Assassin's Creed III for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

I'll start off by saying I HATED the first game for many reasons that I won't get into here. ACII, Brotherhood and Revelations have since redeemed the series for me, but III seems like a huge step backwards.

First of all, it's extremely glitchy. I couldn't get past the first couple hours because the game literally would not let me finish a story quest.

What little I was able to play made me extremely disappointed. All the leaps and bounds the series made from ACI to AC:Revelations feels like they're cut in half. Climbing feels clunky, slow and awkward, reminiscent of the climbing mechanic in the first game.

The stealing ability was much slower, as you had to stand behind a person (and you had to be BEHIND them or it wouldn't work) and hold a button for several seconds.

I got two weapons, a basic sword and pistol. I never used the pistol because it's so much slower than Ezio's wrist-mounted hand cannon.

The story even starts much slower as you spend the first hour or two on a ship actually doing very little. I never even got my assassin whites before I was forced to quit the game because of technical issues.

If they creators had held back on releasing this game for another six months it might have been a good send-off title for the current gen of game machines. As it is, it's a frustrating and disappointing end to the AC games on the current consoles. Let's hope the next game is better.