If you go in thinking youll be a brawler and then decide you want to be an assassin, youre out of luck. I don't like this feelings!
As the assassin, each of my level ups enhance my long range/assassin abilities. Some levels will give me extra damage for ranged attacks, while others will let me add to my ability tree, which is full of skills that you can use during combat.
I have played the game!! When I reach a combat point, Ill see a red halo go around my image in the top left. Instead of shooting me to a silly combat scene, the game instantly has me in combat.