I played 30 hours of the game, would you like me to adjust it to RPG-lite? You can definitely go through it with 'stealth', given that you're the right level. Also Origins stealth is weak as fuck, as some of you seem to forget. Putting a crouch button in and letting you assassinate people from bushes isn't exactly what I would call good stealth, but you do you.
Odyssey is taking even more steps towards making this bloated bullshit an RPG, as the creative director himself has said.
OK - First, I think I was too hard on the RPG point. I thought about this more and you can make a good case the game is an action RPG. Second, AC:O's stealth game play is different from other stealth games and that means some stealth gamers will not like it. I think it's fine not to but it's not "weak as fuck". Here is what I liked about it:
1) The eagle lets you fly over a base and see where the guards are. You can also mark the guards. Once marked, you always know where they are. This is a really cool feature.
2) The basic stealth gameplay is good. You sneak around bases, avoid detection, kill unaware guards, hide their bodies and repeat. You can backstab unaware guards. You can also kill them if they are below you (you jump on them and then quickly kill them).
3) It's possible to play as a stealth character. In AC 1, AC 2 and AC Brotherhood, it always felt like it was really hard to not get spotted. In this game, not getting spotted is a lot easier. You can hide in bushes, grass, closets, etc. You can also sneak up on guards by climbing up on roofs, ruins, etc. Finally, you have a fairly good chance of knowing if they are looking at you. This makes it a lot easier to play as a stealth character.
4) If you get caught, all of the guards don't get alerted. Only the guards near the guard that spotted you get alerted. If you are fast, you can kill them and then go back into stealth mode.
D) You can hide bodies so the guards didn't know you are in the base.
E) If you are caught, you can run and hide. Once you were hidden, you could go back to silently killing the guards.
F) The predator bows and hunters bow worked really well if you were not spotted. You can pick off enemies from a distance.
G) There were some useful stealth skills. For example, you can use darts to silently poison enemies or put them to sleep. You can also poison bodies so if they are found, the finder will get poisoned and slowly die.
AC:O's stealth game play isn't like most stealth games and it's not for everyone. AC:O doesn't play like Deus Ex (
https://www.deusex.com/), Styx: Master of Shadows or Thief 4. I think it's fun and I also think a lot of people who like stealth games will like it.