Where should the next assassin's creed take place?
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I always hated the idea of the entire game being centered entirely on Desmond, I always thought that Desmond would be used as more of a tracking guide, like they would use him to go searching through ancient ruins of various countries in long platforming sections, whilst still using the animus to learn more about this whole conspiracy.
So far Japan sounds like the most visually interesting, and could also lead to more hand to hand combat which I always thought the game severely lacked. So my proposal is, ancestor in Japan for 75% of the game and 25% of the game would be Desmond platforing in ruins whilst fending off a few guards.
So far Japan sounds like the most visually interesting, and could also lead to more hand to hand combat which I always thought the game severely lacked. So my proposal is, ancestor in Japan for 75% of the game and 25% of the game would be Desmond platforing in ruins whilst fending off a few guards.
I don't hate Desmond. As characters go, he's alright, and he serves his purpose in the first two games - he's a bland player-insertion character so we can put ourselves in his, and thereby Ezio/Altair's shoes.MiracleOfSound said:
My point was that, if you had to get into an Animus and were given a choice of ancestor's lives to live would you
A) Be a Crusades-era superspy, a sneaky assassin from a secret order who fights injustice
B) Be a rich Renaissance-era Italian who screws beautiful women and becomes leader of a powerful secret cell of revolutionaries
C) Be an ex-bartender who gets kidnapped, spends several weeks doing nothing but sit in a space-age armchair, and eventually stabs his girlfriend
To me, the obvious choice is 'anything but C!'
Victorian London would make the most sense to me. Especially if you include Jack the Ripper as a Templar. As you see time and again in AssCreed Prostitutes are friends of Assassin's so it's not beyond imagination that a From Hell-like plot could be worked into AC3.
The French Revolution stuff sounds interesting, I'd never considered that. Colonial Africa might be intriguing?
It's all speculation but I would like the series to end. A good story well told is worth more than a good story stretched out until it can't carry on. I just hope Ubisoft know what they're doing!
The French Revolution stuff sounds interesting, I'd never considered that. Colonial Africa might be intriguing?
It's all speculation but I would like the series to end. A good story well told is worth more than a good story stretched out until it can't carry on. I just hope Ubisoft know what they're doing!
Interesting, but it seems too soon after the first one. It's barely a different historical period - it's less than a century apart! Considering the difference between 1 and 2 in the timescale, I think Ubisoft will push the date further than the 1700'sSam Eskenazi said:
I wasn't really being serious about the mafia thing. It would explain how the family got to america, but other than that... no.X10J said:
but why wouldn't freerunning work in the carribean? bustling port cities, docks and ships to climb around on, big villa's to sneak around on, no automatic weapons yet, pirates, the trading companies, colonial authorities... it could definitely work. architecture wouldn't really be a problem either, I'm not sure what it was like, but what most people THINK it would look like (i.e.: as in the pirates movies), that could work, and it's probably the look they'd go for if they made it. I'd really like to see that happen
also; big-ass ship battles.
oooor.... how about assassin's creed... IN SPACE! that'd be cool XD
Im still not even sure how altier and ezio are related since one of them is middle eastern and the other italian. Maybe do it in India then.
Okay coming out of the left field here but i'd like to see AC3 in a fantasy setting, maybe a shadow elf city underground with lots of intrigue, poltics, creatures, magic and general evil thrown in.
Napoleonic War. Then there could realistically be weapons which work, and possibly you could have the task of hunting down French (or Prussian or English etc.) politicians. Some time around then at least
I also agree that India under the british empire could also work.
Modern times would not work though, because it would change the way that the game works too much (modern assassinations would be almost exclusively shootings) so it would change the very nature of the game - sneaking up and stabbing someone and then running away/hiding
I also agree that India under the british empire could also work.
Modern times would not work though, because it would change the way that the game works too much (modern assassinations would be almost exclusively shootings) so it would change the very nature of the game - sneaking up and stabbing someone and then running away/hiding
Please god somewhere without guns. If they make an AC game focusing on guns instead of melee, I will be very, very sad. Note that I mean focus, not inclusion. The pistol in AC2 and Brotherhood is pretty much fine - limited ammo, long charge-up, not nearly as useful as melee weapons in most encounters.
Now if we want to avoid guns, the present would require some HEINOUS sci-fi nonsense to prevent guns beating every assassin everywhere. The DNA memory thing is already pretty ridiculous, but hopefully they aren't willing to go full-on present day energy shields or anything like that. And I will cry if they make assassins capable of dodging bullets from automatic weapons.
The future could work with some Dune-like technology that protects against projectile weapons, but not melee weapons. I could also see this leading to some pretty righteous free-running among skyscrapers towering miles over the ground or space stations or whatever. Really, they could do whatever they wanted, freed from the necessity of historical accuracy. Wouldn't be too hard to fit into the story either - find another alien artefact thing with this one allowing Desmond to play through a warning of what could happen in the future if he doesn't prevent the catastrophe discussed in AC2.
Failing that, I'd also go for London in some time period between AC2 and present day. Early enough that there wouldn't be any automatic firearms and my understanding is that military-grade firearms would still have been remarkably uncommon in London (and would surely attract too much attention). And I honestly wouldn't particularly mind an ability to dodge SINGLE bullets - that would fit well with the super master assassin thing AC has going on and would be a nice new mechanic. My only problem would be using a similar mechanic to dodge AUTOMATIC gunfire, which seems both patently absurd and slightly outside of the level of unrealism the AC series is usually willing to put up with (a level that I tend to like).
Now if we want to avoid guns, the present would require some HEINOUS sci-fi nonsense to prevent guns beating every assassin everywhere. The DNA memory thing is already pretty ridiculous, but hopefully they aren't willing to go full-on present day energy shields or anything like that. And I will cry if they make assassins capable of dodging bullets from automatic weapons.
The future could work with some Dune-like technology that protects against projectile weapons, but not melee weapons. I could also see this leading to some pretty righteous free-running among skyscrapers towering miles over the ground or space stations or whatever. Really, they could do whatever they wanted, freed from the necessity of historical accuracy. Wouldn't be too hard to fit into the story either - find another alien artefact thing with this one allowing Desmond to play through a warning of what could happen in the future if he doesn't prevent the catastrophe discussed in AC2.
Failing that, I'd also go for London in some time period between AC2 and present day. Early enough that there wouldn't be any automatic firearms and my understanding is that military-grade firearms would still have been remarkably uncommon in London (and would surely attract too much attention). And I honestly wouldn't particularly mind an ability to dodge SINGLE bullets - that would fit well with the super master assassin thing AC has going on and would be a nice new mechanic. My only problem would be using a similar mechanic to dodge AUTOMATIC gunfire, which seems both patently absurd and slightly outside of the level of unrealism the AC series is usually willing to put up with (a level that I tend to like).
I'd say setting it during the 1800's would be kinda fun. Assassinating cowboys, bringing a sword to a gunfight...and winning. You know, that sorta thing. :3
Either that, or during A) The Civil War, or B) The American Revolution. Either one of those three would be a great setting for an Assassin's Creed game, in my opinion.
Either that, or during A) The Civil War, or B) The American Revolution. Either one of those three would be a great setting for an Assassin's Creed game, in my opinion.
Victorian London. That's all I need to say. It'd be awesome!
The freerunning wouldn't really work, as there weren't the required densely packed buildings. I think that if inyone tried it would turn out really badly. I hope they don't try to do this!Kiju said:
Instead going forward in history why don't they go further back? Ancient Greece sounds awesome, to be honest. I'm not sure if they'll be able to fit it in the mess of a story arc they've created, but hey a guy can always dream, right?
Less than a century apart? AC:B is 1500-1503 and French revolution is 1789! That's 289 years by my count...SonicWaffle said:
Just for a laugh, and to be a dickhead, im going to say anywhere in Australia. Steve Irwin would be the main bad guy, you could use boomerangs as a ranged weapon, Da Vinci from AC2 would be replaced by Crocodile Dundee, every second word would be the word "mate", and you would ride a kangaroo instead of a horse.
All that = one beast of a game
All that = one beast of a game
I really like the idea of Russia during the Revolution, but I feel like that probably won't happen because I think they're setting the comics there. Still, having snow everywhere would be awesome.
I also hadn't thought of the idea of them going back further instead of going forward, so there a lot of good time periods they could use.
I also hadn't thought of the idea of them going back further instead of going forward, so there a lot of good time periods they could use.