User blog:Peteparker/Help! Assassin's Creed III, I don't get it.

Who's playing Assassin's Creed 3?

Somehow I'm not getting it. It's incredibly detailed, and probably historically interesting (though I don't know much about that period in history), but I just don't understand the huge amount of hype.

There's only one story to play, and side missions are rare. Often it's almost impossible to tell what the game wants you to do, so I end up stumbling through missions over and over trying to do it 'the right way', and never understanding what I'm missing. After one night of gameplay, I'm ready to use a guide.

Maybe my perspective is tainted since I've never played any of the previous ones, but I need your help, Assassins fans! Tell me what I'm missing...