This game is the ultimate escapism. I can spend forever exploring and riding around. Hunting, upgrading camp, etc. So beautiful with so many tiny details. I'm also glad they have the physics based control and animation- the world would not feel as real without it. I honestly have no problems controlling this game.
Just little things like if you run through a door you will make the NPCs jump, lol. Or lassoing a guys feet and watching them squirm as you pull them closer. Or the way they flinch when you shoot in the air, or how Arthur moves his head to avoid branches than an knock you off your horse. Orders of magnitude more meaningful in aggregate than the un-dynamic, nonphysical nature of AC games.