Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington - "The Betrayal" Debut Trailer

Man, that is a mouthful

So here's the thing that confuses me about what Assassin's Creed is doing. You have this amazing opportunity with the time period and a pretty intriguing alternate reality where George Washington takes over America as his own little monarchy. Why in the world would you suddenly be turning your main character into someone with mystical powers that turn him into an invisible eagle? Assassin's Creed is about being a human assassin... not a half eagle ghost. Call me narrow minded, but I feel like they could have done way better with this.

Anyhow, it will be interesting to see how this series continues to play out, and I am glad to see Ben Franklin getting a bit more play within the game. If you're a fan of the series, there's no reason to not extend the experience.

Assassin's Creed: The Tyranny of King Washing - The Betrayal 
PS3/Xbox 360/PC/Wii U
Release: Out now!
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal

Assassin's Creed III - Launch Trailer

Finally, the time is at hand

All of the waiting, all of the anticipating, it is finally coming to an end. Assassin's Creed III drops today and I for one could not be more exciting. Combine this with the best trailer the franchise has ever released, and I'm contemplating a trip to my nearest GameStop at 9 am.

I've never seen such fluidity of action in an Assassin's Creed trailer (let alone the game itself), which means that we're hopefully going to see the best looking and smoothest AC yet. But just to put the tomahawk in the proverbial red coat:

"What is your name?"

"Why do you ask?"

"...So I can find you."

Enough said.

Assassin's Creed 3 - "Boston Tea Party" Trailer

Goin' up to Bahston

When a trailer gives you goosebumps and makes you forget how to breathe for almost two minutes, it's a damn fine trailer. While slow at first, this short actually sets the story quite well for people who maybe have never seen anything about the new AC game. But for those of us who haven't been living under a rock, we already knew most of the components to the story.

What excites me most about Assassin's Creed III is that we will be doing things in a "behind the scenes" sort of level for the American Revolution. Almost like the original special ops in an organized war. If that doesn't get you giddy to take up Desmond's Animus chair again, I'm not sure what will.

Assassin's Creed 3: Fourth of July Trailer

'MERICA

So here's the thing about this trailer. It's really awesome in showing us what the gameplay around Connor is going to look like (gorgeous, by the way). This trailer had in game graphics of our favorite assassin-to-be interacting with the world around him, and it's a violent one. AC3 is not going to be short on action, and the spirit of Independence Day meant this trailer was meant to be chock full of explosions.

But here's the thing that comes up short for me. Maybe the E3 trailer was SO good that it spoiled me, but this Fourth of July effort simply falls flat in creating as much excitement as the E3 installment. We learned things about story then, about who the redcoats are, and a little bit of who Connor may be. But then again... maybe it's supposed to be like that.

Assassin's Creed 3 Reveal Trailer

Can't... stop... watching...

I don't even know where to start. Ever since screen shots have been getting leaked for AC3 with a very patriotic protagonist, I've been no less than giddy for a Revolutionary War title. Maybe it was my selfish wish to see a colonial Boston or just being generally bored with foreign history ('Murrica) I felt that a move to the states, or thirteen colonies in this example, would be a brilliant one for Ubisoft's giant franchise. I spent all of my time between then and now praying that it was real.

Then we finally got a reveal trailer, and it blew me away. I can finally be a flying squirrel with tree running, and the hatchet/musket pistol is a lock to be my favorite weapon combo yet. Now just add more awesome combat combos and a compelling story with recognizable locations and characters (what's good, George Washington?), and we will have ourselves a game! Still, hopes are extremely high and I can't wait to see more footage released.

My only question, what's up with the outfit? I know the hood is a staple of AC, but we're not in the Renaissance anymore. I find it very hard to believe that you're going to blend in with a bunch of patriots and colonial women wearing all white with a hood over your face. Very interested to see how that's going to work.