User blog comment:The Grand Llama/Losing Luster/@comment-423262-20131113151955/@comment-423262-20131114013300

I've also never returned to Nassau since the British retook it. I always thought it was a bit of a s-hole but the revelation that I couldn't really do anything to improve it made it pretty redundant to me.

Grand Inagua was alright to rebuild, if overly expensive and not as in-depth as I'd hoped. It does kinda sadden me that 5 games later, Monteriggioni in AC2 remains, in my opinion anyway, the most enjoyable to renovate. Even ignoring the buildings you'd built, by the end of it you could see a huge change. E.g. Songbirds instead of ravens, no muddy puddles, the flora returning to life, debris gone from the streets, and so on.

Kingston reminded me of Boston and New York too much for me to really like it, although I did notice a bit more architectural complexity, it just didn't have anything impressive in it to make it stand out.

Havana was my favourite city in AC4, certainly the most fascinating architecturally. The Cathedral was pretty fun. To climb, and I couldn't help being reminded of Il Duomo in AC2. The walls were also pretty cool, and in general, the city's architecture reminded me of PotC immensely.

In the case of all cities though, I didn't feel compelled to stay in them for long at all, due to the insane amount of restricted areas in all the big 3 and otherwise having nothing special to offer that the outside wilderness didn't.