With Assassin’s Creed III due to release just days after my birthday, I’m definitely looking forward to an early review copy arriving before/on the 30th anniversary of my birth (hint hint, Ubisoft). I had already been excited with all of the information that we had been exposed to since its announcement, but the content featured for this title at the Ubisoft and Sony press conferences today at E3 has, seemingly impossibly, made me even more excited for the title than I already had been.
I mean, come on. There are still almost five months until it releases. How much MORE excited can I get, with so much time and potential for awesome new content? There’s not really anything to say that we haven’t said before…just watch.
First up is the official cinematic trailer showing Connor as he bumrushes an entire clusterfuck of Redcoats and slices through them like buttah. BUTTAH.
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Now, actual gameplay as we see Connor racing alongside deer, painting with all the colors of the wind, and garroting the life out of a poor Redcoat who was likely only going out for a bit of relief. We see how trees have become an integral part of Assassin’s Creed platforming, as well as multiple other movement mechanics that are sure to make platforming and combat smoother than ever.
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Speaking of new mechanics, SpikeTV had some exclusive gameplay content of Connor in Boston. We see dynamic weather, moving hay carts and mobile assassination from within said carts, and the use of NPCs as lures for the occupying British.
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Last, but not least, Assassin’s Creed III is introducing an entirely new gameplay element. While some people were less than thrilled and impressed with Revelations’ inclusion of tower defense, I am nothing but excited for Assassin’s Creed III’s naval battle mechanic. I’m a huge fan of historical naval fiction, like Horatio Hornblower, and the ability to command naval battles like this is something I’m going to go crazy on.
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