User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 19-03-'14 – Two Assassin's Creeds for 2014?: Unity and Comet/@comment-949679-20140421175856/@comment-5174994-20140426001249

I'll stop going off-topic after this.

I would like to point out that I meant the specific gameplay mechanic in itself is not a flaw, as it doesn't pose a major issue, but it could be in the sense that it can be perceived as a problem for some people. The guards super-hearing in AC3 was a flaw because it had no use in game. It did not make sneaking much of a challenge, but more of an annoyance. ACIV doesn't pose this kind of problem. I had no issue with it, due to a matter of personal taste, and many others didn't. Because of this, it is not a flaw, only a matter of taste.