Do you still remember the grand occasion of "Assassin's Creed 3" in 2012? Ubisoft spent 4 million yuan on this annual highlight and the largest game in the company's history, carrying out huge publicity and promotion, which has greatly boosted players' appetites. The quality of the game itself is not popular: the unique Anvil Next engine brings revolutionary physical computing, action and weather systems, and the new combat system is also more real and intense than before... Faced with all-round evolution, all game media have given high scores without hesitation, and there is a lot of applause from flowers.

Assassin's Creed 3 created a total of 7 million sales in one month after its release, setting a new record for game shipments and digital sales in Ubisoft's history. This made Assassin's Creed 3 definitely have a name on the annual game shortlist of any media.

Interestingly, the British army is a counter-angle in the game, but it does not prevent the game from selling specials in the UK

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Return to touch

It is difficult to go from extravagant to frugality. Although I have forgotten the exact plot in Assassin's Creed 3, I have some lack of motivation to convince myself to revisit the game from seven years ago.

For old players, this is the significance of the remake: a better look, a set of trophy groups that have never been won is enough to inspire you to relive your old dreams. When scenes in the game are awakened again in the depths of the cerebral cortex, it is actually a very interesting thing. You will sigh at the connection between time and the game and time. For new players who have never met before, this is a new opportunity to get in touch with old works without buying old consoles or using second-hand CDs.

Setting the game's era background at a grand and critical historical turning point has always been the preference of the Assassin's Creed series. It probably just in line with the old saying "The times create heroes" that the wave of times with changing circumstances and heroes can better highlight the greatness and extraordinaryness of heroes. "Assassin's Creed 3" wisely placed the time node in the second half of the 18th century, buried the plot in the magnificent history of American independence, inspiring a stronger struggle for faith and collision of thoughts, and pushed the plot to another climax in the afterglow of the second generation trilogy.

A picture illustrates the origin of the protagonist Connor (manual dog head)

The player plays Connor, a Native American assassin, fighting to defend the freedom of the people and the country. Players will witness from Connor's father, accompanying Connor's birth and growth, watching Connor go from a simple and authentic native child to a free fighter who has been around for decades. Maybe I have to experience it carefully during the game, but when the game comes to an end, looking back at Conner's ups and downs in his life, I will more or less sigh for Conner's life.

The material selection is in a period of non-In the longing for independence and a great hand that longs for mastery, a future leader of the Templar and a new assassin with a strong will, a father and a son, gave birth to a meaningful work

It is particularly worth mentioning that compared with previous works, "Assassin's Creed 3" for the first time shaped the two factions of Assassin and the Templars for the first time, and bid farewell to the clichéd and traditional concepts of the "good and evil factions". When the game was first released, the thinking of good and evil made many players feel unacceptable; but the times change, and from the current perspective, abandoning the concept of black and white and creating a more complex storyline, Ubisoft is undoubtedly ahead of people's mindset.

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Comprehensive renovation

Compared with the remake game produced by a Japanese agency a while ago, "Assassin's Creed 3 Remake" can only be regarded as a high-definition remake (remastered), so we cannot expect it to be as high as "remake a game".

But we can still see that the 3rd generation remake took some thought. Compared with the well-behaved "Egio Trilogy Remake", "Assassin's Creed 3 Remake" performed better.

Do you still remember the beginning of this exciting movie?

The picture of "Assassin's Creed 3" now has a feeling of err, especially compared with the latest "Origin" and "Odyssey", which has a clear sense of age, but at that time, the visual performance of "Assassin's Creed 3" was enough to shock the audience.

The large-scale scenes that may not seem very novel now were all amazing pictures at that time

The remake strives to reshape the glory of the past and brings the picture technology of this generation in the enhancement of the picture. On the PS4 and Xbox One platforms, the game reaches 1080p and supports HDR at the same time; on the PS4 Pro, Xbox One X and high-configuration PCs, you can use 4K + HDR to play. The corresponding resolution improvements are high-resolution material maps, new character modules and new physical lighting systems. The direct result is that the environment details are more detailed, the number of NPCs is larger, the population density is larger, and the roles are more expressive.

The tones are softer and the details are presented

Looking at the characters closely, the skin texture, clothing texture, and light and shadow effects have been effectively improved

Of course you can also say that these upgrades are all the duties of remake games as an HD version. The upgrades made by Assassin's Creed 3 Remake are more than that. Although "Assassin's Creed 3" was a heavyweight work,But it is undeniably the game is a bit rough in terms of polishing. Whether it is for reasons such as lack of production experience or failure to uphold the perfect spirit, the new version has been polished in many aspects, making up for the past regrets to a certain extent. The newly added dress-up function, the costumes of several characters can be replaced in the game, which is equivalent to providing an "official MOD"; the optimized UI interface is mainly reflected in the upgraded minimap, which can facilitate players to better track tasks, detect the direction of enemy reconnaissance, inform the surrounding hidden areas and escape routes, solving many inconveniences in the original version in one fell swoop.

In terms of gameplay mechanism, "Assassin's Creed 3" has actually become mature. Compared with "Black Flag", "The Great Revolution" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Assassin's Creed 3" has already built a skeleton, and the rest is micro-innovation and refinement in all aspects.

Interesting eavesdropping gameplay gradually disappears in subsequent works

In this reproduction, we found that some gameplay that was only available in the later stage of the series were added to the game. The most conspicuous thing is the richness of stealth gameplay. You can hide in hidden places such as bushes and blow whistles to attract enemies to commit assassination. When a player assassinates an enemy from behind, he will use a sneak sword by default so that the enemy's alarm will not be accidentally triggered, which gives players more convenience for a game that encourages assassination gameplay.

Of course, you can also ignore the 100% synchronization requirement and leave after the killing

There is also a equipment building system. In the game, players can make weapons by themselves, not just purchase them from the store. For production, recipes and materials need to be collected and the corresponding craftsman level is reached. This gameplay is not available in the original work.

The automatic aiming of the bow and arrow makes hunting no longer tired

Daniel Olaya, co-producer of this remake, said: "For Ubisoft, making high-definition remakes always comes with difficult trade-offs, because the goal is to update and improve the original things, while retaining the essence of the game that all players love." Without drastic innovations, the innovations made by the game are relatively restrained, so that old players will not feel the taste has changed. Judging from the final product, this goal has been achieved.

In addition, the remake also summarizes everything that can be integrated, including the original three DLCs: "Benedict Arnold Mission", "Hidden Confidential Combination Pack" and "Tyrant Washington" which tells the story of parallel space. The work "Assassin's Creed: Liberation" on the contemporary PSV was also included, which can be said to be a large bowl.

The only resentment towards the game may be that it does not bring Chinese, after all, there has been an official Chinese version, and half-old English is not easy to understand for ordinary players.

The first day's print has slightly flawed images, and the patches shown in the picture appear on the top from time to time. I believe that they can be solved after patching

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Conclusion: Looking back on the past, the best of both worlds

Starting from "Origin", the Assassin's Creed series has boldly innovated and embarked on a new path, but this does not mean that there are any flaws in the old works. On the contrary, it is precisely because this gameplay is too perfect that it is difficult to innovate significantly in the future and cannot meet the players who seek new tastes, which has led to Ubisoft having to open up a new path. When you enter the world of Assassin's Creed 3 Remake, you can experience the power of hardware innovation and technological evolution, and at the same time you can understand the reason why this series will become a first-tier IP shortly after its birth.

Assassin's Creed 3 Remake can be purchased separately, and it is also the game content included in the season ticket of Assassin's Creed Odyssey. It is a perfect match for both worlds