My review was stretched a bit long, so I couldn’t fit everything in, but yes, the Wilderness is really amazing. And I didn’t even realize that until near the very end of the game because no missions took place out there. There was very little to do, besides collecting eagle feathers, and eventually finding a couple of quest givers. The Map Design is some of the best, but just running somewhere and finding a treasure chest isn’t enough. I didn’t even know there were quest givers because I didn’t stumble upon them running between mission markers.

I also liked the setting of AC3. Going after Italians never made sense until you get to the end of AC2, at which point, it makes *total* sense. But as Martin mentions, the Assassinations themselves aren’t very interesting. The paths/tracks are pretty straight forward, and the 100% sync information basically tells you what you need to do. Not much experimentation or room for failure. Half the fun in AC1 was when things went wrong, and you had to recover from it.

Ugh, so many complaints. But, it’s not bad (like, I hear Aliens: Colonial Marines is). It’s just a poorer product than any of the previous entries, pretty much across the board.

If you want me to tell you why AC2 is in Italy, I can probably make that plot interesting. Though, the reveal as the clues come together was also pretty dang cool.