User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-4136513-20141111224218/@comment-3046679-20141112182458

No, it won't. Wait until patch 1.08 or so, for it to be decently playable, just like Black Flag.

Of course that won't eliminate micro-transaction, companion app/initiates chests, and other shit nobody wants but they put in a single player game anyway.