It's only natural that people are going to compare between AC3 & its award winning predecessors. I'm done with Sequence 8 and so far, I think AC3 is good but ofcourse we all expected a lot more.
+ Lots of Red Dead Redemption inspiration (Side quests, hunting, and just so much to do).
+ The big Templar twist in the beginning was pretty WTF moment.
+ 2012 sequences are a nice change of pace, shame that they are not challenging enough.
- TOO MANY BUGS to the point that its frustrating.
- Story is kinda confusing for someone who doesn't know squat about American Revolution.
- What was wrong with the combat system in earlier AC games? The new system is good but Batman Arkham City did it better.
- Economy sucks.
- Music is good, just not great like Jesper Kyd's score.
- Some sequences are better, others boring.
- Connor is no Ezio.
- Boston & New York are no Florence & Venice or Rome.
- Anvil Next does have new tricks up its sleeve but RAGE did that already in 2010 with dynamic weather and other stuff.
I seriously hope Ubisoft releases a patch to iron out 1000s of persistent bugs. Story wise, I really hope there is a satisfying conclusion.
So far, I think AC3 is good but not great like AC2 & ACB. We expected a lot more Ubisoft.
I seriously hope they take a break for a couple of years and come up with something totally new for the next gen.