1. wakener

   7

   The good stuff: Sprawling environments with entirely new architecture for freerunning (trees), animals and hunting, naval missions, a commerce system which requires attention, side quests galore, and dynamic weather which actually affects missions. If it were just the stuff they added to the game, I’d give this game a 10. It’s the “biggest” AC they have done so far–and I have all of them but the one for Vita. Unfortunately, Ubisoft seems to have bitten off more than they could chew, and the game-breaking bugs cannot be ignored. Some would have you believe that the bugs are all minor, and the complainers need to shut up. But we aren’t talking about things like the infamous “floating dead guy” from the first game’s intro at E3. I’m talking about investing a lot of time in certain missions in expectation of promised rewards–only to have those rewards removed once the missions are complete, with no way of getting them back (this apparently happens randomly). I’m talking about missions disappearing–missions which some people never get back, thus preventing them from earning 100% completion of the game, while others find that they reappear once one has paid money for optional DLC. I’m talking about missions which glitch so that it is *impossible* to complete them, and others which glitch in ways which require you to *turn off your system* (NOT just exit the game) in order to make them completable. There are others, just as bad, and they ruin the flow of the game, which by rights, should be one of the best in the series (if one can stand the constant put-downs of the American founders and of Western thought in what one would have thought would be a celebration of those things).… Expand

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2. skillzmcfly

   5

   Honestly this game should likely be considered a good game, but after AC2 set a high bar, AC 3 just falls flat on its face. The graphics are as sweet as they might get on the PS3 but also glitchy at times. The game is glitchy in many aspects. The camera is shaky and keeps you from seeing you targets, the controls are ofte off and not intelligently placed on the controller (e.g. stopping a slow horse is the same button as spurring a horse that has picked up some speed), the missions are too unevenly balanced - too easy or way too hard - checkpoints are placed badly and the freerunning system that had been the staple of AC is more often than not the more complicated way to get somewhere - you DO NOT EVEN WANT to climb buildings and run around the roofs in some cases. Why would you spoil the trademark of your game? As mentioned above the real problem is that this feels like a good game that you would want to play, but the small problems amass and mar your gaming experience, oftentimes leaving you frustrated wanting to punch someone - most likely the programmers at Ubisoft. I get why people would rate it as a good game, but I can't help but wonder if they played a different game when grading it above 80 %.… Expand

   • Helpful? 4 of 4 users said Yes.
3. Tehol

   2

   Really disappointing. Have played all the other AC games, and this seemed like a return to the bad points of the first game. Quite repetitive and constrained, and also really annoying how you can't fully upgrade your homestead if you miss an upgrade during an earlier sequence. Hope the next one is an improvement...… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.

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