i wouldn't go so far as to say "boring as hell" but i also wouldn't give it replay value. if four or more guards were actually dangerous, it would be heaps more fun because the player would be running desparately away trying to escape and it would be frantic, instead of being able to just turn around and kill everyone without injury when you get bored of running.

games need a challenge, and assassin's creed lost lots of its fun-factor by being too easy.

the GTA series wouldn't be nearly as fun if you could easily kill everyone chasing you no matter how much attention you grab.

julz