By: Robert Murphy
Time once again everyone to take a look into the what-if
world where the father of our country, George Washington is an evil dictator
obsessed with power in the second episode of the “Assassin’s Creed 3’s” DLC, “Tyranny of King Washington: The Betrayal”.
Unlike the first episode of the DLC, “The Betrayal” takes players out of the
frontier and puts them back into the hustle and bustle of early colonial life
in Boston, not necessarily by your choice but that’s a minor bump in the road.
So close and yet so far, Connor and Washington face to face
Back in Boston and under lock and key we are introduce to
the main man himself, George Washington and his partners Ben Franklin and
Putnam who are on their way to solidifying control over America and taking it
all for themselves. Players will see this new Washington in great form as the
man who helped to found our nation shows of his skills but this time for his
own personal gain in true evil genius fashion.
And as Washington continues to ravage the land and showing true cruelty, Connor
is left to suffer more heartache through the “The Betrayals” story and is
introduced to new characters in the story along the way. Players will
definitely start to see the story move in a faster pace this time around as
well, missions and story are more to the point and you won’t spend your time
wondering around doing meaningless missions and sitting through lengthy
dialogue.
Your Eagle power in action
Connor also gains a new ability with this new DLC and oh boy
is it a lot of fun to use, this new power allows Connor to take on the form of
an eagle and fly around towns and buildings as well as working as a form of
fast travel to use to get from city to city. Unlike your handy invisibility
cloak that you gained in the first DLC, the eagle form takes up much less
health and comes quite handy when taking on missions and generally one upping
every enemy you face. Speaking of which your invisibility power makes for an
excellent combination with your new found flying ability as there are many
different ways in which you can combine the two making for some amazing
assassinations and doing a pretty good job of making you feel like a badass.
And how could you not when you are walking around in your Native American
headdress and war paint, you feel ready to take on anything that gets thrown at
you. However this does come off as a little weird as you are strutting around
town with an animal pelt over your head, it makes you wonder why the hell
Washington and his men can’t find and stop you I mean you’re kind of a sore
thumb.
In conclusion, “The Betrayal” definitely helps players feel
more grounded and interested in the story as the first episode had you on loose
footing with its large amounts of dialogue and slow pacing that went along with
it. However there is more work to be done on the story because it is far from
perfect, players still find themselves on a few boring side missions but they
now feel less monotonous. The characters that we are used to being great and
inspiring men have been designed in a way that there complete change of
personalities feels believable and it’s almost sad to see these once
great men go so wrong. The story ends on a great cliff hanger although I won’t
spoil anything I will just say that we are hopefully in for an amazing final
episode to “The Tyranny of King Washington”
Good:
-New Eagle power is amazing and fun to use in combination
with your previous abilities
-Pacing is much faster and more conclusive
-Washington and his men are well done in regards to their
fall into terrene
Bad:
-Still some monotonous missions
-Walking around town in your headdress, while awesome, makes
you question why the people aren’t freaking out around you
-Stories still not on completely solid ground but has
definitely improved since the first DLC
Scully Rating: 7.5 out of 10