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Assassin’s Creed III is now available for free

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In order to celebrate its 30th anniversary, Ubisoft is offering PC gamers seven digital games (from June to December) free of charge. Last month, the French company offered Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and today the big publisher made Assassin’s Creed 3 available to everyone.

This is the last free game from Ubisoft, and will be available until December 31st.

In Assassin’s Creed 3, players take the role of Connor; warrior son of a Native American mother and British father.  The game is set in 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. As the colonies draw closer to revolution, you will dedicate your life to the freedom of your clan –becoming the spark that ignites the revolution into full blaze.

As the game’s description reads, your crusade will take you through blood-soaked battlefields to crowded city streets, to perilous wilderness and beyond. You will not only witness history—you will make it.

Those interested can go ahead and download Assassin’s Creed III from here.

Have fun (and as a bonus, here is its amazing ‘Americaaaaaaaaa F’ yeah’ fan trailer)!

Assassin's Creed 3 - Rise Trailer [UK]

Assassin's Creed 3 Trailer: America, FUCK YEAH!!!

59 thoughts on “Assassin’s Creed III is now available for free”

    1. I think this is one of the most boring AC games out there, but hey, opinions :P. More power to you if you like it. 🙂

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      1. You know, i cant decide if ac3 or black flag was the most boring i have not playing any ac game after that. Not only the series was boring and gameplay features were downgraded but the combat system turned into a joke.

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        1. They tried to be like Arkham but failed horribly especially AC3 and AC4. Syndicate is kinda good though. The gameplay is far from perfect but I’d call it solid.

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      1. I would say that Assassin’s Creed II was the best. The first one’s atmosphere was also great, but it was really lacking in terms of gameplay.

        By the way, what always boggles me is that Brotherhood is actually uglier than the original AC. What’s with Ubisoft and their lack of graphical advancement in the case of this series?

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        1. If only was the graphical advancement this series lacks u.u (seriously man, the story is going nowhere, I’m glad I’ve jumped out when 2 ended. It has been just virtual tourism for a while now).

          I like the first one best, because of the presentation, the atmosphere, the sense of mystery, the cities, the sense that you where really planing the assassinations, and believe it or not, I was invested in the future stuff.
          But then comes Ubisoft and their GREAT F*ING IDEA of scripting a lot of things and repeating the same missions over and over and over and over and over…

          This company man, they know how to present their stuff, their games are mechanically fine, but holy f*ck, after AC II and FC3 I’ve never encountered any other games that just “lost me”.

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          1. Ya, I felt like AC was supposed to be kind of a Hitman game set in medieval times when it was first unveiled. For all its faults, the first game was the closest we ever got to that, and the only entry where I actually felt like an assassin.

          2. Yeah, the first game really had something going for it. AC II, while regarded as the best (and I can see why), had more scripting too. At least the missions where more varied than in the first game and combat wasn’t just counter-attack for the win.

            Brotherhood introduced the chain-kills, as in you kill someone in combat, just press the melee button and you can instantly kill the next one… and the next one… and the next one… until there was no one left. That was a stupid design decision, cheapening an already rather shallow combat system. Revelations was just more of the same… and that’s when I stopped playing AC games.

            Speaking of combat systems, does anyone remember Prince of Persia Warrior Within? The combat in that game was awesome. I mention Prince of Persia because it is the grand daddy of Assassin’s Creed. And PoP is much better than AC… Seriously, AC is just PoP for casuals… with none of the fun…

          3. Nailed it. The first AC gave you options and those intel gathering everyone complains about usually highlights those options. And overall AC1 had a much more darker questioning narrative that had me intrigued. No other game in the AC series ever managed to do the same again.

          4. Brotherhood and revelations continues the story. Ac3 story killed the series for me, how i wish i could re live the days i was actually interested more in the modern story than doing collectathons.

          5. AC II completely lost me when they introduced the Ancient A?l?i?e?n?s? Civilization.

            I was so invested in the future plot, all the secrets, subject 16, things alluding to Adam & Eve, then all of a sudden, ANCIENT STUFF, MINERVA, SOLAR FLARE.

            Sod that.

          6. Yeah they really botched the future story. I’ve always thought that they should have just scrapped the future story entirely and just make the games about the historical settings.

          7. I would be fine with that. Ditching the future plot, making it about Assassins vs Templars throughout the history and none of the Ancient A?l?i?e?n?s? Civilization rubbish.It would at least give the series some consistency.

            I was really invested in the future thing, but this faffing about in historical settings with the whole animus hanging in the background just doesn’t work in hindsight (and certainly not after the “end of the world” bs) . But I guess they’ve written themselves into a corner with that whole thing.

            And worse than that, I can’t pretend that the whole deal never existed for the sake of “Oh goodie, a cool new setting to faff about!”

          8. I was legit expecting that it was all leading up to a game in a modern setting and we’d finally destroy the templars for good and that the series would end there. And yep I agree completely about the written in a corner thing. My guess is they were so focused on the historical stories that they didn’t really know where to go in the modern setting. At this point, the modern setting is basically irrelevant.

          9. also, the dialogues. i loved em, everything seemed black & white at first but then after you *kill* your targets you find out it really isnt that simple.. the dialogues with the mentor were really cool as well. really sad they stopped em in the other games

      3. NAH IT SUCKZ AC2 AND BROTHERHOOD ARE THE BEST.

        …Far cry 4 beats all of them. Also fc3 is crap, fc4 is better so is fc2

        FITE ME NOOBS!!!

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        1. Brotherhood was the best yeah. Don’t know why you including Far Cry though and nah FC2 was a chore. FC4 is by far the best in the series though. FC2 had way better gunplay mechanics than FC3 and FC4 (gunplay always felt stiff) but the gameplay dynamics got really tedious for me.

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          1. FC2 is the best! THE BEST!

            But it is another victim of Ubisoft strategy/decisions, like the first AC. Great setting, ideas and design shamefully ruined by endless repetition.

          2. I liked it the gunplay a lot because FC3 and 4 feels very stiff for me. I did finish the game but it got to the point where I couldn’t handle the repetition anymore. I remember one time I went through all those outposts to get those damn malaria pills!!!!! then on my way back those outposts respawned, took them out again then while driver a RANDOM jeep pulls up beside me and they shoot me with a grenade launcher lol. It was basically an effort JUST to get to the damn mission xd

          1. Because AC2 is an elongated tutorial which heavily patronizes you. Also, the story in AC2 is horrendously paced, its my most hated AC game. As for Brotherhood, it was aimless and forgettable.

            AC3 lets me free after the initial 5 hrs. And its world and mini-games were nice, I spent time soaking in the world. Stuff like hunting and going to tavern and playing the board games etc.. the world felt lively. The story was fine. But mostly the world and environments were good to loaf around in, I like games like that. Actually, I see the problem when people like AC2 more than AC3.

          2. I don’t see what being “American” has anything to do with liking AC3. By that logic you have to be Italian to like AC2 as well.

    6. AC2 and Brotherhood were the best imo. Ezio’s whole trilogy was the best and was by far the most memorable character in the entire series. AC4 was also great but mostly because it felt less like an assassins creed game and more like a pirate game. AC4 does the open world the best though. Too bad Edward was so damn unlikable. I would say Brotherhood was in fact the best though. Yep a lot saw it as an expansion but disregarding that, it was the most complete one in the sense that the gameplay that AC2 introduced was also refined. The problem with the AC games is that it’s not necessarily inherently bad. In fact, one could argue that they are good,even some great, games. The settings are always great and you can tell the devs put effort into creating their worlds. It’s just that the milking got bad and the ports were quite horrible from AC3 onwards.

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  2. I guess this will be my first encounter with the assassins creed series. Never felt it was worth even my one dollar

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        1. Well i meant, pirating in general. Don’t get me wrong, I buy games, and I’m happy denuvo is in place. If only more devs were deving for the pc race. :/

          Some games are really worth the buck.

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          1. “If only more devs were deving for the pc race.”

            You mean more devs than all systems combined?

        1. lol they are not viruses they are bypasses they use exploits to fool the system into thinking everything works properly. Still ac2 is the best but you need to play the first one to understand it.

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        2. have you tried IPTorrents? It’s virus free. You can buy one acc for as easy as $20. Just my two cents here. 🙂

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          2. It is, and let me explain: par example, I would never pay for an assassins creed game, but rather pay for other games if that means putting a stop to exclusives, downgrades and bad ports.

  4. So does the price finally feel right for this particular iteration of ASSassIN Crease?

    I think U-be-soft should’ve offered AC 4 4 free but it’s their decision.

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  7. I love how the article picture makes it look like a fan is running through a warzone in a mad dash to reclaim their free game while they can.

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  9. I know, after I’ve completed that quest and saw “The Truth” it was a “Wait, a sec…” moment, then you enter the vault and BOOM, Ancient Civilization, Minerva talks to Desmond “Oh no you didn’t!” I’ve said, and then “solar flare/end of the world! See you in the next game!” GOD F*CKING DAMMIT!

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  10. Aw yisss. Even though I gave up on the franchise after Brotherhood, despite purchasing Revelations on the 360 and never played it again after the first hour, I always wanted to play this and Black Flag. But Black Flag more specifically because they actually decided to do something different with that one. Doubt the games would ever be the same without Jesper Kyd’s music and Patrice Désilets leading the projects.

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