User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 25-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag gameplay trailer/@comment-5019018-20130327210921

Hmm... Judging from at least three of Edward's counters, it would seems that some of the animations from III will be returning. There's bound to be many more new ones added, though, so I'm not bothered too much by that.