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[VisceralBowl]

A junior by the name of mrndkra in the hype thread posted this image, which comes from a verified reddit post. Thoughts?

Looks cool, especially if it is playable.

EDITS:

Don't do this to yourselves GAF. Do not jump to conclusions from a reddit poster who is flat out lying about things. He is simply doing it for more clicks.

I will flat out say again...IT'S NOT TRUE.

Be sad for days....sorry.

Other gaffers have 'confirmed' these statements.

More-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8AargTroKw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9S3mx52LU

THIS IS A BETA / INCOMPLETE CODE

 

[Alienous]

Well let's not outright spoil any potential twists in the title.

 

[DOWN]

I don't even get what these could be. Like are they the kind of instances we got in the past games such as the war machine segments in AC Brotherhood and the Altair sections of Revelations?

Are they maybe just story cutscenes? Comics?

 

[Crossing Eden]

That's peculiar.

 

[bigboss370]

Well let's not outright spoil any potential twists in the title.

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[Gaz_RB]

There quite possibly be a test of some kind..Who knows...

Spoiler

Cant say anymore due to NDA

you work for Ubisoft?

 

[ChawlieTheFair]

Im guessing they are either videos/extras, I mean one of them is for Jazz? So what, we are going to 1920s New Orleans? Some sort of collectible thing I reckon.

 

[Jetman]

!

Wow, yeah, spoiler warning on that. Maybe it's just seperate challenge missions like Dark Knight?

I can't see the game having a spoilery "mission select" screen like that.

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

Likely some some of flashback sequences? Side missions?

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Connor in the frontier with this new-gen visuals would be glorious. Seems like they are co-op missions?

 

[Akahige]

So challenge style maps, like Batman but AC style with an open environment?

 

[Crossing Eden]

you work for Ubisoft?

Nada

 

[VisceralBowl]

Well let's not outright spoil any potential twists in the title.

I PM'd a mod to change the title, sorry about that. My hype levels definitely increased from that alone though, even if it is a spoiler.

EDIT: Thanks mods!

 

[MXRider]

There is no story in the internal beta.

 

[DOWN]

Connor in the frontier with this new-gen visuals would be glorious. Seems like they are co-op missions?

Maybe. I thought they did indeed suggest that the Unity single-player isn't totally co-op ready, but rather there'd be specific missions you can start.

EDIT: I'm gonna go with challenge maps. Not certain if they'd be co-op.

 

[Alienous]

Im guessing they are either videos/extras, I mean one of them is for Jazz? So what, we are going to 1920s New Orleans? Some sort of collectible thing I reckon.

But it seems like it's revealing new Assassin's, like a Japanese assassin ('The Emperor's Shadow'). I don't know if that's worth a video. And the art is certainly on point.

There's no chronological order, though. All of the images backgrounds are the same. It's strange.

EDIT:
From the Reddit verified poster (although this verification might not be regarding the information): "[It's a] Level selection screen. Each level has its own area and assassin you use."
"

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

Wait, I'm not seeing Connor. I hope the image doesn't necessarily depict who the player characer is... =(

 

[injurai]

Jazzassin's Creed

 

[buddha0991]

But it seems like it's revealing new Assassin's, like a Japanese assassin ('The Emperor's Shadow'). I don't know if that's worth a video. And the art is certainly on point.

There's no chronological order, though. All of the images backgrounds are the same. It's strange.

Not new, shes Shao Jun, a Chinese Assassin who appears in Assassin's Creed: Embers

 

[News Bot]

But it seems like it's revealing new Assassin's, like a Japanese assassin ('The Emperor's Shadow'). I don't know if that's worth a video. And the art is certainly on point.

It's Shao Jun.

Pretty fucking sweet if these are playable side-missions. But the Borgia one is odd.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Jazz age AC is blowing my mind right now

 

[Poodlestrike]

I'm thinking it'll be part of the new modern day plot. "Devils of the Caribbean" was the in-game name for the product Abstergo Entertainment produced out of Edward's memories; I'm thinking you'll be able to collect snippets from other Abstergo productions of a similar nature.

EDIT:
From the Reddit verified poster (although this verification might not be regarding the information): "[It's a] Level selection screen. Each level has its own area and assassin you use."
"

Amazing if true.

 

[Jetman]

It's Shao Jun.

Pretty fucking sweet if these are playable side-missions.

Yeah, if these are real, that's pretty rad. Is that a

Spoiler

cowboy assassin at the bottom right?

 

[Vooduu]

What are we looking at? Side missions?

 

[Alienous]

Not new, shes Shao Jun, a Chinese Assassin who appears in Assassin's Creed: Embers

It's Shao Jun.

Pretty fucking sweet if these are playable side-missions.

Uh, duh. I never did watch that. And of course China used to have emperors.

 

[Dead]

Am I crazy or is Connor not on that list

 

[Poodlestrike]

Yeah, if these are real, that's pretty rad. Is that a

Spoiler

cowboy assassin at the bottom right?

Irish, more likely..

 

[EightBitNate]

I guess we're finally getting that AC fighter

 

[News Bot]

What you are seeing is the structured campaign level list. Each level affords a different location such as Ireland during the Great Famine. Each level then has its own assassin for the area. The levels are wholly coopable from the investigation, to the assassination, to the side missions/diversions.
Players can either join free roam and accompany you into missions, or you can start a mission via matchmaking.

Woah.

 

[Eggbok]

There quite possibly might be a test of some kind..Who knows...

Spoiler

Cant say anymore due to NDA

I know this feel.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Shao Jun looks cool.

 

[Alienous]

Woah.

If this is what we get when competitive multiplayer is left out of the game, I'm all in.

 

[Poodlestrike]

So, whatever the nature of the content, the framing device is absolutely an Abstergo Entertainment thing.

Spoiler

Jacques de Molay, the guy in the top right, was last (real) Templar Grand Master.

So there's no way they're not somehow involved

Am I crazy or is Connor not on that list

Playing into the above, in AC4's modern segments you learn that

Spoiler

Connor's memories were judged "unsuitable" for making any products out of.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Spoiler

No but I'm under NDA from a certain company that is not Ubisoft.

if the mods want I could verify it to them through pm.

Ya, no, the company will hunt you down and fine you if they see you breaking NDA. I know which company you are referring to, and they had this issue last game and it screwed things up for everyone.

 

[Dead]

Uhh reading the Reditt thread, this shit sounds huge...like...ACU is a totally different game than what is being advertised being huge

The guy even says Vaseline is playable and customizable

 

[Melchior]

Wow this looks/sounds awesome. Stopped playing AC after 2 but this is definitely looking like the one to pull me back in

 

[Alienous]

So, whatever the nature of the content, the framing device is absolutely an Abstergo Entertainment thing.

Spoiler

Jacques de Molay, the guy in the top right, was last (real) Templar Grand Master.

So there's no way they're not somehow involved

Perhaps this is part of the Abstergo side of the narrative/game. As earlier mentioned, AC4's events is branded as 'Devil's of the Caribbean' by Abstergo Entertainment. Maybe you collect this segments of gameplay as part of the present day narrative?

 

[Quick]

The Shao Jun mission could be awesome.

Really, each one sounds pretty cool to me.

Edit: Could the "Hell in Hibernia" character be Shay Patrick Cormac of AC Rogue?

 

[ReplacementPelican]

Hang on. What the actual fuck?

 

[Corpekata]

If this is true I have no idea why Ubi is not advertising the hell out of something like this. Certainly gets my interest more than co-op.

Guess they got those female animations done after all.

 

[Respawn]

More Aveline is always a good thing.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Perhaps this is part of the Abstergo side of the narrative/game. As earlier mentioned, AC4's events is branded as 'Devil's of the Caribbean' by Abstergo Entertainment. Maybe you collect this segments of gameplay as part of the present day narrative?

That would be a great way to get people more invested into the modern day segments. Personally, I really enjoyed them, even AC4's; that reveal, man...

 

[Crossing Eden]

Ya, no, the company will hunt you down and fine you if they see you breaking NDA. I know which company you are referring to, and they had this issue last game and it screwed things up for everyone.

I know that feeling.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Shao Jun looks cool.

I would go from not giving a shit to day one if she is somehow playable in this.

 

[mumbo101]

Seriously. Leaking this already. Some people just don't give a Fuck.

 

[Poodlestrike]

The downside of this awesomness is that my day 1 games list just got longer

 

[Jawmuncher]

So we have two female Assassin's there?
Were getting somewhere even if they aren't new additions.

 

[duckroll]

I'm actually super interested in this even though I've skipped all the AC games after Brotherhood. At the same time though, it feels a lot like a sort of fake that simply hints at what lots of people really want, rather than what the game is. I guess we'll find out soon enough?

 

[VisceralBowl]

So I see one female character there? Or is it two?
Don't know what the emperor's Shadow is.

There are two.

 

[keltickennedy]

All I'm saying is that Reddit poster is an asshole who doesn't seem to take NDAs seriously.

Woah.

Also that quote is bullshit and he is speaking out of his ass.