Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed®: Ancient Egypt

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• Press Coverage·14 May 2020

  Both of Assassin's Creed's educational Discovery Tours are free to keep this week

  You’ve tapped out those skill trees, but have you levelled up your brain? Until next Thursday, both Greek and Egyptian flavours of Ubisoft’s historical learn ’em up Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed are free to pick up and keep forever. Go on, get yourself a slice of ancient education without all that stabby Assassin guff to deal with. (more…)
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• Patch Notes·15 May 2018Official

  Discovery Tour - Standalone Patch 1.0.2

  Hey everyone, The Discovery Tour Standalone Patch is now live. Please see the latest changes below. Patch Size: Steam: 1.2Gb Discovery Tour Added Brazilian Portuguese to list of supported audio languages Fixed an issue where the playable character could perform incorrect animations while interacting with the NPC stations in the "Ancient Egyptian Fashion" tour Fixed an issue where languages sometimes wouldn't be applied when changing them after a Benchmark session If you have any issues, please get in touch with our customer supportfor further assistance.
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• Patch Notes·22 Mar 2018Official

  Discovery Tour Standalone - 1.0.1 Patch Notes

  Hey everyone, Discovery Tour Standalone-Patch 1.0.1 will be deployed on PC today, March 22. Patch Size: Steam: 880MB Discovery Tour Added a celebration feedback when all tours are completed Fixed an issue that prevented players to select any audio languages except for English Reduced the repetitiveness of the ambiance dialogues Disabled Senu's top attack ability in the Discovery Tour Fixed an issue that could limit the speed of a mount in all areas Fixed an issue with the NPC animation when the ‘Natron’ Tour is started with a child character Fixed an issue that caused statues during the ‘Siege of Alexandria’ Tour to appear with a low-quality texture Fixed an issue with the display of photos taken in the main game that would appear in the Discovery Tour map Fixed an issue where Fast Travel could be aborted if the player moved the camera focus away from the activation point Fixed an issue with the game executable not properly launching the Discovery Tour when directly used Corrected various issues with the Customize Controls option Corrected some formatting issues in the menu when Russian localization is being used Corrected various typos in the French localization Corrected some typos in the Discovery Tour timeline If you have any issues, please get in touch with our customer support for further assistance.
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• Patch Notes·22 Mar 2018Official

  Discovery Tour Standalone - 1.0.1 Patch Notes

  Hey everyone, Discovery Tour Standalone-Patch 1.0.1 will be deployed on PC today, March 22. Patch Size: Steam: 880MB Discovery Tour Added a celebration feedback when all tours are completed Fixed an issue that prevented players to select any audio languages except for English Reduced the repetitiveness of the ambiance dialogues Disabled Senu's top attack ability in the Discovery Tour Fixed an issue that could limit the speed of a mount in all areas Fixed an issue with the NPC animation when the ‘Natron’ Tour is started with a child character Fixed an issue that caused statues during the ‘Siege of Alexandria’ Tour to appear with a low-quality texture Fixed an issue with the display of photos taken in the main game that would appear in the Discovery Tour map Fixed an issue where Fast Travel could be aborted if the player moved the camera focus away from the activation point Fixed an issue with the game executable not properly launching the Discovery Tour when directly used Corrected various issues with the Customize Controls option Corrected some formatting issues in the menu when Russian localization is being used Corrected various typos in the French localization Corrected some typos in the Discovery Tour timeline If you have any issues, please get in touch with our customer support for further assistance.
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• Press Coverage·1 Mar 2018

  Beyond hard & easy: Assassin s Creed s Discovery Tour and Soma s Safe Mode

  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 enormous depiction of Ancient Egypt and adapts it into something almost entirely new. Ubisoft isn t alone in remixing its games in this way, however. The Discovery mode for Origins follows in the squelchy footsteps of Frictional s Soma, which added a Safe Mode last December that removes any mechanical threat from its monsters. Traditionally, the concept of games has been closely tied with that of challenge , but these modes sidestep that. And in doing so, they remove a barrier to entry for less experienced players who want to explore their worlds. Even if the execution doesn’t necessarily match the idea, this is a good thing. (more…)
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