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There are a lot of Assassin’s Creed games, and for many years Ubisoft was pumping out games every single year, so it’s not surprising that consumers can’t play them all. Some games slip through the cracks. Assassin’s Creed Rogue is one of those games. But why would THIS game be overlooked? You play as an Assassin that defects to the Templar order, it builds upon the ship combat in Assassin’s Creed 4 that a lot of people enjoyed. Well the answer is simple; Assassin’s Creed Unity. Assassin’s Creed Unity was presented as the next step for the franchise, and on the brand new hardware of the time. Ubisoft was kind enough to not leave the last gen players behind, so they announced Rogue to come out a few weeks prior, but Rogue was delayed to the same day as Unity’s release.

So the first problem is that many gamers, myself included, couldn't afford both games, so they had to choose one. As I’m sure you can imagine, many chose Unity because it completely overhauled the series. The allure of the next generation of Assassin’s Creed was enough to overshadow Rogue, but you want to know what happened when Unity and Rogue released? Fucking. Pandemonium. Unity not only got most of the press because of its promises, but it was the talk of the town for how butchered the release was. I swear this one screenshot is more popular than the game itself. All of the eyes were on the dumpster fire taking place in Paris, so the story in the North Atlantic kept a low profile. Everyone was so caught up in Unity that they forgot about Rogue.

The result of this was Rogue earning the reputation of underrated, and wrongfully so. See, Rogue isn’t underrated, it’s just overlooked. Because general consensus when the game launched was that it was Black Flag 1.5 and that while repetitive, was just as fun as its predecessor. Upon closer inspection we can find that Rogues strengths and weaknesses are defined by the rest of the series. Its entire allure is a novelty, but the specific ideas presented feel underdeveloped, especially when prior games had executed the same ideas better. This doesn’t mean Rogue is bad, because it truly is just as addicting as the rest of the series, but the games reeks of untapped potential, especially in it’s story. The fact many called it underrated and sang its praises is now more confusing than ever, to the point where I’d consider this game to be one of the more overrated Assassin's Creeds.

So what is this novelty I mentioned? Well Assassin’s Creed Rogue does not see you playing as an Assassin for most of the game. Rather you play as someone on the other side. Shay Cormac is an assassin that through repeatedly witnessing assassins incompetence, loses faith in the order, and this culminates in him betraying his brotherhood and joining the templars. It’s through switching sides that we receive the benefits of the templars, but it is also where we see Ubisoft's inability to let us be the antagonists, and god forbid they challenge the ideology of the quote on quote bad guys. Rogue is a short game, and while I won’t take issue with its length, I will take issue with just how little it says during that time. I can at least appreciate how quick the game is to pick up where Black Flag left off. Also, spoilers ahead.


Assassins Creed Rogue is possibly the most averrated Assassins Creed. Why is that? Assassins Creed Rogue Remastered was made so it must have been decent enough right? Well I am here to argue that while the gameplay brought over from Assassins Creed Black Flag is great, the new things this game adds is so bad that it might make it the worst assassins creed game. This Assassins Creed Rogue review, or Assassins Creed Rogue Analysis will discuss the history of the games release alongside Assassins Creed Unity, and perhaps through this game we can learn something to better prepare ourselves for Assassins Creed Mirage.This Assassins Creed Rogue critique will look at Assassins Creed Rogue years later, part of my Assassins Creed retrospective to see if it holds up. The Assassins Creed Rogue gameplay is still pretty good, but I imagine it's story never was. This is why I believe that Assassins Creed Rogue overrated, because the Assassins Creed Rogue trailer led me to believe this game was something it is not. This Assassins Creed Rogue retrospective was made by That Boy Aqua.