The story started off pretty slow and at first I was not a fan at all...even put the game down for a bit. Eventually when I picked it back up the story got much better and I started to enjoy the other side of the Assassin's. All that said, the story was only about 10 hours and I got super burnt out with the exploration and side quests, etc. Mostly because a lot of it resulted it me just sailing from location to location, and I hate the boat sequences in these games. But necessary as I make my way through the series.