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The last generation of consoles may be feeling a little left out at the moment, but Ubisoft have one final Assassin's Creed installment made especially for Xbox 360 and PS3 with which to tie up all the loose ends of the Americas-based part of the series.
Assassin’s Creed Rogue fulfills its job description well and has, perhaps, given fans of the last two games a better experience than they might find in Unity with a more interesting lead character and plenty of seafaring.
Rogue is an odd addition to the series in that it focuses on the other side of the battle. Starting off as a typical Assassin in training, the young Shay Patrick Cormac’s allegiance soon turns to the Templars instead, which gives this game a fresh perspective but also puts it at odds with the other Assassin’s Creed games.
It also furthers the Abstergo Industries story, though not in any way that is mildly interesting. What it does do during these sequences is tie in to the previous games and Unity, cleverly knitting the previous generation of Assassin’s Creed to the new one. It’s just a pity that many who have arrived late to the Assassin’s Creed party won’t play both of these games.
As for the story, it’s full of twists and turns, as you’d expect, and Shay is a competent hero, albeit a rather dull one at times with the dodgiest Irish accent this side of Tom Cruise in Far and Away. He does, however, excel at being naive enough to be believable as the one Assassin to question everything he has been told to do and his deflection is therefore far easier to swallow as he virtually trips over signposts saying ‘Assassins are bad, come join the Templars’. It’s not exactly the longest story in the series, but it manages to fit in some pretty nice roller-coaster moments where everything around you is going to hell and you just need to peg it to survive.
Aside from the odd set piece, everything else is as it was in Black Flag, right down to ship improvements and base captures. Fans will be pleased to see a return to seafaring as the main focus and the change of location to the icy North Atlantic ocean is a welcome one.
If anything, this seems to have given Ubisoft’s development team time to polish the game world and improve the scenery. It’s definitely the best looking last gen Creed game and the world is full of things to collect and complete long after the main story is over.
Rogue may be the last swan song for 360 and PS3 Assassin’s Creed, but it goes out singing its heart out with a rousing shanty or two.
8/10
Assassin’s Creed Rogue fulfills its job description well and has, perhaps, given fans of the last two games a better experience than they might find in Unity with a more interesting lead character and plenty of seafaring.
Rogue is an odd addition to the series in that it focuses on the other side of the battle. Starting off as a typical Assassin in training, the young Shay Patrick Cormac’s allegiance soon turns to the Templars instead, which gives this game a fresh perspective but also puts it at odds with the other Assassin’s Creed games.
It also furthers the Abstergo Industries story, though not in any way that is mildly interesting. What it does do during these sequences is tie in to the previous games and Unity, cleverly knitting the previous generation of Assassin’s Creed to the new one. It’s just a pity that many who have arrived late to the Assassin’s Creed party won’t play both of these games.
As for the story, it’s full of twists and turns, as you’d expect, and Shay is a competent hero, albeit a rather dull one at times with the dodgiest Irish accent this side of Tom Cruise in Far and Away. He does, however, excel at being naive enough to be believable as the one Assassin to question everything he has been told to do and his deflection is therefore far easier to swallow as he virtually trips over signposts saying ‘Assassins are bad, come join the Templars’. It’s not exactly the longest story in the series, but it manages to fit in some pretty nice roller-coaster moments where everything around you is going to hell and you just need to peg it to survive.
Aside from the odd set piece, everything else is as it was in Black Flag, right down to ship improvements and base captures. Fans will be pleased to see a return to seafaring as the main focus and the change of location to the icy North Atlantic ocean is a welcome one.
If anything, this seems to have given Ubisoft’s development team time to polish the game world and improve the scenery. It’s definitely the best looking last gen Creed game and the world is full of things to collect and complete long after the main story is over.
Rogue may be the last swan song for 360 and PS3 Assassin’s Creed, but it goes out singing its heart out with a rousing shanty or two.
8/10
They released Assassins creed Unity just for Next Gen with a brand new game engine and this just for last Gen using the exact same engine as Black Flag. Reading the interviews, you get the feeling this was originally designed to placate last gen fans. It seems the lack of pressure has allowed them to create a better game from it, though, while Unity (although great) suffered from being somewhat unfinished.
Hmm. It's an interesting one. A full year after the release of the PS4 and XB1 and yet Ubisoft have decided to ignore the platforms completely. They must have had good reasons for doing so, it just seems an odd decision.
My previous gen consoles are currently sat in a cupboard awaiting their 'adoption' by my eldest son (he's getting a TV for Xmas). Even so I can't quite see myself buying this for the simple reason of the game not being on PS4. Lazy? Maybe, but then again I am a gamer.
My previous gen consoles are currently sat in a cupboard awaiting their 'adoption' by my eldest son (he's getting a TV for Xmas). Even so I can't quite see myself buying this for the simple reason of the game not being on PS4. Lazy? Maybe, but then again I am a gamer.
The last generation of consoles may be feeling a little left out at the moment, but Ubisoft have one final Assassin's Creed installment made especially for Xbox 360 and PS3 with which to tie up all the loose ends of the Americas-based part of the series.
Assassin’s Creed Rogue fulfills its job description well and has, perhaps, given fans of the last two games a better experience than they might find in Unity with a more interesting lead character and plenty of seafaring.
Rogue is an odd addition to the series in that it focuses on the other side of the battle. Starting off as a typical Assassin in training, the young Shay Patrick Cormac’s allegiance soon turns to the Templars instead, which gives this game a fresh perspective but also puts it at odds with the other Assassin’s Creed games.
It also furthers the Abstergo Industries story, though not in any way that is mildly interesting. What it does do during these sequences is tie in to the previous games and Unity, cleverly knitting the previous generation of Assassin’s Creed to the new one. It’s just a pity that many who have arrived late to the Assassin’s Creed party won’t play both of these games.
As for the story, it’s full of twists and turns, as you’d expect, and Shay is a competent hero, albeit a rather dull one at times with the dodgiest Irish accent this side of Tom Cruise in Far and Away. He does, however, excel at being naive enough to be believable as the one Assassin to question everything he has been told to do and his deflection is therefore far easier to swallow as he virtually trips over signposts saying ‘Assassins are bad, come join the Templars’. It’s not exactly the longest story in the series, but it manages to fit in some pretty nice roller-coaster moments where everything around you is going to hell and you just need to peg it to survive.
Aside from the odd set piece, everything else is as it was in Black Flag, right down to ship improvements and base captures. Fans will be pleased to see a return to seafaring as the main focus and the change of location to the icy North Atlantic ocean is a welcome one.
If anything, this seems to have given Ubisoft’s development team time to polish the game world and improve the scenery. It’s definitely the best looking last gen Creed game and the world is full of things to collect and complete long after the main story is over.
Rogue may be the last swan song for 360 and PS3 Assassin’s Creed, but it goes out singing its heart out with a rousing shanty or two.
8/10
Assassin’s Creed Rogue fulfills its job description well and has, perhaps, given fans of the last two games a better experience than they might find in Unity with a more interesting lead character and plenty of seafaring.
Rogue is an odd addition to the series in that it focuses on the other side of the battle. Starting off as a typical Assassin in training, the young Shay Patrick Cormac’s allegiance soon turns to the Templars instead, which gives this game a fresh perspective but also puts it at odds with the other Assassin’s Creed games.
It also furthers the Abstergo Industries story, though not in any way that is mildly interesting. What it does do during these sequences is tie in to the previous games and Unity, cleverly knitting the previous generation of Assassin’s Creed to the new one. It’s just a pity that many who have arrived late to the Assassin’s Creed party won’t play both of these games.
As for the story, it’s full of twists and turns, as you’d expect, and Shay is a competent hero, albeit a rather dull one at times with the dodgiest Irish accent this side of Tom Cruise in Far and Away. He does, however, excel at being naive enough to be believable as the one Assassin to question everything he has been told to do and his deflection is therefore far easier to swallow as he virtually trips over signposts saying ‘Assassins are bad, come join the Templars’. It’s not exactly the longest story in the series, but it manages to fit in some pretty nice roller-coaster moments where everything around you is going to hell and you just need to peg it to survive.
Aside from the odd set piece, everything else is as it was in Black Flag, right down to ship improvements and base captures. Fans will be pleased to see a return to seafaring as the main focus and the change of location to the icy North Atlantic ocean is a welcome one.
If anything, this seems to have given Ubisoft’s development team time to polish the game world and improve the scenery. It’s definitely the best looking last gen Creed game and the world is full of things to collect and complete long after the main story is over.
Rogue may be the last swan song for 360 and PS3 Assassin’s Creed, but it goes out singing its heart out with a rousing shanty or two.
8/10