The story wasn't as gripping as Assassin's Creed 2 for me, but I liked all of the new features. The assassin recruits and city renovations were something I spent a good bit of time on getting to 100%. I also really enjoyed the Da Vinci invention missions, the various machines you got to play with were always something to look forward to. One of my favorite parts was the Cristina missions, to the point that I grinded out some of the side quests to get above 75% completion before starting sequence 8 so I could finish them. The voicemail messages in the glyphs were a nice touch and I enjoyed the conspiracies found in them more this time around. When it comes to the DLC, I really enjoyed the Da Vinci Disappearance but I didn't care much for Copernicus Conspiracy,