Why Assassin's Creed III was the Most Disappointing Game I Ever Played

Tell me Jay....... WHERE IS CHARLES LEE!!!???

All the criticisms on the combat system are valid, but on the other hand strangling guards with a Rabbit Trap 15 times in a row is one of the most satisfying experiences I'd had in a game, ever.

I blame this game for starting the Forrest Gump style storytelling where the main character is involved in every historical event in the period the game is set in, and is friends with every notable person during that time.

But Mr. Jay, Tomahawk chop is my death blow, I rest my case, your argument is invalid, now give me lee

Evil Connor be like: I don't want to know where Charles Lee is.

You know, it's funny that you mentioned that the developers assumed that you already knew these historical figures because I, not being from the United States, had no idea who these people were or how important these events are, with the exception of the declaration of independence, and I even only know some details of that. I had no idea that the part about the horse and the guy telling you where to go was so important, or that X and Y characters did X and Y thing.

The homestead missions were a highlight for me. Watching Connor as he built a small community of hard-workin' honest folk was one of the most heartwarming experiences I had playing a videogame.

One reason I dropped the series was because this game killed Desmond off then had the nerve to drop the Juno plot entirely a few games later. All that build up for nothing. Now the series is a zombified corpse thanks to Ubisoft.

Can content creators please talk about how Ubisoft RUINED THIS GAME?! Back to 2019: they tried forcing their botched Remaster on people by REMOVING the Deluxe Edition from all official stores. I bought it on Steam and they invalidated my CD keys, and I can't get a refund either. Their custom support has been ignoring my messages for 1 month.

Between this game and Hamilton, Charles Lee was really getting dragged through the mud in the 2010s

Haytham's voice actor felt like the saving grace for this entire game, his performance is just so good and tbh I had a crush on haytham because of it lmao

MOM SO SAYS JAY JUST DROPPED A CERTIFIED 1H BANGER

im south american, so im not that well versed in american history. AC3 tries shoving these people in the story as if i knew who most of them are. the problem is making that the central point of the narrative.

13:14 yeah. And developed Jonathan cooper he lived ubisoft and then worked on Uncharted 4 and the last of us part 2. Best character animation on industry with motion matching 🔥🔥

I don't have a problem with Connor having a fixation with Lee to a point (even tho it gets odd post the Washington reveal). Anyone can see that he's easily the worst. But Connor seems to think he's a bad influence on Haytham and... I don't know where he got that idea. Listened to the Forsaken audiobook a while back and unlike the game it confirms that Haytham is aware of the fact that he's not properly vetted the monster he plans to put in charge of the country. Lee was loyal to the Order but that's the only nice thing Haytham can say about him when pushed. Loved the detail that after his experience with Burch he starts to see all his life's work in a different light but feels it's too late to go back. But that doesn't gel with what we get in the game one bit.

Im not saying I hate Ac3 because I started playing Ac3 almost a month ago, and im a trophy hunter, so im currently platinuming it. I got through the main game, and im now doing the dlc, but my god, was this a pain to play. (And im not talking about the grind. im well aware of the grind. I've platinumed both origins and odyssey, for gods sake) First, the remaster is so bad that there were so many times that my game glitched out, and I wasn't able to get an achievement, so I had to restart my game by closing it multiple times. Even in the dlc after I killed a hoard of enemies, a cutscene played, and one of my enemies that were dead on the ground stood up and was t posing in the cutscene. Like WHAT!!! The point is, I agree with a lot of the things Jay said, but I did love the story, plus the homestead missions made me love Connor.

To me, regarding the narrative, it feels like they were trying to write a novel, rather than a video game, as the game's narrative is written in a very literary fashion, like you would write an epic historical fiction novel. This was pointed out by Darby McDebbit, which is why AC 4 Black Flag begins the way it does, as a response to this, coming up with the term 'Time to Fantasy'. I actually recommend you instead go read the novel adaptation of this game, AC 3 Forsaken, which is told through the pov of Haythem Kenway. It is a fantastic book that is far better than the game that spawned it, in my view. The book addresses Haythem's internal thoughts and feelings on the events, including why he becomes so ruthless and kills his interrogation captives without a second thought later on in the narrative, which the game fails to do.

As one of the few modern-day story enjoyers, I am still absolutely dumbfounded at how they chose to end this story arc. I was upset back then, and I still am now. It's just incomprehensible to me that it not only got out of the writers' room, but it was fully acted, scripted, had entire levels and cinematics made for it... and for what, exactly? "Main character saves the day and kills bad guys but then has to Jesus himself too, wooooaahhhhh!" It's pretty obvious this game was rushed overall but the lack of care for the modern-day story is staggering.

I remember as a kid me and my brother spending hours just free running through the trees in the frontier because it felt so new and fun. Good times.

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