While Assassin's Creed Chronicles Russia isn't quite up there with the best adventures in the series. And this is the hardest game I have ever played. Too many cheap deaths ruin the experience. The last two sequences are nearly impossible. But Assassin's Creed Chronicles Russia finally gives the Chronicles series a good story.

The main protagonist Nikolai is kind of a boring guy, but the secondary playable character Anastasia is quite likable and keeps things compelling by adding a little family tragedy to the mix. The plot capitalizes on the events of the previous two games well, really showing off how this has all been one continuous narrative as opposed to three disconnected side-stories in the overall Assassin's Creed canon, and it's nice to see what becomes of that Precursor box.