Hot off the heels of adding The Immolator to Hunt: Showdown, Crytek have revealed a new monster to the swamp in the form of The Assassin.
Looking like that demon from Constantine, The Assassin is a swarm of insects and a bundle of rags, but can sneak up on you and cut you up quickly. On top of that, The Assassin can spawn clones that can leave players confused as to which one to attack.
Funnily enough, according to the update on Hunt: Showdown‘s website, the decoy feature started out as a bug, but then the team turned it into a feature.
“We started doing prototypes based on the Assassin spawning decoys so you didn’t know which one to attack,” explains designer Robert Green. “We did one where he spawned five clones that would spread out across the entire compound, but then you had to be running constantly. We ended up going with two decoys, with the boss itself circling around you. You have to correctly read the moment, otherwise you’ll get burned.”
The Assassin should show up on test servers this week. Hunt: Showdown is still in Early Access on Steam, but will be heading to Xbox One later this Spring.