First, and most importantly: AC Origins was the last release where you could do just about everything – aside from a handful of quests – as a stealthy assassin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Odyssey had it’s forced battles, and Valhalla absolutely requires you to call in your fellow Vikings to complete raids, which are a critical aspect of the game. Valhalla’s town and castle design, in particular, suffers from a lack of proper layout allowing for fully stealthy approaches in most cases unless you’re really, really<\/em> patient (and willing to perhaps game the AI a bit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AC Origins also managed to encourage the stealthy approach still, and even has a proper introduction to the Assassin’s Blade that just feels “right”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n