I tried to open a treasure chest, but was told I needed the Assassins Creed companion app to open it, with no additional information or context.



I tried to open another treasure chest, and was told I needed to sign up for Assassins Creed Initiates to open it.



When I paused the game, the second option in the pause menu is an eStore that lets you spend real money on time-saving boosts, bonus in-game currency, and so-on.



This is a $60 video game set in revolutionary Paris that continually spams you to sign up for Ubisoft services via locked-away in-game content.