Why Did Assassin's Creed Valhalla Bring Back Those Awful Paper Chases?

I've been playing a lot of Assassin's Creed Valhalla over the past few weeks and have had a pretty good time tracking down targets, finding secrets in the vast open world, and calling over my friends to help me open chests of supplies because sometimes those lids are really heavy, okay!? In many ways, it's like a greatest hits of the contemporary Assassin's Creed games, pulling in elements that have worked in the past and scaling back on others. However, Ubisoft decided to surprise us by bringin...