I appreciate that Ubisoft has returned Assassin's Creed to a more condensed adventure and I overall felt that this was a solid entry into the series, but I did feel a lack of evolution and polish with this soft gameplay reboot. It feels like the series has a number of small issues which have simply never been corrected culminating in a rougher overall experience. Boring tailing missions, finnicky parkour, and middling combat all among those issues. Mirage in particular also struggles in the story department, with an uninteresting plot and largely forgettable characters. In spite of these issues, I enjoy the core sneaking and assassinating to be had here, so I still had a good time playing through this one.