User blog comment:Kaloneous/E3 2013 - Interview with AC4 Lead Writer Darby McDevitt/@comment-4068211-20130620200831

Boo to first person modern day play. I understand realistically the only way the player could be 'you' and avoid the fantasy-style character design that Ac isn't about (which I like - and how the narrative isn't influenced by you, oddly in this game it helps to make it more....cinematic) but still AC shouldn't be first person. I play AC and not Far Cry because I find first person disorientating and I would imagine that I am not the only person who buys a third person game to play it in the third person not switch... I know many other people might not hold this view but it just seems odd the first/third person mix. 'Tis a Shame!