User blog comment:SupremeAssassin/Assassin's Creed 3: Combat System/@comment-4013467-20120527143557/@comment-5088097-20120527145936

Yes, I think the more realistic the fighting is... the more difficult it would be... even for veteran players of the series... and I think once some players master that particular combat system... then it would be very fun for us to engage in combat but also frustrating because we want to avoid the fighting altogether because of our experience with the battles...