But many of these early trials take away your abilities to sprint and ascend. This wouldn’t be so bad if you could get from point A to point B with the saga’s trademark rooftop scaling, which lets you run, jump, and climb through the environment just by holding down a single button while moving. “Walk to the docks and talk to that guy, then walk back to your warehouse.” Thrilling.

Many of the initial missions task you with mindlessly walking from one checkpoint to another, occasionally triggering a short cutscene. I hated my first few hours with Liberation. Seeing such a strong female lead in gaming is refreshing, especially one in a title that rarely exploits her sexuality. She also’s not afraid to use her feminine charms to manipulate her targets.Īveline has a strong sense of morality, notably shown through numerous attempts to help escaped slaves, and she’s not one to blindly follow orders or to kill when it’s unnecessary. This half-French, half-African-American assassin is a legitimate badass, showing as much skill at stealth and assassination as her male predecessors, Altair and Ezio. Liberation introduces the first female hero in the series, Aveline.

These new settings immerse the player in environments entirely unlike what we’ve seen from Assassin’s Creed before. Quality voice acting accompanies every word of dialogue, and the main locations, the city of New Orleans, and the swampy bayou are fun to explore and jump around in. While Liberation can’t graphically match the console installments of the franchise, it’s still impressive to see how much of the experience developer Ubisoft Sofia is able to transfer to the Vita. You’re just doing it all on a smaller screen. Oh, and of course you assassinate people. If you haven’t played an Assassin’s Creed game before, that’s basically what you do. You’ll still be scaling large towers (or trees), jumping from roof to roof, stabbing unsuspecting guards in the back, and countering every strike of the enemy’s sword. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.

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