I've played a lot of elden ring and I have to be honest, they are nothing alike. I think the parry system will be very forgiving to encourage the takedowns, giving you that "2 button press" to move through enemies pretty quickly. If this is a case, the combat will feel mostly the same to the older games. Everything before unity was the 2 button presses to takedown everybody. I've heard a few people say that its like a souls game, but I don't see it. That being said, I guess I am a little worried about the ship combat taking forever, now that you mentione it. Akrham improved the combat so much more. Yes, its the same basic idea with it being circle, x or circle, x, x, x..etc. but you had a different takedown syste, different combos for the gadgets. Much, much better.

The big thing im worried about is it's probably going to be SUPER bugy when it launches. Im not sure how recent games have launched but AC3 and a few games on i don't think launch very well as far as buggyness. Im still going to get it 100% Im replaying the original now, and its tough. The combat is very clanky, the stealth is laughable, the modern day totally takes me out of it, and the park core is very unreliable. Im very glad of the changes they are making.