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Pros: I learned more nuanced historical facts from AC3 than from any other game in the franchise. Cons: the overarching story goes off the deep end here, never to return. That new big baddy they basically sacrificed the entire Assassin/Templar conflict for? She ends up getting killed in a comic book. In a comic book, Coral!

Overall, and in relation to other older entries, I’d rate this higher than AC4 (the most straightforward and one-dimensional of the bunch) and Brotherhood/Revelations (which both felt like unneeded and overly long expansion packs), but lower than AC1 (the first and last time they managed to tell a nuanced and thought-provoking story) and AC2 (which was a nice balance between good gameplay and a simpler yet still convincing narrative).

So, not the worst installment to spend your time with, but considering that 99% of players would get tired long before running out of Assassin’s Creed content anyway, it’s probably better not to bother.

I can't play the game anymore, it crashes on me. Don't bother if you running windows 11.
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