@nico2000nl: You're absolutely spot on in your review. I've been there since the beginning and have enjoyed playing all the AC games (even the frustrating parts); got the upgrades for being a loyal customer and all.

This game is absolutely gorgeous to look at... at sea or on land. The problem is it's all at a difficulty level only a pubescent teen could find engaging. Huge time wasters to make the game "play" longer (cheap gimmick) like being forced to "trail" (could this be more mundane and un-challenging?) or those huge sections of useless dialogue (solid voice acting overall - Edward's just a poor man's Chris Hemsworth - but the storyline is for the birds) that you're forced to watch. Don't even get me started on the rather-watch-paint-dry-than-this stuff at Abstergo.

I could go on and on and on and on but you covered a lot of the main points well enough that they don't bear repeating. I've been gaming for over 20 years and am far from a hater but the wrongs of this game simply don't come close to the rights (and there are many). And that's the frustrating part because I wanted this game to succeed (for me).

Again, if you find this game engaging, to each their own. But the fact is, you are easily satisfied or a young, novice gamer. Period. Most of the points made in the first post are almost irrefutable. I realized just how much time I was wasting on this scattershot effort and finally stopped with a "wtf am I doing?" at the 47% completed mark mid-mission (ranked 24,000th in pirates with the most wealth or something like that - doesn't seem like a high ranking but I was over 100,000 when I began).

I have zero desire to ever complete the game and that goes for any future installments. I'm out. No sour grapes just couldn't. care. less.