Watch Dogs 2 review: A fresh, interesting rebirth that ditches the stale Ubisoft formula

I'm going to get around to Watch Dogs 2, but it's going to be by way of a semi-lengthy tangent into Assassin's Creed--particularly, what Assassin's Creed II meant to that now-juggernaut of a series. It's easy to forget, with almost a decade of sequels under our belt, that there was a time when Assassin's Creed could've conceivably died off. After garnering quite a bit of hype, the original Assassin's Creed released in 2007 to middling reviews. "Disappointing," said many, or "Repetitive." It had some great ideas, but was a boring mess of a game.