I've played every major game in the AC series - it's my favorite game series and I've really enjoyed most of them (Syndicate was stupid). If you're looking for a huge open world game that's been really well done, whether you like the series or not, play this. Really the only downside for me is that they've made it an RPG. The "leveled" weapons, gear, characters etc. are really annoying to me. For a game whose roots are in history and realism (granted with a bit of a sci-fi twist), stabbing someone in the back that you've snuck up on should be a quick kill, not an infinitesimally small bit of damage because they're a "23" and you're a "7". You can CARRY a weapon of a higher level than yourself, but goodness no, you can't USE it, silly! That kind of nonsense grinds my gears. The other RPG thing (new with Odyssey) is the "choose your own dialogue options" bit. I personally don't want to "write my own story", I'm supposed to be living the past generally as it happened, not trying to figure out which option will fail the quest (which can happen, and I don't think they show up again later) and which one will be the most beneficial going forward.