Assassin's Creed : Rogue (PS3)

While the whole world is hating UBISOFT and cursing UNITY, here I am with my sad PS3, contented with what was made for PS3 players like me. AC: Rogue. It was less anticipated compared to Unity, thus making it seemed like an underdog. And guess what? IT WAS AWESOME.

The gameplay is exactly the same as AC : Black Flag, but a few new features were added. For example, in Ship combats, the R2 button was added as Swivel shots with manual aiming. Also, the enemies are stronger and since the protagonist is a Templar, the Eagle Vision is not only used to spy on soon to be visible enemies, but also Assassins that are stalking you hiding in bushes and closets. It's basically the opposite of Black Flag using the same controllers concept.

We continue the modern day in Abstergo's Animus using the deceased Desmond's DNA to obtain memory fragments from history.  The main character is Shay Patrick Cormac who started as an assassin trained by Achilles (whom was Connor's mentor in AC3), a hot woman named Hope and some Ah Tabai lookalike named Kaasagawe (sp?). Other cameos include Adewale from Black Flag and Haytham Kenway from AC3 (who turned to be the one who made Shay a Templar Knight).

As confused you are on the title : Rogue, the game would make you understand why Shay turned his back against his Assassin brothers without making you blame him or them. It was during one of his big missions, where he realised that the Assassins are no better than Templars, wanting absolute power without caring who gets killed for it. After retrieving a Manuscript for the "Tree of Eden" in a church, a deadly earthquake occurred in Lisbon killing thousands and he was overwhelmed with anger and guilt, and begin his journey as a rogue Assassin as he joined the Templars' side.

Just like other AC games, you find yourself deeply involved with the characters and saddened by the deaths of Shay's former allies as he had no choice but to assassinate them one by one. The storyline was very moving, creating a neutral perspective between the Templars and Assassins.

In the end, Shay managed to save Achiles from being killed by Haytham. Although Haytham shot Achille's leg anyway to make sure he stays crippled. Hence, the reason why he was reluctant to train Connor in AC3. Shay also killed Charles Dorian in hunt for an artefact, an assignment by Haytham he agreed to. Charles Dorian is the father of Unity protagonist, Arno.

Assassin's Creed : Rogue is the Prequel to Assassin's Creed III and AC: Unity and the Sequel to Assassin's Creed IV : Black Flag. The storyline is neatly organised and would fill in the blank spaces left by the former games.

Of course, in the modern day, it was revealed (as we expected) that Abstergo is actually another name for Templars.

Overall, I give this game a 9/10. I would play it again, this time with side missions as well.

Gamerly,
Ms Anne