news Travelling and Desmond's Story

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Ubisoft has really had an easy time in showing off Assassin’s Creed 3 to the public. Not only is the game a long-awaited step past the “Ezio Auditore” mythology that the three most recent console entries explored, it’s also packed to the brim with new content of the sort that hasn’t been seen in the series before. The world got its first look at the game all the way back in March, and yet Ubi was still able to surprise fans months later at E3 with the reveal of the game’s naval combat. We didn’t even know the story went to the Caribbean!
The bulk of new hero Connor’s story unfolds in colonial and post-colonial America, before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. The wilderness, realized in the game as the capital-F Frontier, is a huge expanse of east coast countryside that sits squarely between the game’s two main cities, Boston and New York. We’ve seen Boston already (see the video below for a walkthrough of Boston with commentary), a bustling metropolis for the period and a flashpoint for much of the conflict during the American Revolution. New York remains a mystery, however, and one that likely won’t be revealed prior to the game’s October 30, 2012 release.