Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Egypt

From a publisher as huge as Ubisoft, and in a series as chart-dominating as Assassin’s Creed's Discovery Tour represents an unusual and welcome ambition. The mode, available as free DLC for Assassin’s Creed Origins or as a standalone game, strips out all the combat, levelling-up and collectibles in favour of a promised educational experience. It takes the strongest facet of Origins – its detailed and…

Tagged with feature, Assassin's Creed Origins, Celeste, Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Egypt, SOMA.

The announcement of the Discovery Tour was a source of much rejoicing. Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed games have for many years built these extraordinarily detailed cities, that are swiftly disposed of as the series' annual development cycle demands fresh urban grist for the mill. The recreation of Ptolemaic Egypt was by far Ubisoft's most remarkable, and the idea of using it as an educational tool, a…

Tagged with feature, review, Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Origins, Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Egypt.

We've only just started exploring the newly released Discovery Tour for Assassin's Creed Origins, but there's something we thought you should know. Gone entirely are all the marble boobies and winkies. For what we can only assume are "educational purposes", the game's many statues have been rather daftly covered up by a plague of seashells.

Tagged with feature, review, Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed Origins, Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Egypt.