The game is awesome, runs dam smooth at 1080p on my setup.

I want to run this at 5760*1080, so i hope they optimize it a bit more.

Overall the graphics are amazing. Probably the best looking game for 2014.

people can disagree all they want , aside from (unforgivable) tech issues , the game itself , the graphics , gameplay is pretty great .

It still provides the level of challenge all of us hoped for in the serie , tons of customisation and the tale , despite it being in a time period i hardly wanted , is compelling .

Even with its huge sins , there is inside the best AC game since AC2

I agree the game looks amazing, once its completely fluid and smooth.
I personally feel the story was a little lacklustre and the character (Arno) was pretty boring.

The big thing that I have enjoyed with most Assassins games is the way in which the past is used to uncover things in the present.
With black flag it was still there, but a little less. We do not know who the present character is, but we see Juno.

In this game there is no connection to the present apart from the communication with shaun and the chick ( cant remember her name).
I think its a good game, but a real step back from Black flag and the rest of the series.

Oh and the in game monetisation is ridiculous :/

sure but if it were up to everyone , we'd be on patch six already . There is much to fix and atone for

In Ubisoft's defense, it can be difficult to code for every possible machine configuration out there...but I'm not sure if that's what the issue is or not. The console versions seem to be running pretty smooth except for a few sensationalized cases. All in all, it's a great game that fans of the series should love; it is more like AC2 with greater gameplay depth and customization. I didn't even want the game but it came with my Xbox One and now I'm glad it did. I won't lie, I was surprised I liked it so much..