@amyggen: They do not sell AK-47s at Wal-Mart. They may sell a semi-automatic lookalike, but I promise you they are not fully automatic AK-47s. Those are restricted by the National Firearms Act and can only be acquired from a special dealer by residents of certain states after a background check and paying a tax to the ATF.
In some states like California, Wal-Mart doesn't sell firearms at all anymore and hasn't for years.
A Kalashnikov variant without the auto-sear is still a Kalashnikov (and legal in California with a magazine lock). There isn't really a good shorthand to differentiate between those that are full auto and those that aren't, so most people just call them all an ak or ak-47.
That said, Wal-Mart probably is selling lookalikes that are just .22 rifles or something.
It should really be as simple as saying it's a k-47 since you remove the A which stands for automatic (in Russian). Not sure if the manufacturer itself thought that far.
Not having played any AC games since the third numbered one I think the fighting is pretty difficult in this. In AC3 you I could fight 20 guys at once no problem, in this game it starts to get very difficult with 5 at once.
- I'd say it's less of 1v1:ing in a gang of 10 people, other enemies than the one you engaged will come in and attack frequently.
- Unforgiving counter windows, you need to be pretty quick or you will get hit.
- All enemies will block.
- Enemies like two levels above you will take something like 30 times more damage before they go down. Stood beating on a single guy for about 30 seconds before he went down, pretty boring way to gate the game. He was one level above enemies I had just taken down several of in a fight but he took comical amounts more damage.
- I find it super hard to straight up fight gangs of more than 5 or 6 people, need to use items a lot to make it through. 3 - 4 good hits and you are out. The grappling hook makes it extremely easy to make a tactical retread.
- Cheesing fights. If you are on a rooftop enemies will have noooo fucking idea on how to deal with you. Dodging shots is a prompt that is easy to handle if you aren't in melee.
I'm maybe halfway through the level progression and a lot of the skills make fighting easier, so it's not impossible that it'll end up being super easy by the end.
How long is the opening tutorial and is it skippable?
It's essentially two missions, three depending on how you count it. It depends on how you play them, they're pretty linear and took me maybe 40 minutes. Not skippable.
Edit: Run through them in half that time if you just book it.
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