I agree with the OP. The holy grails of this gaming generation such as Uncharted, Gear of War and Call of Duty, for me they're interactive movies. An interactive movie has entertainment value too but it's limited.
About Assassin's Creed, I agree that its missions are linear and "dumbed down" but the overall freedom in the game, to just be able to roam around in the cities makes up a lot.
I very much dislike linear and lack of freedom.







