And the combat, fighting is easier but also more fun! As in it has this "cinematic\movie" feel to it.
But it won't be easy when you got like 30 people chasing you with guns and whatever and ain't that easy always to shake them off or kill them all.
I once had to kill 100 guards run some, kill 20 guards more just to get no more chasing me down, just a minute to breath so I could remove some wanted posters and bribe some people.
But there is so much you can do, hunt, gamble, build a home for you and your new friends, chase personal achievements, explore the world.
It's really beautiful.
You can even see the tracks in the snow and I mean, you are going deep in the snow and you kinda see the snow has been moved\stepped in if you get what I mean?
There is DEPTH in the details, really beautiful game!
But after some hours in the beginning, I thought - Oh no, did I buy this game? Honestly.
Then when I got further in the story where I got to a point with more freedom and choses and well.. Mind blowing fun that ship\ocean battle thing.
You just have to let the game show\build characters up in the beginning, you will understand why later on why they did it so slow paced in the beginning.
It has become a game that can stand on it's own feet, don't have to had played Assassin's Creed 1 or 2 or whatever.
I played this on PC by the way.
Multiplayer is awesome as well! Really fun and a lot of GLORY feel to winning! You get to see top 3 characters in the end, everyone will see you there and #1 will get their own little show off as they run \not played\ more your character in a movie style, run.. yes, run and chop down you and the others..
Much fun to win! Quick matches and a real joy. I just wish I had some friends to play with on PC.
* I've almost forgot, in the beginning you may feel it's not open to your style of playing but later on, you will\can\do whatever you want, be stealthy in this game is quite possible, of course and you can be messy if you want!
Maybe some missions because of story will require you to not be seen but it's part of the story so it goes well.