As a fan of the series since day one, I'm quite disappointed. The graphics are good and gameplay is smooth, the characters are okay but even compared to the 3 previous releases of AC , the game lacks side quests, all the battles are sooo easy to the point that you may eliminate all the challenges from a distance without engagement. Not a single tough battle. Super small map. And for a title that is trying to honor the roots of the assassin's, its crazy that it has nothing to do with the Alamut castle or the historic characters. My only hope is that the next release does the story of alamut justice and even maybe expand to the old persia as there are plenty of stories to tell there.