It's the most advanced AC3 yet. People expected Assassin's Creed 2 4, as in another installment of Ezio-style play. The truth is that they put a lot of work into the new system, and it feels pretty smooth. A lot of emphasis is placed on the frontier, and you can spend dozens of hours having fun in the forest. They purposefully eliminated the cookie-cutter fetch quests and replaced them with collectibles that required adventure, but weren't difficult to find. I also enjoyed having to travel around the cities rather than just climbing identical towers and getting the entire map. The end and anything involving Desmond was pure shit, and the dialog was painful at times, but I really enjoyed the gameplay.