Gameplay wise, it's a sequel to the Kenway family’s story through and through.
This game, for all intents and purposes, is a re-skinned Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Shay dismantles the Brotherhood and hunts down all those he once called family, from his proud and myopic former mentor Achilles, to his aggressive and stubborn former best friend Liam and I loved every second of it. The combatants have many of the same abilities and tactics that players have been taught in previous AC games, causing them to be a deadly and engaging enemy. Something I found to be exceptionally interesting are the mechanics around fighting and taking down assassins, which provided a different challenge not seen in former titles. The game is darker than most other Assassin’s Creed games. In both games this disillusion inevitably leads to defection. The only game series I've seen have as satisfying a character allegiance change is God of War, where the protagonist sees that the people he once strived to be like were nowhere near the people they claimed to be. When he is left a changed man by his part in a disaster that cost thousands of lives, he begins to act on what he believes to be the right course.
In the beginning, he is a smart, capable and brash young man a competent fighter and tactician, yet also something of a bleeding heart. The initial trailer portrayed him to be a brutal and unforgiving killer but the reality could not be farther from the truth. Shay Cormac makes for an interesting protagonist in a way we haven't seen before. The Assassin’s "holier than thou" self righteous attitude had begun to wear a bit thin and seeing them as a band of inept hoodlums was a refreshing take.
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