User blog comment:The.Outsider/ACIV Black Flag (Chat)/@comment-5.173.164.183-20131031102158/@comment-5.173.164.183-20131031104740

There is greater emphasis on stealth. In some missions (lots of it even) you have to tail someone or stay undetected. Stealth is also kinda fun in AC4 since you can use blowpipe or kill from bushes and such. You can even you stealth while sailing the ship. It's real fun to sail from behind to galeon and suprise them with cannon barrage :) Notoriety is removed so you can use stealth more effectivly in towns and finally i can roam without some random soldier detecting me from distance. But as the devs said that they reward steath because combat is more deadly, it's a lie. Combat is easy and if not for that you have to stay undeteted in missions you could just waltz in and kill everyone. One time i was borading ship and needed to take down 20 enemies and a flag, got carried away before getting to flag and killed at least 40 enemies without even losing a little health. When you get templar armor it's even more easier. Sometimes i feel Edward is some pirate god of war :D Game is overall more easier than others. Still got a lot of fun in this one espacially in some later missions when you feel like assasin.