User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 02-03-'12 — Leaked AC3 info!/@comment-114.134.94.187-20120303114945/@comment-3276576-20120303154432

Holy shit. I have to say, I was one of those guys who were really sceptical to the American setting. But after having seen the screenshots and all that information.. I'm really hyped now. I mean.. -The main character has thousands of new and unique animations (no carry over from other titles) to support the new combat system. -Connor is in the heart of major battles, and they can now have a couple thousand guys on screen, whereas before it was capped at about 100.

That sounds so awesome. And with the Frontier, the new mission and notoriety system and so on, it even gets somewhat more RPG-ish, but in a good way.