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Steve Farrelly
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Allegedly this feature has been asked of Ubisoft around their Assassin's Creed series for a while, but it wasn't until the series found its founding feet in Ancient Egypt that it seemed reasonable to pull off. So overnight The Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Egypt came to life and for any history nuts out there (like me), it's a truly glorious way to take a peek back in time, using modern day gaming. In many ways, ACO is the perfect vehicle for this endeavour -- if only because the technology to recreate Ancient Egypt lends itself to now being able to take interactive, player-driven tours through said recreation. And all while learning about the city of Alexandria, the importance of Siwa -- Bayek's home, or to go as in-depth as you can here on the Pyramids. Ubisoft’s Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed: Ancient Egypt is a new educational and entertaining tool which lets anyone explore the entire interactive 3D recreation of Ancient Egypt in Assassin’s Creed Origins free of conflict, time pressure or gameplay constraints. The Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed: Ancient Egypt releases from tomorrow on PS4, Xbox and PC at no cost for all owners of the Assassin’s Creed Origins game. It will also be available independently from the game on PC via the Uplay and Steam platforms.I spent roughly two hours in this thing last night and it's honestly the way forward for any game's of historical nature, or even games where technology, modernity or the like, feature heavily from the real-world. And it's free. So, you know, get on it! (And check out the trailer embedded below.) |
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trog
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Wow that is an awesome idea. |
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Steve Farrelly
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It's something I can see schools investing in too. The beauty of it is there's no death or combat, so the violence and Assassin's Creed story are taken out of it -- you don't even need to do the tours as an avatar from the series, you can do it as Caesar if you want! The only thing I wish they did here, was couple some behind the scenes stuff on the game's development alongside the in-depth history content. In future, I think studios could use this concept as a means to do Blu-ray-like "extras" where they're baked into an open version of the game for your own discovery, rather than just part of a static list |
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