5/10
The Tyranny of King Washington leans into an angle that I wish more Assassin's Creed games did, and that's a whole-hearted push into "what-if" territory. In this game's case, it's "what if George Washington took an Apple of Eden and became a tyrannical god-king?" Each of the 3 episodes sees Connor take the fight to Washington in one of the base game's main areas, but all three are now ruined and cowed under the boot of Washington's brutality. Connor gets to pack some magic powers which adds a new dynamic to the gameplay, but its balanced out by Tyranny being much less forgiving. It's still Assassin's Creed III and shares many of its problems, but it's at least a decent change in direction.
Check out my full review! The Almighty Backlog, review #45:
https://thealmightybacklog.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/the-tyranny-of-king-washington/
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