It's ok. Borrowed it from a friend and played the first couple hours. Not much to distinguish it from Unity tbh, so I'm not sure why you're calling that one a POS, unless you played it at a point when it was basically unplayable.
Honestly I think the key to enjoying AC right now is just to step back from it a while between games. If you play one after taking a break for a couple years or so I'd say they're all good enough to enjoy quite a bit. It's when your start playing them continuously every year that they wear you out.







