I was probably the only one of my mates who enjoyed the Hunting quests in AC 3
That game is harder to defend, granted, but I still see innovation in a native american orphan joining the Order to survive the colonial US's hostility towards natives, and then taking his frustrations out on his targets
Using your assassin's skillset to take down animals could have been a massive slog, but I liked how much of the woodlands you needed to fully explore in order to get the right prey in the right quadrant. Total sandbox style right there. If you're looking to progress to quest #8 you'd be bummed out sure, but I don't think that was as much of the focus in AC 3, you were supposed to be "one with nature" and wotnots