i am so mixed on this one ngl. on one hand, i enjoyed the story even if it was a lot goofier than the rest. i think its far ahead of Unity for that but is below every other games story in terms of impact. for the first time, ever i think, the game made me empathize with both people during a whole "grr we need to split up rn!!! oh we beat the bad wanna hang out :))" song and dance. jacob is an ass (<3) but he just went through a dramatic ass breakup, give him a second. so good on Ubisoft i guess. all the stars are for all the dumb smiles this game gave me. the ending did feel a little bit.. weird to me tbh. the Assassins have generally been depicted as like... modern-day progressive regardless of time period. like no one reacting to Ned for example. so it felt kinda weird for them to see Miss Famine Queen herself and go "holy shit!! lemme do shit for you !!". it just kinda took me out of it
The gameplay, however? AWFUL. Felt like i was fighting the game more then the Templers. its hard to describe the feeling of trying to climb up a building but the game refusing to let you do it without playing it. i think they knew this and added in the grappling hook so you dont have to do parkour to get on things. in the Assassins Creed game. but that's okay because you'll barely spend any time doing parkour in this game so!!! the horse and carriage is really the only way to get around places. for a game that has so many options of travel (walking, parkour, train, boat, horse and carriage) it kinda sucks that you only use one. during a tailing mission i kept failing due to the controls and so eventually i gave up and stole a carriage and passed it first go. it feels like it almost wants to punish you for playing an assassins creed game... like an assassins creed game?
as such i really dont know how to rate this. good story but not as memorable, shitty mechanics but overall had a good time? 2 and a half is kinda inconsistent with other reviews (3 is far better then this due to its memorable story and actually functioning parkour) but it feels right. oh and another half off for everyone going "yaass girlboss" at queen victoria
The gameplay, however? AWFUL. Felt like i was fighting the game more then the Templers. its hard to describe the feeling of trying to climb up a building but the game refusing to let you do it without playing it. i think they knew this and added in the grappling hook so you dont have to do parkour to get on things. in the Assassins Creed game. but that's okay because you'll barely spend any time doing parkour in this game so!!! the horse and carriage is really the only way to get around places. for a game that has so many options of travel (walking, parkour, train, boat, horse and carriage) it kinda sucks that you only use one. during a tailing mission i kept failing due to the controls and so eventually i gave up and stole a carriage and passed it first go. it feels like it almost wants to punish you for playing an assassins creed game... like an assassins creed game?
as such i really dont know how to rate this. good story but not as memorable, shitty mechanics but overall had a good time? 2 and a half is kinda inconsistent with other reviews (3 is far better then this due to its memorable story and actually functioning parkour) but it feels right. oh and another half off for everyone going "yaass girlboss" at queen victoria
Reviewed on Feb 21, 2023