Definitely not surprised Ubisoft does it in other games of theirs too. They don't exactly diversify much of anything gameplay-wise across their different games.

Just remembered that Dying Light and Dead Island also abused the hell out of it, but mainly in world interactions, which was kind of fun for looting. Annoying in some instances though.

Is it something that's somehow supposed to appeal more to console players/controller users? I've barely played anything with a controller in 20 years so I don't have any idea how that would feel, tactile-wise.