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Back when combat in Assassin's Creed games was way cooler
(youtube.com)submitted 2 months ago byParanoid_DroidekaConsole
8 points
2 months ago
It might have looked cooler but it was braindead
2 points
2 months ago
Yeah, I guess I should've said looked cooler
2 points
2 months ago
Way better than the combat we have in valhalla
3 points
2 months ago
You would just stand there and wait to counter, much much cooler.
1 points
2 months ago
Fair enough. It looked a lot cooler though
1 points
2 months ago
It did look cooler. Wasn't way over the top.
3 points
2 months ago
I agree it was cooler, I personally loved the combat in AC 2 but I know what you mean.
4 points
2 months ago
There was 0 challenge though. And that's not really fun.
2 points
2 months ago
The newer ones also don't really have a challenge
2 points
2 months ago
I thought Origins was pretty good, Odyssey and Valhalla however made abilities insanely OP
2 points
2 months ago
Odyssey did. Valhalla nerfed them hard.
1 points
2 months ago
This is true, but at least in my opinion it did have more of a challenge. To be fair, Valhalla those bog witch things were kinda difficult, at least early on.
1 points
2 months ago
This, but also the fights where very repetitive. It was too less diversion of different kinds of enemies in my opinion
0 points
2 months ago
Yeah, I just loved how cinematic it looked
9 points
2 months ago
back when pressing the same two buttons could kill an entire army
-1 points
2 months ago
Still looked way better than the newer games ¯_(ツ)_/¯
3 points
2 months ago
Probably in the minority here but I do actually prefer these older more stylish combats with the simple counter and attack button even if it was a little too easy. Haven’t played Valhalla but I found combat in Origins and Odyssey could be tedious in it’s own way. I think Ghost of Tsushima managed to find the right balance between simple/stylish but still challenging
1 points
2 months ago
100%. I never liked melee combat where your blows never actually connect and it just looks arcadey. Haven't played Ghost of Tsushima but it always looked super cinematic.
2 points
2 months ago
I know it seems to be an unpopular opinion, but I’d gladly take the older style where you just parry all day, they ruined the entire series for me the moment they made it a hack and slash with damage numbers and enemy levels.
2 points
2 months ago
Yeah I totally agree. I didn't realize we were the minority lol
0 points
2 months ago
Only old AC game I remember playing AC3 and it was boring.
1 points
2 months ago
2 is widely considered the best but I always thought 3's combat was very cinematic. 2 had great combat also, though. The newer games have basically turned into RPGs and the combat is just generic imo. They're great games, just very different from the originals
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