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Assassin's Creed III Gets All Alternate Historical in The Tyranny of King Washington

To be fair, I think if anyone had told actual George Washington he could wear a dope crown and have a rad-looking scepter, he'd totally have gone full-tyranny on all our asses. I certainly would have!

Dec. 10 2012

Posted by: Alex

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What you talking about? That's what America WAS found upon 

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I was a lot more interested in this DLC before it turned out that Assassin's Creed 3 was crap

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@Taku128 said:

I was a lot more interested in this DLC before it turned out that Assassin's Creed 3 was crap

Haha, yeah pretty much. Going back to AC3 seems as appealing as going back to ME3 for me at this point. That story was told, that story was bunk.

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I always thought this is how AC3 should of went the old you changed everything though time travel story but it doesn't matter because you are in a animus, really enjoying AC3 so will pick this up depending on price down the road.

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Loved AC3, might get the season pass if the DLCs are actually good. This seems interesting, especially since they already kind of shit on Washington in main game(pretty fairly though)

@porterpj said:

Yeh, create a new reality because the one you created for the main game was so *disappointing / poorly realised when compared to AC II / shite *delete as appropriate

Really? I played AC2 right before 3 and prefer 3. I loved 2, but it is pretty shallow(gameplay wise) and extremely easy compared to 3. I mean Ezio and the time period are more exotic than 3's but as a game overall 3 is so much more fun, there's so much more to do, and money is actually worth something, they don't give you thousands just for completing a story misson. Both worlds of 2 and 3 were really fun to me, even if 2's is really bland besides some of Venice and the landmarks of the other areas. 2 has a lot of flat topped buildings, and the few guards there are a not a problem whatsoever. The guards in 3 are pretty scary for the early parts of the game(most of the game for me) until you liberate that section of town, because if you slip up and cross their path they are ON YOU and they are EVERYWHERE, and they just felt so much more threatening than ever before. Only thing about 3's world that bummed me out was that a majority of the building used for Synching were very similar, only thing to compare to the structures of the earlier games were the trees used for the Synchronization.

That being said Brotherhood is still my favorite.

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@Abendlaender said:


Next your telling me that Abraham Lincoln was NOT a vampire hunter. Psh

Hey, hey, let's not get crazy here.
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George Washington was actually offered the role of king after he won the war. This is a completely legitimate alternate storyline that could have happened, if the founding fathers weren't such complete bad asses dedicated to down home freedom. George Washington refused a crown, and refused to serve as a permanent president. He just loved liberty too much.

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@Patman99 said:

Im going to guarantee that this DLC mentions an "invasion" of Canada. Every time a game features a tyrannical/semi-evil USA, Canada is always one of the first countries to go down. Look at the Fallout series, Canada was annexed and you never hear any more from it.

True Story: the Americans captured Montreal in the early stages of the Revolutionary War and if not for a defeat later at Quebec City would have very likely taken Canada :)

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@MaddProdigy said:

George Washington was actually offered the role of king after he won the war. This is a completely legitimate alternate storyline that could have happened, if the founding fathers weren't such complete bad asses dedicated to down home freedom. George Washington refused a crown, and refused to serve as a permanent president. He just loved liberty too much.

Tell that to Native Americans! XD

(yeah...)

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this series is pretty dumb.

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Wha- Bu- Oh...

I'll take it.

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Looking forward to this DLC.

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@brendanwins said:

@Patman99 said:

Im going to guarantee that this DLC mentions an "invasion" of Canada. Every time a game features a tyrannical/semi-evil USA, Canada is always one of the first countries to go down. Look at the Fallout series, Canada was annexed and you never hear any more from it.

True Story: the Americans captured Montreal in the early stages of the Revolutionary War and if not for a defeat later at Quebec City would have very likely taken Canada :)

Yeah, Im guess this alt history will have that invasion go the other way.... Oh well, it's a common video game theme for Canada to get annexed so I might as well accept this one.

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@brendanwins said:

@Patman99 said:

Im going to guarantee that this DLC mentions an "invasion" of Canada. Every time a game features a tyrannical/semi-evil USA, Canada is always one of the first countries to go down. Look at the Fallout series, Canada was annexed and you never hear any more from it.

True Story: the Americans captured Montreal in the early stages of the Revolutionary War and if not for a defeat later at Quebec City would have very likely taken Canada :)

America actually tried to take over Canada again in 1812 but was held at bay by Canadian soldiers. The Canadians then went on to set fire to the White House

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@Bandit: Guys, Canada didn't exist as a nation until 1867. The War of 1812 was fought between the Americans and the British. The colonies were referred to as Upper Canada and Lower Canada, but they were just British colonies.

So, if King Washington invades the north in this DLC, he is invading British colonies. Not Canada.

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@Bumpton: ah right, sorry, need check the facts

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@Bandit said:

@brendanwins said:

@Patman99 said:

Im going to guarantee that this DLC mentions an "invasion" of Canada. Every time a game features a tyrannical/semi-evil USA, Canada is always one of the first countries to go down. Look at the Fallout series, Canada was annexed and you never hear any more from it.

True Story: the Americans captured Montreal in the early stages of the Revolutionary War and if not for a defeat later at Quebec City would have very likely taken Canada :)

America actually tried to take over Canada again in 1812 but was held at bay by Canadian soldiers. The Canadians then went on to set fire to the White House

Also, in the 1930's the United States military drew up a hypothetical war plan for a war against the British Empire. The first action of the plan calls for the invasion of Canada.

Truth be told, George Washington wouldn't be called King Washington. It's King George I.

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@gbrading said:

@Bandit said:

@brendanwins said:

@Patman99 said:

Im going to guarantee that this DLC mentions an "invasion" of Canada. Every time a game features a tyrannical/semi-evil USA, Canada is always one of the first countries to go down. Look at the Fallout series, Canada was annexed and you never hear any more from it.

True Story: the Americans captured Montreal in the early stages of the Revolutionary War and if not for a defeat later at Quebec City would have very likely taken Canada :)

America actually tried to take over Canada again in 1812 but was held at bay by Canadian soldiers. The Canadians then went on to set fire to the White House

Also, in the 1930's the United States military drew up a hypothetical war plan for a war against the British Empire. The first action of the plan calls for the invasion of Canada.

Truth be told, George Washington wouldn't be called King Washington. It's King George I.

Considering that the colonists had just been oppressed by a King George III, I don't think anybody would be on board with that name.

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@Jonny_Anonymous said:

What you talking about? That's what America WAS found upon

No, it wasn't.

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@CrossTheAtlantic said:

I wonder if this crown was made out of wood too.

Nailed it.