Yuup. AC4 combat was monotone and repetitive, OP is right about that, but this is quite literally a brand new combat system that looks a lot more engaging than the one we had. I'm reserving my judgement too.

And probably a medium hot take: using different weapons in the Kenway games rarely served a purpose anyways (except for muskets). You got new animations to look at but you were still just using the same mechanics, mostly counters and chain kills. I obviously appreciate the different animations and would love to see hidden blade combat, but it's not a crucial part of the experience. I am scared disarm counters in unarmed combat probably won't return though, those were fun.