Despite its issues, both technical and philosophical, I'm giving Freedom Cry a “must play” rating. I think it's an important start in tackling such a difficult and tragic topic via the medium of interactive entertainment.
Adéwalé has his moments, but the real draw here is in the expansion of free-form gameplay both on land and at sea, meaning Freedom Cry succeeds at what it set out to do.
Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry is a stand-alone game that was originally a DLC addition for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
Set between the years of 1735 to 1737, you play as Adewale, a man who was born a slave but later found freedom as a pirate on Edward Kenway’s ship, the Jackdaw.
Fast forward 15 years and Adewale is now a trained Assassin, shipwrecked in Saint-Domingue, off the coast of Haiti, with no weapons and no crew to help him, he has to find a ship in Port-au-Prince, and gather a brand-new crew, so he can free the slaves, and kill those who enslaved them.
Although a short game at about 3-5 hours, considering this was a DLC addition, that is a fair amount of gameplay you get without having to purchase Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and enough to give you the taste of the main game, and perhaps help convince you to purchase that.
The storyline in Freedom Cry is pretty good, as you would expect from any Assassins Creed game, lots of conspiracies to uncover, different gameplay modes including fighting enemies with a ship, the usual on land Assassins Creed activities, as well as deep dialog and cut scenes.
I am a big Assassin's Creed fan, and I have most of the games, except Assassin's Creed IV, so when the cance came to get Freedom Cry I jumped at it, as to be brutally honest I still have a lot of other Assassin's Creed games to finish, so being able to play a 3 hour game was just about perfect.
The Good
Excellent Graphics that you come to expect from any Assassin's Creed game, the high quality of everything in this franchise is something that should be appreciated. The story on this game is great, and the gameplay itself is top notch.
The Bad
If you are a fan of the Assassin's Creed Franchise then there is no bad here.
Overall
Want a taste of the Assassin's Creed Franchise as a newcomer, then this is a perfect short introduction, experienced in the Franchise and want to play them all, then you cant miss this.
I score Assassin's Creed Freedom Cry a strong 9/10
Assassins Creed: Freedom Cry holds a special place in my heart as a powerful standalone expansion. The emotionally charged narrative, immersive Caribbean setting, and exhilarating naval combat drew me in completely.
For better or worse, Freedom Cry feels like an entire Assassin's Creed game distilled into five hours. That’s good, but it’s an Assassin’s Creed game that doesn’t include many of the steps forward that Black Flag so recently made.
One step forward in terms of story and two back when it comes to gameplay, Black Flag’s first story expansion has its heart in the right place but that’s about all.
Nothing feels like it matters. Freedom Cry has an interesting protagonist with an interesting perspective in an interesting time and place, and reduces it all to numbers on a sheet and repetitive tasks, all while playing it incredibly safe with gameplay or storytelling.
This game is not good and not bad. It's just a spinoff of Black Flag. And this is sort of unnecessary game. I've beat it about 3 weeks ago and remember almost nothing :) But at the same time you must play it if you want to know the full Black Flag story.
Its not a bad game but for a stand-alone **** is very shortly the story its pretty with his protagonist too bad combat system its still the same as his **** the free **** more repetitive than Black Flag after all this problem is still a good and shortly game
Freedom Cry is Downloadable Content for the main game. Adéwalé, one Caribbean slave and companion of Edward Kenway, engaged in the vendetta between the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Knights Templar -- the account is analogous to earlier installments of Assassin's Creed. Yes, the Caribbean slavery theme is adequate in theory but not in execution -- as per the Ubisoft methodology. Because the quests are vague and obscure, the account of the Brotherhood and its personalities are not unambiguous.
Let us move on to Freedom Crys mechanisms. You scour the Caribbean- peninsula with a clunky parkour system and jerky motions. The open world is expansive yet empty -- emancipation quests of Trinidadian and Haitian captives, eavesdropping, scouring for chests and miscellaneous collectibles, voyaging-, piracy-, and harpooning onboard the Experto Crede, etc. These Ubisoft-esque redundant quests make up the majority of the experience. Once again, you can engage in ship warfare or use Adéwalés machete and Dutch blunderbuss on antagonists, though a good time -- becomes too easy too quickly.
Just from its illustrations, Freedom Cry can, be determined to be more aged. The moist, tropical environments and graphics -- particularly on the ground, mountains, animals, and structures -- were coarse and rough. Sea textures and motions were immersive and more on the positive side.
people, I of course understand that you DLC liked, but it empty. Literally, it's empty!. Have you looked at the open world at all? there's just a copy-paste of the Islands from AC4, the main part even explore you can't (not including plantations). Not only that, copy-paste locations, but how do you not notice the obvious? Take a closer look at the map of the world, does it remind you of anything? It's a piece of the map from AC4 with only new points of interest! There is nothing to do in the open world, only the liberation of slaves, and collecting chests. Locations are also uninteresting. In AC2 we understood at first sight where Venice is and where Rome is. Immediately, the main city, very easy to confuse with príncipe (not counting the new color filter). And in the end, we get a boring one-time adventure with a good storyline, and empty world that is there just for show (even a shotgun really cool). I myself have passed the DLC on XBOX. Finally, the conclusion: If you are not a fan of the series Assassin's Creed, then forget about purchasing this DLC. Seriously. Forget.
SummaryBorn a slave, Adewale found freedom aboard the Jackdaw where he became Edward Kenway’s second-in-command. 15 years later, Adewale has become an Assassin who finds himself shipwrecked in Saint-Domingue without weapons or crew. He meets locals in an effort to assemble a crew & steal a ship. The more he helps, the more he is drawn into th...