COMPLEX: 10 Hot Celebrities Who Could Be Assassin's Creed's Aveline de Grandpré

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COMPLEX GAMING has tallied up a wishlist of actresses that would be ideal casting for Aveline de Grandpre in the would-be (probably never gonna happen) Assassin's Creed III: Liberation film and to be honest, the list is incredibly disappointing. Check out the picspam below and leave your thoughts in the comments.

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Why I Keep Thinking About Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

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Shaun McInnis shares his thoughts on why Liberation came so close to greatness, and his hopes for what's to come.

Last week, I reviewed Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. I scored it a 6.5. At various points in the comments, this led people to pronounce that I was surely (A) a Vita hater, (B) a horrible monster, or (C) a horrible, Vita-hating monster. But as these things tend to go, the reality of the matter isn't quite as exciting as the theories: I'm simply a fan of the series who enjoyed Liberation but felt its flaws--technical and otherwise--were substantial enough to warrant a score in the "approach with caution" range.

And yet, in spite of the frame rate issues and misguided touch controls, there's something about Liberation that's stuck with me over the past week. It's a deeply fascinating game, one that takes risks and introduces new ideas to the tried-and-true Assassin's Creed formula. These ideas don't always come together especially well, but they're almost always interesting. And, for me, no part of Liberation is more interesting than its narrative ambitions.

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