive aggressive cliff hanger that was poor. I mean I played the game for over 20 hours and by the end I was just ready to see the ending and then I'm left confused. It's cool they tried to add an extra twist at the end with manerva and juno, but it was done poorly and it seemed like a last minute add on as far as quality.