One big difference is the lack of choice. I won't say that this game rises to the unprecedented level of story quality as The Witcher 3, but it's obviously been inspired by it and learned its lessons well. Bayek is a terrific protagonist, for one thing, and his backstory is gripping. I don't want to spoil any of these, but I've been pleasantly surprised by what I've played so far. These are filled with interesting stories and characters, good voice-acting and writing, and tremendous variety. Instead, we have a game that, like The Witcher 3, shines when it comes to quest design. Incredibly, Ubisoft has created a game almost entirely bereft of bad side missions and tedious fetch quests. These are largely narrative lessons, though Origins has fully embraced the mantle of action-RPG at this point. In a way, the similarities to The Witcher 3 are even more surprising and welcome than the lessons Assassin's Creed Origins took from the Souls franchise. And of course, more and more games are adopting a similar system since the success of Souls, but it's still worth making comparisons given how drastically different combat is now.) (Note: You could also liken the combat to Zelda, which has similar systems that, along with games like Monster Hunter, helped inspire Dark Souls. Enemies that might take multiple hits to take down in a fight can be one-shot this way.

Rather, you can viably sneak up on just about any enemy in the game and kill them from the shadows. But Assassin's Creed Origins is, and not in the forced stealth mission way many of its predecessors employed. While you can walk up quietly and slowly behind an enemy to perform a back-stab in Dark Souls, it's not really a stealth game. This is one way that makes the game's combat somewhat easier than Souls. Perhaps more importantly, there's no stamina meter at all, so while you do find yourself running out of steam after attacking too many times, it only lasts a brief moment. These supers can be unleashed after you fill a meter, and wreak havoc on enemies. But you can also unlock abilities like a heavy charge, and improved 'super' abilities and the like. For instance, you can unlock a well-timed parry move that's followed up by a powerful riposte.

You have a skill tree which unlocks combat moves, some reminiscent of Souls and others unique. Of course, there are differences as well. I'm so accustomed to breezing through Assassin's Creed combat that for some time I was never quite on my guard as much as I should have been. In a big way this is simply a matter of disorientation. I've been playing the game on its hardest difficulty setting and while I still find it less challenging than Dark Souls or Bloodborne, I also admit to many foolish deaths in combat.

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