Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-18014300-20170611010837

By far the most valid leak ever, it seems that this is from a Gameinformer magazine, but I am not quite sure. A lot of information here, likely to be true, some that debunk prior rumors.

So what do you guys think? :) I'm certainly hyped.

There are few things that I'm skeptical about. The first is that I'm not too fond of the idea of removing the convention of having the right trigger button correspond to high-profile. I think pressing down the analog stick for sprinting is never a good mechanic for long-distance running for games. I would've preferred them to just keep the freerunning mechanics from Unity as is. I thought it was the most fluid ever by far and was near ideal. For detractors, I think that people have unrealistic expectations of how perfect simulation of parkour can be in video games.

I was also more excited for the setting of the New Kingdom, as reported in an earlier leak, than the Ptolemaic dynasty. This is because the reign of Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, to Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, to Ramses II was during the peak of Egyptian civilization, as well as being loaded with some exciting political conflicts to explore. I was afraid that maybe by the Ptolemaic dynasty, Egypt would be too Hellenized, but it's not really a loss. It should be just as exciting to explore the link with Amunet's assassination of Cleopatra, and witness the end of a great era in history and the rise of Rome, a climactic moment in history.

I think the new Eagle Vision mechanic, being far more literal, seeing through the eyes of the protagonist's eagle companion is an awesome, novel innovation. As some of you wanted, we will get to explore the Pyramids and the tombs. I think I noted before to you guys that I wasn't sure if there would be much to explore because the Egyptian tombs tended to be quite linear rather than labyrinthine, but it seems Ubisoft did give a lot of thoughts to this, as well as the idea that a Medjay would be raiding sacred tombs and whether that would conflict with his duty and morals, and I trust that as they said, they tried to strike a balance between fun and historical accuracy.

I applaud that they said that they would not contradict previous lore about Amunet assassinating Cleopatra. I know some of you had concerns if this period would be too late for the founding of the Assassin Brotherhood, and I'm concerned about that too. This seems really, really late, considering we know many Assassins that predate this period... so I'm a bit confused. Moreover, the Assassins were supposed to really have begun with Eve or with Abel, so it's more likely we're seeing a major reorganization, perhaps centralization, perhaps consolidation of the Assassin Order. Either way, this is probably the point that I'm most apprehensive about, where I fear they might contradict established lore the most.

Finally, they mentioned at the end about the question of whether or not the Pyramids are connected with the Isu or the Isu aided in their construction. I'm a little tentative on this point too. I know that there are a lot of popular theories that the Egyptians only could have constructed these marvels with the help of a Precursor civilization or aliens, but in reality, we still have the earliest pyramids that they built which show that it was a process of trial-and-error for them that spanned a few generations because the earliest pyramids were flawed in terms of mathematical calculations and engineering. For example, the. But if to connect with the story, I don't mind if they added a little connection between the Isu and the Pyramids still I guess. I just hope they don't make Hathor Juno or Ra Jupiter. I think that'd be kind of a cop-out. They're not similar enough, and this is a great opportunity to expand the Isu characters. 