The thing that really hurt this game was the 4-6 hour long intro before the open world is actually an open world. Aside that and the somewhat slippery controls in comparison to previous installments, this game is just solid across the board. Nothing particularly special, but some good moments sprinkled throughout. Any scene with Connor and Haytham was really good.
I'm unsure if it's the remaster that made the cutscenes and character models inconsistent and sometimes jarring (I never played the original), but a lot of things sort of don't look right. Though I understand this is still a time where the game engine tech wasn't nearly as good as it is now.
I did all the side content aside from the "complete this list of stuff you have to do" type content (Full Sync, hunting challenges, etc.) and a lot of it was actually a good addition to the game. A lot of improvements to make the ideas from previous games more fluid and less tedious (for example, assassination contracts for nameless targets are now given in bulk so you can just run around Boston stabbing all the targets and running away without cutscenes or anything.)
Solid. I can understand why people may get tired of Ubisoft pulling the same game over and over again pretty much, but they're never necessarily bad, just derivative, and while that may be a problem, it doesn't necessarily detract from the fact these games are passable anyways.
Ending was trash though. Probably the worst in the series so far. It's a worse cliffhanger than the first game even.
I'm unsure if it's the remaster that made the cutscenes and character models inconsistent and sometimes jarring (I never played the original), but a lot of things sort of don't look right. Though I understand this is still a time where the game engine tech wasn't nearly as good as it is now.
I did all the side content aside from the "complete this list of stuff you have to do" type content (Full Sync, hunting challenges, etc.) and a lot of it was actually a good addition to the game. A lot of improvements to make the ideas from previous games more fluid and less tedious (for example, assassination contracts for nameless targets are now given in bulk so you can just run around Boston stabbing all the targets and running away without cutscenes or anything.)
Solid. I can understand why people may get tired of Ubisoft pulling the same game over and over again pretty much, but they're never necessarily bad, just derivative, and while that may be a problem, it doesn't necessarily detract from the fact these games are passable anyways.
Ending was trash though. Probably the worst in the series so far. It's a worse cliffhanger than the first game even.