Assassin's Creed Origins: 14 Most Promising New Features

6. Various Bow & Arrow 'Types' ('Machine Gun' And 'Shotgun' Bows?!)

Onto something a little... stranger.

We've known that Bayek's weapon of choice was a bow and arrow for quite some time, but more recent revelations actually discuss a 'machine gun'-like bow, and a 'shotgun bow'.

The latter was actually in the reveal trailer where we saw Bayek fired five arrows in a wide spread all at once, though the machine gun/uzi bow stretches the realms of reality just a bit too much. Letting you literally mow down foes as Bayek notches a good 10 arrows every few seconds, it joins the 'Predator bow', which is Origins' version of a sniper rifle/more long range weapon.

Why Ubi couldn't have just let us stick with technology and weapons that were around at the time I'll never know, but gameplay-wise this at least ensures you've got a steady arsenal at your disposal no matter what happens.