The thing probably is that I remember it being something special especially gameplay wise, but probably because I was out of touched with gaming. I think around the same time Mass Effect came out and the Xbox 360 was for me an impressive console.

Check, yes you are right.

So the reason why I say inspired because I was thinking that countering was something AC had created, but I’m probably remembering this incorrectly.

Yeah Unity also felt really special.

This is the thing that worries me. I’m currently Degoogling and relying on sources like F-Droid, but these sneaky tricks seem unavoidable