Developer : Ubisoft
Release date : November 11, 2014
Synopsis :
Assassin’s Creed Rogue is a 2014 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Sofia and published by Ubisoft. It is the seventh major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series, and is set between 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and 2012’s Assassin’s Creed III. It also has ties to Assassin’s Creed Unity, which was released on the same day as Rogue. It is the last Assassin’s Creed game to be developed for the seventh generation of consoles, being released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2014, and for Microsoft Windows in March 2015. A remastered version of the game was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2018. It was also released on the Nintendo Switch as part of The Rebel Collection alongside Black Flag in December 2019, and for Google Stadia in October 2021.
The plot is set in a fictional history of real-world events and follows the millennia-old struggle between the Assassin Brotherhood, who fight to preserve peace and free will, and the Templar Orders, who desire peace through control. The framing story is set during the 21st century and depicts the player as an employee of Abstergo Industries (a company used as a front by the modern-day Templars), who uncovers various secrets about the Assassin-Templar conflict while attempting to fix the company’s servers. The main plot is set before and during the French and Indian War from 1752 to 1760, and follows Shay Patrick Cormac, an Irish American privateer and Assassin, who defects to the Templars and helps them hunt down members of his former Brotherhood after becoming disillusioned with their tactics. Gameplay in Rogue is very similar to that of Black Flag with a mixture of ship-based naval exploration and third-person land-based exploration, though some new features have been added.
Upon release, Rogue received a mixed reception, with praise directed at the game’s twist on the traditional formula by playing as a Templar, the mature storyline, complex protagonist, and sophisticated depiction of the Assassin-Templar conflict, as well as the additions to the franchise’s lore and the naval warfare gameplay. However, it was criticized for failing to innovate the series’ formula, its short length, and similarities to Black Flag.
In 1752, Shay Patrick Cormac (Steven Piovesan) is a new recruit to the Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins, whose potential is offset by his insubordination. While Shay trains with the North Atlantic chapter under the Assassin Mentor Achilles Davenport (Roger Aaron Brown), the Assassin Adéwalé (Tristan D. Lalla) arrives with news that Port-au-Prince has been devastated by an earthquake during their search for a Precursor site. Due to his experience captaining ships, Shay is tasked to retrieve a Precursor box and manuscript linked to the temple from the Templars. However, Shay begins to question the Assassins’ motives after they refuse to engage in dialogue with the Templars, instead ordering Shay to assassinate them regardless of circumstance.
In 1754, after recovering the box and manuscript, Shay delivers them to Benjamin Franklin (Rick Jones), whose experiments on the box generate a map that shows the locations of more Precursor temples around the world. Ordered to investigate a temple in Lisbon, Shay inadvertently triggers a devastating earthquake when he tries removing the artifact at its center, leaving him guilt-ridden. Deducing that Port-au-Prince was destroyed similarly, Shay is horrified to learn that Achilles intends to continue the search for Pieces of Eden, endangering more lives. He steals the manuscript and attempts to escape with it, but is cornered by the Brotherhood. Shay is shot and left for dead before he can destroy the manuscript.
Cast adrift, Shay is found by Colonel George Monro (Graham J. Cuthbertson), who saves him and leaves him in the care of Templar sympathizers in New York City. After recovering in 1756, Shay cleans out Assassin-allied gangs that are extorting the citizenry, catching Monro’s attention, who convinces Shay that he can improve the lives of others. After retaking his ship, the Morrigan, from the Assassins and recruiting Christopher Gist (Richard M. Dumont) as his quartermaster, Shay agrees to assist his newfound Templar allies. With the Seven Years’ War in full swing, Shay helps the Templars keep the colonies under British control, despite the Brotherhood’s efforts to stop them. In the process, he discovers the Assassins have not given up their search for the Pieces of Eden, and vows to stop them. After killing Le Chasseur (Chimwemwe Miller), Kesegowaase (Danny Blanco-Hall), Adéwalé, Hope Jensen (Patricia Summersett), and Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye (Marcel Jeannin), only two members of the Colonial Brotherhood remain: Achilles and his second-in-command, Liam O’Brien (Julian Casey), once Shay’s best friend.
Shay and the Templar Grand Master Haytham Kenway (Adrian Hough) pursue the Assassins to the Arctic, where another Temple has been located. After eliminating the Assassin expedition, Shay and Haytham enter the Temple to find Liam and Achilles, who have realized that the artifact is a means to stabilize the world, not a weapon to control it. During the confrontation, the artifact is accidentally destroyed, triggering another earthquake. As the four escape, Shay and Liam duel as they are evenly matched in fighting skills, though it was cut short as they fell to the ground once the earthquake shook among them, and Liam is fatally injured as a result. Shay returns to his ship as Haytham overpowers Achilles. Shay persuades Haytham to spare Achilles, to ensure knowledge of the Temples is not lost, so the Assassins will not pursue them again. Haytham agrees, but chose to permanently cripple Achilles to prevent the latter from ever operating as an active Assassin again.
Tasked by Haytham to recover the Precursor box from the Assassins, Shay spends the next sixteen years tracking it down. In 1776, with Benjamin Franklin’s unwitting help, Shay infiltrates the Palace of Versailles in France and kills the Assassin Charles Dorian to obtain the box. He reaffirms his commitment to the Templar cause, and suggests that the Templars should soon start their own revolution in response to the actions of Connor and the Assassins in America.
In the modern-day, the player is an unnamed Abstergo Entertainment employee tasked with researching Shay’s memories. During their investigation, the player inadvertently trips a hidden memory file that infects the Animus servers. Abstergo is placed in lockdown, and the player must clean the Animus servers by living out Shay’s memories. Juhani Otso Berg (Andreas Apergis), a senior Templar, orders the player to upload Shay’s memories to the Assassin servers, to weaken their resolve. The Brotherhood responds by cutting off communications. In a mid-credits scene, Berg thanks the player for their help, and gives them a choice: join the Templars, or die. The player’s decision is not revealed.
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