Aesop once wrote of an eagle, soaring high above a shepherd's field, that swooped down on powerful wings to seize a grazing lamb and carry it off to her nest. Flying close by, a jackdaw saw the deed, and it filled his head with the idea that he too was just as strong and capable. So with a great flapping and rustling of feathers, the jackdaw came down swiftly and clutched at the coat of a large ram. But when he tried to fly away, he found he could not lift the animal, for his size and strength were not up to the task. And even as the jackdaw struggled, the ram hardly noticed he was there. Nearby, just across the field, the shepherd saw the fluttering bird and was quite amused. Running up, he captured the jackdaw and clipped its wings. That evening he gave the jackdaw to his children as a gift. "What an odd little bird this is, father!" they laughed and shouted. "What do you call him?" "This is a jackdaw," the father said. "But if you should ask him, he would claim to be an eagle."

Any AC game after Black Flag is just a jackdaw... But if you should ask Ubisoft, they would claim them to be eagles... :)

I've completed this game for three times now - once in steam and twice in Xbox (Not just for the game, but for Matt Ryan's Edward Kenway as well; I mean who doesn't love Matt Ryan - the guy who literally breathed life into John Constantine). Word of advice: Keep a saved game of this before the final mission. Whenever you are sad, down, bored or feeling messed up like the life itself has lost it's meaning, just boot the game up and start sailing with the shanties on. #Bliss