At least it will take a little while for us to play enough of these colossal games to notice the new order. Far Cry 5 and Assassin’s Creed Origins have both dropped their respective series’ minimaps, and in exchange Origins has an eagle while Far Cry 5 gains a dog, both of which seem suspiciously close to meat-based versions of Ghost Recon Wildlands’ enemy-tagging drone.

In reacting to players’ fatigue, Ubisoft’s network of studios risks sidling into yet another design cul-de-sac.

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