After completing the first two chapters of Alan Wake 2, i decided to take a quick break before starting the DLC (i believe they start in the story, but i'm not 100% sure). I decided to take a break by playing Assassin's Creed Rogue. This isn't the best well crafted AC game in my opinion, but i have a soft spot for it because it was the first AC game i bought myself. I was really wanting Unity, but didn't have a PS4. So instead younger me went to my local walmart to buy a PS3 copy of the Sims 3, and got talked down by my parents because they weren't sure exactly how raunchy the sims could be and wanted to do their research first. So they ended up letting me buy this instead because they knew that i could "responsibly consume Assassin's Creed".
This game uses the same engine as Black Flag, and shares a lot of assets. It also ties the Kenway Saga too Unity in a fun way that i won't spoil. It does have an air of being hastily put together though, which is especially evident on 4K resolution. I keep having an issue with an enemy type called Stalkers, and some of them are in dresses. and i've been having an issue where they all die legs up in the air, and concerningly their entire body is plainly missing under the dress. I also feel like the collision is a bit jankier than Black Flags. I keep feeling like i get caught on things.
Despite these bugs though, the world is really pretty. Unity's will probably be one of my favorites for a while, but this one takes place in the northern Atlantic (a setting i wish was explored more because i love the cold more than tropics) with ice and snow in some places:
It makes for a really pretty setting that is fun to explore. I don't feel like i've ever seen a game with a setting like this. Maybe Assassin's Creed 3, but i feel like i remember that staying far warmer for the most part and staying out of the arctic.
The game also sees a return of one of my favorite features in Black Flag: The fish pond. This pond is so pretty, i really like just standing and looking at it whenever i pass by.
The game has a few fun moments too it as well. There's a moment where you're at a party and there's fireworks going off. all the guests there are commenting on it. I've seen fire works in real life, but even i stood around admiring them lol.
What I assume happened is that my mom saw a video of one of the sex mods and thought it was actual gameplay content and didn’t want to hand younger me what she thought was straight up porn. It is a bit ironic though lol