Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Review

The PlayStation Vita since it launched has been in need of a massive system seller, so along comes Assassin's Creed liberation trying to fill that void. Now your wondering if Liberation is the game you've been waiting for to jump on the Vita bandwagon, I however am sad to report that it is most certainly not a must own. This is not to say that the game is bad no not at all it's just that minor flaws keep it from true greatness.

The first thing that you'll probably notice is that this game is gorgeous from the city streets of New Orleans to the Murky swamps this game is astounding to look at. And that is a true feet for a game world this vast and filled with things to do. For that is really where this game succeeds, for the first on a handheld I felt like I was in a living breathing world.


But after that things start to go down hill starting with the uninteresting story. Throughout my time with the game I never had any reel connection with the games protagonist  Aveline or her plight against the Templars. I never got a good sense of who she was because unlike other protagonists in the series I never got to spend enough time learning about her back story or motivations.

And then comes along the actual gameplay which when it works it's incredibly fun, but that the problem it only works about sixty percent of the time. From the unresponsive free running which constantly had me fumbling around and falling off of building and out of trees. Plus once in open combat the buttons feel unresponsive. Leading to me feeling that most of my deaths were not because I screwed up. Not to mention some of the worst Vita specific controls I have ever seen. From paddling the boat with the rear touch to controlling a ball through a maze all of the Vita gimmicks feel totally and completely broken.

The game also includes a completely useless asynchronous multiplayer mode. In which you will pick a side in the war between Assassins and Templars and position troops to defend your base whilst also sending troops to attack others bases, but it really doesn't matter because it's pointless and uninteresting. 

Even though this game comes up short on some key things I am still looking forward to what assassin's Creed's future will look like on the Vita. But as it stands now I can only recommend this to die hard Assassin's Creed fans. 


7.5/10