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Assassins Creed: Origins Cinematic Trailer
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AusRoachman
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Had a chuckle when he "discovered" his home town with villagers yelling you had returned home
*sigh*
Enemy AI is still as brain dead as ever.
It's not fun being constantly spotted.
On another note, the demo guy took some significant fall damage just from jumping off that tree and not rolling:
that threshold for fall damage seems much much lower than in Unity and Syndicate....man this game really IS inspired by TW3
Good shout. That's awesome!!! AC always needed more risk/reward, so happy they've been adding more and more every iteration.
I really love the setting and I thought the trailer was exciting but I doubt I will buy it.
After the syndicate twins I was really hoping that the whole male/female things was the way forward.
I really don't want to go back to just a man.
And I wished the time period was earlier. It is a shame that they took the most western time period.
After the syndicate twins I was really hoping that the whole male/female things was the way forward.
I really don't want to go back to just a man.
And I wished the time period was earlier. It is a shame that they took the most western time period.
There's a second playable character, they just haven't announced who they are yet.
I'm personally hoping it's a "create your own character" that can be male or female.
This way they can easily plug it with a Rome setting, in the next entry, while keeping the character, I think it's a smart choice.
Also there should be another playable Character they're keeping secret, and a rumor said it was a woman.
There's still a chance.
icecold1983
Member
expecting them to have animation thats not well below average for a big budget game is too much?
zkorejo
Member
I feel they should have given us a glimpse of their best city in their 5 minute gameplay. This was just a small village and a very straightforward assassination mission.
People were expecting something beautiful, new and different.Maybe an in-game cutscene before starting the demo or something.
I liked what I saw but it felt like a MGSV sidemission.
People were expecting something beautiful, new and different.Maybe an in-game cutscene before starting the demo or something.
I liked what I saw but it felt like a MGSV sidemission.
Elfotografoalocado
Banned
Sudan is right to the south of Egypt, that is the ancient Nubia, and they were often at war but there was also trade, and Nubians were in Egypt as traders, just living there and of course as slaves. So if the bad guys of the game are the Pharaohs, the MC being a Nubian makes sense.
That, or the devs are Hoteps 
I could see them allowing us to create our own "Desmond"
texhnolyze
Banned
I believe there will be more in their conference tomorrow. One at a time!
Lux R7
Member
Roufianos
Member
Why on earth would we need another game set in Rome? Brotherhood was just fine.
Renaissance Rome is a very different place to Ancient Rome. That's akin to asking why you'd want a game set in Middle Ages England when we've already had Victorian London.
Yeah same thing. I thought they took a timeout to rethink AC. But it's just the same game.
Same. Well it's not a huge loss personally but would have been cool to be excited for an AC game for once.
Wind's Howling
Member
I am expecting a lot more polish in the next couple of months. For Honor shows that they can create good animations. I don't see as to why this should be any worse.
I find it difficult to get excited about Ubisoft games now, it certainly looked interesting but their games often do when they're announced but I often find them pretty bland when I play them. I am going to keep an open mind though, it may be OK.
I do have a growing concern that although they have very different settings, so many of their games seem to bind in with their other games, I wasn't that surprised to see a Wildlands style drone making an appearance. Obviously, I'm not suggesting that they're exactly the same games, they aren't.
I do have a growing concern that although they have very different settings, so many of their games seem to bind in with their other games, I wasn't that surprised to see a Wildlands style drone making an appearance. Obviously, I'm not suggesting that they're exactly the same games, they aren't.
I think once the controller's in our hands and we can fully realise the scope of the world and the game systems, we won't be complaining.
The last AC game this ambitious was probably 3, and it looks like they've learnt a lot from that and are keeping it tauter, more focused, while still trying to boost the envelope.
velociraptor
Junior Member
This trailer blew me away.
Fuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark
Fuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark
Yellowflashdude
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Pepe's for days in the comment sections.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Ubisoft is creatively bankrupt. Holy shit.
SJRB
Gold Member
The removal of the mini-map and eagle vision is a huge deal alone. Then there's the weapon upgrades/rare weapons, RPG-esque level up system. There's a lot of stuff going on, but it's mostly subtle and difficult to show off in such a short video.
Big Green Anus
Member
I'm so happy to find out his Nubian. People usually talk about the Arabs and Greeks in Ancient Egypt, but rarely Nubians.
Roufianos
Member
Yea I know that. Still, it's not going to be as intriguing as an entirely new setting. We're only just getting Egypt and Greece with the next two entries, plenty of interesting places still left to explore before they should consider a return to Rome.
Wouldn't have to be Rome itself, as much as the Roman Empire.
Renaissance Rome isn't really the same thing.
Also a rumor mentioned it would feature Rome and Greece in future entries, which I think is a good way to get the most out of the time period.
astroturfing
Member
fantastic. best AC ever already? shame it has to be just a man though...
j/k lol i don't care what ethnicity or gender the character is, just have an interesting backstory etc and a decent voice actor (Bayek sounds like Gray Worm from GoT to me so thats good) and i'm down. and don't be a fucking smug douche like Ezio or Jacob please...
The idea is you do one big expensive game, and another one, corollary, lower budget since you can reuse assets and material.
Since they moved away from the "one title a year" model though, maybe that rumor is dead now.
Or it could be expansions.
That's one rumour:
Expandalones a la Freedom Cry but larger in scope, I'd presume.
Edit: But I don't think it's accurate. We know the Gold Edition carries a $30 premium versus the Digital Deluxe Edition ($70 -> $100), which just includes some in-game items, and I'd be legitimately shocked if Ubi were so heavily inspired by The Witcher 3 that it felt compelled to offer a Season Pass that could be considered too generous.
Edit edit: Actually, that is $10 more than the difference between Far Cry 5's aforementioned editions ($70 -> $90). Consider me slightly less sceptical.
Kssio_Aug
Member
When I read the leaked info of GameInformer, I was expecting something a little bit more different.
But I liked it anyway. No doubt they changed many things, including the combat. And that's great to hear! They have my interest.
Need to see more gameplay though, I didn't like how the main chacarter "slided" when fighting that enemy in the presentation. It was too floaty. The combat besides improved didn't feel like it was that good either; but that was only 1 encounter, and only against 1 enemy. I need to see more.
But I liked it anyway. No doubt they changed many things, including the combat. And that's great to hear! They have my interest.
Need to see more gameplay though, I didn't like how the main chacarter "slided" when fighting that enemy in the presentation. It was too floaty. The combat besides improved didn't feel like it was that good either; but that was only 1 encounter, and only against 1 enemy. I need to see more.
Honestly i think they shouldve shown another gameplay segment. To show the changes more clearly.
But Ubisoft still has a E3 presentation today tho.
SilverLunar
Member
The setting is awesome already, but the game play segment of the trailer didn't leave me impressed like past games, I don't know why, but it's not clicking with me.
Unless they add the card game in.
Unless they add the card game in.
Precisely.
zkorejo
Member
Sure.. but like they say, first impression is the last impression and all. That being said, it wasnt bad at all. I hope they give us something meatier tomorrow.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
This doesn't make sense in lore! The Assassins and Templars have been around since the Human-Isu War 70,000 years ago!
Something I really hope they have in here is super tough enemies/areas that you'll even struggle with even at endgame/when you have the best gear.
Even in Unity and Syndicate, which had way better enemy/difficulty balance than any of the other games, after 10-15 hours you were just overpowered and steamrolled everything.
It would be great to see the return of the 'Templars' like in AC1 - the secret enemies who were the toughest in the game and you really had to play careful to take them down.
Even in Unity and Syndicate, which had way better enemy/difficulty balance than any of the other games, after 10-15 hours you were just overpowered and steamrolled everything.
It would be great to see the return of the 'Templars' like in AC1 - the secret enemies who were the toughest in the game and you really had to play careful to take them down.
SJRB
Gold Member
Hell yeah, the Templars were like the Black Knights in Dark Souls, just random enemies standing in the game world ready to fuck you up.
The first AC had many good ideas that were unfortunately almost all tossed out the window.
Kumorin
Member
Im all for giving the player more options but Im curious how/if the modern element/animus will play into this. Seems like the depth of the RPG/loot/upgrade system will run counter to the goal of whatever theyre using the animus for this time. Perhaps thats the payoff to the literal gamification of the system in the BF/Unity/Syndicate era.
They can always say that because you are so far into the past Animus can't read data precisely. That gives them room to give more freedom to the players.
zkorejo
Member
Love this little things.
I like how the bow touches the cloth.
I am sure Alexandria will be great, they are going for the Black Flag style map, with more variation with smaller villages, countryside and different cities. So It is understandable why Alexandria is not as big as it really was, I just hope its is beautiful. Small but detailed, kind of like Venice in AC2 or Novigrad in TW3 as opposed to London in Syndicate (accurate but boring).
neurosisxeno
Member
...but the word Assassin comes from like the 12th century...
28 minutes of gameplay by german player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=433&v=id4F5tDrx7U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=433&v=id4F5tDrx7U