In my opinion, AC3 is a success in it's own aspect, based on the player's perspective. Here's some key reasons in the game why: * Combat: Combat was GREATLY improved. Instead of holding down the right trigger and just mashing the X button to counter every attack, you NOW have to time your counters and your button pressing at the RIGHT time to activate a counter kill, or you'll end up just pushing your enemy away, and you have to run after them to kill them (Fans will know what I mean when they actually try it). Combat is also WAY more advanced than before, kills are more technical, there are a LOT more variety in the killing animations, there's practically killing animations for everything, run and tackle, the classic stab-behind the back and covering the mouth, duck and roll, stab, etc. Also, the addition of the bow and the tomahawk definitely mixes things up, with the way they show the clash of Connor's heritage. * Storyline: Also, to play this game, you REALLY have to know some backstory to the series storyline to understand it. Ezio is mentioned once in the game, which gives us hints as to HOW Achilles knew about Ezio and how far back did Achilles actually discover about Ezio's life? Does he know about Altair? Does he know about Desmond? Etc, etc. You don't really have to play all the games to know what the Templars are, but you'll be very confused, and wondering, where the hell did I start? What's this cave for? Who am I? Who's that? Who are they? You've really gotta know what game you're playing. Also, the addition of not having the "X" and "Y" button on your HUD and telling you what those buttons do and what their action does, definitely gives you confusion on what they do, unless you've played the PREVIOUS games before. * Clothing The clothing Connor wears DEFINITELY represents his heritage. We all know that. His robes represent his British heritage by how the robes are tailored, and his equipment, the pistol. The bird feathers attached to his arm, as well as his tomahawk and bow, represent his Mohawk heritage, and the way he can climb trees, and other scenery. Also, another thing that TOTALLY ruined the game for me was how his hood was taken down. Totally ruined it. Ubisoft said they were working on a patch to put it back up, but who knows, it's Ubisoft. I had to spend 7 hours just doing ALL the homestead missions to get Achille's outfit for JUST the hood. What I don't like is the blue ball cloth thingys near the sash (if you have the outfit, you know what I mean). I have Ezio's Roman Assassin attire unlocked as well, but I don't like it. There's almost no animation for the cape, and it'd be cool if it wasn't folded like that all the time, it looks like it's made of plastic. As for the outfit colorings, I'd love it if they added a red, blue and white outfit coloring, for the classic patriot colors. The closest thing to come to it is the one that has a light-blue tint, with the red and blue trim. If that light-blue was white, I'd use that all the time. But for now, I'm sticking with the default colors, the Jamestown outfit, the New York outfit, and the one with the black and red, the classic Master Assassin colors. Overall, it's a good game in some aspects, but at the end, totally ruins it for you. Oh, and another thing, if you want a TRUE ending, finish the homestead missions as they correspond with the timeline. When Achilles is sick and in bed, I didn't get that until I finished all the homestead missions AFTER finishing campaign.
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