User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 12-05-'15 — Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has been revealed!/@comment-24760042-20150721220112/@comment-13471981-20150722143617

They're definitely adding more animations (and Evie would have her own, I think), I'm positive one of the developers said this when he was asked about the lack of variety. As for smoothness though, I'm not sure - I'm hoping they'll improve it, but I'm not holding my breath.