Comments on: My Favorite Video Game Character of 2012: Connor

By: DaveyJ1

DaveyJ1 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:48:22 +0000

I loved Altaïr and the way the story was told in Assassin’s Creed 1. Something magical that the rest of the series never got. Ezio grew on me in the trilogy and knowing his path Assassin’s Creed 2 is much more bearable to replay.
I didn’t love Assassin’s Creed 3 mainly because of the gameplay, but playing as Connor after getting intrigued by Hatham was absolutely terrible. I didn’t feel immersed by Connor. Rather than being a serious but professional assassin kinda like Altaïr (which I feel like he was kinda intented) Connor seemed an arrogant prick with a constant frown and badly defined motivations. I know there were enough points to make Connor feel like a good character, but they never pulled it off for me. The story was a mess, in terms of writing and pacing. I think my other problems with the game make Connor seem worse than he is, now that I think about it. Perhaps he was a fine character, but terribly executed.

By: John

John — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:11:14 +0000

Oops, forgot to say that Connor is my favourite character from the latest games I’ve played too.

I kind of liked The Witcher as well…

By: John

John — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:08:48 +0000

I’m still playing it now as the multiplayer as steered me away from the single game. Got to find the time to get back into it now. If you haven’t tried it, it can be addictive!

I’m sold to the AC franchise and I loved every game in it’s own way, but I agree that it as become increasingly easy to fight. I used to run away from guards as you could get overwhelm by them in AC2. Now, it’s just so easy to kill everyone that I try to take the forts by stealth just for my own pride.

I think ubisoft is well aware of this and it’s why the optional objectives are a lot more harder this time. It often take a couple of reload to get the 100% synchro… when i just don’t give up!

By: Tasm

Tasm — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:44:14 +0000

The character development was the best in the series, and of most games I’ve played. The actual voice actor was terribly inexpressive and bland. You could feel much more passion and liveliness from Ezio Auditore.

I compare my disappointment with the end of Desmond’s story to my disappointment with the ending of Lost. I would love to play an AC title with no connection to the present. OR play an AC with a well-crafted storyline in the present. The story of those who came before should have been wrapped up (latest) by the ending of AC:R and AC3 should have focused on more character development for Desmond as an Assassin.

The free-roaming was amazing!

The hunting was the funnest part of the whole damn thing!

The Tomahawk was kick-ass!

By: Caleb K

Caleb K — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:23:46 +0000

In hindsight I think this game will be commended for it’s ambition. It may have it’s faults but story wise I felt like it was the best of the bunch. I also really like how Ubi-soft broke from a lot of the conventions in the previous games. It’s a whole lot bigger than the other games and many missions can be beaten in a couple different ways now. Plus the time period is so unique and proves they can handle a different setting. It just needed more refinement. We’ll see that in future efforts I’m sure.

How good was the naval stuff too? I would like to see a game involving way more of that and some land missions as well. It Doesn’t necessarily need to be under the AC Banner either.

By: Paul Tassi

Paul Tassi — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:01:20 +0000

I’ve heard a lot of people say that, but I don’t know, something about him just resonated with me. I felt more attached to him than most protagonists I’ve controlled in games.

By: Lubz

Lubz — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:30:28 +0000

Connor is actually my least favorite of the 3 main characters. I distinctly recall the moment where he was talking to someone on the Homestead and I realized “This guy has zero emotion…I actually dislike him”. He felt like an emotionless shell.

By: MurderBot

MurderBot — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:20:24 +0000

In terms of voice and presence I found Connor to be dull as dishwater. His motivations and moods were all over the place. I couldn’t invest in him at all. As a result, for me AC3 felt like more of chore in getting through than AC2.1 and 2.2 combined.

On the plus side I was pleased with Haytham Kenway and Charles Lee as antagonists.

Haytam had Ezio’s charm and swagger wrapped in pragmatic ambition, and Lee beginning as a loyal and stalwart companion slid very well into polite malevolence and barely contained rage. This was all terrifically expressed through their voices, expressions and mannerisms.

It’s just too bad Connor bored me to tears.