I started this game after the most recent Assassin's Creed Odyssey and this game doesn't exactly come screaming off the starting line. Despite the slow start, the storyline was interesting (to me), the primary characters are entertaining and the combat was great because the style required a great deal of attention given how your attack varied based on what/who you were battling (the style of combat, as well as the mechanics, were dramatically different than AC so learning the style of combat was very frustrating at first). Though the straightforward and fetch-quest-heavy main story overstays its welcome, the option of joyfully adventuring through a rich, expansive open world was always there for me when I’d start to burn out.