my 2 cents
i loved AC2 and sequels, but dissapointed by this one
1. bugs are way too numerous.
- seriously annoyed with quest icons not showing up on minimaps. (i had to google locations of quest givers for thieves etc..., many stores and waypoints not showing up on map)
- quests not updating correctly, had to restart game or find other glitches to complete quests (ie listen to washington, encyclopedia, chest in boston tavern when i bought the chest map, etc..)
- combat and movement have always plagued the series and it hasn't gotten better -> go left; no AI decides to hop on a wall right WTF. horses -> i walked in the end
- bought all outfits yet half my wardrobe at manor is missing?? i have 100% sync in all main missions
- guards randomly attacking you when u are incognito notoriety level
- i can live with graphical bugs, collisions etc... but annoyance with all the other issues
2. too many useless things
- hunting. QTE and just gets to be a drag
- menu system is pitiful (start , select ...)
- Pivot another waste of time
- Viewpoints used to be usefull now they are just a time waster since they don't reveal the map as you would expect
- trading is utterly rubbish, useless and interface/system is just cumbersome ->everytime scroll through so many useless items and do it one by one to fill 9+ slots zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- crafting - why? it's not like you need to craft armor or food. so u can craft a couple of guns i never used. also never understood the hidden recipe, or why so many mats for so little. artifical and a waste in the end
- many new assassin orders but ultimately useless, i just used assassinate except forced for side mission requirements -> use all skills twice
- pet animals? i didn't buy Animal Friends or tamagochi
3. things i just didn't like
- A native american raising a colony flag after liberation seems innapropriate and not very sensitive to what really happened to native americans. poor taste
- character was dull, but tbh i haven't loved the series for the main character
- first 4 sequences - long, annoying and linear - i felt like quitting but i knew it would eventually open up. if it was my first time playing the series i would have stopped the game
- movement is still as bad as ever. i was hoping for an improvement, but still frustrating
- a map on a blue background -> couldn't tell which parts i had discovered from what was undiscovered esp on frontier map
- no more upgrading armor
- no more upgrading towns
- trading convoy was poor mechanic
- no more thinking puzzles (or a lot less) ie platform, or those wierd puzzles, brought some nice variety to fighting and was a nice balancing touch
- almanac pages were a hastle, i prefered old style feathers where u had to figure out how to get them rather than a stupid chase
- lockpicking - no skill and just another time waster
- minigames were a pain and not fun in the slightest -> 9 man etc... i wanted an option to stand up and slap my opponent in the face
- story was uninteresting. no suspense, twisters etc...
- leaving animus was a chore and not very eventful - just a couple of mission, climb a building and a football stadium
- weapons, how about something cool - just seemed to be a lot of the same and in the end i use hidden blade 99% of the time, unless obj force me to use a specific weapon. also what happened to throwing weapons at enmies? axe chucking was fun
- hunting was annoying, and seriously what's with the Avatar like animation of blessing the animal after slaughtering it for fur to sell - nothing very moral or spiritual about it, just felt like cheap gimmick which didn't fit -> skip
- horses - i chose to walk - nuff said
- the way levels were designed i only climbed roofs for almanac pages, feathers or viewpoints. i didnt use it otherwise for the most part. bit strange since i always thought this was a key feature to the series
- optional mission objectives -> not always clear - after a while i learned to press select to make sure i saw exactly what they were.
- epilogue missions didn't feel like any type of mission imho
- can we please skip the credits at the end of the story -> 10 minutes of credits are you joking - isn't time we remove this stupid thing from the series. i payed good money for this game and i don't care about who made it. they got their salary i just want to play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I haven't played MP nor do i want to. focus on making single player better or at least as good as AC2, ACB and ACR
to end on a positive note I really enjoyed the naval fights -> was fun to do them in between other tasks, just to spice it up with other boring tasks
my wish for next game:
- improve movement
- in ancient egypt, greece or china or even London during the industrial revolution. something spectacular the woods and brick houses are a bit underwhelming after Damascus, Florence etc...
- bring back the platform aspect of the game
- bring back the mysterious mind puzzles
- don't release a game with so many bugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still quite buggy in places but not game-breaking.
