Recent reviews by Puddle Fush

Here's a TL:DR if you don't want to read the whole thing:

The game has a very large amount of stuff to do and, if you take your time to enjoy it, will keep you occupied for a very long time. The pirate story was good, but I didn't like the Animus story. It got in the way of me being a pirate and I hated that.

My full review:

I absolutely loved this game!
It took me 91 hours to finish over 7 days (yeah, I know, that's a lot of time playing in 1 week). Of course I wasn't rushing to finish it, so it could easily be done faster.
However, I didn't just rush through the story. I played the game to as close to 100% as I could get. This means I completed all the story missions, found all Animus fragments, chests, hidden treasures and mayan stones. I completed all templar missions and assassin contracts. I hunted and harpooned every type of animal. I bought all the swords, guns and outfits. I also crafted all the outfits I could. I got every Jackdaw upgrade and every upgrade for Edward. I took out all the legendary ships and filled an entire fleet with level 60 Man O' War ships.
There are only a few things I don't have for Edward or the Jackdaw, but those things are earned from completing community challenges. Considering that I don't have friends that's a bit harder so I get away with that ;)

Now, story wise:
I found the Animus extremely annoying. I've been told that it's better in this game than previous games. It only pulls you out of the Animus into the modern day 5 times out of 13 (I think) total main missions. I know it's part of the AC series and all, but the Animus is just annoying to me. I'm perfectly fine with a game having good story, but if it interrupts gameplay then it's just annoying. The Animus thingy does just that.
I don't play a game for story, I play it for gameplay. If I want story I watch a movie or, better yet, read a book. Games are for GAMEplay.
As I said, a good story is fine. That's why I loved the story within the pirate world, because it didn't interrupt my gameplay. I was a pirate. I felt awesome while I was a pirate. As long as I'm an awesome pirate I'd enjoy the story, but as soon as it says, "No, you're just a guy testing a game. Here, be boring" I don't feel awesome and don't enjoy it.
Enough being annoyed at the Animus!
Pirate story! I enjoyed it. It even stirred up some of those feels closer to the end. If they managed to stay completely away from the Animus I would have possibly said it's the best single player game I've played...ever....and it's up against Just Cause 2 so that would be quite a feat. The Observatory and it's weird doohikkyness was a bit silly, but I was fine with that because I was still a pirate. It's just the animus. Literally, that's the one and only thing I can say I did not enjoy about this game.

I know lots won't agree with me. I don't care. A game is about gameplay, the Animus got in the way of gameplay. It's a nuisance. Simple as that.

BEST
SIMULATOR
EVAR!!!!

So fun :D keeps you entertained for weeks of almost non-stop playing.
And then just keeps entertaining.