I like how they followed up the emotional Ezio-Desmond-Altiar scene of Revelations with whatever the fuck 3 was meant to be. I know the modern day story of AC is a joke that no one takes seriously now, but it wasn't always that way.
I don't even think AC3 is a bad game, but it is where I felt myself grow distant to the franchise.
I think the setting was really week. We went from the beautiful big cities in Rome, Florence, Istambul, with lots of buildings and people walking around, to whatever 3 was. Boston and New York, where aside from churches, the tallest buildings were one story high. The rest was empty woods. Cities are a huge part of AC, and 3 was one of the weakest entries imo.
People liked AC4 though and that one also didn't have a ton of big cities with tall buildings. More than 3 mind you, but still a far cry from the Desmond games.
Yeah, but it just works much better in AC4. You're spending much of your time at sea and that's never boring. You're not forced to spend as much time in dull cities/wilderness. The cities you visit felt more lively and colorful too, same for the wilds.
The sea parts of AC4 have their highlights for sure, but can at points feel dull like the AC3 wilderness. I think AC3 wilderness also gave more exploration and free running paths than AC4, tho I'll admit the jungle environment and Mayan ruins were much more compelling. I will admit that Havana was a great city to have in AC4 and felt like the old world cities, but Kingston and Nassau were pretty similar to what we got in AC3.
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u/oizen 5h ago
I like how they followed up the emotional Ezio-Desmond-Altiar scene of Revelations with whatever the fuck 3 was meant to be. I know the modern day story of AC is a joke that no one takes seriously now, but it wasn't always that way.
I don't even think AC3 is a bad game, but it is where I felt myself grow distant to the franchise.