We’ve seen a whole lot of Assassin’s Creed Origins over the past few months, amidst all its new RPG leanings, stealth has seemed to fall by the wayside a little. To help expand on all the sneaky sneaky, stabby stabby action at Bayek’s disposal, Ubisoft has released a new stealth gameplay trailer for AC: Origins.

To be fair, despite the advances made elsewhere in the game, it appears as if stealth remains much the same as it always has. You can drop assassinate, use sleeping darts, sneak in bushes, and of course whistle. From the looks things stealth basically negates Assassin’s Creed Origins entire new combat system, offering the opportunity for powerful stealth attacks or one-hit assassinations. The only new things seem to be the ability to tame wild animals, which can then be sent in to cause carnage (very Far Cry), and the ability to guide Bayek’s arrows mid-flight (very Heavenly Sword).

There’s a lot to love about Assassin’s Creed Origins so far, although I’m not totally convinced stealth is one of them. Leaning into Witcher-style action and adventuring means players are inevitably encouraged to take the forceful approach. We’ll have to wait and see but for now, it looks less Splinter Cell, more Witcher.

Not long to go now - Assassin’s Creed Origins is out on October 27th for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. We're still waiting on the AC: Origins system requirements as well, which we're hopeful will be along shortly, barring a token PC delay.