![]() In both good ways and bad, Rogue plays like a direct sequel to Black Flag, and carries on its strong emphasis on seafaring. And when the time came to confront my former Assassin brothers and sisters, what should've been dramatic moments were revealed as forgettably staged and mechanically bland. Since he was trained as an Assassin, it’s bloody business as usual. I was hoping some of this would feel different playing as Shay the Templar, but disappointingly there are no new abilities to distinguish. This adds a renewed level of intrigue to what is a very familiar Assassin’s Creed experience of running across rooftops, freeing hostages, sabotaging the enemy, and of course, killing important people. Rogue is great because it does away with the idea of black-and-white villains at all. Shay isn’t a villain he’s an individual, who questions orders and suspects inherited truths, and for the first time in the series we are encouraged to do the same. ![]() Familiar faces and locations from each of the past Assassin's Creed games are thrown up and put in some sort of order, but the perspective of those events we know is either changed or challenged. Rogue also attempts to transfer the crisis of faith Shay experiences to us, and for me it worked. There’s always a sympathetic motivation to be found it’s all much more nuanced and ambiguous than I was expecting, and it makes for the most engaging story in an Assassin’s Creed game since the days of Ezio Auditore da Firenze. ![]() There’s a good chunk of the 14-hour campaign where Shay doesn’t have any clear allegiances, and even then, he never really descends into brutal killer territory. You play the first third or so of Rogue as an Assassin, which lets you forge relationships with those you will later hunt. Most of the trailers surrounding Rogue have portrayed Shay as a cold-blooded killer, but that’s in no way accurate his story is nuanced, and the narrative is patiently unfolded. Rogue’s greatest strength is its central character – Shay Patrick Cormac – and his journey from dutiful Assassin to vengeful Templar. ![]()
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