Example, I believe Assassins Creed Black Flag is the best in the series instead of AC2. It has awesome progression, exploration, naval combat and stealth. Assassins Creed 2 was good, and it was my second game I played in the series but I never got as attached to is as 2.
I wouldn’t say miles better than ds1, it more or less just added more powers, better gameplay etc. Good and fun game but it’s not underrated either. When do you hear people hating on it? Or giving ds1 more attention?