Overall Rating: 4/5
Good:
Conquering territories is a nice way to level up your character. It's a grind but fun and has a purpose. It also relates to the plot which is nice.
The grappling gun works well and let's you traverse the city quickly.
Stealth is a bit better than previous games and can be used as a tactic.
They story is light on but enjoyable, it doesn't take itself too seriously. If you are looking for realism you're gonna have a bad time as you'll be on jaunty side missions protecting Karl Marx and Charles Darwin.
What I did like about this one is the story progresses at a good pace and doesn't feel like it drags. You don't get stuck grinding just to complete a mission.

The Bad:
Still doesn't have a fully realised stealth system, enemies are eagle eyed and there's not much cover you can utilise. Seems like a no brainer for assassin's Creed to have better stealth because you are assassinating people more often than not.
Lacks non lethal weapons or easy ways to knock out enemies. Often you're just killing everyone and everything.
Combat is more arcade like with combos and multipliers. It's smoother but a bit too simplistic and button mashy. I would have preferred something more like in unity where you engage with the combat by dodging, parrying and striking instead of mashing attack and dodging occasionally.
Too many high powered guns later in the game which you can exploit with the data reload skill. After a while you just start shooting everything.
The main characters are ok but could have been fleshed out a bit more, not much depth here.

Overall Rating: 4/5 Good: Conquering territories is a nice way to level up your character. It's a grind but fun and has a purpose. It also relates to the plot which is nice. The grappling gun works well and let's you traverse the city quickly. Stealth is a bit better than previous games and can be used as a tactic. They story is light on but enjoyable, it doesn't take itself too seriously. If you are looking for realism you're gonna have a bad time as you'll be on jaunty side missions protecting Karl Marx and Charles Darwin. What I did like about this one is the story progresses at a good pace and doesn't feel like it drags. You don't get stuck grinding just to complete a mission. The Bad: Still doesn't have a fully realised stealth system, enemies are eagle eyed and there's not much cover you can utilise. Seems like a no brainer for assassin's Creed to have better stealth because you are assassinating people more often than not. Lacks non lethal weapons or easy ways to knock out enemies. Often you're just killing everyone and everything. Combat is more arcade like with combos and multipliers. It's smoother but a bit too simplistic and button mashy. I would have preferred something more like in unity where you engage with the combat by dodging, parrying and striking instead of mashing attack and dodging occasionally. Too many high powered guns later in the game which you can exploit with the data reload skill. After a while you just start shooting everything. The main characters are ok but could have been fleshed out a bit more, not much depth here.