Exploring Assassin's Creed 3

Hello everyone!

Just as promised, I present you with this thread in which we can discuss the famous, hated by thousands of players and sometimes controversial game of Assassin's Creed 3.

I have started playing only a few days ago, so my first post will be kind of an introduction to everything.

My first experience with AC3: I knew that I would not play as Connor directly, but I was not sure what kind of experience I would have with the character that opens the story. It turns out that Haytham Kenway was a nice surprise to me, and I would not be bothered to play an entire game with him.

Character: Haytham is cold, mysterious and very deadly. He is very much my personal idea of what a true Assassin (or in his case, a Templar) should be. I very much enjoy his personality, looks and his personal suit, which is elegant and stylish without being extravagant like Ezio.

Setting: I know people that dislike AC3 because it lacks the architecture of Italy, but for me that's not a problem at all. The atmosphere of the American Colonies in the 1750's is very refreshing and cool, I really feel like I am there as I play the game.

At the point where I am now (just starting Sequence 3) Boston is covered by snow, and I have experienced blizzards as my Haytham jumped from one rooftop to another and climbed the viewpoints of the city. As a lover of snow and wintry settings, I was totally fascinated by this.

I know that I am supposed to be doing something else at the moment, but I traveled South and escaped from the city anyway to visit this place known as The Frontier... and that's a cool name, even though I have chosen to call it The Wildlands.

What a huge and beautiful forest, I cannot wait to explore it even more...

Combat System: Weird, Weird... Just Weird! Some people had described Connor to me as a Native American Batman, and now I understand why. I have not played as Connor yet, but it turns out that the entire combat system of AC3 is based on the style of a famous Batman game called Arkham City.

After you get used to all the weirdness, this combat system is not so bad. Actually it's faster, far more dynamic and more visually impressive that the lame and boring fights of AC2, so I like it.

I am quite satisfied with AC3 so far! What are your experiences with the game?

 

Hey there, mighty Reaver! =)

Indeed, the environment and scenery in Assassin's Creed 3 is incredible. Now that you mention the forest animals, I did encounter some in my first travel to the Wildlands but they did not attack me... Actually I didn't know that some animals could be dangerous, thanks for letting me know!

At the moment, my Haytham is on his way to Lexington to try and find the Mohawk woman again.

The Controls: This took me a little by surprise, because the controls in Assassin's Creed 3 are quite different to the previous games of the series. The Eagle Vision is activated using L3 and there are no longer two running speeds, only top speed.

Controls in Combat changed too, now it's too automatic and I am not very satisfied with how easy it is to exterminate loads and loads of guards. In the original AC it takes a long time of practice to reach the Terminator-like levels, and that was very satisfying to me.

@Mindfire: I know what you meant by that comment, but it was not only you: I have visited many Gaming Forums where they discuss the AC series, and in several of them I encountered posts comparing Connor to Batman.

Some people in those forums said that the combat system of AC3 was based on (and even copied from) Arkham City, but now Reaver says that they are very different and I choose to believe him.

I'll keep posting more in this thread as I advance through the game.

 

Activity Report =)

My Haytham's adventure into the Wildlands continues. I met his friend Charles at Lexington, and from there we followed a snowy track trying to find the intriguing Mohawk woman that is Connor's future mother.

It turns out that she can jump from one tree to another like a bird, so it was difficult to catch her not to mention that the wolves of the forest attacked and killed Haytham multiple times... Please tell me, what is the best way to deal with the wolves?

In the end, I shot the wolves and finally Haytham convinced the Mohawk woman to assist him. We went into a Tavern to gather information, it seems that the romantic relationship between them has begun and after that I had to infiltrate a military Fort somewhere in the forest...

The stealthy mission was a little complicated and I had to repeat it several times, in part because apparently I killed freaking George Washington (...Twice!) and changed history, so the game did not quite tolerate that.

Now my Haytham and the Mohawk woman with an impossible name are on their way to ambush the bad guy somewhere, so... Wish me good luck please, and wish luck to them as well because they are going to need it thanks to my incompetent hands!

Go Haytham!

 

Hello Manalodia!

Yeah, I know that Haytham continues to appear later in the game when you already play as Connor. I cannot wait to see that and to experience what it feels like to see both characters together, the world of AC3 is so cool...

Connor's personal vengeance will be against Charles, because he burned the village and killed Connor's mother, right?

My friend from Madrid has told me that it feels quite different to play as Connor, compared to Haytham. He says that Haytham moves and fights more like an Assassin from the previous games, while the brutal Connor feels more like playing with a slow but powerful Tank.

Is that true?

 

Activity Report!

After playing some more days and advancing deeper into the adventure of Assassin's Creed 3, it's finally time for me to deliver another Activity Report.

I have completed all of Haytham's sequences, and it feels weird to let him go and now play with Connor. Haytham is such an interesting character, they should give him a game of his own... I know he shows up later in AC3 and he is part of AC Rogue as well, but that's not enough to honor this man properly.

Alright, so Haytham had the romantic adventure with the Mohawk woman of impossible name and now we have Connor.

It was entertaining to play the Hide and Seek tutorial in the forest, as well as the climbing and hunting part. However I do feel that the game is heavily inclined towards these tutorial things, too much Learn to do this, and learn to do that! and it becomes silly and boring after some time.

After all the sequences of Connor as a child, I now have teenage Connor and I am traveling to somewhere through the huge forest.

Once again, I can say that I love the forest... The wilderness, the fantastic views from the highest rock formations and the presence of animals makes it all truly incredible. I nearly got killed by a Puma while I was climbing a huge rocky Viewpoint, but I managed to throw it off the cliff and it was a cool experience.

The Bad Side: Assassin's Creed 3 is very similar to AC2 in the sense that it feels more like a movie than a game. It's always do this, do that, seek this person... with very limited freedom of choice. I dislike the heavily linear nature of the game, and the fact that I feel more like a robber than an Assassin is quite dissatisfying.

The original Assassin's Creed was a game about being an actual Assassin, but AC2 and 3 became games about people's lives, hearts and their very personal journeys... I mean, What the Hell happened Here?

Please tell me, how long will it be before I can play as adult Connor wearing his cool suit?