History YMMV / AssassinsCreedIII

* ParanoiaFuel: The Erudito Hacks of Abstergo's FeelGood ads, hammering home Abstergo's control over everything and everyone. It doesn't help that Erudito likes to make it even more [[NightmareFuel creepy]] by giving the ads a PhotoshopFilterOfEvil.

* NeverLiveItDown: No, "Where's Charles Lee?" is not a catchphrase. Connor only says it a few times. Heck, even Ezio used similar phrases more times than Connor did.

* MagnificentBastard: [[Characters/AssassinsCreedHaythamKenway Haytham Kenway]] has the Loyalists and the Patriots in his pockets, influencing decisions throughout UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution wherever he sees fit. Haytham has plans running all over Colonial America, from stealing tribal lands to an assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington and several other leaders of the Continental Congress. The Templars under his leadership nearly wipe out the Colonial Assassins, and even after his death he establishes a permanent Templar presence in America for the years to come. His crowing gambit is starting the Revolutionary War allying himself with the British, but using them as mere pawns, intending to remove them from the Colonies and establish America as an independent nation under the Templars. The only reason Haytham loses in the end is [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his love for his son Connor]] preventing him from killing the young Assassin. Even in defeat, Haytham holds true to his ideals, [[FaceDeathWithDignity complimenting Connor one final time before he dies]].

* MagnificentBastard: [[ArchnemesisDad Haytham Kenway]] has the Loyalists and the Patriots in his pockets, influencing decisions throughout UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution wherever he sees fit. Haytham has plans running all over Colonial America, from stealing tribal lands to an assassination attempt on UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington and several other leaders of the Continental Congress. The Templars under his leadership nearly wipe out the Colonial Assassins, and even after his death he establishes a permanent Templar presence in America for the years to come. His crowing gambit is starting the Revolutionary War allying himself with the British, but using them as mere pawns, intending to remove them from the Colonies and establish America as an independent nation under the Templars. The only reason Haytham loses in the end is [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his love for his son Connor]] preventing him from killing the young Assassin. Even in defeat, Haytham holds true to his ideals, [[FaceDeathWithDignity complimenting Connor one final time before he dies]].

'''Predictably;''' [[spoiler:Connor stabs Haytham through the throat, killing him instantly.]]

** The same complaints came with the DLC whose first episode was well received for its concept but the final two episodes were regarded as being flat and while the conclusion was well recieved, people felt that it ought to have been more epic and diverse than it should have been, with very little information on Connor's post-game life.
* UncannyValley: The remaster changed up the lighting and faces of the character models. At least early on when there's more daytime scenes and scenes inside places, the altered lighting and character models can come across as ''very'' jarring, due to the characters looking more rubbery and the lighting clashing with their skin. In fact, in some of the new versions of the cutscenes with Haytham, he now squints at times, which makes him look ''Asian''.

* ThatOneSidequest: The Encyclopedia of the Common Man can get really annoying and tedious. To start with, it's a LuckBasedMission where you have to record the homsteaders as they do various activities. You can't just follow them around waiting for them to do a recordable activity, because there seems to be a proximity sensor that will not let them do it while you're watching. This means you have to leave the area and come back again, hoping they're doing something useful this time. If you've finished every other sidequest and you're looking for HundredPercentCompletion, expect to reload the Homestead area a LOT. The lumberers in particular tend to wander around doing anything but working most of the time.

* SpoiledByTheFormat: Haytham's WhamLine at the end of Sequence 3: "You [beat] are a templar." In the subtitles, the entire sentence is visible the moment he starts speaking.

** Robert Faulkner, the Quarter Master of the Aquila was also loved by many. Likely due to the Naval Combat missions being considered the BestLevelEver, and his [[MentorArchetype bond with Connor]] being considered one of the bright spots in the game. Being an {{Expy}} to [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Gibbs]] also did him a lot of favors.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Kanen'tó:kon, Connor's best friend from his clan. Based on his introduction one would assume he'd have a bigger role in the plot, but he phases into the background after Connor gets more directly involved in the Revolution. [[Spoiler: Which makes it all the more damning that Charles Lee apparently radicalized him and turns him against Connor ''off-screen.'' Given this, you'd assume his disintegrating relationship with Connor would be a more central plot point of the story, but no.]]

* PlayerPunch: More than a few. The biggest ones are the death of Connor's mother, the death of [[spoiler: Conner's friend Kanen, who Connor kills himself in self-defense.]], and the death of [[spoiler: Haytham, despite being the BigBad.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Kanen'tó:kon, Conner's best friend from his clan. Based on his introduction one would assume he'd have a bigger role in the plot, but he phases into the background after Conner gets more directly involved in the Revolution. [[Spoiler: Which makes it all the more damning that Charles Lee apparently radicalized him and turns him against Conner ''off-screen.'' Given this, you'd assume his disintegrating relationship with Conner would be a more central plot point of the story, but no.]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: The story repeatedly beat the player over the head with the idea that the Founding Fathers really weren't the noble heroic figures that American History books make them out to be. Achilles, Haytham, and even Shaun in the present day all lay into how self-servicing there principles actually was, and part of Connor's arc is his coming to terms with their fight for liberation was always meant to be Freedom for a select few. Two of the final cutscenes in the game even showcase this with [[spoiler: Connor seeing first hand that slave trade is still a pressing matter and his own people were pushed westward in the name of giving colonists more land.]]

** The game is set to get a remastered edition as well, and it'll supposedly have "improved gameplay mechanics" and "ergonomics", implying that it'll be more than a simple graphics upgrade. If the previous AC remasters are any indication, there will likely be large graphical upgrades and improved performance, the latter being something the original had problems with on last-gen consoles. The remaster ended up not only looking and running better than the original, some annoyances were removed or changed.

* AuthorTract: Shaun just ''will not shut up'' about American historical revisionism. All right, SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped, but it seems like a disproportionate amount of his dialogue and database entries touch on the subject. Some would say it goes so far as to be parody.

* SignatureLine: "Where is Charles Lee?" to the point of becoming a meme in itself.

** Consider that this game came out one week before the 2012 U.S. presidential election, some of Shaun's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=59hPjLfIajM#! comments]] with US history and politics might be either this or HarsherInHindsight.

** Likewise, it's surpringly easy to forget about everything when in [[WideOpenSandbox the frontier]], and just take in the beautiful scenery, hunt either animals or guards, and just explore it. After you beat the game, you can even unlock cheats to alter it's appearance to your choosing. (They allow you to choose between summer & winter, pick the weather of your choosing, and even freeze the day/night cycle, and unlike in ''Black Flag'' and ''Rogue'' these cheats don't even disable saving)

* CompleteMonster: For [[Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken Reginald Birch and Edward Braddock]], see [[YMMV/AssassinsCreedForsaken here]].

* CompleteMonster: Reginald Birch and Edward Braddock. The former who appears in [[SmallRoleBigImpact only two scenes of the game,]] [[GreaterScopeVillain but sets the story by sending Haytham to the American Colonies]], While the latter appears in the [[StarterVillain first three sequences.]] They appear much more in the novel ''Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken'' with [[BigBadEnsemble bigger]] [[FalseFriend roles]] in Haytham's storyline but see [[YMMV/AssassinsCreedForsaken that page]] for more details

* MagnificentBastard: Haytham Kenway had the Loyalists and the Patriots in his pockets, influencing decisions throughout UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, wherever he saw fit. Haytham had plans running all over Colonial America, from stealing tribal lands to an assassination attempt on George Washington and several other leaders of the Continental Congress. The Templars under his leadership nearly wiped out the Colonial Assassins, and even after his death he established a permanent Templar presence in America for the years to come. The best part was Haytham started the Revolutionary War allying himself with the British, but they turned out to be mere pawns, he intended to remove them from the Colonies and establish America as an independent nation under the Templars. The only reason Haytham loses in the end is his love for his son Connor preventing him from killing the young Assassin. Even in defeat, Haytham holds true to his ideals, complimenting Connor one final time before he dies.

** Haytham is a weird instance of this trope. He is the DecoyProtagonist for the three memory sequences, but then he disappears, save for one brief scene, for the next four. He is also regularly mentioned because he is the real main character's father, and also his biggest target. He's a fascinating character in his own right and has a more polished demeanor than his son, Connor, and so he has many fans.