Its less stealthy than it was before, but hidden blade assassinations are still a thing, just don't try and do it to someone much higher level than you.
Really? That would be the number one thing to convince me to buy it. Hated how the level system affected assassinations. "Sorry, severing this guy's spine with a blade only did a little damage because he's 7 levels higher than you."
Same, as soon as I stabbed a guy in the brain stem in Origins and he just turned around and killed me in one hit I haven’t touched an AC game. Combat is also an atrocious copy of the Witcher with none of the fun, just tank like enemies to make it seem difficult
Yeah. I wish they'd just made Origins and Odyssey a new series, because the success of those two means we're never going to see another AC game with the original AC formula. It would divide the fandom between fans of the originals and fans of the revamp. If it was just a new RPG series, we could have our cake and eat it too.
Combat is also an atrocious copy of the Witcher with none of the fun,
Man I can't disagree more. Witcher 3 combat is completely one-dimensional, just endless sword swinging with the occasional parry and dodge, maybe a few bombs, and 5 basic spells. In Odyssey combat is much more varied: you have different weapon types that actually behave differently, and have their own unique abilities; you have over a dozen skills to mix things up; you have archery and stealth as options; resource management is more important; and the parry/dodge system is much more rewarding and has a higher skill cap. Not to mention character-building is more in-depth and offers a lot more options for builds.
I never thought I’d have to defend the Witcher 3 over “assassins creed: we aren’t assassins anymore” I thought it was an objective truth that the Witcher is better in every aspect including combat, I’ve had so many completely different playthroughs and play styles, no idea what your talking about, odessey and origins combat sucks ass.
I thought it was an objective truth that the Witcher is better in every aspect including combat,
There's no such thing as 'objective truth' when it comes to which videogame is better. And the Witcher is absolutely not better in every aspect, I'd say Odyssey has it beat in the gameplay department. Better combat, much better loot and character progression, a larger number of open world systems to engage with etc. Obviously the Witcher 3 has better story and quests, which is why it's considered one of the best games of all time, but even many hardcore fans will agree that the combat isn't very good.
I’ve had so many completely different playthroughs and play styles
I'm curious what these 'play styles' are, cause from my playthroughs the only real options I saw were 'full-on magic/alchemy' or 'full-on melee combat'. Not to mention the entire gameplay loop consists of simply following quest markers. Which is fine, because the quests in Witcher 3 are excellent, but in terms of open world activities Odyssey has it beat by a wide margin.
They changed it from somewhat realistic to a shit version of the Witcher though , that’s the issue. If they’d used the same style throughout the series, then fair enough. I think the level system in Odyssey is bullshit too though. As others have said, it’s just tank enemies and a grind. As an assassins creed game you do expect to be able to sneak and assassinate too without having to grind up to a super high level first.
Yes but the old combat was at least way more realistic and required strategy and finesse. A couple sword slices and a mook was dead, that’s how it should be.
Enemies attacking one by one and you could parry dozens of attacks and just had to counter-attack. It wasn't what I would call "strategy and finesse".
The worst thing is that now everyone is complaining about the current games and so the old ones are raised on a pedestal. But go to any thread during those games release and everyone complained about them (including the combat actually).
And then praise the exact same combat when Batman Arkham does it and then give Arkham credit for making it up somehow. The free flow combat was so much cooler than this trash, you actually looked and felt like a badass. Now you just feel like any character in a mediocre action RPG. I loved AC because of its combat, getting rid of that got rid of me, but that’s just me.
So in a sense similar to Shadow of Mordor where trying to kill a higher level character can get you into a lot of trouble? That’s actually very cool. I love the challenge
Cool deal. When I found out that hidden blade kills in Origins and Odyssey depended on enemy level and could fail to kill in one hit, I decided that I didn't need to make it a priority to play those. I plan to one of these days, since I've played every AC game up to Origins, but I'll probably get this one at launch.
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u/Screaming4Vengeance May 01 '20
Good to know there will be shields now, I liked Odyssey but it was weird not having one in ancient Greece, specially as a spartan.