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11th June 2018
10:57pm BST

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.Explore more on these topics: