"The new Animus 3.0 premiers in this installment, and the software has a new visual style to signify the change. The popular Animus Database feature also returns, offering historical perspective through the cipher of in-game character Shaun Hastings wry wit. Since the character of Shaun Hastings in the present is British, he’ll be able to offer a snarky commentary about the British perspective of the Revolution…"
— on The Animus, from GameInformer magazine.