E3 2017: Assassin’s Creed Origins Revealed at Xbox Conference

<p>The <em>Assassin’s Creed<&sol;em> franchise took a mainline backseat after the release of <em>Assassin’s Creed Syndicate<&sol;em>&period; Aside from the China&comma; India and Russia spinoff games&comma; we haven’t seen a full-scale <em>Assassin’s Creed<&sol;em> game since 2015&period; At E3 2017&comma; Microsoft revealed at its conference the next <em>Assassin’s Creed<&sol;em> game&comma; entitled <em>Assassin’s Creed Origins<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"cUuKIpCM2o0" title&equals;"Assassin&&num;039&semi;s Creed Origins&colon; E3 2017 Official World Premiere Gameplay Trailer &lbrack;4K&rsqb; &vert; Ubisoft &lbrack;NA&rsqb;"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;cUuKIpCM2o0"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;cUuKIpCM2o0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Assassin&&num;039&semi;s Creed Origins&colon; E3 2017 Official World Premiere Gameplay Trailer &lbrack;4K&rsqb; &vert; Ubisoft &lbrack;NA&rsqb;"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Assassin’s Creed Origins<&sol;em> will be set in Egypt and will be set before the Assassin Brotherhood existed&period; You will take on the role of a Magi named Bayek&comma; who is a protector of Egypt&period; No longer will you skulk in the shadows&comma; the people will recognize you as their protector&comma; and while you may use stealth and assassin tactics&comma; you will no longer be seen as a criminal in the way previous protagonists have been&period; The team at Ubisoft has been working hard to change up the standard <em>Assassin’s Creed<&sol;em> formula&comma; so while the standard exploration and movement will be similar&comma; combat has been changed in a big way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Assassin’s Creed Origins<&sol;em> will contain many action-RPG elements not found in previous <em>Assassin’s Creed<&sol;em> titles&comma; from picking up new equipment with a variety of rarities &lpar;akin to <em>Diablo 3<&sol;em> or other games of its kind&rpar; to utilizing more mystical capabilities such as seeing through the eyes of Bayek’s eagle&comma; Senu&comma; and leveling up via experience points given from kills or quest completion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"YX0fd4q0baQ" title&equals;"Assassin&&num;039&semi;s Creed Origins&colon; E3 2017 Gameplay Trailer &lbrack;4K&rsqb; &vert; Ubisoft &lbrack;NA&rsqb;"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;YX0fd4q0baQ"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;YX0fd4q0baQ&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Assassin&&num;039&semi;s Creed Origins&colon; E3 2017 Gameplay Trailer &lbrack;4K&rsqb; &vert; Ubisoft &lbrack;NA&rsqb;"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Assassin’s Creed Origins<&sol;em> will release this year on October 27<sup>th<&sol;sup>&comma; and seems to take on more fantasy-esque ideas&comma; such as fighting large bosses &lpar;such as the serpent shown in one of the trailers&rpar; and exploring the pyramids&comma; the tombs of Giza&comma; and so many other immersive areas throughout Egypt&period; It is likely that with the time period being Ancient Egypt&comma; the mythological and more mystical aspects of the game stems from Egyptian beliefs and practices&period; It will be interesting to see how this new direction for <em>Assassin’s Creed<&sol;em> ties into the previous games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The addition of a skill tree&comma; randomized weapons&comma; and rarity&comma; with all sorts of other new enhancements may end up breathing new life into the <em>Assassin’s Creed<&sol;em> franchise&period; With an October release&comma; only time will tell whether it is what the series needs to get back on track&period; Stay tuned to BagoGames for more information on <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Origins<&sol;em> throughout E3 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Microsoft E3 Conference<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;