User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 01/17 -- ACW New Admin, key Ubisoft figure leaves AC/@comment-4780083-20120122164638

I was disappointed with ARC as well. While I'm a fan and absolutely love the overall story, ARC just seemed like it was tacked together to have something to release for 4th Quarter. It didn't really progress the overall plot, I was very disappointed with Subject 16 (that was his name, wasn't it?), and while the game is visually stunning it just seemed like a replica of all the others. To me, this was a bridge game and a way for them to milk a little more money out of the franchise.

Oh, I was also bummed with the side story. In the other games it was really challenging to find all of the glyphs and solve the puzzles- this one you just floated around on a block while Desmond rambled. I like getting bits and pieces of his back story but they didn't really include anything we didn't already know or that was that vital...

Like I said, this release was all about the money and not the game/story.