The Hidden Blade Assassin's Creed in Depth

Speedrun
The fastest way I found of running through the memory. Starting at th first checkpoint, you would think the first place to go is the front of the building to start the scene, but as it turns out, you can go right to the window, skipping the first part.

The next part is tricky because of the no detection requirement. Try to blend right away when entering the first room to avoid being seen. I assassinate a guard whose patrol route takes him to the next room to save time, but didn't dare run when a guard spots me.

Jumping straight ahead from the window you usually land right in front of the guard, but can run behind a pillar before his detection meter fills all the way. From there it's easy sailing just running to the target. A small scene makes you temporarily lose control of Shay.

Charles Finds His Son Arno

Lead Charles to where Arno and Elise are. Coincidentally, this make Charles stop calling for his son.

Slightly Early Death

When you first reach Charles in the building, he normally can't spot you until after the scene, but if you make him respawn by going far enough away and coming back, his AI is reset. Now you can make him follow you without starting the scene and kill him, but have no way of progressing.

Deja Vu Death

If you restart the checkpoint after reaching the final part of the mission (has to be on a run from the start of the memory), a strange glitch occurs. The option at the beginning of the memory of infiltrating the place appears, along with the original Charles and Arno Dorian at the front of the building! Killing Charles Dorian 1.0 has no effect on the memory.

Stunt Assassination

The nostalgic jumping from a great height to instantly assassinate a target. Using the "deja vu" trick, the front door is open. Now you can set the target up for a stunt outside the building, which shouldn't be possible.

Scaredy-Cat Charles

An extra. The original Charles Dorian has the AI of a civilian and runs away if you bump into him.

Hi. So, although I am a huge fan of the Assassin's Creed series, the last game I bought from the series was AC III. And it's not because I don't want to buy, or I'm getting bored of the series (I think I'll enjoy every AC, just not as much as others) but I had kind of a problem to buy the games. But now, I want to buy the games that I miss. And because I'm waiting to buy my PS4 to buy AC 4 Black Flag and unity, I thought about buying Rogue for my PS3. So I wanted to ask, is Rogue a direct sequel to Black Flag? Is the story in the present connects to the one in Black flag?

Assassin’s Creed Rogue Story Review
Double McStab with Cheese

If you want to skip any story spoilers and get right to my final thoughts and buy/don't buy decisions, click here.

Scope
This review contains story spoilers from Assassin’s Creed Rogue. It covers both Shay’s story in colonial North America and the modern day. I will include a plot synopsis in spoiler tags in case you want the general feel but don’t want all the spoilers. This review assumes all information from previous AC games, including Black Flag. Discussion that follows the original post may contain specific spoilers though, so be warned. Like the gameplay review found here, categories will be ranked out of 5.

So I've been thinking about this for a few days.

What is the prescribed order to play the two new titles in?

Does it even matter?

Do they occur concomitantly in the present day? Are the present day stories related at all? Hell, IS there a present day in Rogue?

The reason I ask is this: I will play both, but not many people on this forum have expressed interest in ACR (not to be confused with AC:R). I will likely play Rogue first, around release time of both games, then around the end of November (Black Friday deals) pick up a PS4/ACU.