assassin's creed chronicles russia PS4

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• With Assassin’s Creed taking the rest 2016 off after the release of Chronicles: Russia, one wouldn’t be blamed for hoping the final chapter of the mini-series’ life might be one of urgency or gratifying finality. Instead it's one of nonplussed lethargy. The final entry of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles is inert in ways China and India were not.Our hero this time around is Orelov, a Russian assassin on a job at the turn of the 20th century. He's charged with recovering the Precursor box, a key item from the previous two Chronicles games. In the middle of his duties, sneaking into and rummaging through the royal palace for the box, he just so happens to run into one of the more legendary touchstones of Russian history: the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family at the hands of the Bolsheviks. Legend has it the youngest daughter, Anastasia, escaped the massacre somehow. Assassin’s Creed takes things a step further. Not only does Orelov smuggle the frightened princess out of the palace after running into her during his own escape, but Anastasia discovers that she might have a little bit of Assassin in her.Like many of the best plot contrivances in the Chronicles series, the game has a prime setup here in tying the legend of Anastasia to the game’s lore, but ultimately fails to capitalize. What’s particularly damaging here is that it drags China’s protagonist, Shao Jun, down with it. Anastasia doesn’t come across her power naturally, it’s a latent possession by the unexpectedly angry ghost of Shao Jun, who has awakened by contact with the Precursor box. As a result, the game does little to develop the character of Anastasia, and makes Shao Jun a petty murderer in the process. On the flipside, Orelov is stuck in “protect the princess” mode for the entire game, and never develops either. Storywise, the whole thing is a washf nothing else, the gameplay benefits from Anastasia being able to fend for herself. While ACC: China and India had only the single assassin protagonist, Russia splits its time between Anastasia and Orelov. Anastasia can’t get into straight up hand-to-hand fights, but she is able to use the Helix Powers from the previous game, allowing her to vanish into thin air for short periods, invisibly dash between hiding spots, and disappear corpses she leaves behind. Orelov can't employ any of these powers but can engage enemies head on--though his fighting style is a bit more stiff and unwieldy--and access to a veritable Batman utility belt. He has smoke bombs and a rifle to pick enemies off from afar. He also has a grappling hook to pull obstacles down, which can be used to latch onto electronics and send a pulse to knock it out.