Is that developer actually lazy for leaning on an old reload animation, or are they simply smart?

Here's a chance to test out the new Phantom Blade. It's not real hard to get the kills, but try to kill isolated guards so as not to cause an alarm (this is most easily done from the rooftops), ...

Dead Kings picks up the story of Arno Dorian after the events of Assassin's Creed Unity's main campaign. It focuses on an "unsequenced" genetic memory that the player somehow manages to stumble into.