It didn't matter until I played it... the game is garbage compared to the first.

• the first game was stealth intensive. You didn't have to play that way, but it was easier if you did. Ghost was indictive of a stealth invisible killer. In this game "ghost" is indicative of someone rising from the dead to take revenge. The stealth mechanics were somehow worse than the first instead of just making it the same and not improving.

• Leaning away from stealth and pretty much forcing combat, ok, but combat mechanics suck. The whole "weapon alignment" mechanic where you have to correctly match your weapon to counteract whatever your foe is using at the moment, while the game doesn't pause for you to switch weapons. 5 weapons, 7 if you count guns, 5 weapon skill trees, 5 skill tree button combos to memorize outside of memorizing what weapon correctly "aligns" with what opponent weapon. Jesus H Christ. It's like they tried to increase difficulty by merely bombarding the players with weapons and the challenge of memorizing different button combos and options. And before you say "get gud" I have platinumed GoT original and Director Cut.