This leads to the introduction of the game’s true protagonist, Ratonhnhaké:ton (Noah Watts), also known as Connor. Haytham travels to the American Colonies in search of powerful artefacts from the first civilisation, and there he fathers a child with a Mohawk woman. Initially set up to make you believe that you’re playing as an Assassin, this early game twist proved to be a great way to get players invested, as they realised that they were in fact playing as one of the villains.

READ MORE: Smallville 4×18 – ‘Spirit’ – TV Rewindīeginning in 1754, the game opens by not having you take control of an Assassin, but instead, you play as a Templar agent, Haytham Kenway (Adrian Hough). Shifting the story forward a few centuries, the segments set in the past jumped from 15th Century Europe to 18th Century North America, where players would be introduced to a family that would go on to play an important part in a number of games in the series. So, five games in, in just five years, what did Assassin’s Creed III have to offer to stand out from the others?Īfter three games following the character of Ezio Auditore and his adventures in Renaissance Italy, whatever came next would need to do something different to stand out (fighting a magically powered Pope in Vatican City was a pretty hard act to follow to be fair).

And whilst 2012’s release was titled Assassin’s Creed III, it was actually the fifth game in the franchise. Whilst the first game in the series may have struggled to win over the masses, its second became a huge hit, and secured the series on top of charts. By the time 2012 came around the Assassin’s Creedseries had been around for five years, and had become one of the more successful games of its generation.

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