Assassin's Creed Origins Hands-On: 12 Things We Learned

2. Ignite Your Arrows, Fire Spreads, Causing Distractions

Cribbed from Far Cry alongside Primal's owl-based drone, now we have fire-spreading tech and the ability to smash open pots of oil before igniting it with fire arrows.

The arrows themselves have to be readied and held over a flame, but this is quite literally the same blazing inferno gameplay Far Cry pioneered back in its second numbered instalment.

IGN's demo highlighted how this is a much easier way to take out guards all resting in the same place, factoring into the new, harder combat system, as you won't have to worry about being mobbed by quite so many foes.