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Assassin’s Creed Origins dev has something to say on that giant snake

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Assassin’s Creed Origins Creative Director, Ashraf Ismail, has said the upcoming stealth-action title will not delve into realm of high fantasy, despite the game featuring an encounter with a giant snake.

The E3 2017 trailer for Origins depicts protagonist Bayek squaring off with the massive reptile, prompting many gamers to assume Ubisoft is going down the path of incorporating fantastical elements in the game.

However, speaking to OPM UK, Ismail has said that there is a logical reason as to why the giant snake is in the game, and that the series, First Civilisation notwithstanding, is very much grounded in believability.

The giant snake, the amount of questions we get on that…I’ll tell you this about the snake: Assassin’s Creed is a credible experience. I mean we have our lore, of course, we have our First Civilisation, and that aspect, I mean we don’t shy away from that, it is part of the brand and we assume that. But we also don’t go randomly high fantasy,” he said.

There is a justification for that snake, of course, you don’t want me to spoil that for you and I won’t. Yes, it’s a giant snake, if you ask yourself, how could a giant snake exist for a guy like Bayek? I’m sure there are a few answers that can work, but i’ll stay saying that Assassin’s Creed is an authentic, credible experience. We have our lore, but we don’t ever really break that immersiveness by all of a sudden going fantasy out of nowhere—outside the realm of the First Civilisation stuff.” 

Assassin’s Creed Origins is due for release on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on October 27, 2017. The game will also support the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, though it seems both versions of the game will run more or less identical.

Source: OPM Issue 139 (September 2017)