The game was so close to being the first good AC in years, until about halfway through the game I was loving it: charismatic characters, incredibly well-executed theme. I was genuinely interested in what was going to happen. But then, in the end, they threw it all away, and as if it couldn't get any worse, the ending managed to make everything even worse. I really wanted to defend the new ACs, but it's complicated. But, aside from literally the last chapter or arc of the game, it was very good. Even the various bugs that plague Ubisoft games, at least with me, they didn't show up in this game. With that said, it remains the best AC since Syndicate.