Ubisoft just hosted a Assassin’s Creed Syndicate panel at San Diego Comic Con, featuring the voice and mocap actors Paul Amos and Victoria Atkin, portraying Jacob and Evie Frye, as well as Creative Director Marc-Alexis Côté.
Film Director F. Gary Gray and comic Artist Pop Mhan were also present, revealed as the authors of a new animated short dedicated to the game, which can be viewed below, with a behind the scenes further down.
The Assassin's Creed official Twitter account provided a detailed summary of the main points that were shared on stage:
Now the crowd welcomes host @JeffLeach and Assassin’s Creed Syndicate creative director @marcalexiscote (AKA "MAC") to the stage.
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
We’re also thrilled to welcome to the stage @PaulRogerAmos and @VictoriaAtkin: The actors for Jacob and Evie Frye. pic.twitter.com/IaeBTDmYb5
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
Setting the stage, MAC explains that ACS recreates a period in which London went through great change, but great turmoil.
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
As industry boomed and rich became richer, much of the working class was forced to turn to a life of crime. pic.twitter.com/UnYo7G83I7
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,@PaulRogerAmos: Jacob and Evie come in to take down the Templars and take back London using their gang, The Rooks.
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
MAC explains that with the new game, Jacob and Evie bring back multi-kill finishers and a faster and more brutal combat style.
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
The assassins also get new weapons like the Assassin Gauntlet, which you can see in the Jacob Frye trailer here: https://t.co/0GbzFQySy7
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
Jacob can’t take London on his own. His twin sister Evie brings her own brand of deadly justice to the fray. pic.twitter.com/lZQC1uGekj
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
.@JeffLeach asks: How does it work playing as both Jacob and Evie?
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
Players can swap between Jacob and Evie in the open world, and each assassin gets their own main story missions. pic.twitter.com/2oe8rKjQus
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
MAC: Having Jacob and Evie together also gives us new storytelling options we've never had before. We're very excited to show you,
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
Our panelists recalling the detailed process for casting the heroes of the game. pic.twitter.com/qfNI5d6lp0
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.@VictoriaAtkin has challenged @PaulRogerAmos to a race at the #AssassinsCreed Experience. Any bets on who'll win? pic.twitter.com/BVw24nuUxV
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
Now, MAC walks the crowd through our second Gameplay Walkthrough. See it here: https://t.co/0Pg2RrYmnn
— Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) July 10, 2015
You can watch Assassin's Creed Syndicate's Evie Frye actress, Victoria Atkin, take on the obstacle course in the video below:
Assassin's Creed Syndicate takes players to London during the industrial revolution
In Assassin's Creed Syndicate players will take control of both Jacob and Evie Frye, twin brother and sister. Syndicate will feature a new combat system, new weapons, a grappling hook and a territory system similar to Far Cry's outposts.
The year is 1868. It’s the tail-end of the Industrial Revolution in London. Money is power and those who don’t have it are cast aside by society and left to rot. Many turn to a life of crime in order to survive. The Assassins have been forced out and the Templars now control every major enterprise in the city. Twin Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye take it upon themselves to steal London back by force, uniting the local gangs under one banner and conquering the city borough-by-borough.
Creative director at Ubisoft Quebec Marc-Alexis Côté, in an interview with Official Xbox Magazine, explains that the side missions in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, have been designed to make sense for the players and reflect the main narrative and goal.
"In Assassin’s Creed we tend to be very generous with the activities that players can engage in, but one of the things that we need to do to modernise the experience is to make sure that those activities make sense for the players – and this is something that we are working on this year,"
In Assassin's Creed Syndicate side missions will serve the main goal
Côté continues that the goal is to take back London, and each activity makes sense in the quest of the protagonist.
"Every activity that the player will do will make sense in the narrative quest of the protagonist,"
"The goal is to take back London, so all the activities that you will do in the open world will serve that as well as the main storyline.”
Assassin's Creed Syndicate features two protagonists, twin siblings Jacob and Evie Frye
In Assassin's Creed Syndicate players will take control of both Jacob and Evie Frye, twin brother and sister. Syndicate will feature a new combat system, new weapons, a grappling hook and a territory system similar to Far Cry's outposts.
Assassin's Creed Syndicate comes out on Xbox One and PS4 on October 23 2015, with a PC release to follow.