AnvilNext trailer presents stunning battles featuring 2,000 non-player characters on screen at once
Ubisoft has given a tantalising new look at the engine powering the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated Assassin’s Creed 3.
Named AnvilNext, the proprietary technology is a “radically redesigned” development platform made especially for the latest entry in the publisher’s blockbuster series.
The trailer shows off various landscapes, animal and character models throughout the game and states that players could encounter up to 2,000 non-player characters in a single sequence during the game's stunning battles.
Also featured in the video are wind and water simulations presented during explosive naval battles, as well as dynamic weather systems from all four seasons.
Main character Connor features 1,000 animations, which Ubisoft claims results in the most detailed third-person action character ever created.
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That's some pretty amazing tech. I particularly like the weather effects.
Great looking game. Btw Im alone when I say this. Next generation/smext generation. They keep improving the graphics and the games on the Xbox and PS3 to the point where I don't feel like I'm missing out on some leap in technology. I know it's coming but as far as I'm concerned they can keep making Xbox 360 games for the next several years and I'd be plenty happy with how they look and sound.
Is it me, or is this worse compared to the previous revision of the anvil engine? Don't be fooled by the animations, those have nothing to do with the engine itself. Somehow it doesn't look improved at all, looking at the footage, just some new models and textures/particles/anims, but nothing of the "wow" factor. I bet this same footage can be recreated (without you being able to notice) on the previous version of the Anvil engine. In other words, it's just another marketing bullsh*t preview movie type of thingy.
