Unity and Syndicate are such weird animals. Both showed glimpses of potential for making the series better overall in different ways but Ubisoft somehow overlooked this and doubled down on the bullshit instead.
>Unity
>a combat system that's still cinematic enough but not piss-easy
>actual strategy required for assassinations and stealth
>nice customization
>co-op was actually pretty good
>Syndicate
>more fun characters
>more fun side missions
>more fun plot that isn't completely up it's own ass
>jumps straight into the assassination stuff instead of fucking about with a bullshit origin story
Don't get me wrong, both have huge problems out the ass and are cucked to hell and back but it's like any glimpse of good stuff with potential to expand on in future installments is ignored. And before you start bitching at me, I didn't buy them. My girlfriend gifted them to me for my birthday because she knew I was a vidya nerd and went with a normalfag option.