Here's some no commentary gameplay is anyone wants to see
I got to play about 2 hours in this event, but was restricted to only showing 20 mins. There were a fair bit of cutscenes which we were not allowed to show.
As mentioned earlier in the thread some of the rpg elements are scaled back and this feels like an og AC game. Of course upgrading character with skills, armor and weapons are there but we are not allowed to show it. The skills are oriented towards combat and stealth, such as chain assassinations, auto looting on kill etc.
There's the investigation mechanic which is kind of new in this AC, where they don't give waypoints. You go into a general location and have to find clues for yourself to progress the story. This i really enjoyed as I was just scanning the environment and trying to eavesdrop on people to find clues. Missions can also branch. For example in this mission you go to an auction. You can either wait till someone buys the item in question and steal it, or purchase it yourself. I was broke so obviously I chose to steal it
I think OG AC fans will enjoy the game. I sure did. The ones with RPG elements started out fun and I got bored of them. But this feels like a tighter game.
Let's see how it goes come launch.
Lastly you can ride camels, and they brought in the auto navigate when on the camels to reach waypoints. Also a new mechanic is the eagle archer, who takes down your bird that you send to scout in the sky. The bird gets scared and won't allow you to scout till you take that one specific enemy down lol. This surprised me the first time I played it. Left the footage in the video.
Cheers