So what’s it like playing as a Templar? Well, it’s a lot like playing as an assassin, and even more like playing Edward Kenway, to be honest. Slightly older, slightly wiser, he returns to the fray, battling old comrades, seeking new targets and working to frustrate the brotherhood’s ambitions in the colonies. It’s no spoiler to say that Shay turns rogue, switching sides from the Assassins and joining forces with the Templars. That all changes, however, when a catastrophic mission leaves him questioning his old beliefs. Based around the North Atlantic and the east-coast of America, Shay works hard to be taken seriously, developing his skills, captaining a ship and going on the usual assassination and infiltration missions.
Set in between AC3 and AC4, it’s the tale of a young Irish fella, Shay Cormac (prepare for every cliché in the book) who joins a childhood friend in entering the Assassin’s brotherhood. If you’re bored sick of Assassin’s Creed then Rogue isn’t going to revive your interest, but if you liked Black Flag and can handle something broadly similar, then Rogue has you covered. Along the way it takes the plot in an interesting direction and manages to throw in the odd surprise. Linking the stories of Assassin’s Creed 3 and Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, it caps off an American trilogy with a game that mixes the best bits of its predecessors. With Assassin’s Creed: Unity released on the same date, Assassin’s Creed: Rogue was never going to get the lion’s share of attention, but that doesn’t mean it will be starved of affection.
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