Assassin’s Creed Odyssey setting confirmed during gameplay reveal at E3

Push back your next scheduled viewing of 300 because it might seem a tad familiar

Ubisoft have revealed a ton of information about Assassin's Creed Odyssey at E3 in Los Angeles. Out in October, the developer released the game's setting, release date and exhibited an extensive amount of gameplay which, crucially, will include sailing and naval combat. [caption id="attachment_183646" align="alignnone" width="1428"] Naval combat returns in the latest instalment of the Assassin's Creed franchise (Credit: Ubisoft)[/caption] Assassin's Creed Odyssey players will have the ability to choose between male and female characters Alexios and Kassandra, who wield the spear of Leonidas as a weapon. [caption id="attachment_183648" align="alignnone" width="1431"] Ubisoft's gameplay trailer featured a pitched battle between Greek armies (Credit: Ubisoft)[/caption] Older Assassin's Creed features like free running, swimming and powering up are all present in the game, as well as the return of a skill system, loot and equipment. [caption id="attachment_183649" align="alignnone" width="1422"] Players will have a choice between male and female protagonists (Credit: Ubisoft)[/caption] During Ubisoft's premiere of the game at E3, a lot of emphasis was placed on "story choices," as dialogue options between Kassandra and Aristotle were played through. [caption id="attachment_183650" align="alignnone" width="1432"] In case you were in any doubt about the setting (Credit: Ubisoft)[/caption] Oh, and it looks absolutely gorgeous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSw6JeHge1Y Here's hoping excessively complicated systems and levelling up don't overburden the gameplay of what looks to be one of 2018's funnest games.