User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 05-08-'14 – Assassin's Creed: Rogue announced/@comment-3046679-20141107175610/@comment-3046679-20141107200120

I like the Rogue's story, and how it focuses on the Brotherhood rather than political BS. Imagine if this was what AC3 was supposed to be.

And like I said, it reminds me a lot of Brotherhood. It focuses on Assassin/Templar struggle with the historical bits being the background. Characters so far are also presented well, with the exception of new female voice in your earpiece during modern sections, she can die in a fire. Even more obnoxious than John.

Generally, I like how the mechanics feel familiar and there's much less handholding. You have mission 1 where you learn basics like in Black Flag, you jump to the present for five minutes, you go back and learn about assassinations. That's it, get out there in your ship and explore. Slight spoiler, you get the ship in the very first memory. Also an improvement over a whole two sequences on land in a game about pirates, in my book.