User blog comment:MarkvA/Gamescom - Assassin's Creed III Preview/@comment-4043223-20120816105544

The Naval aspect for the time period and the size of the area will (in my opinion) make this one of the more favored elements in the game for some people. The chance to free-roam in such a large area, to own your own ship and the the ability to change the Aquilas colors (i.e. flag) to traverse areas otherwise inaccessible and the new combat is impressive. I'm excited to see where this goes and hopefully they will keep the bigger elements under their hat and not reveal too much. I want the game to reveal it to me.