I completely agree, Ubisoft have butchered the AC franchise. Revelations sent alarm bells ringing but I figured it was a stumbling block, they had me sold on the three year development.

So I was extremely disappointed with it, even MP isnt as good the characters are more difficult to spot. ANd why oh why did they remap the controls?

Whatever happened to kill executions, Connor takes ages to kill ONE enemy with his unnecessary moves, AC3 is an utter disaster and as OP said, bugfest

Yup I agree dont get youir hopes up the missions are linear and lots of annoying chase missions. And yup you guessed it annoying hearing missions too.

Even the last mission has that stupid eavesdropping crap. The missions director was probably drunk or rather didn't want to work. AC2 will always be the best closely followed by ACB.

Finish the game and sell it, I really regret buying the DLC pass now.

Connor doesn't deserve the Assassin robes he's too much of an ingrate and a know it all. He annoyed me more than anything, and lacks what it takes to be an assassin...after what we saw Altair and Ezio go through

And yes TC was right about the poor voice acting. Whats with the lack of women in this game? Too much of a sausage fest going on here.

Lee was the main antagonist? Compare him to Rodrigo Borgia, what a difference

I have to agree wih TC here:

Controls: Remapped to make it feel "new" and is a real annoyance. The controls were oversimplified and I no longer feel in   control of the assassin. 

Story: Oh God was it boring! The Desmond end sequence could have been more detailed. I mean this was Desmonds swan song and this is how they ended it?

Characters: Not one soul was interesting, save for Haytham.

Gameplay: Decent, however the naval gameplay blew my effing mind out. Simply astonishing. Horse riding got screwed up somehow despite being smooth in AC1 and ACB

Missions: Probably the most poorly constructed and most annoying I have ever played on an AC game. The stupid hearing missions which were scrapped after AC1 were brought back for reasons unf***known, all I can remeber is chasing and hearing nothing else stands out.

Graphics: Definitely a step up, with the occasional bug/glitch here and there

Multiplayer: Just doesn't feel fun anymore, stun/kill on one button? seriously? 

Sequels are supposed to one up their predecessors on all fronts. Ubisoft worked hard but in the wrong direction, they went for change and I applaud their risk but it didn't work for me. I'm ranting coz I'm out$60 and not satisfied with the franchise.

Next time I'll wait for the reviews before I buy the next AC. I've lost faith in the franchise.

No idea what you're smoking ACII is still top dog IMHO. Ezio's scene with Christina in ACB was surprisngly touching. ACIII did nothing for me.

I didn't get a sense of loss when he killed his friend, because the reason for his killing him seemed stupid.

Haytham should have been the final boss to kill and not Lee, so Haythams death felt anti-climactic and stupid considering how he aided his father earlier.

The only thing that did it for me is the moment that Lee and Connor shared at the Tavern right before he killed Lee. I thought that was pretty awesome.

Otherwise, Connor was an absolute bore and so were the rest of the characters. (Except for Haytham)

Black Bird

Carpenter

Commander

Huntsman

Independant

Lady Maverick (My favorite)

Mountebank

Night Stalker

Pioneer

Red Coat

Robber

Sharpshooter

12 characters can be used on launch day if you preorder. 10 if you don't