OneAndOnlyBigE

" Probably not, seeing as it is currently taking about twenty to thirty minutes at the "waiting for abstergo agents" screen for each round. I suppose I could play single player, but I already saw the Ezio story that mattered and I really don't see what more there could be that would have anything to do with Desmond, at this point. I suspect that someone at some point along the line said "hey, why get three games out of this series when you can get four of them by telling more Ezio stories!". Blah. Money grab.  Sure am eager for the matchmaking to be fixed, though, because the couple hours I got to play was pretty interesting. "

" Now there is. Kind of dissapointing. "

Kotaku as well
 http://kotaku.com/5690186/review-assassins-creed-brotherhood-is-the-best-assassins-creed

#285, Bloody Good Ship slowed me down, grrr.

"I'm just not that into you."

As others have said, the next game will almost certainly be AC3, much of it will be played as Desmond and will happen in present day, but I'd like to see what historical locale they take the series in the next installment.  I don't think the entire game will take place in modern times. 

I'm pretty excited for Brotherhood.  I really like AC despite its shortcomings and absolutely loved everything about ACII.  I really like Ezio as the protagonist and look forward to seeing what happens with the main story arc.  Throw in the MP and I think I'll be invested in this game for quite a while.  I'm not usually a fan of MP in games but this design looks like it could be a ton of fun.

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