AC has come a long way from AC2 and even more so from the very first game.
Initially starting as a game with a good concept and story with incredible graphics but unfortunate repetitive game play – AC has evolved into a great game with a lot of depth and definately has a lot to offer to the different types of players.
1 – The Casual “Just want to have fun” Player – a standard sandbox environment allowing players to traverce the city of Rome freely (well once you have completed some plot), the play can run around assassinating freely, practicing jumping from rooftops to crates, etc. It also has a very good story line which develops with a reasonable pace. The player can just do nothing but plot and finish the game fairly quickly.
2 – The Horder “I like side quests & love collecting stuff” Player – the side quests have definately improved from AC 1 & 2, taking more shape of additional story line & generally adds to the overall gaming experience, (I am so sick of hearing the: “You are Thief, you are thief” line in the previous game). There are also quite a lot of collectables in terms of weapons and paintings. Also the usual Chests, Flags & Feathers (thank god there are now maps for these… For a price of course!)
3 – The Hardcore “I must get everything and have GOLD rankings and trophys!!” player – AC Brotherhood now has a “simulated” training feature which you access through the start menu. This contains various timed challanges from assassinating all the targets without being seen within a time period or going through checkpoints again within a certain time period. You are ranked Bronze, Silver & Gold depending on your times, (the instructions can be a little frustrating to get used to… ) The Story missions also are more specific, putting restriction on how you acheive you goal, (eg: must kill from hidden location as opposed to just shooting him with a knife/crossbow). Attention and memory have to come into effect as I have had to redo a few missions because I either didnt read the detail on how to achieve my goal, or I have simply forgotten.
Overall Great game in my opinion, I think im about 50% through Sync. Replayability is there as you can access the missions through the DNA sequence, redo them, improve on them etc.
Totally recommend this game and can not wait for AC Revalations!