I don't mind Ubisoft titles, to avoid any unpleasant gaming experiences I just wait after they release patches for their games. I'm only playing Unity now after the patch, works fine, not such a buggy mess as what was reported during launch. Yes, of course there are still bugs here and there - clipping, NPC pop-in but nothing game breaking.
TBH I do that with most games these days, I don't pre-order just see if the game is stable first from news sites or forums.