One of the greatest shame moments for me is that I never finished part one. My gaming PC died back then and I couldn’t replace it for almost two years.
I bought the first game on sale a few weeks ago and since I consider myself to be a history buff I figured that this game would be right up my alley. I was wrong. I reinstalled the game 3 times in the hopes that I would gain an appreciation for it but it just didn’t happen. I found the game to be too dull. The story didn’t draw me in and the combat I found to be quite clunky.
That’s too bad, sorry to hear. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it, which actually surprised me a bit, as I didn’t expect to when I tried it out. The combat combos could be better, I agree. Eventually I had to just force myself to memorize the 2-3 combos I liked the best and use them.