Personal and Professional Practice 3: 'Research' Studio Brief (Review) - Assassins Creed: Rogue

As this was a big year for Assassin's Creed with a new next-gen game coming out, I felt it was only right to play the game that is being released for the older-gen as well, seen as I have still got a PS3 handy, and I thought that Rogue was absolutely brilliant! To me it felt pretty much the same as the previous game Black Flag, but that is what made it so special as that game for me was the best in the series so far.

You play through the game as Shay, an Assassin turned Templar half way through and it's certainly a change of pace to what usually happens in the story, but its definitely worth a play as the exploration in it is as good as it always has been. The general game play though is the exact same as before and most of the objectives are the same, you just have to do it in North America/snowy Canada instead of the tropics of the Caribbean, making it feel a little bit less piratey, but it still does work. The only downside is that I'm pretty sure the future parts to the game are the exact same as Black Flag, using the exact same cut scenes for some of it, if I'm not mistaken.

But nether-the-less it is still a beautiful and utterly brilliant game to play, with a few new aspects to the ship as well like the ability to break through the ice and having to navigate your way through blizzards can be pretty tricky. The story is great, although not as engaging as Black Flag's was, and the character is really likeable and controls perfectly, most of the time. The game runs so smoothly and does have some nice graphics for the older-gen, making it a pleasure to play, but not necessarily one that you feel that you have to.