This review has two segments:
*Potential Spoilers*
Starting off I'd like to say that I wasn't a huge fan at first of being a Templar in the ASSASSINS Creed franchise but after noticing the story, paying attention to the details of how Shay Cormac was mistreated in the brotherhood and ignored as well as understanding the overall purpose of Shay's defection to becoming to a Templar after had been an assassin for all the years he was, it creates a more pleasant role to play and it's entirely comprehensible.
The Assassin guidelines to stay your blade from the innocent were broken upon searching for precurser relics and their structures that hold the Earth into surface and shape from the Esu. Not just by Shay, the code was broken by Adewale, and many others in the Assassin's Brotherhood that sought after these sites. This game shows you the life story of Shay Patrick Cormac, why he does why he does, how, and where that leads not just the Assassin's but the Templar's as well. It also creates an outstanding scene for character development and display of previous protagonists and antagonists as you glide through the colonial era witnessing many folds of time unturn with each mission you take, every step you make, being observant and gathering all this while you're playing this game and enjoying it make being a Templar in this particular game and era actually fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable.

Review:
This game features excellent mechanics, the game mechanics for combat on land and on sea whether yourself or using your ship are exceptionally great. That may be due to the game had been released post AC IV Black Flag and AC Freedom Cry so the amount of time being put into development had been even more sharpened to it's prominent development. The sounds of the game from what I've noticed are remarkable, within each blade strike, parry, gun shot or reloading, even Shay putting his hood on his head and removing it or let's skip the character and go straight to the environment. . the sea, the land, the animals, the ships and the battle has a rather succulent taste in gaming experience. The character modification in outfits isn't as good as other games later or earlier in the series but just great enough to add that spark of personal desire for appearance, as your ship as well similar to AC IV Black Flag. If you're a long time or beginning Ubisoft Club member you've also got a good amount of rewards you may claim in this game such as the previous assassin's robes from other games in the series which may increase that perception of flavor for those with nostalgia.

I have played this game for 21 hours, and a few offline, I have completed the story with 49% game accomplished. So I have not even halfway scratched the surface of content in this amount of gameplay. The DLC's I recommend purchasing as well for the Time Saver's even then you're still riddled with hours on hours of time to play. I work a lot of hours every week so finally being able to finish the story, which is my primary goal in the series before going back to the games and earning collectibles, as I am nearly a completionist, is quite exciting as I exit temporarily into the next game in the series.

I will be playing this game again once I am finished with the series. Rating: 10/10

For those that are curious the game is still 100% playable, downloadable, enjoyable, just because it was removed at one point in time doesn't mean it doesn't work any longer. I apologize for everyone who equally experienced issues with this not being able to launch on your PC's. I had to play my old copy on my PS3 for awhile and I then came back to this because I would prefer it to be on the computer. Most of the launching issues are actually because of these issues right here in this link below me; IF you are using a NVIDIA and you happen to be utilizing the Geforce Experience you WILL ABSOLUTELY have to turn off the Nvidia Overlay in settings prior to launching or the game will not launch at all. By all means turn it back on for whatever else you utilize it for but it will not allow you to play this game while the NVIDIA overlay is enabled.

Short & Sweet to the point;
A.) An EXCELLENT game graphically
B.) Game mechanics are still worth a damn in 2023
C.) Enjoyable story-line and lore, as well as other characters you'll come to meet in-game
D.) The game doesn't have a lengthiness to it so for those that are working a lot this is a game you can play here and there without feeling like you haven't accomplished anything because it is one of the shorter AC games in the series.
E.) Aveline De Grandpré is a badass chick for any potential female players that are tired of the standard male protagonists so therefore this is another playable option apart from being Kassandra in AC Odyssey or the Female version of Eivor in AC Valhalla.
F.) Ubisoft still Offers the rewards, challenges, and achievements for this AC game title whilst playing through steam.

Thank-You everyone and hope you enjoy the game!

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