never finished 3, between side feature overload, very very dull main guy (should have stuck with the brit), and a little too much farting around in the "real world", it just didnt work for me.
the other thing was that they cranked up the side quests so much yet removed almost any worthwhile reward from doing so. I actually enjoyed the side quests from 2 and follow ons as it gave some nice varieties of armour and weapons. The homestead could have been so worthwhile but they made it dull AND unrewarding.
I hope 4 is better and not just "wow people only really liked the sailing from 3, lets make an entire game revolve around that". Was the sailing bit good, yes, was it made to look even better because the rest of the game was lacking, imo, yes. I'll wait for reviews before deciding on this one i feel, and even then probably a sale