Assassin's Creed Rogue: 6.5/10

I'm having a hard time with how to rate this game. It was really interesting to see someone leave the assassin order, but the assassins were portrayed differently than they usually are to allow this happen. The main character is really cliche and has an annoying catch phrase he says 3 times too many. There were many times where I felt the story was going nowhere.

BUT. The main character wasn't completely dislikeable, he had some charm and his story has HUGE ramifications on the AC universe. There are several really familiar faces from other games that show up in this one and I feel it's important to play them to get background/closure on them. When the story picked up, it really picked up. The locations are much more diverse and interesting than Black Flag, and the story definitely more rich. Naval combat is actually more easy to engage in in this game, I felt the difficulty was fair and I didn't have to spend all day raiding warehouses to upgrade my ship before a mission like in Black Flag.

Definitely pick it up, but only if you're a hardcore fan of the series. And I would advice waiting until March when the HD remaster comes out.