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It means it gets a lot of flak for technical shortcomings of switching to a new iteration of the engine. Although this time it's been a complete clusterfuck.

It's not like I dislike Arno, but I can see Ubi Montreal made him into another Ezio, after making another Altair out of Connor failed. Seems those are the only two archetypes they're capable of creating - the stoic Assassin or the suave playboy. Hell, look at Arno's civilian clothes and compare them to Ezio's noble attire from the start of the game - nearly identical. That and his demeanor is pretty much the same as Ezio.

Basically someone went "Welp, we failed with making another Altair during one revolution. Fortunately we have another one in the same century. Let's try making an Ezio during a revolution this time." It's just not an event Ubi can get a proper traction on in terms of developing a protagonist.