The pinnacle of the AC storyline. The modern day and historical stories are nicely intertwined and the entire thing feels like slowly chipping away at some big grand mystery. No other AC game has managed to pull this off anywhere near as well. Combat and free running controls are greatly improved from the original, with just the right amount of side content/collectables. One of the best examples of a sequel drastically improving from its predecessor while maintaining what made the og special in the first place.