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[EVH]

Didnt the ancient egyptians have like zero naval combat abilities? Heck they didnt even know much more than moving up and down Nile.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

A shame about the naval combat. I hope it's not the point of focus like it was in AC4. It ruined the game for me.

 

[Alpha Phoenix]

Didnt the ancient egyptians have like zero naval combat abilities? Heck they didnt even know much more than moving up and down Nile.

Not quite:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_navy

 

[Andodalf]

Didnt the ancient egyptians have like zero naval combat abilities? Heck they didnt even know much more than moving up and down Nile.

First off, not really, second off, this almost certainly is much later than Ancient Egypt.

 

[WraithWalker1893]

Must miss gaming. Nothing like memory walls and a trip to the 21st century to rip you right out of that 15th century Italy atmosphere. I was always willing to overlook the manufactured home feel of Ubisoft games just because of the settings. Nobody else uses those game settings. But I cant get past the 21st century garbage.

Well that's the story and if you don't like it, you know where the door is matey. It's what makes AC, AC.

 

[RedSwirl]

Depends on what "ancient Egypt" means. If during the Greek rule, as seems likely, could get super fun.

If it has Greece than the game is set in the Clssical Antiquity age. Which mean 23rd Dynasty and onwards. The Pyramids would be over a millennia old at minimum by then.

A name in that screenshot ("Khenut") suggests this might be as far back as the 5th dynasty -- something like the 24th or 25th century BC. Basically a millennium before "Ancient Greece" as we knew it existed, but only one or a few centuries after the Pyramids were built.

 

[Certinty]

You guys are reading way too much into this boat thing. It's clearly not going to used as the same way as in 4 and Rogue. It'll likely be for mainly transport around the Nile delta and any fighting would be a side feature on a much smaller scale and different style than in 4.

Thank God. Easily the worst part of Black Flag.

 

[BigEmil]

Thank God. Easily the worst part of Black Flag.

Yeah i hated the boat parts

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Thank God. Easily the worst part of Black Flag.

The OP says you can possibly sail the Mediterranean tho

 

[Nirolak]

The actual pirate battle game is a separate product.

 

[halfbeast]

Thank God. Easily the worst part of Black Flag.

if there's a stealth boat section, I'm out.

 

[Hidden One]

That's definitely Assassins Creed screenshot

 

[Currygan]

more exploration?

whelp I'm in

 

[Ruff]

Still waiting on my full blown Assassins Creed Japan

 

[MatrixMan.EXE]

The actual pirate battle game is a separate product.

This is a thing that exists?

 

[CrazyDude]

Still waiting on my full blown Assassins Creed Japan

Or even China for that matter.

 

[Xumbrega]

can't wait too see the full thing

 

[Night Hunter]

The actual pirate battle game is a separate product.

Man, a Black Flag game would be the first Ubi game I'd buy in years

 

[Toni]

Here's hoping that they really have dramatically redone a lot of the underlying systems and mechanics of Assassin's Creed. Not only does Dishonored wipe the floor with AC in terms of being an assassin simulator, but Witcher 3 and Zelda have really raised the bar when it comes to storytelling and gameplay in an open world, respectively.

Ironically, Assassin's Creed is doomed if it's game design stays too stuck in the past.

Ironically, you missed Horizon Zero Dawn which has a much better protagonist and story telling than both Witcher 3 and Zelda combined in open world design.

It also has better combat, better on the go crafting mechanics, enemy encounter and moment-to-moment combat than both. Its Open World done right.

Its a technological achievement as well. Given how Unity suffered greatly from loading times, fps and subpar image quality, the best you could have done was compare it with Horizon. Which has 20 second load, perfect framerate, and the best graphics on consoles. (even better at 4k & HDR)

It took everything to the next level, and some ubisoft designs along with it.

 

[FallenGrace]

Always enjoyed the series so will certainly be in for this one. Screenshot looks nice, need to see more.

 

[NullPointer]

Am just going off the OP's details but I'm looking forward to another stab at the naval combat.

Just can't bring myself to go back to Black Flag because all of the refinements made in Unity and Syndicate.

I've always been down for Egypt, which doesn't hurt ;p

 

[cb1115]

how much you wanna bet that this game ends with your character creating and wearing the first Assassin hooded robe

 

[Baron_Calamity]

how much you wanna bet that this game ends with your character creating and wearing the first Assassin hooded robe

He better lose a finger, that's all I'm saying.

 

[NullPointer]

how much you wanna bet that this game ends with your character creating and wearing the first Assassin hooded robe

Hell, that's how I'd want it to start.

The assassin's hood and digs is half the cool factor.

 

[cb1115]

He better lose a finger, that's all I'm saying.

#origins

 

[Toa TAK]

He better lose a finger, that's all I'm saying.

Damn right

 

[jmood88]

I think that Lorne Balfe also did good job with Revelations and AC3.

Brian Tyler also did an excellent job with Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

They did fine but none of their work came close to 2 or Freedom Cry.

 

[ASilentProtagonist]

Assassinating someone named the Crocodile sounds awesome.

Attempt 1#

 

[Toni]

I see a Bow (!)

Please Ubisoft do us all a favor and don't bring back the bow mechanics from AC3. Make the bow flow well with sprinting and fast gameplay.

 

[SunBroDave]

Ironically, you missed Horizon Zero Dawn which has a much better protagonist and story telling than both Witcher 3 and Zelda combined in open world design.

It also has better combat, better on the go crafting mechanics, enemy encounter and moment-to-moment combat than both. Its Open World done right.

Its a technological achievement as well. Given how Unity suffered greatly from loading times, fps and subpar image quality, the best you could have done was compare it with Horizon. Which has 20 second load, perfect framerate, and the best graphics on consoles. (even better at 4k & HDR)

It took everything to the next level, and some ubisoft designs along with it.

Lol. Yeah, Horizon is good, but it felt mostly like a very well-executed version of many of the open world concepts pioneered by many other games (including Ubi's).

In contrast, both The Witcher 3 and BOTW felt like noticeable steps forward in the genre. While the backstory you discover in Horizon is really quite good, a lot of the side content is pretty lackluster, whereas The Witcher 3's world attained a really remarkable level of believability and consistency thanks to the quality of its side content.

 

[Švejk]

DAT WATER

 

[Green Yoshi]

A lot of games coming out this fall won't run on the switch flawlessly unless they down port it to hell.

I don't like such ports. It would be great if they take the world of AC1 and combine it with modern gameplay, a new story and new missions.

 

[giancarlo123x]

I don't like such ports. It would be great if they take the world of AC1 and combine it with modern gameplay, a new story and new missions.

Sounds like those old ds/psp/ps2 ports for games that were on stronger machines, I think they're trying to stray away from that scenario since the switch is pretty strong.

 

[ZoltanXerxes]

Please don't suck. Ancient Egypt is a great setting. Will buy this if I like what I see.

 

[Mifec]

Ironically, you missed Horizon Zero Dawn which has a much better protagonist and story telling than both Witcher 3 and Zelda combined in open world design.

You're alone on that one friendo. TW3 annihilates it and every other current gen title in that aspect.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Naval combat?? Im listening

 

[Hidden One]

Gonna be the first AC I purchase for PC, will probably wait for reviews tho.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

Would be great if they have used this extra development time to improve and tweak the engine to handle larger crowds again, like in Unity (without it running like shit of course) because that really made the game feel a lot more next gen, than other AC games.

 

[Laplasakos]

The actual pirate battle game is a separate product.

Wait, there is another pirate game coming from Ubisoft? Are you referring to that space pirate game that appeared as an easter egg in Watch Dogs 2?

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Will probably buy because Egypt. There better be mummies too lol

 

[NullPointer]

Would be great if they have used this extra development time to improve and tweak the engine to handle larger crowds again, like in Unity (without it running like shit of course) because that really made the game feel a lot more next gen, than other AC games.

PS4 Pro boost mode makes a big difference to performance in Unity. Have returned to play it myself over the last week.

Its still glitchy though, with clothes swapping in and out and NPCs dropping from the sky at times, but its not a game killer.

 

[E92 M3]

Naval combat is so boring :zzz:

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

PS4 Pro boost mode makes a big difference to performance in Unity. Have returned to play it myself over the last week.

Its still glitchy though, with clothes swapping in and out and NPCs dropping from the sky at times, but its not a game killer.

Yeah it's definitely much better with the Pro. If they can iron out a lot of the glitches and get more npc's on screen then it should be pretty awesome. I really liked Syndicate although that could have benefitted from more npc's / large crouds too, but I guess they played it safe after the backlash from Unity.

Hopefully moving away from the yearly release has given them the time to push for something like Unity on a technical level again (large crowds) but this time have it run well, with minimal bugs.

 

[More_Badass]

Naval combat is so boring :zzz:

There's never really been a game with ancient naval combat. It's pretty much been age of discovery era or subs

Edit: well, Rome 2, but not direct control

 

[Bizzquik]

Can we make player choice a narrative thing this time?
Ya know...actual player agency in making decisions...? Please?

Getting tired of Creed protagonists making bad decisions for the sake of advancing the plot. Looking particularly at you, Arno.

 

[Bl@de]

I'm curious about the game after they took a year off. Hope they really change some gameplay elements. But naval combat would be great. Black Flag was one of my favourite AC titles.

 

[K' Dash]

Ironically, you missed Horizon Zero Dawn which has a much better protagonist and story telling than both Witcher 3 and Zelda combined in open world design.

Whatever rocks your boat bro...

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Ancient Egypt and Greece and im in!

Why does something tell me they are going to try to emualte some of the mechanics of BOTW for the "huge emphasis in exploration" they are saying...

 

[RiZ III]

Not only is Origins rumoured to boast an explorable ancient Egypt, players will also apparently be able to go beyond it - possibly even as far as Greece. We were told that boats will return in the game, allowing the player to sail the Mediterranean.

SOLD!!

 

[Baroquemantic]

Sounds good. Need to play AC4 one day.