Drinking game: Anytime anyone in AC3 says the name “Charles Lee” take a shot.

I remember playing this when it came out and getting so bored at the beginning with young Conner, that I wandered into a British fort and killed everyone in it for fun. Feels like that's not something I should have been able to do, but it was the highlight of my play-through!

I honestly love this game and think it’s pretty underrated.

Jirard: "This game came out almost 10 years ago" Me: "...Wait what!?" God damn I feel old.

At THIS rate, Assassin’s Creed will end up taking place during the Big Bang

"I'm holding these truths to be self-evident", I see what you did there Jirard.

While I know it's far from perfect, I love AC3. It reminds me of christmas 2012 when I had a nice week alone, doing nothing but playing this game. Such a chill time. And as someone who is not from the US, not knowing its detailed history, the game made me read a lot on Wikipedia. The subversions didn't affect me, but it did help me appreciate history more.

I entertained myself for hours just walking around Boston. I was geeking out hard becauseI'm Massachusetts born and raised so this was like the Twilight Zone. I was even comparing it to a map of modern day Boston and, they got everything right.

*"The Way Matt Damon's Ancestors Keep Interrupting Me At Every Single Turn. No, I Don't Like Them Apples!"* Me: Dead! 😂💀

You make lots of valid points. Personally, I enjoyed the gradual setup of Connor (which would have been even more compelling if the head continued into his own trilogy of games) and the way they introduce your future targets as allies of Haytham before the reveal that he is a templar and the main villain. Haytham was actually a very compelling character and the sections where Connor and him interacted were a blast story-wise. I also appreciate that they tried something very different with this game and didn't just copy the Ezio trilogy. However, it's basically the Assassin's Creed 1 to Black Flag's Assassin's Creed II, meaning, it feels more like a partially failed, partially successful experiment than a really great game. Plus, at the time it clearly seemed to emulate RDR in some aspects, like the hunting mechanics, the wilderness and so on, but mission structure felt very restrictive even back in 2012 and there was no equivalent to random events in RDR1 and later GTAV, which made the world feel more alive. I did enjoy the more personal and story driven approach to the Homestead missions and Assassin brotherhood building missions, though, instead of just funneling some money to build your settlement, you could through story missions actually learn about the people who live there and see the Homestead evolve from untamed barren wilderness to flourishing settlement.

I wonder if anyone else remembers the rumors of Assassin's Creed 3 being a real conclusion to Desmond's story by playing as him and taking place in the then present day. I was and still am honestly looking forward to an actual present day Assassin's Creed game. Not just small modern segments.

I enjoyed playing AC3, hated the ending though 😂

One of my favorite games ever, absolutely love this game.

I honestly enjoyed this game a lot and I even sympathised more with Connor than with Ezio; introverts stick together I guess. But seriously, as someone who is not from America I had little to no historical knowledge about the USA and its history. But AC3 presented it in a clever, fun, interesting, and sometimes emotional way. If you think about it, we had spent 5 years under the simple assumption that Assassins = good, Templars = evil, but AC3 introduced nuance to the franchise by allowing us to play as Haytham and then Connor, and then their unfolding relationship as well as Connor's fruitless political alliances made it all seem so raw and hopeless. Even though Connor strived to come to terms with the Templars (Haytham), he unknowingly failed and resorted to murder them. And as he tried to stay true to the Assassins' ethics, he allowed the native peoples to be used and betrayed. Perhaps if he had been more willing to deal with the Templars the natives might have had a slightly different end than they did with Washington. Well this is going to bore people to death, sorry for the rant.

I played this game on xbox 360 like three years ago and actually really liked it. I like the history of the revolutionary war and I thought interacting with this world was so interesting.

I'm one of the odd ones who loved this game. It has some definite issues. Mostly with mission design and story IMO. I think they underutilized the revolutionary war setting honestly. At least during the campaign. They kind of just show the beginning of the war and then skip to the end. But the setting, I loved it. I loved the free roaming frontier. The huge meta hunting and trading system. The naval battles. The season changes. I loved hunting squads of redcoats in the woods from the trees. I loved the homestead story missions. I loved getting into wild foot chases with soldiers in the cities. And I loved the brutal feel of the combat. For me, these outweighed the sloppier missions and somewhat lackluster story and main character.

17:24 Earning full synchronization in every mission was a breeze overall *Sequence 7 mission 3 exist* (Insert Star Wars prequel meme) Anikin: LIAR!

I might be one of the only people who actually likes Desmond and misses his presence in the narrative. I miss his conversations with Shaun and Rebecca, and honestly he gave the Templar plot focus. Since his departure we get all the past action without any real reference to how the present is being affected. Anybody remember the Juno build up and then we never heard from her again? If you don’t read the extended lore you’d never know how that ended. I wish they would put more effort back into the modern day storyline, hopefully they do that with Layla moving forward.

I absolutely loved this game. Still do. I loved the fighting in this game. All those multikill opportunities were great. Loved using the tomahawk

Ohh, I remember completing this game... That one naval mission where you have to kill all 3 enemy ships using its weakspot, aswell as that BS *"An Extraordinary Man"* trophy... Pure fcking luck, I'll tell you that much. But, in the end, despite it's flaws, really, really liked it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Edit, one Trophy I forgot was the *"Original Gamer"* trophy. I learned to hate Archilles for this BS

The soundtrack to this game is 10/10 soooo fucking good!

I mean, I loved AC 3 personally. It was when the combat finally became fun.

Amazing in depth review answering so many questions I had. Thank you for all the time and effort putting together this video. I loved ac3 and cannot wait to start the next game.

Great video Jirard. I definitely look forward to you tackling the rest of the franchise! This is making me wanna go back and replay the older titles just for the the fun of it.

"Powder keg about to explode"? "World turned upside-down"? Nice Hamilton references Jirard, much appreciated.

I would love to see you complete Liberation! Always a game I was intrigued by, but never had a vita. Plus, being a handheld game means it should be relatively short, I hope!

If I'm completely honest, there are only 2 things I like from ACIII: The tomahawk, and Haytham Kenway.

Great job Man. This was my first open-world game, and I finished it on the WiiU! Even if it isn’t the best in the series, it still holds a special place in my heart.

This was my first AC, and I truly loved all the story and gameplay

" Boston-Bait and switch " ? Yum, sounds like a sandwich

Thank you so much for this review my brother J. You've been coming thru with really good and nostalgic game reviews lately. The Golden Eye review brought back so many good memories. Thanks again man much love bro you're videos really help me out man, so hang in there brother I know how it is, but your strong and will come out on top keep it up! We're all behind you! Oh could you do San Andreas at some point? You literally have so much there to make content out of it's ridiculous.

I loved the fact you play as Haytham first, it makes the story feel like a big saga rather than an isolated adventure, and takes advantage of the genealogy aspect of the narrative with the animus

jesus the first 30 seconds and i swear its like shakespeare this man has become a very good writer

So happy you did assassins creed 3 it’s my favorite one and I’ve been waiting for you to complete this one

That's a fair review. I never finished this game despite coming back to it multiple times because of how much I enjoyed the setting. You managed to explain very well what works and what doesn't in an exhaustive yet concise video. Good job on the writing, I had a couple good laughs. I don't really care about the AC games that came out after that, but I will probably watch anyway if you make a video about them, if only to determine if I'm missing out on something.

Love your videos man. Keep up the great work!

I'm playing through this game for the first time on the Wii U right now. I'm loving it so far!

I recently played this too. In fact I finished it around the same time as this upload. Weird. Never has a game had so much potential but fallen short in my eyes. Flawed, but worth a playthrough.

Man it feels like christmas to me again. Pokemon snap. . AC3. . You are revisiting all of my favorites. Love it!!!!!

I still love this game, my favorite assassins robes is Connor's and your intro is still fantastic, well done!!!

Jirard, have you considered Twitch streaming your completion of the games? It could be an extra source of revenue in light of the youtube greedy clutches and it could give insight to your fans as to how the process of these videos are done and make them feel like they were a part of it, giving you another connection to your viewers! IMO i would really enjoy to tune into your playthroughs

This is the last ac game I played. Although I loved the rope darts/knives

I'm still waving. Great vid as always, Jirard.

Well done on your save not bugging out from that UFO side quest, preventing you from that platinum. -_- great video Jirard!

Big fan of AC3. That said, AC3s kills take a bit too long imo.

"Dont turn your back on the wolfpack. You might end up in a body bag"

i always heard about this but never in such detail and with such enthusiasm so thanks

Love your reviews man

As an Assassins Creed fan I bought this day one and enjoyed it. I loved playing as this Native American brute!

FINALLY I’VE WAITED FOR THIS FOR SO LONG

Assassin's Creed III was the first game I ever finished. Good memories. Then I went back and played it again with some friends last year and ... woof. The first half is Haytham gathering a crew and then the second half is Connor killing them. As a result, the whole game just feels like you're undoing what you had just done. I'll stick with Black Flag for my AC fix. Great video!

3 was where I dropped AC back in the day, but ended up getting back into it with Origins. I am beyond pumped for Valhalla!

Awesome! 🔥

I really miss how you could climb a lot of the trees in AC3 compared to the later games. Also that dart rope tool to either hang people on trees or to pull them towards a bush you were hiding before assassinating them was fun I miss that tool.

I liked bits of this one, plus it lays some groundwork for its prequel in the fourth game which is one of my favorites in the series

I'm very excited to see you do AC 4

17:12 that's gotta be a typo. they probably meant "one's own" and not "own's own"

Honestly, the main starting dude was interesting and likeable. They should have stuck with him because Conner was boring and easy to dislike. Once I took over Conner, I felt a lot of boredom throughout his story moments.

I know jirard has been stressing over KZfaq and stuff like that and having these doubts about his videos... but his videos are like one of the only highlights of my Saturday’s. I look forward to these videos every Saturday no matter what the video is on. He just makes the best videos. I watch the Wednesday videos also but these Saturday videos hit different

First Assassin’s Creed game for me! Awesome job Jirard!

I love assassins creed 3 probably an unpopular option but hey what up

Not gonna lie I really like AC3

Great review my friend!!

Great video!

This is my favorite AC game. A look at our own history and how we came about with a sicfi twist. And theo nly AC game where no historical figure was assasinated so they had to make NPC's to kill xD

Everything after Unity didn’t feel like a Assassins Creed game including the new upcoming Valhalla.

As a Big AC fan and finished every title , recently finished Odyssey. I decided to go back to AC3 remastered and man it was so worth going back to. Honestly had great nostalgia from The story n gameplay and the cities etc. Loved the revolution times just like Unity for example. I loved the fact in remastered version you can wear Shays outfit looked sick on connor.

Hey Jirard! I really enjoy your all of your content. As a Nintendo guy who hasn’t branched out much I’ve never played an AC game, so AC3 remastered is my first dive into the franchise. I’m also working on Liberation and I would be very interested in your review of that game as I am finding it to be a much different type of experience. Thanks for everything y’all do!

15:42 "Assassin's Creed 3 is probably the most action oriented game in the series to date." >Looks at Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ohhhhh BOIIIIIIIII

Well as a Canadian I can maybe help give a non-American perspective on this game's story and intrigue. I like history quite a lot so I absolutely love the Assassin's Creed franchise. Unfortunately the American Revolution is something I've never found interesting in the slightest so I wasn't familiar with the more in-depth aspects of it. I'm aware of the story beats that are used in this game but beyond that, the only things I was familiar with were any points where Canadians were involved in conflict with the Americans. I can't even remember if that happens more than once? It's been quite awhile since I played through this. This was the one AssCreed I didn't have any desire to complete though because I was so incredibly sick of Conner by the end of the game that I just wanted to move on to Liberation (which I still haven't beat yet... but one day I will). I loved the concept that you're playing as a Native American essentially shadow puppeting your way through to assist in the birth of the nation, sort of as an allegory that Native Americans and other minorities were crucial to the development of the nation, while the history books would like you to think it was all just white people making the moves. It was a game that I had a lot of interest in for various reasons, but I just never started clicking with it. To be fair though, it was heavily overshadowed by me having just 100% completed the entire Ezio trilogy right before I started playing it. My love for Ezio made Conner that much more annoying unfortunately.

I remember having this game bundled with my ps3 and enjoying the gameplay

This episode happened on my birthday this year. Cool!

Desmond was always my favorite part and I'm probably one of the few who wanted to play as a Desmond who was in full out assassin mode. 3 gave a bit of that but I looked forward to a full on future with a little past.

It really bothers me for some reason that after Black Flag they stopped numbering the games, and this is from someone who's only played the first one

One of the best AC games, easy. I loved the Homestead missions, loved Connor and his story. Absolutely hated the beginning, until you get to Connor and then when 4 came out it made me appreciate 3s intro much much more. So good

Finally got round to this remaster loved it I couldn't get into the original 3 for some reason but second time I enjoyed it

I'm biased since I'm native so I love this game.

18:03 "A white robe with a hood is still a white robe with a hood, it makes no difference to how I play the game" Man does the Assassin's Creed fanbase need to hear this

Honestly I never played this game but I still found the video as entertaining as ever!! Only Jirard😂

I know that we never talk about the multiplayer for assassins creed, but this was one of the things that I enjoyed the most for the game and I forgot how many additional hours I put in just so I could play more

Back when I played this, I pretty much hated it. After this I might give it another chance, but I have the OG 360 version. But this is an interesting era and they should do another Assassin´s Creed game about American civil war.

Half the video is Jirard complaining he didn't start the game as Connor.

I completely recommend playing Liberation whether you do it for the show or not. It’s shorter than the other games in the series but the setting is great and the role shifting gameplay is different. Plus, Aveline was the first female main character in the series and as such is an important milestone.

Was that Ben franklins armonica I seen in the trophy room? Suuuuper deep cut there I don’t remember that being there when I played it years ago

The cryptid missions in AC 3 are still memorable to me.

Playing as Haythem was the best part of the game though. Conner's.....just kinda boring, like an 18th century Desmond.

This was the first AC game I owned and completed. The brings back the memories

Perfect. Liked it

i miss hello and welcome to the brand new episode of the compleniost and the camara

Woah last time I was this earl-BEARS

The combat made me giddy in AC3. Its so fun, felt like a gawd lol

You do good work.

AC3 is my favorite Assassin’s Creed game. Does anyone else agree? I feel like i’m the only one

This game wore me down so much that i stopped trophy hunting

Great video

Omg i was watching your ac series right before you released this video.

This game was the last game to have a story about the creed that was actually good. Everything after that was iffy at best

I hope everyone at The Completionist is staying healthy ❤❤

Just found this great video man and like your thoughts. I’m currently half way through this, I remember playing it originally. Can’t remember have you got to complete all the frontier missions also? Can’t seem to find a place for it. Also man please please have you fit a video exposing the how to trade and buy the bits in the homestead. I just don’t get it! Great video.

I know I’m weird but have always really liked this one. I like the opening with Hatham and Connor is a little annoying but I still like him. Also the snow is pretty impressive for the time. I am one of the rare people who like the Desmond stuff too. I like Desmond and the first civilization stuff. I wish there was more of that and they went deeper in the games with the real world outside the animus stuff.