Started playing AC with a good pair of headphones last night and wow, what a difference it makes to be able to hear everything clearly. The sound design in this game is great, and it was exhilirating to do the 7th assassination (
) by going HUDless, and using nothing but eagle vision and listening for the chanting sounds in eagle vision mode and using sound to guide your way. Totally awesome.
Still, I am torn between GPS-less and using GPS... I really do get hopelessly lost without the GPS and continually flipping to look at the map really does kill the immersion. I'd rather know that I'm going in the right direction than having to wander all the time.
I would have loved for you to pick an investigation, and then use eagle vision's sound tracking (or other form of meta-gameplay) to find your goal. AFAIK, using sound to track your target only works for assassination missions. Looking for informants is easy enough, but pickpocket and eavesdrop missions can be a real bitch to find sans GPS.
Anyway, onto my last couple assassinations and I'm going GPS-less again to savor it. Man, Acre is such a shithole. I love how the Persians/Arabs in this game are all civilized and clean looking, while the invading Europeans all look like they're homeless and dirty. :lol