While this isn’t a big deal if you were deliberately trying to glitch the game out, it’s incredibly easy to bypass the sprite limit inadvertently by simply copying and pasting an item or enemy when you’re already near the threshold.

Did YOU read the article at all?  It is plainly stated that the limit can be inadvertently bypassed when copying and pasting objects.

The bar is so low for streamers to be seen as ‘admirable.’ Fucking christ. 

Hard disagree, especially compared to some other CE’s. The artbook was a decent size, not those half-size Assassins Creed versions they think anyone wants. (Except for AC1, which got the beautiful full-sized artbook for some reason.)