New Assassin’s Creed Discovery mode offers an in-game stab-free history lesson

New Assassin’s Creed Discovery mode offers an in-game stab-free history lesson

By Emma Boyle

After taking a year off to find itself, the Assassin’s Creed franchise returns this October with a brand new title called Origins. Set in ancient Egypt, Origins takes players further back in time than any previous game AC title, with the game’s developers promising it’s a complete reinvention of the series.

In Assassin’s Creed Origins players can expect overhauled combat, a completely open world and quest structure, and brand new RPG elements that give more freedom than we’ve seen before. What remains the same, however, is the extensive historical research that underpins everything.

In fact, Origins will actually take the historical aspect of the franchise one step further with a brand new Discovery Mode.

Live and learn

Across the Assassin’s Creed series we’ve visited various points in history. Though the games’ stories naturally take some creative license with that history, there has always been a convenient and educational in-game encyclopedia that allows interested players to learn a little more about the people, locations and events of the time and place they’re exploring.

Discovery Mode in Assassin’s Creed Origins will go beyond the pictures and large blocks of text we’ve had the option to access before.

Instead, it’ll offer a kind of in-game …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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