User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 12-05-'15 — Assassin's Creed: Syndicate has been revealed!/@comment-24760042-20150721220112/@comment-13471981-20150722120957

Well, it's good that these features are in there, they just don't really "wow". I think The.Outsider is looking for something to "wow" him :P Anyways:


 * 1. Multiple enemy takedowns - I'm happy these are back, somehow they feel slightly less smooth or fast than the ones from AC3 though. Anyways, they also look a tad trickier to pull off, so that does make it slightly more rewarding when you pull it off. Hopefully they don't stretch the "dazed" state enemies are in for too long, otherwise it'll look silly.


 * 2. Carriages - obviously the big new thing they're selling. I'll admit, the enemy that was sent flying was pretty hilarious.


 * 3. Shooting horses - a nice little addition that makes it more believable; better than shooting at the horses and nothing happening.


 * 4. Hiding bodies - I did not make very much use of this before, but it's good that it's back after being removed from Unity. Not sure what the use would be in pulling bodies back out of haystacks, but hey, why not?


 * 5. Distracting throwing knives - Did the Phantom Blade do this? I can't remember, but any means of manipulating the guards in your favour is a plus.


 * 6. Executions - I don't think these should be marketed as "new", considering Unity also had them, but I do like that the animations look more vicious than before.


 * 7. Landmarks - Not much to say here lol.


 * 8. Details - Ditto. I do like the inclusion of that old-timey bike, the penny farthing. I wish we could ride those.


 * 9. Bloody Nora - Finally, I wanted to know for so long what would happen if you got Nora before the gang war. Kinda disappointed that the scarf is all you get from it, I was hoping for some kind of cutscene, like with Robert Strain. Oh well, it's nice the game's included this little alternative way of dealing with Nora. I wonder what happens to her if you don't kill her, does she fight alongside her goons in the gang war and then die?