The "Assassin's Creed III" Discussion Thread

[clashcityrocker10]

I used to play an old turn based game called Gettysburg, where you could play as either side. You could "win" as the confederates.

I remember a real-time game made by Sid Meier (Sid Meier's Gettysburg!) in which you could win the titular battle as the Confederates. That was a very, very fun game.

One of the "...Total War" RTS games had a Civil War era in it. Whether or not you could win the war for the confederates, I'm not sure.

Which one was that? I've played them all except for the original Shogun and Napoleon, but I don't remember any Civil War-period play. The closest was Empire, which you could get to about 1820ish in the American campaign. Could you be thinking of a mod? I know there are tons of mods for those games, and a Civil War-style mod would make a lot of sense for, say, Empire.

[Bront20]

I remember a real-time game made by Sid Meier (Sid Meier's Gettysburg!) in which you could win the titular battle as the Confederates. That was a very, very fun game.

Sid's version was based on the other version (which was based on a board game).

[JBlack240]

I remember a real-time game made by Sid Meier (Sid Meier's Gettysburg!) in which you could win the titular battle as the Confederates. That was a very, very fun game.

That game was awesome

[torqueblue]

wasnt aware there was a part 3 til i saw the shipper we got at B*** Buy. preorder now and take home a free tin case. i said screw the preorder take the case for free. anywho this does look alot more interesting. hoping theres gonna be more range assassins what with it being set in the civil war type era. although to be honest i havent even bothered to finish assassin's creed 2 or take interest in brotherhood or the last chapter of 2. maybe i should so that im caught up to speed on the story. that or just Wiki the damn thing.

[BohemianMatt]

AC2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I definitely recommend finishing it.

If it helps, AC:B and AC:R don't take long to complete either.

[Bront20]

AC2 is cool, and after AC2, I don't think I'd ever pick up AC1 again.

AC:B is shorter, but more refined for the most part. I just finished it, though admittedly I could have done so in half the time if I had chosen to ignore some of the extra side stuff (like building up the city).

Haven't touched AC:R yet, I try to alternate between game styles as I play to keep things fresher.

[Der_Lex]

It's AC2> AC:B> AC:R> AC1 for me.

Brotherhood was slightly better than 2 gameplay-wise, but I liked 2's story and variety of locations more.

I think AC1 should be played to get the most out of the overall story, but when you play it, stick to the main missions and don't bother with the very repetitive side stuff.

[Der_Lex]

It's AC2> AC:B> AC:R> AC1 for me.

Brotherhood was slightly better than 2 gameplay-wise, but I liked 2's story and variety of locations more.

I think AC1 should be played to get the most out of the overall story, but when you play it, stick to the main missions and don't bother with the very repetitive side stuff.

[M_Robbins5]

It's AC2> AC:B> AC:R> AC1 for me.

Brotherhood was slightly better than 2 gameplay-wise, but I liked 2's story and variety of locations more.

I think AC1 should be played to get the most out of the overall story, but when you play it, stick to the main missions and don't bother with the very repetitive side stuff.

I agree the first one is easily the worst, it's not exactly a bad game just a flawed game.
Still need to play Revelations.

[Der_Lex]

Revelations is... okay. It feels a bit uninspired, both in level design and in gameplay (the only two major new additions, a first person puzzly bit and a tower defense game, seem out of place and don't quite work). It's also really, really short, and has a few story retcons that are a bit iffy. On the other hand, some of the parts (the Masyaf Key missions and the Altair missions) are really good, and the Altair/Ezio chapter of the AC story receives a worthy ending (the final 'level' is the best thing about the entire game, IMO and is quite touching).