User blog comment:MadmanRoberto123/Best Weapon.../@comment-4829046-20131020121316/@comment-3046679-20131021173321

Animations and sound design for combat have massively improved since AC3. And when the guy who hammered down on shittiness of AC3 anims tells you that, you know it's true.

Ubi moved out of the 'new engine benchmark' phase AC3 was, and now they're in familiar territory, just like AC2 was to AC1. Not saying AC1 was bad, just that it greatly improved in several areas in AC2. This is also the case here.