I’m gonna save my analysis for after the video, because you gotta check this out.
So what’s new?
- First we get a pretty clear picture of the internal struggles that our protagonist will face as he tries to find his place in this war. We get the sense that his split lineage and split allegiance to the natives and the colonists will play a large part in his development as a character.
- In case you didn’t catch it, watch again and keep an eye out for the sweet rope trick Connor pulls on that redcoat. He chucks something at the guy’s neck–some kind of mini-harpoon or maybe just a lasso–then hangs him from the tree branch while simultaneously rappelling down on the other end of the line. So badass.
- Even though it’s clearly not gameplay footage, we get our first look at a wild animal just up and attacking Connor. Poor bear doesn’t even know who he’s messing with.
- Sure looks like Connor is using that redcoat as a bullet-shield, don’t it?
- You got’cha some tomahawk action, some rifle action, some bayonet action.
- I don’t know about you, but I was really excited to see that the insides of buildings are going to come into play. That should make chases just a touch more interesting at least.
- We see a couple pretty dynamic kill animations–like when he uses one redcoat’s bayonet against the other redcoat.
- The AI in that slow-mo assassination scene toward the end didn’t look too impressive, but it’s important to remember that this is pre-alpha footage, so there’s a good chance the final product’s AI will be much better than what we see here.
Just in case you didn’t catch it, here’s a closer (and stylish) look at Connor’s weapon loadout.
And here was the teaser Ubisoft used to get people to do some silly nonsense in order to unlock the World Premiere Gameplay Trailer:
https://youtu.be/P_aIfCUrEfs
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