I've played most of the Assassin's Creed games, except for Rogue and some other minor ones like Lineages. This is undoubtedly the worst of them all.
It has a cool intriguing story, but the storytelling is simply awful, all over the place and convoluted with a ton of main quests that are only decent, when they are not forgettable. It seems like it's purposedly avoiding a climactic ending, instead having like three of four moments that could be considered the end for the many branches it insists on having. I can only imagine this is done so you will pay for a DLC that will actually give any semblance of closure. This story which was genuinely cool at first, was what kept me pushing through 67 hours of what I can only label as content
The game itself is not even fun most of the time. I spent an excruciating amount of time trying to find my way into places where I could find treasure. The path is always unnecessarily difficult to find, either because it is underground, because you need to find an equally difficult to reach key, or because you have to shoot at a door from behind a window. There's an awful ton of idling too. Getting on your horse and making it automatically run towards your destination while you stare at the screen. Same with the boat. I don't get why Assassin's Creed keeps insisting on putting boats in the games. They're just boring, most of the time you don't even have tod o anything.
The world is just as boring, when it isn't annoying. I refused to do any of the secondary content; the game is littered by it in true Ubisoft fashion. The reward for completing them is always disappointing. The map gets boring soon, cities being the worst part of it since they are so frustrating to navigate. Parkour isn't any good in this game, compared to previous titles.
Secondary systems like crafting, fishing, hunting, or building your settlement barely have any significant presence, and are tiresome to engage with. The only one I found amusing was orlog, the must-have boardgame of all Assassin's Creed titles.
I liked Eivor, it's an interesting character. But sometimes, the story takes turns that makes no sense with either her or anything thats happening, just so it can give you the impression of conflict. Lame.
Another thing that I hate about this game is how hard it tries to dissuade you from a stealthy playstyle. It's incredibly hard to play stealthy, not because it's challening but because the game doesn't seem to be designed so you can clean a fortress without alerting anyone. Combat does its job, although some enemies are just tiring to kill. You can kill them with not much effort, but you will get super long kill cams that are always the same for each type of enemy, which you can't skip. It gets old after the third time.
To top it all, it performed terribly on a PC that otherwise never gives me any trouble with demanding games.
I've been a longtime fan of the Assassins' Creed franchise and, after being disappointed with it for some years, I think it's time to finally let it go. This game, is simply awful.
It has a cool intriguing story, but the storytelling is simply awful, all over the place and convoluted with a ton of main quests that are only decent, when they are not forgettable. It seems like it's purposedly avoiding a climactic ending, instead having like three of four moments that could be considered the end for the many branches it insists on having. I can only imagine this is done so you will pay for a DLC that will actually give any semblance of closure. This story which was genuinely cool at first, was what kept me pushing through 67 hours of what I can only label as content
The game itself is not even fun most of the time. I spent an excruciating amount of time trying to find my way into places where I could find treasure. The path is always unnecessarily difficult to find, either because it is underground, because you need to find an equally difficult to reach key, or because you have to shoot at a door from behind a window. There's an awful ton of idling too. Getting on your horse and making it automatically run towards your destination while you stare at the screen. Same with the boat. I don't get why Assassin's Creed keeps insisting on putting boats in the games. They're just boring, most of the time you don't even have tod o anything.
The world is just as boring, when it isn't annoying. I refused to do any of the secondary content; the game is littered by it in true Ubisoft fashion. The reward for completing them is always disappointing. The map gets boring soon, cities being the worst part of it since they are so frustrating to navigate. Parkour isn't any good in this game, compared to previous titles.
Secondary systems like crafting, fishing, hunting, or building your settlement barely have any significant presence, and are tiresome to engage with. The only one I found amusing was orlog, the must-have boardgame of all Assassin's Creed titles.
I liked Eivor, it's an interesting character. But sometimes, the story takes turns that makes no sense with either her or anything thats happening, just so it can give you the impression of conflict. Lame.
Another thing that I hate about this game is how hard it tries to dissuade you from a stealthy playstyle. It's incredibly hard to play stealthy, not because it's challening but because the game doesn't seem to be designed so you can clean a fortress without alerting anyone. Combat does its job, although some enemies are just tiring to kill. You can kill them with not much effort, but you will get super long kill cams that are always the same for each type of enemy, which you can't skip. It gets old after the third time.
To top it all, it performed terribly on a PC that otherwise never gives me any trouble with demanding games.
I've been a longtime fan of the Assassins' Creed franchise and, after being disappointed with it for some years, I think it's time to finally let it go. This game, is simply awful.