while it does lack the summer-action-comedy charm of the previous two, and the assassin's creed itself is shat over, and desmond's new face looks really odd, and the actual plot itself is like alright (i feel the same way about the previous two games though), i FUCKING love exploring istanbul, i FUCKING love dilf ezio, i FUCKING love the hookblade, and i FUCKING love that this game's about ezio and altair's fates specifically. (god that scene is so fucking cool).
i do wish i had more incentive to using the other bombs, instead of the same load-out each time, i could feel the assassin's creed fatigue setting in, and there's a bunch of little nitpicks here and there, but every time i think about the "assassin's creed theme" that gets used so often throughout, or of literally every scene with altair, or about yusuf or zofia, or how well-designed istanbul is for parkour, or how wonderfully colorful but still subtle the game's art design is, i just can't help but overlook the issues i do have. i get taken back to the specific time i played the game in. the writing has issues, but god it's so full of emotion man. if only things didn't go to shit after this...
i do wish i had more incentive to using the other bombs, instead of the same load-out each time, i could feel the assassin's creed fatigue setting in, and there's a bunch of little nitpicks here and there, but every time i think about the "assassin's creed theme" that gets used so often throughout, or of literally every scene with altair, or about yusuf or zofia, or how well-designed istanbul is for parkour, or how wonderfully colorful but still subtle the game's art design is, i just can't help but overlook the issues i do have. i get taken back to the specific time i played the game in. the writing has issues, but god it's so full of emotion man. if only things didn't go to shit after this...