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A disappointment.

Ultimate Assassin 2, an amazing game I played time and time again, was released maybe 2 or 3 years ago. Thanks for the new level pack. Just don't call it Ultimate Assassin 3.

This flash franchise has begun to remind me of the Thief series. 1 was a nice, slightly dull, stealth game that sort of set a basic tone for many stealth games to come on it's platform. Check that box for Thief 1, check it for Ultimate Assassin 1 as well.

2 was a fantastic game with excellent level design, and some hilarious humor involving the dull, inferior guards. Check, check.

Then game 3. In Thief 3, the game began to stagnate, re-using old textures, game-play mechanics, and even some of the script. One level comes to mind that was essentially a CORRIDOR stealth system, where if you ran into a guard there would be nowhere to hide and you'd be shot to pieces. A seemingly exact replica of this awful level from Thief 3 exists in the form of Easy-9. By the way, thanks for upgrading the guards pistols to sub-machine guns. That REALLY helps when you try to duck around a corner with 50 bullets hitting you directly in the center of your back, as always.

All in all, if you read the comments for Ultimate Assassin 2, you'd find people bursting with ideas and mechanics they wanted to explore in future games. I myself posted one such comment, with ideas including a suicide mode, involving you running headfirst at your target, and insurmountable odds, sacrificing yourself for the good of all. The new 5-pronged assassin rating system only emphasizes that it would have been easy to integrate. Another idea was the ability to pick up a stone and throw it to distract guards. Again possible, but no. A way to stun guards? No. Disarm them, one by one? No. A way to, say, pick up something that would fling your bar back to full, allowing you an escape from a tricky situation? No. Sprinting allowing you to dodge SOME bullets, so you don't fall over with in seconds of being spotted? NO. A single new texture? No.

This is a laughable attempt to cash in on the popularity of a game that hasn't been worked on since it's release several years ago.

6/10 for trying to play off my nostalgia from UA 2.

Very good.

Back then, i used to like UA2, and i was excited when i saw that the third came. But the game wasn't much improved from it's predecessor: Exactly the same idea, exactly the same concept. I can even call it "The level pack". The levels became harder and more interesting, and guards now can actually miss. Of course, it's repetitive, but it's really TACTICAL and requires much patience. Good job.

This is a pretty fun game

It is however far more luck based than it needed to be, and that's really annoying. Especially when you're trying for 100% completion. It is sometimes impossible to actually finish the level in under 30 seconds with no alarms going off, depending on how the guards act. It is sometimes impossible to finish at all. You can always try again and hope for a better guard path, but after the first few times that gets irritating.

It's fun, elements of luck aside.

hahah

i love how i just wing it sometimes and it works out better than i thought( but i dont wing it i see what hapens theres a big difference =))

Unlike others...

...this game takes something good of another game and makes it original. Great game!