Underplayed Gems

Assassin's Creed III (2012)

Assassin's Creed III cover
Developer
Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher
Ubisoft Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
Genres
Adventure
Rating
3.7 of 5, 1,472 player ratings
Main story
about 22 hours
Completionist
about 68 hours
Where to get it
Xbox

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How it feels

A sprawling, cinematic frontier adventure that feels grand as you free-run, hunt, and fight through revolutionary America.

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About

Assassin's Creed III is an open-world action-adventure game set primarily in 18th-century Colonial America during the American Revolution. Players control two characters across the story: Haytham Kenway, a British Templar operating during the French and Indian War, and his half-Mohawk son Ratonhnhaké:ton (also known as Connor), who becomes an Assassin. Gameplay takes place across Boston, New York City, and a large wilderness frontier, with free-running, stealth, and combat using weapons including tomahawks, muskets, bows, and the series' signature Hidden Blades. The game introduces naval combat through Connor's captaining of a warship, as well as hunting, a homestead economy system, and seasonal weather that affects gameplay. A modern-day framing narrative follows Desmond Miles using the Animus to relive his ancestors' memories.

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