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| The main character of the game is ], a |
The main character of the game is ], a twenty-one year-old recruit to the Brotherhood of Assassins who grows disillusioned with their methods and their cause just as his career as an Assassin begins.<ref name="ShayProfile" /> He eventually betrays and abandons the Assassins after an assignment ends in disaster, and is later accepted into the Templar Order, offering his services as an Assassin Hunter after seeing some of the Assassins groups used as allies have taken to terrorizing New York. Given access to near-limitless resources, Cormac sets out against his former companions, with his actions having dire consequences for the future of the Brotherhood.<ref name="Polygon1" /><ref name="VG247" /> Cormac has ties to the events that occur in '']''.<ref name="GICoverStory">{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/08/05/september-cover-reveal-assassins-creed-rogue-unity.aspx|title=September Cover Revealed – Assassin's Creed Rogue And Unity|last=Wallace|first=Kimberly|publisher=GameStop|work=Game Informer|date=August 5, 2014|accessdate=August 5, 2014}}</ref> Appearances from previous ''Assassin's Creed'' characters include: Haytham Kenway, the secondary antagonist of '']'';<ref name="IGNHandsOn" /> ], ]'s mentor; and ], ] quartermaster in ''Black Flag'', and protagonist of ''Freedom Cry''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/games/assassins_creed_rogue/b/ps3/archive/2014/09/05/see-the-assassin-hunter-in-action-in-new-trailer.aspx|title=See The Assassin Hunter In Action In New Trailer|last=Cork|first=Jeff|work=Game Informer|publisher=GameStop|date=September 5, 2014|accessdate=September 5, 2014}}</ref> | ||
| ===Setting=== | ===Setting=== | ||
| ''Rogue'' is set between 1752 and 1761 during the ] and takes place in various ] locations, including the frozen ], the ], ], ] and ].<ref name="ShayProfile" /><ref name="Polygon1" /><ref name="VG247" /> | ''Rogue'' is set between 1752 and 1761 during the ] and takes place in various ] locations, including the frozen ], the ], ], ] and ].<ref name="ShayProfile" /><ref name="Polygon1" /><ref name="VG247" /> | ||
| ===Plot=== | |||
| ===Ties with Assassin's Creed III, Black Flag, and Unity=== | |||
| Shay Cormac is recent recruit to the Brotherhood of Assassins whose potential is offset by his insubordination. While training with the North Atlantic chapter under the Assassin Mentor Achilles Davenport, he encounters the Assassin Adéwalé who brings news that the Haitian city of ] has been devastated by an earthquake during the search for a Precursor temple containing a Piece of Eden. With his experience captaining ships—including the recently-acquired ''Morrígan''—Cormac is enlisted in an investigation into Templar interests in a Precursor artifact and manuscript that are linked to the temple. | |||
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| ''Rogue'' has been considered to be an interstitial title that ties the Colonial era games together as well as to Unity.<ref> | |||
| Posing as a Templar courier, he delivers the artifact and manuscript to ], whose experiments with electricity reveal the artifact generates a map showing the location of Precursor temples around the world. He identifies one in ], and is dispatched by Davenport to retrieve the Piece of Eden it contains. However, Cormac has begun questioning the Assassins' motives after seeing their refusal to engage in dialogue with the Templars, and after killing an already-dying Templar commander. His convictions are destroyed in Lisbon when his efforts to retrieve the Piece of Eden trigger an earthquake, destroying the city. | |||
| Daniel Krupa "It's kind of like this interstitial game where it is filling in the gaps and it is also complicating everything that went before in the series" 3:09 </ref><ref></ref> While Shay is still an Assassin, his home base is the Davenport Homestead where Ratonhnhaké:ton was trained in ''Assassin's Creed III''. | |||
| At the end of ''Rogue'', Shay heads to Versailles, France with Benjamin Franklin to retrieve a box. The box is known to be the Templar artifact that Adéwalé captures during the events of ''Freedom Cry''. Young versions of Arno and Elise are shown during this mission. Shay assassinates Charles Dorian, Arno's father, and retrieves the box. | |||
| Correctly deducing that a similar sequence of events destroyed Port-au-Prince, Cormac is horrified to learn that Davenport intends to continue the search for Pieces of Eden despite the danger. He steals the manuscript and flees the Brotherhood, but is shot and left for dead before he can destroy it. | |||
| Now cast adrift, he finds himself in ], acting as a vigilante to clean out gangs that are extorting the citizenry. His efforts attract the attention of Corporal James Monro, who convinces Cormac that he can improve the lives of others. However, he is disturbed to learn that the Assassins have not given up their search for the Pieces of Eden, and believing them to be a threat, commits himself to the Templar Order so has to hunt them down. | |||
| In the present day, the player is researching Cormac's memories for Abstergo Entertainment when they inadvertently trip a hidden memory file that infects the Animus servers. Abstergo is placed in lockdown, and the player must clean the Animus servers out by living Cormac's later memories. These gradually reveal a mission to escort Benjamin Franklin through Paris, in search of a locked box that is in the possession of Charles Dorian, a French Assassin and the father of Arno Dorian, the protagonist of '']''. Cormac murders Dorian and takes possession of the box as he becomes a senior member of the Templar Order. | |||
| ==Development== | ==Development== | ||
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2014 video game| Assassin's Creed Rogue | |
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| Developer(s) | Ubisoft Sofia |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Director(s) | Martin Capel |
| Writer(s) | Richard Farrese |
| Composer(s) | Elitsa Alexandrova |
| Series | Assassin's Creed |
| Engine | AnvilNext |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows 2015 |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, stealth |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Assassin's Creed Rogue is a historical action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Sofia and published by Ubisoft. It was released in North America on November 11, 2014, and is set to be released in Europe and Australia on November 13, 2014, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Assassin's Creed Rogue will also release on Microsoft Windows in North America in 2015. The game is the eighth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and act as a sequel to 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag as well as containing ties to 2012's Assassin's Creed III and 2014's Assassin's Creed Unity.
The story is set in the mid-18th century during the French and Indian War, and follows Shay Patrick Cormac, an Assassin-turned-Templar. Gameplay in Rogue is similar to that of Black Flag with a mixture of ship-based naval exploration and third-person land-based exploration.
Gameplay
Naval aspects from previous games will return with the player controlling Shay's ship, Morrígan. Morrígan has a shallower draft compared to Edward Kenway's Jackdaw from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, allowing for river travel. New features include new ship-based weapons such as releasing an oil slick which can then be ignited, Puckle guns, and the ability for enemies to board Morrígan during ship-to-ship combat. The arctic environment also features into naval gameplay and exploration, as certain icebergs can be rammed with an icebreaker. The underwater diving missions featured in Black Flag do not exist in the North Atlantic, as swimming causes the player's health to rapidly deplete due to the frigid water.
For combat, the game introduces an air rifle, which allows the player to silently take out enemies at a distance. The air rifle can be outfitted with a variety of different projectiles, such as firecrackers. The player can also use a grenade launcher, which fires off shrapnel grenades and other loads. Hand to hand combat has been slightly altered, and now enemy attacks but be countered with timing, similar to the Batman series of games. Enemy Assassins feature archetypes similar to previous games, using skills that players have been using since the original game; they can hide in bushes, blend in with crowds, and perform air attacks against the player. Poison gas can now be used as an environmental weapon, and Shay has a mask that can mitigate its effects.
Premise
Characters
The main character of the game is Shay Patrick Cormac, a twenty-one year-old recruit to the Brotherhood of Assassins who grows disillusioned with their methods and their cause just as his career as an Assassin begins. He eventually betrays and abandons the Assassins after an assignment ends in disaster, and is later accepted into the Templar Order, offering his services as an Assassin Hunter after seeing some of the Assassins groups used as allies have taken to terrorizing New York. Given access to near-limitless resources, Cormac sets out against his former companions, with his actions having dire consequences for the future of the Brotherhood. Cormac has ties to the events that occur in Assassin's Creed Unity. Appearances from previous Assassin's Creed characters include: Haytham Kenway, the secondary antagonist of Assassin's Creed III; Achilles Davenport, Ratonhnhaké:ton's mentor; and Adéwalé, Edward Kenway's quartermaster in Black Flag, and protagonist of Freedom Cry.
Setting
Rogue is set between 1752 and 1761 during the French and Indian War and takes place in various North American locations, including the frozen North Atlantic, the Appalachian River Valley, Alabama, New York and Quebec.
Plot
Shay Cormac is recent recruit to the Brotherhood of Assassins whose potential is offset by his insubordination. While training with the North Atlantic chapter under the Assassin Mentor Achilles Davenport, he encounters the Assassin Adéwalé who brings news that the Haitian city of Port-au-Prince has been devastated by an earthquake during the search for a Precursor temple containing a Piece of Eden. With his experience captaining ships—including the recently-acquired Morrígan—Cormac is enlisted in an investigation into Templar interests in a Precursor artifact and manuscript that are linked to the temple.
Posing as a Templar courier, he delivers the artifact and manuscript to Benjamin Franklin, whose experiments with electricity reveal the artifact generates a map showing the location of Precursor temples around the world. He identifies one in Lisbon, and is dispatched by Davenport to retrieve the Piece of Eden it contains. However, Cormac has begun questioning the Assassins' motives after seeing their refusal to engage in dialogue with the Templars, and after killing an already-dying Templar commander. His convictions are destroyed in Lisbon when his efforts to retrieve the Piece of Eden trigger an earthquake, destroying the city.
Correctly deducing that a similar sequence of events destroyed Port-au-Prince, Cormac is horrified to learn that Davenport intends to continue the search for Pieces of Eden despite the danger. He steals the manuscript and flees the Brotherhood, but is shot and left for dead before he can destroy it.
Now cast adrift, he finds himself in New York City, acting as a vigilante to clean out gangs that are extorting the citizenry. His efforts attract the attention of Corporal James Monro, who convinces Cormac that he can improve the lives of others. However, he is disturbed to learn that the Assassins have not given up their search for the Pieces of Eden, and believing them to be a threat, commits himself to the Templar Order so has to hunt them down.
In the present day, the player is researching Cormac's memories for Abstergo Entertainment when they inadvertently trip a hidden memory file that infects the Animus servers. Abstergo is placed in lockdown, and the player must clean the Animus servers out by living Cormac's later memories. These gradually reveal a mission to escort Benjamin Franklin through Paris, in search of a locked box that is in the possession of Charles Dorian, a French Assassin and the father of Arno Dorian, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed Unity. Cormac murders Dorian and takes possession of the box as he becomes a senior member of the Templar Order.
Development
By March 2014, an Assassin's Creed game code-named "Comet" was revealed to be in development, set for release on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. By the end of the month, additional reports indicated that "Comet" would be set around 1758 in New York, as well as feature sailing on the Atlantic Ocean. The game would be a direct sequel to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and would feature a Templar named Shay as the main protagonist. Haytham Kenway from Assassin's Creed III and Adewalé from Black Flag would also make appearances.
The game was officially announced on August 5, 2014, following a leak of the title. Game director Martin Capel described the game as finishing the series' "North American saga" and that the game was designed to accommodate specific fan requests, such as taking on the role of a Templar. The game is intended to "fill the gaps" of the story between Assassin's Creed III and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and has "a crucial link" to the events of the previous games. In addition to Ubisoft Sofia's work on the game, contributions are also being made by Ubisoft studios in Singapore, Montreal, Quebec, Chengdu, Milan and Bucharest. Ubisoft also stated that the game was being envisioned without multiplayer components "at this stage", but did not rule out any modes being added after the game launched.
Reception
Reception| Aggregator | Score |
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| GameRankings | (X360) 84.17% (PS3) 82.00% |
| Metacritic | (X360) 84/100 (PS3) 79/100 |
Assassin's Creed Rogue received mostly positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox 360 version 84.17% based on 3 reviews and 84/100 based on 4 reviews.
Notes
- Additional work by Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft Milan and Ubisoft Romania.
References
- Ta, Zorine (November 9, 2014). "AU New Releases: Assassin's Creed Unity Released for PS4, Xbox One, and PC". GameSpot. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (August 5, 2014). "Assassin's Creed Rogue confirmed by Ubisoft - here's the first trailer". Polygon. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- ^ Futter, Mike (October 13, 2014). "Assassin's Creed Rogue Coming To PC In 2015". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
- ^ Cork, Jeff (August 6, 2014). "Get To Know Shay From Assassin's Creed Rogue". Game Informer. Game Stop. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
- Greening, Chris. "In-house composer scores Assassin's Creed: Rogue". Game Music Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ Nunneley, Stephany (August 5, 2014). "Assassin's Creed Rogue puts you behind the ship's wheel again this fall". VG 24/7. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
- ^ Silva, Marty (August 14, 2014). "Gamescom 2014: Assassin's Creed Rogue: Dark, Angry, And Out For Blood". IGN. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ Wallace, Kimberly (August 5, 2014). "September Cover Revealed – Assassin's Creed Rogue And Unity". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- Cork, Jeff (September 5, 2014). "See The Assassin Hunter In Action In New Trailer". Game Informer. GameStop. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- Schreier, Jason (March 19, 2014). "Leaked Images Reveal One Of This Fall's Two Assassin's Creed Games". Kotaku. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- Schreier, Jason (March 27, 2014). "Sources: Assassin's Creed Comet Will Let You Play As A Templar". Kotaku. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- Tach, Dave (August 5, 2014). "Assassin's Creed Rogue apparently revealed in leaked trailer (confirmed)". Polygon. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
- Pitcher, Jenna (August 8, 2014). "Assassin's Creed Rogue Single-Player Only 'At This Stage'". IGN. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "Assassin's Creed Rogue for Xbox 360". GameRankings. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- http://www.gamerankings.com/ps3/826286-assassins-creed-rogue/index.html
- ^ "Assassin's Creed Rogue for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/assassins-creed-rogue
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