User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/Two gameplay flaws with Skyrim/@comment-4975504-20121102181209/@comment-5135631-20121103105218

I think one of the reasons that combat in AC1 was more realistic was because of the way it felt more rushed; Altair didn't seemingly have loads of time to fight the entire Janissary Corp like Ezio did, he just needed to kill his enemy, and quickly.

Sidenote: The muusic for AC1 is the best music I've come across in a game, except for maybe the Halo series.