i just played brotherhood, AC3 and i got the entire story from just that, never played 1 or 2, playing ac4 at friends house, we'll just swap game times (cuz there's not enough time to play lol) so far bought up 80% of the city, story seems pretty bland... but great thing is so far... there is like no desmond to play, just a 10minute intro and like desmond is forgotten, it's only cool to play Ezio anyway.