just released first trailer The engine will support "thousand man battles" which I think they are suggesting you will be weaving in and out of major US revolutionary war battles (already knew you would be visiting many) It looks like instead of rooftops, much of this will be jumping limbs of trees in wooded areas for at least parts of it. Rumours say about 1/3 will be countryside. This is the last in the line of Desmond stories, its interesting that we go back in time at all since many believed it would be a modern plot. As far as the ancestor character, all I know is you are a half-white half-american indian of the mohawk tribe and your villiage is slaughtered. Dual weilding is going to be the preferred style for this guy, so thats a fresh change of pace. Seasons apparently change in this version, meaning you will see different activity to the places you visit during different times There is a new camera system that is supposed to snap to cool angles to make combat more interesting something kinda cool, animals will be playing a fairly notable part in this game from rumored pets to hunting. The economics in this version is reworked, and its rumored you will be able to hunt and skin deer ect to sell as raw goods. ' (This is the one spawning the pets rumor, with the dog next to the main character looking as if he is about to attack with him. Seems kinda a stretch to me)