User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 12-05-'15 — Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has been revealed!/@comment-24760042-20150528165943/@comment-25501691-20150530014603

I agree with Outsider. I like it more when there is an actual objective to complete, like 'find and kill the general' or 'sabotage the cannons'. China was a good example of this. In every mission, there was an optional objective, not a challenge that restricts gameplay.