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SecondWar on 20 January 2013
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ps3-sales! said:
NintendoPie said:
Is Ubisoft letting this series go the route of Final Fantasy?

OT: From what I saw with the trailer it actually looked pretty fun. What, specifically, annoys (or bores) you about this game? Is it the graphics, the battles, or the characters?


It does not feel like an Assassin's Creed game. So far (4.5 hours in now) the graphics are good. Not great because of framerate and just weird cutscenes, but good. Technically, it is a very impressive looking game. 

The battles so far are very easy. All I need to do is press O to counter then I'm able to instakill anyone. No challenge at all, and very repetitive. Again, doesn't feel like an Assassin's Creed game. With AC1 and to a lesser extent AC2, I felt like an Assassin. Not a US immigrant with sword skills. 

The characters are completely hit or miss, mostly missing. I'm a smart guy, but so far (just freed some slaves or something?) I have no idea what's going on. The story is a mess. I'm going from mission to mission not knowing anything and the acting of the characters are ho hum. Again, does not feel like an Assassin's Creed game.

The battles get slightly harder when your meet soliders besides the standard ones, as they counter-block. There are about 4 types, each one is beaten by a different fighting attack (ie break-defence, throw, disarm). Like you, I wasn't that entralled by the supporting cast and was rather fed up when I found myself stuck playing as Haytham. Although his relationship with Connor helps make the story interesting, he was dull to play as it was easier to predict where it was going (knew who the woman was as soon as I saw her and gues the chapter 3 plot twist at the end of chapter 2). The story does grow to become more interesting but the you have to make it through the first 5 chapters to start to get to the good bits. 

The game doesn't hit the heights of AC2, and Connor may not be as enjoyable to play as Ezio or Altair, but its still worth sticking with (although you'd be forgiven by most for bailing on the ending). It was certainly better than Revelations.