Don't listen to the haters. This game is not meant to be played just sitting down and finish in a sitting. I went in with the expected hate of the internet thinking I'll drop the franchise after this despite finishing all of them 100%. If you don't have patience then skip it. But if you love the aspect of world building and socializing aspects of the game within the time period then its a must play.
Honestly, this is one of my favorite AC's so far, even though Eivor is as daft to me as Connor. But some of the missions and side characters are really involved. The missions play out from shire to shire so the point is to hop in and end a shire arc depending on your schedule in life. I take a day or two to finish one of them with all the side quests and its been great.
There are also no random loot like Odyssey, thank fuck and the combat is way better. That game as beautiful as it was is the real bloat even with the ever loved Kassandra but the world itself is not better than Odyssey. Origins is still better than both, but this is definitely a close second for the quality of the places you see and how its involved with the AC lore in a main story perspective. If you're gonna play this game, set your perspective as playing a long ass action RPG and have fun.