Date played: November 4th
Platform: Vita
Session fun rating: 8/10
I played through the missions available in New Orleans including a pretty cool assassination sequence. I had to infiltrate an important man's mansion and kill him without being detected. I used the slave persona since it seems to offer the best stealth and combat combination. I found my way inside the mansion's walls by jumping from a tree, a really nice addition to the traversal in the series. Then I sneaked in and silently took out three guards before reaching the target. The mission asked that I kill him with a musket but at the time, I had no idea how to even fire the thing so I just fought a bunch of guards with my hidden blade and killed the target.
The game then cut to a completely new section, the Bayou. While it's not exactly clear why I'm going there, it's definitely a cool area. The Bayou is a swamp, full of trees, creeks, alligators and few buildings. I met up with a group of smugglers who seem to need my help to scare away some thugs who will help me in return. The missions so far were pretty cool. I had to protect the smugglers house from thug attacks and eventually, I found my way into one of their camps and slaughtered about a dozen guys. I also fought an alligator.... yep.
The best part about this section is that Aveline is climbing trees instead of buildings. It feels fresh and isn't as buggy as I thought it might be. The view points are also lots of fun since they are mostly on top of gigantic trees that are quite complicated to climb. I also received a new weapon, the blow dart, that can kill silently from a nice distance. I'm liking this game more than I thought I would, if only the framerate was better...
Platform: Vita
Session fun rating: 8/10
I played through the missions available in New Orleans including a pretty cool assassination sequence. I had to infiltrate an important man's mansion and kill him without being detected. I used the slave persona since it seems to offer the best stealth and combat combination. I found my way inside the mansion's walls by jumping from a tree, a really nice addition to the traversal in the series. Then I sneaked in and silently took out three guards before reaching the target. The mission asked that I kill him with a musket but at the time, I had no idea how to even fire the thing so I just fought a bunch of guards with my hidden blade and killed the target.
The game then cut to a completely new section, the Bayou. While it's not exactly clear why I'm going there, it's definitely a cool area. The Bayou is a swamp, full of trees, creeks, alligators and few buildings. I met up with a group of smugglers who seem to need my help to scare away some thugs who will help me in return. The missions so far were pretty cool. I had to protect the smugglers house from thug attacks and eventually, I found my way into one of their camps and slaughtered about a dozen guys. I also fought an alligator.... yep.
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| Trees and swamps make traversal different and interesting |
