New Assassin's Creed III Trailer Takes a Trip Through the Forest

Climbing trees

by Sammy Barker Wed 13th Jun 2012

Ubisoft’s released a brand new seven minute video of Assassin’s Creed III. The Frontier demo was shown to press during E3 last week, and includes full narration from creative director Alex Hutchinson.

The footage includes a look at numerous mechanics from the game, including hunting and combat. But perhaps most staggering is the free-running gameplay, which sees protagonist Connor dashing between trees. It takes a very brave developer to tackle something as technically complex as what’s on display here.

Check out the video below, and let us know what you think in the comments. Looking pretty good, huh?

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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rjejr
Thu 14th Jun 2012

My most anticipated PS3 game (I've been waiting years for Pikmin 3, and to finally stop playing games in SD).
Currently playing inFamous (1) and I can't believe how good that game looks and controls - especially for a launch title. My wife commented that he moves a lot better than Nathan Drake, and he does. He actually moves better than any Spiderman I've played. Cole is a cross between Jak - jumping and dodging - and Sly - climbing.
So, if that was a a launch title, I'm really looking forward to see what Ubisoft can do now. I haven't played any AC games before but I'm jumping straight into this one.
1 thing that really stood out to me playing inFamous - that I also saw in this video - was the lack of visual cues for climbing. Seems almost every other 3rd person game has handhelds highlighted in some way. Running through the trees didn't really impress me all that much, but climbing the rock cliff it was noticeable.