8. A More Interesting Protagonist
The protagonists of the Assassin's Creed games have been maddenningly inconsistent in terms of charisma and intrigue; Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed 2 has without question been the strongest protagonist to date, though that's largely compared to Altair and Connor who, let's be honest, were pretty forgettable aside from their impressive character designs. For all of my complaints about the first game in particular being style-over-substance, a lot of this is because Ubisoft hasn't sufficiently developed the characters; there's not one moment where I genuinely care about Desmond's journey - I'm simply playing because it looks cool and it's fun to assassinate people. Now, not every game needs to make me care, but given that one can easily sink 20+ hours into these games, it certainly helps to keep me pressing on. Scale back the story a bit and spend more time developing a character who I want to succeed; use cut-scenes more effectively to reveal their human side and make me relate to them even just a tiny bit.