I know this series gets a lot of flack, but I've always enjoyed these games. I wouldn't call them guilty pleasures, because that is a BITCH term for BITCHES, but I definitely don't walk around with my AC Fan shirt. I guess as a non-American, I found the setting interesting, and I thought the plot was one of the better ones up to that point. The new climbing system felt really fluid, especially compared to the stop and go nature of the Ezio games. Sure, it's buggy, poorly paced, and suffers from the typical Ubisoft overstuffing of useless collectibles, but it's still a very enjoyable experience.