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so far there's an old man called Haytham and no Connor, I wanted the begining to be like ezio's to be honest, starting when he's young and naive, well we'll see, I'm still all hyped.

I have heard that you'll play as young Connor for quite a bit.

Haytham is a Templar, no wonder I didn't like him

when Desmond was outside the animus, he talked with Shaun about using the animus to experience the first civilization, idk if this is just a notion from what might come in AC4 or it will be a part of this one, but sounds very interesting

I really liked the Manhattan part with Desmond, it looked awesome. I like when I can do some action with Desmond too.

bad thing about it is that there is no UI, did you plug the power source you got from Manhattan yet?if not don't plug it until you finish Connor's story, because with every power source Juno will tell you a part of a story, it's more interesting when she tells it all at once

I don't even know where to plug those power sources in. I have looked around a couple times and I saw those things that reminded me of Portal and once when I went there, Juno talked to me a bit, but I really didn't see anything get plugged in.

The moment he said they're Templars... God, that was the last thing I expected. This is why I love this game.

The ending wasn't as 'WTF' as ACB, the questions arose slowly in the end scenes, but the ending was great nonetheless. TBH I would have chosen not to touch the ball. I didn't like Juno from the start, Minerva also looks better. Had Desmond chosen otherwise, it would have probably changed the upcoming games in the franchise a lot. But it would have been interesting to see the environment after the catastrophe and play a game in that setting.
I was kinda surprised to see that there was also an Epilogue. I don't know how many people even know of this, because Ubisoft made you watch half an hour's worth of credits before that. Sometimes I wish I had two screens.
Reliving memories outside the Animus is weird, but I guess they had to make some sort of a free roam and not change the story because of that. I wonder who is the mysterious voice who talks about pivot points after completing the main missions and if he is somehow tied to the story or is just a random voice.
While playing the game, I had quite a number of rage moments. Mainly because of the 100% sync objectives and being a perfectionist. I still have several missions not 100% though and I'm too lazy to do them now. Usually when I complete the main story in any game, I lose interest in the game. Only AC2 did I finish 100%. And there wasn't nearly as much to do in AC2. They have made the game easier in many parts, but still I have the feeling that being sneaky relies a bit too much on luck. It wasn't easy to infiltrate forts in a sneaky way and I had to take a lot of risks. And when shit went wrong, I got pissed. They should focus more on the sneaky part of the game because you can just run into a fort like a fucking tank and not give a shit about anything. That is the fastest way of infiltration in AC3 and doesn't get you killed. Even though you have no health pots. AC1 still remains the hardest game in the series. Infiltration was a bitch in that one and required a lot of thinking before doing anything. Also detection was pretty much instant and that meant much greater risk. In AC3 I often found myself using the detection meter to my advantage to lure guards and pick them off one by one.
Also, I want to mention that the weapon&tool selector sucks. Takes up the whole screen and is much slower than the weapon wheel in the AC2 games. Horse whistle was a bitch to use. They could have just put it on a hotkey or something. And if they had actually used their brains, PC users would have 10 shortcut keys instead of 4 because game controllers don't have more buttons. Some of the tools, such as the rope dart and trip mine were poorly integrated. They didn't really have any
good purpose. I rarely used the rope dart, and when in some situation I found that I could use it, it didn't really work out. Used the poison dart only a couple of times, the smoke bomb a bit more, but only in shitty situations that didn't happen often. Didn't use the trip mine even once. Neither did I use throw money because I didn't feel as rich as I did in the AC2 games. I think what they should have done is put the use of those tools into the requirements for 100% sync on some missions.
Also, am I stupid or are you really not able to do a double hidden blade kill on the ground? If so, then that is so stupid. It only worked from higher positions, such as a roof or a horse.
One more thing, removing shift from the controls entirely, is lame. I want shift back. Yeah, it does open up that annoying sticky keys window if pressed 5 times, but it could be changed to ctrl or something then. Also, blocking felt weird with E, I am more used to RMB.
But despite all this, the game is still awesome. Mainly because of the story and how Connor acted and stuff. Naval combat was also amazing. Now I just have to wait for the next one. I wonder if Connor will move west in search of his people and what is to be done with Juno now that she has been set free.

all those flaws are in the gameplay, which is average, the good thing about ac series is the storyline and the graphics/animations, that's why I just rushed through the game focusing on the main story, that's what i liked about it.
I don't think that we will get more Connor in the next part, won't make since unless if Desmond comes back to life, we'll either get the ancient civilization or the present with no animus, or maybe they'll plug someone else into the animus, will see in a year

IIRC, AC3 should have been the last one with Desmond. That is worrying since imo there hasn't been enough Desmond gameplay and just leaving Desmond like this feels kinda weird and unfinished.