The Action Stealth genre - You don't exist. You're always one, with a few elements of the other, but you have never been able to balance both. I'm sad that stealth seems to have lost the relevance battle and seems to be dead. Not to mention you spend so much time balancing one aspect you once again leave the other horribly unbalanced. Old Snake is a literal one man army in MGS4, so who needs stealth? Altair and Ezio are murdering machines, who have become even more overpowered in combat with each new entry in the franchise. I just miss the days when stealth actually meant something and victory actually hinged on it instead of success just meaning I don't get to do a 10 minute one sided killing spree.
Granted AC does give you missions where stealth is imperative and being discovered means auto-failure, so it might be making a comeback, I'm just sad my favorite series has trivialized it after they were the ones that put the genre on the gaming map.
Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
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