DLC #40 - Assassin's Creed : Brotherhood Da Vinci's Disappearance

OK, before I spew all over this post, I'll get the good bit out of the way first.                                     
The DLC itself is good. The Da Vinci Disappearance storyline is short, but sweet. The selection of 8 missions to complete are varied and interesting enough to keep you hooked, at least for a few hours, and the story is easy to follow, which is important to stress given the complex nature of the hugely interwoven Assassins Creed story.                                                                                              
However...         
                                    


il Principe
Receive 100% synch in ACB and full synch in all missions of the Da Vinci Disappearance.




Let's look at this from 2 schools of thought.            
                                              
Some would argue this trophy pads out a piece of DLC that would probably only bring around 5/6 hours for full completion otherwise, and some would argue why this just wasn't included in the retail list at release towards the Platinum trophy instead.                                                                      
I'm not one to complain about trophies, because they're largely insignificant in terms of what determines the quality of a given game, but you have to feel slightly disappointed on how this trophy was executed.                                                                                                                                
Going through a large selection of missions again, that had already been finished once before the knowledge of a trophy like this, was, to put it bluntly, boring.                                                                
There are plenty of instances where the requirement for 100% synchronisation on a particular mission comes towards the end, and if you fail it, you have to sit through the majority of the mission again, just to get to the point you're trying to perfect. It's extremely dull, and feels like a chore if you've already beaten the mission prior to the DLC.                                                                
The side missions (Assassinations, Thieves and Courtesan) for 100% sync aren't all that interesting either....They all essentially boil down to killing a person(s), so they may aswell have all be filed as assassination missions anyway.                                                                                        
If you can get over the inevitable slog of the "il Principe" trophy, the rest of the trophies are incredibly simple......You get rewarded for fairly small, but cool, tasks like beating up the 5 thirsty harlequins, killing a guard by a dropping a sandbag from a lift and winning the maximum bet on a game of Hazard.                                                                                                                                        
It is a good piece of DLC for the most part, but be warned though, achieving 100% sync could very well sour the experience for you.

Despite the name, Da Vinci isn't really a main character.