Date played: December 23rd and 24th
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 9/10
Whew, a lot has happened to Connor! He is now an adult and officially an assassin after Achilles has given him his robes and blades. It's also summer now, which makes traversal in the frontier easier as there isn't any snow to slow Connor down. We are also working on growing the homestead by recruiting artisans, lumberjacks and other useful people. To recruit them, I had to complete many sidequests. One of the best was an epic rescue chase where Connor had to save a man drifting to his death in a river by chasing him through the trees, rocks and obstacles.
Another big part of the game has opened up with naval combat as well. We found an old captain and recruited him to help the Assassins. We fixed up his old frigate which is now Connor's flagship. I then completed a lot of side missions where I had to navigate using the frigate and fight enemy ships with cannons and guns. The whole thing controls really well and is fun to play. I shot down dozens of enemies by flanking them and lining up my shots well, we even took out an entire fort from the sea. It looks amazing and the sweeping orchestral music just makes everything better!
There was also another really cool side mission that had Connor explore Dead Chest island, a dangerous rock formation that was by pirates. It was one of the rare scripted sequences in the game and it felt like an 18th century Uncharted game. Too bad it was so short...
Platform: Wii U
Session fun rating: 9/10
Whew, a lot has happened to Connor! He is now an adult and officially an assassin after Achilles has given him his robes and blades. It's also summer now, which makes traversal in the frontier easier as there isn't any snow to slow Connor down. We are also working on growing the homestead by recruiting artisans, lumberjacks and other useful people. To recruit them, I had to complete many sidequests. One of the best was an epic rescue chase where Connor had to save a man drifting to his death in a river by chasing him through the trees, rocks and obstacles.
Another big part of the game has opened up with naval combat as well. We found an old captain and recruited him to help the Assassins. We fixed up his old frigate which is now Connor's flagship. I then completed a lot of side missions where I had to navigate using the frigate and fight enemy ships with cannons and guns. The whole thing controls really well and is fun to play. I shot down dozens of enemies by flanking them and lining up my shots well, we even took out an entire fort from the sea. It looks amazing and the sweeping orchestral music just makes everything better!
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| The naval missions are fantastic |
There was also another really cool side mission that had Connor explore Dead Chest island, a dangerous rock formation that was by pirates. It was one of the rare scripted sequences in the game and it felt like an 18th century Uncharted game. Too bad it was so short...
