Assassin's Creed® III Remastered

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this is the absolute best game in assassin's creed series in combat.

A great game within the Assassin's Creed series. This is my second time playing through it, this time on PC and in the past on Xbox360 with the original game. I originally never finished the game but believe I got to sequence 10. I still loved it both times and it's absolutely worth your time. Although the audios don't track well with the actual character mouths due to the remaster, it's still a small detail that can be looked past. One thing that I do dislike though is the AI being able to instant spot you from any distance any. It doesn't impact most of the game though except in some stealth scenarios and when your notoriety is high and you're running through town trying to not start a massive fight with the guards. I love the development of Connor over time, starting off as a boy and naive teenager, getting much wiser with age. Although reviews online complain about starting as Connor's father Edward Kenway, I still believed it to be a great part of the game and originally thought I was going to play the whole game as him. It gives a unique perspective for the first time in the series of both sides of the Templars and Assassin's which hadn't been done yet. I also like Connor's revenge story which I won't spoil too much but it starts from his childhood and builds up through the rest of the game. He also works alongside his father Edward who you started with; and is a templar. Through the missions with Edward you realize that he and Connor are actually not so different and both seek the same thing through different means. The combat in this game is brutal and very fun with enough enemy variety to not be a complete copy of every interaction. The modern-day storyline also isn't annoying like other AC games and actually has a great storyline and ending. The locations of the frontier, New York, Boston, and the homestead all bring great value to the historical time period and showcase what infrastructure of this time period. It's also very fun to explore these locations and hunt in the open parts of the map outside cities. There is also no grind in this game like newer titles such as Odyssey which makes it great to just focus on the main story but there is still plenty of side objectives and missions. There's also random encounters like in AC Unity where you can help people who got robbed or people being attack by wild animals. The people and soldiers bring the whole world to life and make it feel like you're actually apart of the American Revolution time period. You also don't need a supercomputer to run the game and can get by with a lower spec PC. I received no framerate drops or issues while I played although there are times where parkour can be buggy or you get stuck weirdly. There are also other minor bugs in the game but none that are game breaking or can't usually be fixed by reloading your last autosave. I also love the story arc where you can see your progress through specific templars you interact with and ultimately have to kill. It makes you realize how far both you and Connor have progressed through the story and in the end complete a masterpiece of game story writing.