Normally I don't put much stock in trailers that contain nothing but pre-rendered footage, but in the case of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, I'll make an exception. The reason I'll do this is that based on comments from both the developers and producers of the game, this trailer shows a lot of what we can expect to see in the game itself. Everything from the way the main character moves through the crowd, to the way he scales walls to the combat system is representative of how things supposedly will work in the game.
The idea behind Assassin's Creed is that you play as an assassin who is essentially promoting peace by taking out those who wish to start wars - in this case the third crusade. Sure the plot has almost got a Remo Williams (the movie) feel to it, but hey, Chiun was a kick-ass kind of guy so it can't be all that bad, right? Seriously though, if Ubisoft manages to stay true to the gameplay concepts they're trying to get across in this trailer, the game should turn out to be something special. That said, sit back and enjoy the E3 '06 trailer for Assassin's Creed.
Assassin's Creed is currently slated to release for the Playstation 3 in 2007, with an Xbox 360 version rumored to be in the works as well.
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