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Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry

Born a slave, Adewale found freedom as a pirate aboard Edward Kenway’s ship, the Jackdaw. 15 years later, Adewale has become a trained Assassin who finds himself shipwrecked in Saint-Domingue without weapons…

75 17 December 2013

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 17 December 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 6.3 hrs to finish.

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What Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry is

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on AnvilNext.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Born a slave, Adéwalé found freedom as a pirate aboard the Jackdaw as Captain Edward Kenway's Quartermaster. Fifteen years later, Adéwalé has become a trained assassin and finds himself shipwrecked in Saint-Domingue with no weapon and no crew helping him out. So unfolds a new adventure,
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Assassin's Creed series

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry is the 67th of 205 entries we hold in the Assassin's Creed series. The next entry was Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - Deluxe Edition in 2013. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Assassin's Creed III: Deluxe Edition at 96.

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How it was received

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 234 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 6.3 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0 or higher). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry launched on 17 December 2013, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy X HD Remaster. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy X HD Remaster.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry — frequently asked questions

When did Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry come out?
Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry was released on 17 December 2013 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry?
At minimum, Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry needs Intel Core2Quad Q8400 @ 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or AMD Radeon HD 4870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0 or higher) graphics, 30 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry?
The main story of Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry takes around 6.3 hrs.
How many GB is Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry?
The PC version needs about 30 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("30 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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