Assassin's Creed: Rogue

I'm a long time fan of this franchise, and love almost everything they've made. But as an Irish prison, it really Annoyed me that Unisoft would make a game centering around an Irish character, and then hire a Canadian accent and pay him to butcher the Irish Accent. There are many great Irish actors around! There is no excuse to have somebody fake being Irish, badly! I guess maybe other Non Irish players won't fear the terrible performance like an Irish prison would. So I don't recommend not playing it based on what I've said above.

Besides the voice acting, the game itself is a lot of fun! Especially if you enjoyed the Naval Gameplay in Black Flag.

Probably half of the story, that's what's missing. You know how in previous Assassin's Creed titles, the protagonist grows along with the story and the transition is subtle. This one is the most promising title in the series, it has everything that made the previous ones great and none of their drawbacks.

The stealth, sailing, fighting, everything is great, mission variety, even the story is great. But it's too sudden. I can see it's missing a lot. And a lot of the map will remain unexplored, at the end of the game. To see everything you really have to go out of your way to see them and it's no fun because it feels pointless. Shay's story is over why explore. Also, the story is disappointing. It has great potential and great protagonist but because it's rushed, it doesn't have the same impact. Even the ending is abrupt (I really liked the ending of Black Flag, even though we know things after that didn't go well for the Kenway family, but the game ended on a high note).

Let's talk about the present day story. A total let-down, again with great potential. Again, it's not bad but it's too short and the modern story doesn't even have a any kind of twist at the end.

It's the first game of the Assassin's Creed franchise where I completed and saw everything (100%) just because the story was so short that I've invented my own reason to explore. And still, that part was boring but the locations were way way better than anything in the previous titles.

AC Rogue has grown on me throughout the hours of playing. Having come to it after Black Flag, it was normal that at first it seemed like a recycling of the previous game. Same game idea with four very defined environments: naval, land, urban, and Abstergo. Same idea of collectibles, treasure maps, shanties, computer decoding... But little by little, Rogue begins to become something unique, it manages to remove Black Flag from your mind, and in the end, you could almost say that Black Flag was launching from Rogue. The improvements carried out in Rogue are subtle, but they manage to polish the game, achieving a fluid and pleasant experience. The gameplay has been improved in various aspects. Navigation, lack of realism aside, is now smoother with an improved docking and return to ship system. The setting of the game is, in my opinion, more successful than in Black Flag. The existence of two naval environments, the fluvial and the marine, gives variation to the naval aspect of the game. The cold makes it possible to generate more striking outfits, limit the stay in the water, incorporate beautiful details like the vapor or the appearance of Nordic fauna. In addition, the city present in the game has been developed with great care. The first impression when arriving at New York is the same as when arriving at Constantinople: a living, enormous city, in my hands to explore every corner of it. I hadn't felt the same on the last few games. The soundtrack is amazing. Elitsa Alexandrova's work is incredible, and it seemed to me to be the best music in the entire saga to date. It blends perfectly with the atmosphere of the game.

There are also, however, some points that haven't been improved, especially the game menus. It is difficult to read the notes or descriptions. There are menus that seem incomplete, like the one for the different ships. And the option of being able to browse weapons and outfits from the menu without being able to equip them seems a bit absurd. The idea of collectibles that, by their very nature, you can't collect until late in the game, so you usually don't have any game left to enjoy the rewards, and the fact that outfits don't provide distinct abilities (I must Note that some outfits did have an associated ability in Black Flag) making the outfit you decide to wear a bit irrelevant, are something that Ubisoft should improve for next installments.

About the present time, the game continues with the story of Black Flag but with hardly any script developed. The degree of immersion of AC 3 is not achieved. However, in my opinion, the hacking of computers has been improved.

Lastly, and almost most importantly, Rogue is a vital game for the series to better understand the story of AC 3, Black Flag and, I imagine, Unity; to fill in blank spaces, and to give more depth to all the main characters. One is left with the desire to play AC 3 again, but the desire to continue with Unity is bigger.

In short, Rogue is one hundred percent recommendable. With very few errors. Almost the most notorious are graphic errors in the design of the scenarios and environments. And it is an essential game for those who love the Asassin's Creed franchise and for those who have played AC 3, Black Flag and even Unity.

Not the best assassin creed game out there but the story and the charachter making is pretty decent.

Assassin's Creed Rogue is often overlooked, sandwiched between the release of Black Flag and Unity, but it deserves way more recognition. This game takes the classic AC naval formula and flips the script by putting you in the boots of Shay Patrick Cormac, a former Assassin turned Templar.

What makes it stand out is the unique perspective. Playing as a Templar instead of an Assassin adds a fresh twist to the series. Shay's character arc is compelling, and his motivations feel more personal and relatable than many other AC protagonists. The game also excels at storytelling, making you question both sides of the Assassin-Templar conflict.

The naval gameplay is as satisfying as ever, with ship combat and exploration feeling like an evolution of Black Flag. The icy waters and new environmental challenges add some variety. Plus, the connections to AC III and Unity make it a great piece of the franchise's overarching narrative.

On the downside, Rogue is relatively short, and a lot of its mechanics feel like a direct reskin of Black Flag. If you played that game extensively, this one might not feel as fresh. Also, since it was designed for last-gen consoles, it doesn't have the graphical polish of Unity, though the remastered version helps improve this.

Despite its flaws, Assassin's Creed Rogue is a must-play for any AC fan. If you love the naval combat of Black Flag and want a different take on the Assassin-Templar war, it's absolutely worth your time.