I kind of wish AC: Shadows had more variety in gameplay. Black Flag had: 1. the usual missions 2. you had your own SHIP in the OCEAN 3. SHIP battles! with cannons, waves, fortresses, etc! 4. boarding and raiding ships 5. the whole present-day Abstergo thing , which I loved 6. the whole "kenways fleet" thing

Shadows seems to have: 1. run around and kill people as Naoe 2. run around and kill people as Yasuke 3. the rifts and Animus market thing which seems *very* boring 4. not much else. It has better mechanics of course but I was hoping it would have a lot more surprises. I've not even unlocked Yasuke yet but it seems like I've already seen how the whole game is going to be. hope I'm wrong