Assassin's Creed Rogue, the last AC game to be released on the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation and the first one in which we play and get to see the Templar side of things. This game was also released pretty much the same date as Unity in 2014 as Ubisoft was trying to grab money from both the generations and they failed miserably. This game went wayy under the radar and not a lot of people considered it in the first place anyway. Why do I still recommend it? well-

TLDR: This game is a 7/10, by this I don't mean it isn't enjoyable, but the game has little to no difference from black flag. There is no innovation here and I'd only recommend this if you're looking for more naval combat like black flag or are just a die hard AC fan

Now for the Pros- The story is quite nice overall, the journey of Shay Patrick Cormac to turn from an Assassin to Templar is well written, the protagonist is also good and you can relate to him and understand the motivation behind his every move. The addition of this assassin detection mechanic in which you can recognize assassins who are blending in the crowd, trying to kill you is really awesome. It added to the immersion and I loved it. The naval combat is strong as ever, there are a few new toys to play around with as compared to black flag so that's nice i guess. The weapons also have a lot of variety and again you have access to a few more as compared to black flag. Now this is one of the few games that is connected really well to other AC games, namely Assassin's Creed 3, Black Flag and Unity.

Now for the Cons- There is not Innovation, if I remove the story then this is pretty much black flag 2, the gameplay is same, the parkour is similar, the art style is similar, literally any sort of difference to black flag would've helped the game but we all know how lazy Ubisoft is. The combat is pretty bad, I've disliked most of the combat from the earlier AC games except Unity and this game is no different. I encountered quite lot of bugs ranging from texture pop in to straight up my ship sailing on the land and getting stuck in a mountain and then falling from the game's world, it was weird tbh. The game lacks polish and although parkour is pretty good, it felt janky at times. Also the fact that we just cannot climb hills in this game is pretty bad and the absence of buildings every where adds to it, Instead of having full freedom, we have to use the tree parkour and climb on specifically marked ledges whcih made it feel a lot more like climbing in Uncharted instead of Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed Rogue, the last AC game to be released on the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation and the first one in which we play and get to see the Templar side of things. This game was also released pretty much the same date as Unity in 2014 as Ubisoft was trying to grab money from both the generations and they failed miserably. This game went wayy under the radar and not a lot of people considered it in the first place anyway. Why do I still recommend it? well- TLDR: This game is a 7/10, by this I don't mean it isn't enjoyable, but the game has little to no difference from black flag. There is no innovation here and I'd only recommend this if you're looking for more naval combat like black flag or are just a die hard AC fan Now for the Pros- The story is quite nice overall, the journey of Shay Patrick Cormac to turn from an Assassin to Templar is well written, the protagonist is also good and you can relate to him and understand the motivation behind his every move. The addition of this assassin detection mechanic in which you can recognize assassins who are blending in the crowd, trying to kill you is really awesome. It added to the immersion and I loved it. The naval combat is strong as ever, there are a few new toys to play around with as compared to black flag so that's nice i guess. The weapons also have a lot of variety and again you have access to a few more as compared to black flag. Now this is one of the few games that is connected really well to other AC games, namely Assassin's Creed 3, Black Flag and Unity. Now for the Cons- There is not Innovation, if I remove the story then this is pretty much black flag 2, the gameplay is same, the parkour is similar, the art style is similar, literally any sort of difference to black flag would've helped the game but we all know how lazy Ubisoft is. The combat is pretty bad, I've disliked most of the combat from the earlier AC games except Unity and this game is no different. I encountered quite lot of bugs ranging from texture pop in to straight up my ship sailing on the land and getting stuck in a mountain and then falling from the game's world, it was weird tbh. The game lacks polish and although parkour is pretty good, it felt janky at times. Also the fact that we just cannot climb hills in this game is pretty bad and the absence of buildings every where adds to it, Instead of having full freedom, we have to use the tree parkour and climb on specifically marked ledges whcih made it feel a lot more like climbing in Uncharted instead of Assassin's Creed