Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection ̵

Shiver me timbers its worth the doublooms.
The Rebel Collection consists of two main games and an addon that was included in Black Flags season pass. Black Flag released in 2013 across all home consoles of the day and pc and Rouge 2015,16 for pc and a “remastered” or pc version for xbone/ps4 in 18. So in all that time why is this a port worth snagging. This port is much better than ACIII and both BF&ROUGE are better games. So from what I can see both games run at 900p, which should have been ACIIIs target. Black Flag is medium to low settings from the pc version with weather effects such as rain drops and sun rays in the water, AO, godrays and volumetrics off. Grass may be the same as the ps3 version or it is transferred from ACIII. There is not a low enough preset on pc. Anti aliasing seems to be either fxaa or off. For Black Flag this is puzzling as on pc it is one of the first games to use txaa. So their is more crawing on the ropes of the ship than of patreons leaving a Nassau tavern. But… performance is rock steady at 30fps in portable, slight drops docked but on par with anyother console, and in portable it looks fantastic. I mean one of the best looking Switch games if not the best on the small screen, though Alien Isolation might have it beat. In term of the big screen it does look better than Witcher3. In large part this is due to its higher resolution and better texture than most Switch games. Rouge is a download only. Rouge was built for 360/ps3 and as many asset’s were grabbed from ACIII as BF. The switch version is the same with better shadows and higher resolution. So again no pc extra upgrades. Sound is clear sailing unlike the canned ACIII release. Which is a good thing. As for the game itself you have a large open world in both for exploring, broken up in different maps. Traditional AC gameplay mixed with ship combat makes for a great combo. Weather varries, with water spouts and in Rouge ice breaking is a thing. In ACIV BF you are a fictional pirate with laughably unhistorically real life pirates. Rouge you set sail again as a Templar and sail the Northern Atlantic between New York and Halifax. You can customize your ship, change wardrobe, and use different type weapons. Both of these games are in my top 5 AC games and offer a vast adventure. But the real gem of both these games are the sea shanties and period tavern music. It is a truly immersive experience. Over the last 6 years I have developed an intrest in the music because of Black Flag. Leave Her Jonny is a gem of a song. I find my self sing these songs as if they were on the radio. My kids sing them. These songs mixed with age of sail exploration is a kin to driving in gta and jamming out. Rouge has the same sailing songs with a few later additions to be period correct. Old Maui is a note worthy addition. If you find you love this music go check out Stan Rogers. I can not understate what a world builder this is.This is a must buy. This is easily worth 40 clams even if the one is 6 years old. There has been no Black Flag 4k update for 1x or pro though Rouge did but there is no way the stanard consoles offer enough to not go with the portable version. This is coming from a pc gamer who has been playing both ultra,4k,60fps, with reshade since release. It is just that good on the small screen to pass up. So set sail, ravage the high seas, and the Switchs battery.

Reminds me of the classic version
This is a great adaptation of the classic AC games. I love the open world and the nonstop boating. The sea shanties are some of the best and often I’ll find myself just sailing around and listening the vast library of songs. It’s an amazing game and was a pleasure to play. It takes about 100+ hours to complete.

Pirates and Murder…
UPDATE:I have now played this game on the Switch and the XBOX 360 and I have to say I really prefer it on the Switch. The 360 version is so glitchy in comparison in terms of character control. I’m not a pro player or anything but I typically don’t run up walls that lead no where because my guy is having trouble going under an archway, ya know? I was chasing shanties in the 360 game and I stalled out climbing up buildings like 7/10 of the time whereas it’s a nonissue in the Switch version. For me, the experience is just overall smoother. I don’t find the graphics any better or worse like other reviews have stated. They look the same to me. Maybe I am just not hardcore enough, but I just think this game runs smoother on the Switch. I hope they add more AC titles in the future.INITIAL REVIEW:So this is my first time playing an Assassin’s Creed game; my experience up to this point consisted of watching my brother play AC1 back when the Xbox 360 was new. That being said, I’m having a ton of fun running around assassinating people!I like the graphics, which is new for me, as I tend to shy away from any game that’s trying too hard to look too real. The scenery can start to look a little monotonous, and I found myself getting turned around very easily early on, but once I started to utilize the map functions this became a non-issue. I absolutely love trying to sneak past guards and find the best way into a secure area. It’s like a puzzle, and that’s cool. I’m still learning my way through the in-game menu selects, but it is all fairly straight forward. The only thing I wish were different about this are the action buttons, and how/when you can use them. I’m so used to pressing ‘Y’ to attack, whenever and whatever (thing BOTW) that it’s taking some getting used to waiting for the prompt. I’ve never played a game like this before, and I really hated it at first, but it’s something of an art form lining up and pressing the assassinate button at just the right second hah. Oh! And I really like Edward Kenway’s style. He just looks cool, and I personally like that in RPG games.Overall, I haven’t been this into a game since BOTW, so I definitely think this is one everyone should have in their collection.