The game on it's own is good, the gameplay is improved and the free running
is essentially the same fun assassin's creed parkour. The multiplayer is
actually really great in this and this was a surprise to me as it only took an
hour before I was completely done with the multiplayer modes in previous AC
games. The game is incredibly buggy however nothing that should stop you from
getting the game if you want it and I am sure these bugs will be fixed soon
enough.
The biggest negatives with this game though is that it has a ridiculously
slow start, as the game does not pick up until you are at sequence 6 which is
halfway through the game and about 5 / 6 hours into it. The missions are not
very interesting and more or less are very basic aside from the odd mission that
stands out, but it is quite repetitive and also shorter then previous
assassin's creed games. The biggest problem, by far, which will effect AC fans
the most is that the ‘conclusion’ to the trilogy is incredibly poor. This
game was supposed to be the final in the trilogy of Desmond's story, however
the ending is not really an ending, it is poorly written and just sets up
another Assassin's creed game and it feels like they just did it because they
didn't want to lose a series that makes so much money.
However other then that the story is okay, and at least mildly interesting,
but probably won't blow you away, the cities you visit in the game aren't as
cool as those in Italy in previous games, and Connor (the new assassin) isn't
quite as impressive as Ezio was, although he has some entertaining weapons such
as the rope dart. The frontier (area with trees outside of the cities) is pretty
interesting and there is a lot to do in this game, a myriad of side missions and
collectables that will provide a fair few extra hours to the game after you
finish the story.