Dat Assassin's Creed...

So I'm playing through the first one (finally). It gets me hard but it ticks me off at the same time.

guard runs after me
I turn around, draw my sword
he attacks
Me: "What a fool!"
I execute the counter-attack combination
... but nothing happens, I get hit like a retard because the game is one with its controls

The timing on counter kill in the first game is failtastic.

Angel wrote:The timing on counter kill in the first game is failtastic.

It seems a lot of things in the first game are failtastic.

No though, I give it crap but I DEFINITELY appreciate what it tries to do. In some ways, it succeeds and in some ways, it fails.

They cure most of the problems in the subsequent games, as far as the first one goes, you can make it ultra easy mode simply by doing absolutely every side bit for the assassinations and climbing all the viewpoints.

As for the combat system, you'll get the hang of it eventually, although the hidden blade isn't worth much as a primary weapon, I prefer short blade then sword then hidden blade, even though I can actually do the counter kills with the hidden blade.

Angel wrote:They cure most of the problems in the subsequent games, as far as the first one goes, you can make it ultra easy mode simply by doing absolutely every side bit for the assassinations and climbing all the viewpoints.

As for the combat system, you'll get the hang of it eventually, although the hidden blade isn't worth much as a primary weapon, I prefer short blade then sword then hidden blade, even though I can actually do the counter kills with the hidden blade.

I think your counter-attack with the Short Blade always is an instakill. Or at least most of the time. Here's the question though, Why would I use the Sword then if the Short Blade does everything the Sword can do except better?

Sword is for taking on far too many enemies or defense breaking with the heavy attack. Short blade is for less than ten enemies who don't block much. And technically, all the counter kills are "instant" kills, just that some enemies have health in integer factors of "instant" kill, such as Templars taking 2-3 counter kills.