This is all coming from someone who's played every single AC game since the first.
It's a decent balance between the three more recent RPG-oriented AC titles and the classic AC games, with a little bit of each of the previous games becoming a part of this amalgamation of the series so far. The gameplay is exactly what you would have expected from their more recent games, unfortunately, but somehow more awkward. The graphics are somehow worse than the previous titles, with the lip syncing being the worst, their mouths never match what their character is saying. The english voice acting is just bad. They have the pronunciations down, but the characters lack emotion other than anger, making them almost impossible to connect with. The story is almost completely absent, and by the end, you're left with more questions than answers with an unsatisfying, very confusing ending that almost makes it feel like everything you did was for naught. I don't know. I love AC so. So much. And I expected SO much from this game, that I pre-ordered it. And now I just have a sour taste in my mouth.