In general, I think these principles still hold true in any game or even in apps. In the case of Ubisoft games, it’s always a balance between keeping things familiar for your audience and fresh. Not an easy compromise.

As you said, this system is now a “classic” Ubisoft’s system used in their AAA games, such as The Crew, Far Cry etc… Don’t you think that players could be bored by this, because of the lack of surprise, and that less dopamine-based reward is delivered ?

It sounds like Ubisoft bashing but it’s not 🙂