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An avalanche of new information about Assassin's Creed Rogue

The new issue of Game Informer USA has just arrived to subscribers and, as we knew, contains a large article on Assassin's Creed: Rogue . Numerous are the game information present in the magazine about naval history, parts and much more. I will summarize all hereafter.


History

  • The game is set between 1752 and 1761;
  • The game represents the end of the trilogy of Kenway and will show the almost complete eradication of colonial killers; also in the final parts of the story will reconnect AC: Unity
  • Haytham Kenway, Connor's father, will play a role in history;
  • You will play as an assassin transformed into a killer-Hunter named Cormac Patrick Shay.
  • In the game we will be a murderer to a crucial moment in which Shay will be forced to change sides. According to Game Informer, this should happen around 1754;
  • The game is set during the seven years ' war;

Naval Gameplay

  • Shay's ship will be named Morrigan-will be smaller than the Jackdaw of Assassin's Creed II: Black Flag so that you can explore smaller spaces and to avoid more easily the glaciers;
  • Thanks to the resources of the Templars, the Morrigan will have access to experimental weapons, like machine-gun Puckle p.111 prototype that can destroy enemy ships for a few seconds;
  • The crew of Shay can download a mare a long trail of oil, which is then set fire to enemy ships to chase the player;
  • In the northern seas will be attending numerous floating icebergs that can damage the player's ship but can also be used as cover by enemy fire;
  • Icebergs can be destroyed, causing huge waves that will disperse enemy ships;
  • Our ship will be boarded by murderers, so the fighting will take place on the Morrigan rather than enemy ships; Once defeated, we can decide what to do with them and their ship as in Black Flag;
  • The "Kenway fleet" and the trade missions will make their come back;
  • By purchasing certain ship upgrades, we can break up and navigate through huge slabs of ice for access to caves and other hidden areas;
Changes and additions to gameplay
  • The eye of the Eagle will be improved: a kind of compass will appear around the player to report the location of targets, while will become red when you are running a serious risk;
  • Shay has an experimental air rifle: this can shoot silently a variety of special bullets as firecrackers to distrarrarre enemies, fragmentation grenades, pockets of soporific gas and gas "enraging";
  • The player will hear the whispers when the murderers that the Chase are nearby;
  • Murderers can kill the player from elevated positions, hiding in bushes and using various shells, just like we could do us in previous games;
  • New York has been redesigned to make browsing faster and more interesting;
  • Shay can use environmental obstacles to your advantage;
  • There will be barrels full of gas that can be drilled with the air gun, in such a way as to spread the poisonous gas in large areas; to avoid being poisoned, Shay can put a bandana on his face;
Hunting
  • At sea we can hunt down the narvàli ;
  • It confirmed the presence of polar bears, which we will be able to hunt;
Locations
  • The Appalachian Valley;
  • A redesigned New York;
  • The Arctic of the North Atlantic Ocean;
Secondary missions confirmed
  • Killer interception-will go to the famous pigeon houses seen in previous games to intercept missions for the murderers, so stop them before they carry out their duties;
  • Templar-control we can catch parts of the city as it was in the past, with the difference that instead of freeing civilians will decide whether to improve or worsen their lives;
Below you can finally see an image that offers us the dress of murderer and the Templar of Shay.