Assassin's Creed Origins: 14 Most Promising New Features

14. Change Time Of Day With The Push Of A Button

Part and parcel of designing a world around dynamic NPC encounters and almost Skyrim/Far Cry-esque mishmashes of A.I. scripting, we now have access to a dedicated button to change the time of day.

Done by holding down the right stick for a few seconds, you'll enter into a 'rest' period where the sun sets or rises, leaving you in the same spot, albeit with events fast-tracked by around 12 hours or so. This affects everything around you - from guard patrols to wildlife patterns - meaning it could aid in completing any number of missions, as well as how you approach the targets themselves.

If done well, factoring in the day and night directly into gameplay is a completely original idea, and could be a worthwhile, innovative expansion to the staples of Assassin's Creed.