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Even though you probably need to get your ears tested, thank you very much for the gameplay, Abel. :)

Without all the cuts, I will say that I am finally feeling more positive. Here are some things I am happy with.

- The graphics: It's not so much how realistic it looks, but how nice it is to look at. The art design for this game is probably the best since AC2. It's very atmospheric & proves that Ubi don't need to make the graphics realistic for them to be good.

- The framerate: This is much better than Unity by miles.

- The combat: Although at first I wasn't too sure of it, now that I can see what buttons do what I am more confident in what they have done. One thing that made me interested is that I noticed there is a specific button to execute enemies; presumably when they are at low health. And the fast pace is a much needed improvement, as that will make the combat much less tedious. The only thing that concerns me is how fluid it is because I don't feel any of the fights we've seen have been long enough to judge.

- The xp system: I was never a fan of Unity's star system & leveling. I am a big fan of xp, though, and I think that the star system is gone. Hopefully that means that gear is no longer ranked and you can wear what you want.

Anyway, there are also many things I am concerned with.

- Stealth: It does look improved, but I'm still concerned that it's not fully functioning. I'm just going to wait for the official demo to come out before judging any further, though.

- Jacob: I've gone into this too much, so I'm just going to leave it as his name.

- Side content: We still haven't really been told what content there is in the world for the most part. Hopefully they will have gone with quality over quantity.

- Is it different enough?: That's hard to say. The small bits of gameplay we've had recently have been promising, but I'm still not 100% sold. I think I'm still going to get it when it comes out because I've got a lot of spare money from selling my AC stuff on ebay, but I'm not getting anything other than the normal edition of the game. That goes for future games too unless there's a reason for me to spend more. It's a shame the franchise got me to the point where I no longer wanted my collection anymore.