This setting deserved a better story.
Game play is still the same with some new things such as Navy battles which are really fun, hunting, and things like grabbing someone to use as cover before a firing squad tries to shoot you. This game was better then Revelations and was easier to want to play as well. I know Assassin's Creed has always been about the scenery over story, so in this case take that to heart when you go into this game. Like I said the past story is better then Revelations, but just go into this with the idea you are getting to get to play an Assassin's Creed game during the American Revolution.
Also something to note is this game can take a while to get going. For the first few acts you play as Haythem which isn't too bad as he is kind of interesting and you do learn something interesting, but then you have to play as Connor as a child and teen which take too long. You actually don't get to play as Connor in the Assassin suit until sequence 6. To me that is the games weakest point.