Well, Worth A Buy on Youtube talked about it and said it's rubbish that the game has the option available. He still went on to say that he loved the game, which is odd. I don't like the idea and I can't believe that this is the way that we're headed. Games really aren't what they used to be...
Having said that, I didn't play Origins, and I'm intrigued at how this would play on the back of the WAB review. I may pick this up when it drops in price, but as it was when Origins came out, I don't feel like this should be called "Assassin's Creed" because that doesn't seem to apply anymore, but I can see that they want to keep the name for marketing reasons...
I wholeheartedly agree, for the options to even be there is a bit low, and I also agree those games shouldn't be called AC. Ubi should drop the franchise and just make a series of historical RPGs focusing on different periods/civilisations.
Having said that, both this and Origins have probably the most impressive and detailed open worlds in recent years and are massive, fun to play/explore and just good value for money.