PSA: Assassin’s Creed III Announced, Play as Predator

Sup gamers,

Okay, we get it. Halo 4 looks cool. Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter CROSS Tekken are out and apparently amaze-balls. But have you seen any of this stuff on the Assassin’s Creed 3 reveal? Some character art was leaked, then Ubisoft was like “you got us” and released the box art. Then Game Informer had a whole cover story, which was quickly followed by a trailer. All in like a week. And it looks pretty awesome. We get if you’re a little Creed-ed out, but join our excitement after the break.

AssCreed 1 and 2 were separated by a few years dev time and it clearly showed. AssCreed 2 wasn’t a series of boring missions. The move from the Crusades to Renaissance-period Italy was stunning. However, while AssCreed 3 was in development, we saw Brotherhood and Revelations add smaller improvements to 2, essentially making AssCreed 2 into its own trilogy. And keep in mind that this AssCreed 2 trilogy came out annually – 2009, 2010 and 2011. So knowing we have AssCreed 3 in 2012 – while fantastic – is a little tiring.

It’s akin to Halo fatigue. Yes, yes, Master Chief is back, but we play Halo because of Halo gameplay, not for Master Chief (face it). After Halo 3, we saw ODST, Reach and Halo Anniversary in a similar three year period as AssCreed 2. No shit we’re burned out by these releases. Sequel numbers mean nothing to the consumer because basically we haven’t had enough time to mourn the disappearance of the franchise.

But that’s besides the point, AssCreed 3 puts you during the American Revolution as a Native American assassin going by Connor. And the recent screens/gameplay trailer indicate a lot of snow going on. In GI’s cover story, Ubisoft indicates different seasons, but we’re always going to have a hard-on for open-world games with snow. Red Dead Redemption and Skyrim give us familiar funny feelings.

On top of that, improved combat with tomahawks, bow and arrows and… and… free running in trees? Did you see that? While we felt like a medieval Batman (despite the murders) in previous installments, we’re going to feel like motherfucking Predator now. No Redcoat is safe! We have liberty to uphold! Well, liberty for Americans who have presumably raped/murdered most of Connor’s genealogy (if he is in fact Native American). We’re sure some Templar nonsense will pepper the story and convince us that nothing is as it seems. Desmond will be around as well, although we wish he’d become the main character at some point.

Assassin’s Creed III hits PC, 360, PS3 and Wii U this October.