As I braced for impact, they struck the ship. Cannons fired from the enemy ships, sending cannonballs flying my way. It was hard to believe that it was running on anything current-gen, let alone just a PlayStation 3.Īs waves crashed over the side of the ship, water spilled onto the deck, shipmates slipping as they tried to reload their cannons and move about the deck. I couldn’t help it as I took cannon fire from nearby enemy ships, I watched the waves and how the ship reacted to them. ![]() That’s exactly what happened as soon as I took the wheel of a ship in Assassin’s Creed 3. It isn’t often that you find something in games so outstandingly beautiful that you can’t do anything but stare and soak it all in. Earlier this month, Ubisoft flew me down to their offices in San Francisco for a look at how the ship-to-ship combat in Assassin’s Creed 3 is shaping up. I was afraid you wouldn’t have full control, that it would just be another gimmick rest assured, I got some hands-on time with the naval battle sequences and they are just as good as they look. ![]() ![]() It isn’t focused on tower defense or anything like that it’s simple and doesn’t require all that fluff.Īs excited as I was with that small taste of footage, seeing the naval battles in Assassin’s Creed 3 at Sony’s E3 press conference immediately dashed my hopes. It looks like classic Assassin’s Creed gameplay, and that’s worth celebrating. I’m a big fan of Assassin’s Creed 2 it’s one of my favorite games of this console generation, which probably had something to do with my excitement level after seeing the reveal of Assassin’s Creed 3 back in March.
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