Assassin's Creed

You can certainly see the Ubislop formula starting here, but it's not remotely as annoying because of the smaller scale. The gameplay is fun, and the detail is pretty good for its age, not meaning the graphics, but the interactive elements, attention to detail, parkour options and general combat. The story overall is surprisingly good and actually engaging (in contrast to other Assassin's Creed titles), even if the plot twist was really predictable. However, the dialogue is ass. Additionally, the game feels a little soulless in general due to insanely often repeated dialogue and limited executions. Worst of all, parkour over water is egregious. Not being able to swim is one thing, but sometimes your character jumps into the water for no reason when you just want to turn into a minimal corner, even when adjusting your thumbstick to match the angle. As if this wasn't enough, corners (especially ones on ships) have a good chance of glitching and making you fall right through. I'm writing this while enraged about this bs because when you're trying to run, about 50% of the time the game makes you jump into nothingness, which caused me to hate the Sibrand mission. All in all, it's pretty decent, but sadly it shows the first signs of the infinite repetition that lies ahead for the series while dragging along some annoying bugs. 6 - 6.5/10