My final thoughts on the game, summed up quickly: I think it's a big step forward from the past couple games, and in some ways it shows a ton of potential for future games, but it has a few too many issues that prevent it from being truly memorable. The new combat system is fun in bursts, but doesn't quite work out all the time, and the story is enjoyable but kinda light and forgettable compared to the likes of II and III (it's certainly much better than what I saw of Unity's plot, though.) I'm glad they brought naval combat back but limited it to specific missions again, because in Black Flag I really wasn't liking the open world naval battles, but in this game they're really epic and are actually my favorite parts of the gameplay, just like in III. Everything else about the gameplay is enjoyable at times, but incredibly clunky, even more so than in past AC games, and the RPG elements are often at odds with combat and stealth, making it feel like Ubisoft has some serious balancing to do in order to make future games with these systems work better. The open world design is excellent, and Egypt is probably my favorite setting in any AC game so far. Overall, I'd rate the game 7.5/10, which puts it higher than AC1 and Revelations, Unity from what I played of it, and probably Black Flag as well, but definitely behind II, Brotherhood and III.