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Introduction: 0:00
Presentation: 4:57
Gameplay: 9:15
Narrative: 28:05
Home Sweet Homestead: 48:27
The End of an Era: 54:00
Post-Script: 57:15


Whether you love them or hate them, few can deny that the Assassin’s Creed games were in a golden age by the end of the 2000s. The first game, while simplistic, for a new IP, was a fantastic first stab, and the next game in the series took the gameplay to new heights, and this was a trend across the series as Brotherhood and Revelations expanded gameplay even more so. But there was a pretty big question on everyone's mind by the end of Revelations... what now?

Not because Ubisoft seemed as though they didn’t have a plan, but rather because the previous 3 games were so well received and everyone's hype levels after seeing Ezio’s transformation from a brash hot-headed horndog to older, wiser, master assassin, that is still a horndog were so high and a lot of people I talked to at the time shared a unanimous concern. How do we top this? Where do we go next? Egypt? One of the World Wars? Well, I’m sure not many expected to see that the next location would be America.

As the next proper sequel since the beginning of Ezio’s saga, it seemed like Ubisoft were overhauling a lot of the animations, graphics, and gameplay. Now I want to immediately say that I won’t be criticizing Ubisoft's choice of setting and historical period because I just don’t really care. I think this video would be pretty poor if I just spent a majority of it writing off the game's historical setting because it’s boring or because of something it isn’t trying to do in the first place. I know there's been a lot of discussion around America's history being boring and ironically enough, these criticisms have come from British critics, who have seemingly forgotten that the English played a bit more than a teensy tiny role in the colonization of America. Regardless, we play the game as Ratonhnhake;ton, (Ra-doon-ha-kay-doon) or as we will be referring to him from this point onward, Connor. An indigenous Mohawk born and raised in the Mohawk Valley of British America.

In Defense of Assassin's Creed 3, an Assassin's Creed 3 Critique and Assassin's Creed 3 Analysis by That Boy Aqua. I know I've made a lot of In Defence of Assassin's Creed videos and I know that a That Boy Aqua Assassin's Creed 3 review has been highly requested, so I thought I would do a complete Assassin's Creed Retrospective of the Kenway games starting with AC3. This is not an Assassin's Creed 3 Remastered Review, but just an Assassin's Creed 3 Review as the remastered version could not work for me. Alternatively in this AC3 Review, not an AC3 Remastered Review, I will be showcasing the Connor Kenway Best Moments within this Assassin's Creed Critique and Assassin's Creed Analysis. I hope you enjoy this Assassins Creed 3 Retrospective, and when I finish the games I will likely make a video on what is The best Assassin's Creed, and maybe an Assassin's Creed Story Explained video.