[quote]Actually I played the knight and Viking stories on realistic. This is different. In addition to not having the guard icons, you have no health bar, no stamina meter, no waypoints, nothing. It's more realistic[/quote] I don't find it to be dramatically different, but that could be due to the fact that I play an assassin. Since my health is so low, if I get hit just a couple times I can assume I'm at low health and will play like I do. Stamina management is something I've come to terms with recognizing without the green bar, I just don't try to combo very much.