I actually enjoyed AC Valhalla and AC Shadows. Their games need tweaking with storylines and bloat, but shyt is fun and the graphics are on point.
A lot of gamers nowadays just don't like big azz games because they want to "100%" EVERYTHING in the game. Play on the hardest level, beat every objective, get every armor/weapon, get every trophy etc......and then try to do that shyt in 50 hours because they have the attention span of a gnat.
If I want a short, linear game or something really creative and unique, there are studios that can handle that. If I want my giant sandbox with indicators all over my screen, gimme Ubibloat.