Originally Posted by badmofo 
You can't save anywhere you like which I don't like - it's checkpoints during missions. There is a save option in the menu though which hasn't allowed me to use it yet - maybe it's just for within the hub.
Say what?!
It's definetly disappointing unless it's tutorial-only or is a result of uplay offline mode.
badmofo, thanks for sharing initial impressions, I'm now closer to buy it after all.