According to foreign media reports, the name of Ubisoft's VR version of Assassin's Creed will be Assassin's Creed Nexus, and it is expected that the game will be officially announced within the next year.
It is understood that in 2020, Ubisoft announced that it was making VR versions of Assassin's Creed and Cell Splinter for Oculus devices, but no details have been released since then. Even at the Meta Game Showcase, there was no news about the game.
According to whistleblower Tom Henderson, there will be multiple series protagonists returning in Assassin's Creed: Nodes, including Ezio of Assassin's Creed 2, Cassandra and Connor of Assassin's Creed 3, and Haytham of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. These characters will appear in different levels. Obviously, the game will have multiple historical periods, somewhat similar to the new Assassin's Creed: Infinity.
In addition, Assassin's Creed: Nodes has a total of 16 missions including special tutorial missions, the game mission will be the core of the Assassin's Creed series of melee combat, stealth, theft and climbing, such as the game players can still press a key crouch and then assassinate, but the environment in the game is basically static, only the characteristic items can be physically interacted.
In the game, players will be able to move, teleport, or do both smoothly. Since stealth is one of the more important aspects of Assassin's Creed games, teleportation also has some sound limitations, in simple terms, the closer the player teleports to the enemy, the louder the sound.
The battle is based on timing, the player must wait until the enemy lowers his alertness value, and then quickly attacks the enemy, the player can pull out the Hidden Blade by holding down the button and flicking the wrist, when the enemy does not find the player, they will be assassinated by a single blow, but if they find the player, it will take multiple hits to kill. There will also be a lock-picking mini-game in the game, where players can pry open the locks of treasure chests and doors in the mission to get rewards.
Interestingly, Assassin's Creed: Nodes is also said to have a series of iconic Leap of Faith mechanics that require players to stand in a T-shape to jump from a high point in the game, which is why calibrating height in the menu interface does not allow players to pose in the T-shape instead of standing up straight in other games.
Henderson said Assassin's Creed: Nodes is expected to be released within the next 12 months, so it could be released in 2023. But he didn't say which platforms the game would launch for. In addition to Assassin's Creed: Nodes, there are also reports that a small stealth game called Assassin's Creed: Rift will be released in the first half of 2023.
From the current statement of these whistleblowers, it seems that they feel that the game seems to have nothing to do, but since there is at least half a year to modify it, it is not so pessimistic, the original beta experience version is to optimize and improve the quality of the game.