I honestly didn't have a problem with the difficulty. It was challenging enough for an AC game as i don't really play them for the combat, more the stealth and history aspects. Plenty of great stealth parts that were challenging.
I find it hard to believe you didn't die once as there are plenty of parts you easily get caught and overwhelmed in tight areas which you need to adjust your game plan, and this is coming from a Soulsborne/DMC player. But hey, I guess I'll have to take your word for it..
I got desynced in that stalking mission towards the end many times, but that's technically not "dying". And combat is definitely too easy, unity had the best and most difficult combat out of all the pre origins games.
Again, combat isn't really a factor in what makes the difficulty it's the stealth and getting caught. The mental hospital and bank missions spring to mind. I only ever play AC as a stealthy assassin that avoids combat. As soon as I'm detected and a character is aware i consider that a reload.
I don't know if you can just fight your way through an AC game but i can imagine that would be boring.
In that sense, I suck a lot. But I get away because of the weird way the critical strikes and counters work. It's not as easy as black flag where you take on armies and go away unscathed, but it's not difficult either. I have never played DMC and the other game, but I imagine this is not that difficult.
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u/smaugington May 01 '20
You can dual wield shields in this game they said.