Very excited. I love all Assassins Creed Games. AC3 wasn't the best but still WAY awesome. I think 3's fight and movement engine would have been best used for AC1 (ya know lone wolf) and they had no relations to mercenaries or thieves and in a new world like America, they could have made MASSIVE improvements to building the brotherhood and recruiting assassins features instead it was a dud.
But AC3 has the best fight/movement engine in any Assassins Creed. Best tools and weapons too. Not that i dont like change, but "The New World" would have been the BEST and most EASILY EXPLANABLE place to fight for control like in revelations and brotherhood (Ya know the faction warfare, fight over areas to maintain dominance? i loved that) But they were hoping that the fight engine would sell the game and sadly it didnt.
My Quick Reviews:
Assassins Creed 1: Excellent for its time, brutal, magical, only gets better 9.5/10
Assassins Creed 2: Wonderful follow up game, suave, sexy, maybe a better color pallete couod have been chosen 9.5/10
Assassins Creed; Brotherhood: Another wonderful follow up, Magical color/scenery, love recruiting, customization expected but not supplied 9.5/10
Assassins Creed Revelations: ANOTHER wonderful follow up, Ezio's in game face was creepy, loved the recruiting, master assassin missions and fighting byzantines and bombs, tower defense was a dud but inspired 9.5/10
(I would have liked to seen the defense of a den just be waves of enemies along side Yusuf or another Assassin; as well when you asign a master to a den their slot becomes empty and they cant be used BUT they patrol that region helping you if near by, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EPIC)
Assassins Creed 3: Best movement and fighting in an Assassins Creed EVER, largest play area ever, (maybe too large?) Den capture was replaced with forts which sucked, renovating was replaced with homestead businesses which was also boring, lots of fun new toys and naval missions, more boarding of enemy ships, would have liked plot to be more about revolutionary war and Connor friendly with americans, sadly i felt all on my own, also all recruit abilites are bugged, game feels unfinished 8/10
Anyway theres my rant, I hope Blackflag revolves more around high up climable landscapes and recruiting assassins as well as class warfare against Templars like ACB or ACR. Any plot ideas? My theory on a plot is that Bill Miles is sent into the animus to find a piece of Eden that Edward encountered that has the ability to stop Juno. Thoughts?