This Assassin's Creed is practically a spin off of the series, it stands out a bit in everything but it does it in a big way by bringing out an excellent gameplay (which however can be tasted REALLY in the ABOVE normal difficulty), an absolute thrilling narrative. best of the series both in terms of direction and plot (which INCREDIBLE, is not trivial)

Speaking of everything else:
-the setting is really beautiful, lots of green and many cities that are all beautiful and well characterized, you can see that a very in-depth study has been done to reach such levels. In addition, the map is immense and there are many regions to explore or islands.
-The secondary quests instead are like in Witcher 3, they are divided between the classic hunts for bandits and bounties with 0 subplots up to more iconic quests with developed plots or very funny gangs.The system of choices is done well and leads you to a total of 9 different endings.
The boss fights as seen so far are put in a coherent way and are fun.
-The skill trees and the various abilities, are all wonderful and allow you to play a little as you want (personally I love the bow) and to follow your fighting style, the feeling with the weapons is really well done, you notice a lot of difference when you wield a different weapon instead the feedback of the shots (and sometimes the hitboxes too) are slightly confusing.
-For the AI ​​instead, a significant step forward has been made, the game is much more complicated than its predecessors but mainly because they stopped attacking you one at a time and do more damage than usual, thanks also to an rpg component that creates even more difficulties especially if you face enemies with a few levels higher than you, but there is still a lot to do
-The social and interactive component is interesting, it allows you to weaken an enemy region and cause the invasion of the opposite force (e.g. if the region is from sparta and you weaken the Spartan army in the area, the Athenians will invade after a while) which leads to a pitched battle for control of it. Same thing happens at sea with ships.
- Speaking of the latter, the visual impact with the water is fantastic and fighting at sea makes its effect, moreover the feeling with the spur of the ship or with javelins is absolutely fantastic, for the rest from this point of view, nothing brand new from what we saw in Black Flag, just a more of the same of the naval part improved but with fewer weapons available.
-The grinding (without xp boost) is not frustrating but only enjoyable, there are so many things to do and a huge world to explore which is easy to get lost and level without realizing it.
In conclusion I highly recommend this game

This Assassin's Creed is practically a spin off of the series, it stands out a bit in everything but it does it in a big way by bringing out an excellent gameplay (which however can be tasted REALLY in the ABOVE normal difficulty), an absolute thrilling narrative. best of the series both in terms of direction and plot (which INCREDIBLE, is not trivial) Speaking of everything else: -the setting is really beautiful, lots of green and many cities that are all beautiful and well characterized, you can see that a very in-depth study has been done to reach such levels. In addition, the map is immense and there are many regions to explore or islands. -The secondary quests instead are like in Witcher 3, they are divided between the classic hunts for bandits and bounties with 0 subplots up to more iconic quests with developed plots or very funny gangs.The system of choices is done well and leads you to a total of 9 different endings. The boss fights as seen so far are put in a coherent way and are fun. -The skill trees and the various abilities, are all wonderful and allow you to play a little as you want (personally I love the bow) and to follow your fighting style, the feeling with the weapons is really well done, you notice a lot of difference when you wield a different weapon instead the feedback of the shots (and sometimes the hitboxes too) are slightly confusing. -For the AI ​​instead, a significant step forward has been made, the game is much more complicated than its predecessors but mainly because they stopped attacking you one at a time and do more damage than usual, thanks also to an rpg component that creates even more difficulties especially if you face enemies with a few levels higher than you, but there is still a lot to do -The social and interactive component is interesting, it allows you to weaken an enemy region and cause the invasion of the opposite force (e.g. if the region is from sparta and you weaken the Spartan army in the area, the Athenians will invade after a while) which leads to a pitched battle for control of it. Same thing happens at sea with ships. - Speaking of the latter, the visual impact with the water is fantastic and fighting at sea makes its effect, moreover the feeling with the spur of the ship or with javelins is absolutely fantastic, for the rest from this point of view, nothing brand new from what we saw in Black Flag, just a more of the same of the naval part improved but with fewer weapons available. -The grinding (without xp boost) is not frustrating but only enjoyable, there are so many things to do and a huge world to explore which is easy to get lost and level without realizing it. In conclusion I highly recommend this game