Hm, not sure about the pacing. The first 9 chapters are quite slow imo. I understand that they used this (quite well!) to introduce Nate's brother...without it being crazy ad hoc. I like that aspect and appreciate the intro for this., as it is a completely new character with strong back story. But the gameplay in this intro phase was quite slow and extremely handholding.
Also, the climbing stuff might be a tad excessive to me. True fact: after playing UC4 for 3 days straight, my thumb hurts. Why? Because for the climbing I pushed the stick always upwards. And with the many climing passages...my thumb started to hurt yesterday!!!
Free combat is fantastic. Quite challenging as well imo. I actually died more often in UC4 than in DS3
However, the problem is that once spotted, all enemies from all over the map fire at you and know immediately where you are! That could be done more subtle imo
It would be nice to have a stealth weapon. Bow would be perfect
But maybe with this the game would be easy mode.
I really like this new exploration type gameplay segments, where 'nothing' happens: appreciate the setting/graphics but most importantly find notes about the pirate back story...it was really interesting (great pirate story!!) and I like those segments the most (TLOU had them as well).
Best thing: you can replay the individual combat encounters, without going through a full chapter!! Nice idea.
Also, the cool unlocks after beating the game: many different post processing filters, like e.g. Cell Shading
Can't wait for the coop expansion!!
