As one of Ubisoft's most successful game series, Assassin's Creed has entered its tenth year. From the stunning debut of the first generation to the second generation trilogy pushing the entire series to an unprecedented peak, the following generations of works have always failed to reach the second generation again due to one reason or another. Of course, there are many reasons for this, but the development time is too short, which is a very important point. Since the "Assassin's Creed" series sold well, Ubisoft has attempted to maximize the commercial value of this series at a rate of one year. As a result, starting with "Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag", the reputation of the series has deteriorated, and the protagonist of the game has also changed from the assassin at the beginning to the later pirates and berserkers. Finally, Ubisoft learned from his mistakes and decided to take a year off to give the production team plenty of time to bring players an authentic "Assassin's Creed" (also a soft restart and return to the origin of the Assassin's Brotherhood) - "Assassin's Creed: Origin".

Ten Things You Should Know About "Origination"

1. First of all, the time when this story takes place is around 49 BC, which is the period when Cleopatra officially began to take power. Although the name of this work is Origin, according to the information sent by Ubisoft, the story of this work mainly tells the origin story of the Assassin Brotherhood, and the history of the assassin is far earlier than the time when this work happened. At the same time, this work has a modern plot. The protagonist of the modern plot is a female assassin named Layla Hassan, who will go back and forth through bayek's mummy.

2. The protagonist Bayek, published on E3, is one of the players' actionable characters, but he doesn't seem to be the only actionable character. He is the last Medjay in Egypt, and we will follow Bayek to witness the founding of the Brotherhood of Assassin in the game.

3. "Assassin's Creed: Origin" is an RPG game. In the game, the player level (up to 40) will directly affect the character's skills and game progress. Assassinating enemies across levels will become very, very difficult.

4. Like most ARPG games, players can collect various weapons and equipment in the game. The weapons in this game are mainly divided into four types: light weapons, heavy weapons, long-handled weapons and bows and arrows. Weapons are divided into three different levels: ordinary, excellent and legend.

5. In the game, players can also enhance conventional equipment such as cuff swords, wrist wheels, chest plaques, and luggage by collecting materials. These equipment and level systems will affect various basic attributes of the character.

6. The eagle Senu shown in the trailer will play a very important role in the game. In addition to exploring the surrounding environment, Senu also has many "special" functions. In addition to Senu, players can also collect various horses and camels in the game. Many wild animals in Africa will also play a very important role in the game. Wild events appear in the gameThe species will be very rich, and each has its own independent ecological environment.

7. "Assassin's Creed: Origin" is an open game. The map of the game is very huge. At least from the area currently displayed, the map of the game is much larger than the previous game. Players can travel throughout Egypt in the game, including deserts, oasis, cities, pyramids and ancient tombs; all places that players can see can be climbed, and they can also dive into the bottom of the water to explore hidden treasures; this game completely cancels the parkour key and fast running key, making the climbing in the game more technical. This game has cancelled the minimap and adopted a compass positioning system that is closer to reality.

8. The game has abandoned the linear mission system of previous generations. Players can fully explore the world while completing the main task while performing a certain task, without being fixed in the task area. Many tasks have also designed a variety of different triggering methods;

9. The game adopts a brand new combat system, and the new combat system is somewhat similar to the Dark Souls' combat system; the light and heavy attacks are set on the two buttons R1 and R2 (RB and RT), and the combination of the two can emit dazzling moves. When the adrenaline tank is full, it can also launch a powerful ending attack on the enemy; the enemy's A.I is also smarter than the previous works.

10. Although Ubisoft did not indicate that there was naval war content during E3, it has been revealed in the product information about the luxury and limited editions of major retail websites that this work still has naval war tasks; the main body of this work will be developed by the Ubisoft Montreal branch that produced "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag", and the water surface part will be produced by the Ubisoft Singapore branch (that is the branch that produced "Skull and Bones").

　　Plot

This game brings the game story to Egypt. In Ubisoft's official introduction to the protagonist Bayek, we can learn that he is the last desert ranger in Egypt - Medjay.

Medjay is a race that truly exists in history

Players who have watched "Mummy 2" should still remember that in the movie, Medjay appeared as the guardian of the City of the Dead (that very handsome guy). In fact, the original intention of Medjay in history was also the guardian, and their duty was to protect the pharaoh and the pyramid. In the thousands of years of history of Egypt, the word "Medjay" has changed many times. We will not explain it in detail here. Interested players can go to Baidu by themselves. You can understand it as a role similar to a security patrol officer. As the last desert ranger, Bayek himself is also a symbol of the old order. At the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty where the Roman Empire had increasingly influenced Egypt, the Desert Ranger, like many Egyptian civilizations, began to gradually decline, but his name was in the game worldStill have a certain appeal. Bayek will take on a series of adventures in Egypt as a desert ranger in the game to defend its territory, many of which will eventually lead to the establishment of the Brotherhood of Assassin.

It can be predicted that the spirit of the Desert Ranger will have a profound impact on the many classic creeds of the Brotherhood.

　　The establishment of the Brotherhood of Assassin

The eternal theme of "Assassin's Creed" is the history of the love and killing of the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Knights Templar, and the battle for the fragments of Eden. Although in real history, the two organizations, "Assassin" and "Templars" did not officially appear until the medieval Crusades, the history of these two organizations in the game is much longer and even traceable to the mythical era of Adam and Eve.

We all know that the current Knights Templars were called the "Order of the Ancients" before the Crusades. However, the game never clearly stated how the Assassin Brotherhood was born. This is one of the issues that Assassin's Creed: Origins to explain.

According to current intelligence, we can learn that the Assassin Brotherhood will be established by Bayek, the protagonist of Origin, during the period from 49 to 30 BC. From "Assassin's Creed 2", we learned that before this period, many famous assassins had appeared in history: in addition to the ancestors of the assassin, Adam and Eve, there were also the Persian assassin Darius, the inventor of the Shoujian, the Babylonian assassin Iltani who assassinated Alexander the Great, Wei Yu, the Chinese assassin who assassinated Qin Shihuang, and Brutus who assassinated Caesar, and Amunette who assassinated Cleopatra.

At present, we have no more information to determine what form the assassins were united before Bayek established the Brotherhood, and it is impossible to know what kind of close connection between the desert rangers and the assassins who Bayek belonged to before. Judging from the fact that Bayek is already equipped with a sneak sword, at least in his time, there was a certain connection between assassin organizations in various countries.

At the same time, we believe Bayek should interact with Brutus and Amuknet in the game, after all, all three of them lived during the active period of Cleopatra.

As one of the four ancient civilizations, Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations of mankind to date. There are countless beautiful legends around Egypt. From the perspective of conspiracy theory in the "Assassin's Creed" series, I believe Ubisoft will definitely interpret the entire Egyptian history from another perspective, such as why the pyramid was built, whether the scepter of Egypt's pharaoh had anything to do with the fragments of Eden, and is the appearance of Egypt's pharaoh entangling himself into a mummy with white cloth after his death because of the legendary fragment of Eden - the shroud? All of this will be answered one by one in "Origin".

About the era of this workSetting, the producer said in an interview that the last Ptolemaic dynasty in ancient Egypt was the best choice. During this period, not only were there well-known heroes such as Cleopatra and Caesar, but also the collision between ancient Egyptian civilizations that represented the old traditions and the rising Roman civilization. This was an era of change and was very suitable as a blueprint for the establishment of the Brotherhood of Assassin. On the contrary, if the era is traced back to the older pyramid construction period, there will be much less material available to screenwriters and game designers, and players will lack a sense of substitution for the game. The most important thing is that Egypt's pre-Hellenistic history lacks textual evidence, and the Ptolemaic dynasty not only provides more real historical events and characters, but also uses the mysterious legends of ancient Egypt.