Totally Revamped Combat
By far the biggest change in Assassin’s Creed Origins is the completely overhauled combat. Past games in the series worked on a fairly simplistic, timing based combat system that gave you access to multiple weapons, accessories, and items. While Origins still has plenty of variety in what you can use, its combat has switched to a heavier, more hitbox oriented approach. It’s a much more complex system that takes into account weapon ratings and stats, as well as what area/limb you hit on an enemy. Along with a closer camera that sticks to your character, rather than encompassing you and the enemies, Origin’s combat feels much more tactical and methodical. It plays much more RPG-like in battle, with damage numbers playing a role as well as they bounce off enemies with each strike.
It’s about learning how to use each weapon in the game, how to go up against each enemy, and how to properly exploit their hitbox. In this way it’s sort of like Dark Souls crossed with Assassin’s Creed, although it definitely has an identity of its own and isn’t anywhere near a copy of Souls combat. Regardless, if you didn’t quite enjoy combat in past AC games, Origins has a fresh system for you to hop into.
