User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-12-'14 — New Assassin's Creed in Victorian London leaked/@comment-5174994-20141213023141/@comment-4829046-20141213161309

Indeed. But meh, I am prejudiced.

Hack 'n Slash. <--- me no likey.

I'm just so used to playing games where I know exactly the set number of moves I need to do to kill but I dislike it when it goes too far with the damage I inflict(without even giving a decent HP bar for enemies) or forces me to do a finisher. Prince of Persia still handled well somewhat though. At least the first of Sands of Time. Later games didn't sit right with me.

I can accept it in boss battles and such, but against regular grunts? No thanks. I always try for the insta-KO moves in hack n slash and a game without such a move is just a pain in the arse. In God of War, everyone knows to spam the particular combo in order to obliterate all nearby foes but I don't always use it. I suppose what I ask for is more variety. In Mordor, you eventually get tired of the same animation, much like Ryse son of Rome, so I wish for an easier method instead of having to do the same thing when I cock up stealth. But I suppose game length also counts. If it is a short game, with easily handled maps, then I don't feel it bad. But when it is a long complex game, it can get irritating really fast. At least for me.