As a big fan of Assassin's Creed, I have a lot of gripe about this game. First of all, Rogue is a complete carbon copy of Black Flag in terms of gameplay, weapons, mission layouts, even a lot of the setting. I'm always ready for some sort of innovation whenever I play a new MAIN entry in the series, but Rogue simply feels like a longer DLC.
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I have a huge problem with the story progression in Rogue. Ever since the death of Desmond, you're put into the shoes of the protagonist. I personally don't prefer this at all. I like controlling the "subjects" in Assassins Creed. Desmond Miles was a very interesting character. I'd much prefer if the devs had created a new protagonist. The problem with putting the players in the shoes of the "subject", is that the protagonist becomes mute. There are countless instances in Abstergo Entertainment where I am spoken to, and I want to reply, but I obviously can't. With an actual character, even though I can't speak for them, at least there's conversation, and it's not this awkward one sided conversation. It's really unfortunate, because the story in Abstergo Entertainment is getting interesting. The Templars trying to convert you to their order and everything. It's all intriguing. But it's like I have no say in it. It's like the game just puts you on this roller coaster ride, where you can only watch. The devs REALLY, REALLY need to create a subject 18. Ditch the first person protagonist crap! It just doesn't suit the narrative of Assassin's Creed!
I actually like the story behind Rogue. And Shay Cormac starts off as a easily hate-able character, into a very likeable character through the tough decisions he had to make. This is the first game where you get to control the Assassin that betrays the Brotherhood. And the reason was completely understandable. Suddenly, I don't know who I'm rooting for, Assassins or Templars. Though the game never explains why Shay was put on that mission to wipe out an entire city. I guess the Assassin leaders did not know that taking the artifact would cause that, but they were also not remorseful after the fact. It made me question the Assassins, which was a plot twist I liked.
And one more thing that absolutely irks me. Why would they re-introduce Adwale, then kill him off in the most undignified way possible? This is the man who freed hundreds of slaves. A man who has the most moral values among any other character. He's honorable as ****. Why would they do this. They literally revealed him to be an older assassin, then barely shows up for more than a few scenes, then just gets killed. It's very, VERY anti climatic. Even if he had to die, at least make it more epic...
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Besides the story, the gameplay and pretty much everything besides some snowy mountains, is the SAME. The experience just felt WAY too repetitive, especially for the fact that I JUST finished Black Flag. They should've just made this a DLC, maybe upped the price more. This is NOT a new Assassins Creed experience.