Most of the core game is a new story slapped on the mechanics of black flag, but the story is interesting.

bought this game from Steam Support, and after it finished downloading, it asked me to create a Ubisoft Connect account. So I did—but now it’s still asking for an activation key to play the game?! Someone help me out, please!

i'm a big Assassin's Creed fan though it is ultimately a bit of a flawed series. This one played and looked great on Steam Deck. Had no issues with UNI's launcher either. Story is short, not bad and fun to play as a Templar. Gameplay is good. Usually Ubisoft collectathon which sucks for competitions. Main character is reasonable likable but the big reveal could have stew over a little more. Overall, not bad, could have been better.

Kid friendly? - N
NSFW? - Y
Gore? - Y
Microtransactions? - Y

--Steam deck compatibility--
*Perfect/Nearly perfect out the box-X
*Perfect after some tweaks-
*Runs fine without tweaks-
*Runs fine after playing with settings-
*Just about Playable, even after playing with settings-
*Borderline unplayable; even on lowest and/or heavily modded settings-
*This game cannot be played on Steam Deck-

--{ Graphics }---
*Visual Masterpiece-
*Beautiful-
*Good-
*Unremarkable but fine-XC
*Noticeably bad-
*Either revoltingly ugly or a glitchy mess-

---{ Gameplay }---
*Sleep? Nah play this instead-
*Just a really great game to play-
*A fun experience-
*Some bad bits but fun overall-X
*Bang average-
*Good bits but lots of bad bits-
*Rubbish gameplay, unfun or a dull experience -
*This game so bad I made a voodoo doll of it-

---{ Audio }---
*They should win a Grammy for this-
*Very good to listen to-
*Good-
*Meh-X
*Bad and annoying-
*Play on mute-

---{ Storage Size }---
*Floppy Disk-
*Negligible-
*Notable but fine -X
*Problematic-
*Delete everything then install-
*Did i download the whole internet-

---{ Difficulty }---
*Just press "X"-
*Easy-
*Some challenge in places -X
*Starting to get tricky-
*Difficult-
*You will rage quit at how hard this is-

---{ Grind }---
*Zero grinding-
*A little grind outside of main story-
*A little grind overall-
*Average grind level -
*A little tedious at times-X
*Play with tv on to distract from grind-
*This game is a chore-

---{ Game Story }---
*Worse than Game of Thrones finale-
*No Story-
*Some lore-
*A beginning middle and end-X
*A good/fun story-
*Would make a good tv show-
*Oscar winner-

---{ Game Time }---
*Hour or two tops-
*Short-
*Average-X
*Long-
*A epic saga-
*It never ends...-

---{ Bugs }---
*I encountered zero bugs-X
*Minor bugs, easily swatted-
*Some irritating bugs -
*Bugs becoming a problem-
*Borderline unplayable-
*This game is broken-

---{ ? / 10 }--- (A 10/10 game is a genre-defining game which will stand the test of time. A 5/10 is a perfectly serviceable and okay game, not bad but unremarkable. A 1/10 truly is awful and should cost people their job.)

1 [Worst game of all time?]-
2 [Dumpster fire]-
3 [A bad GAME-
4 [Some good but mostly bad]
5 [An average experience] -x
6 [Fun at times]-
7 [A good game]-
8 [A great game]-
9 [Game of the Year]-
10 [Genre defining GOAT game-