After having a long talk with a friend of mine, I realized just how viable a game set in Feudal Japan would be. Now, the argument I hear a lot is that Christianity didn't exist in Japan during the Feudal period, which... is vastly incorrect. I suspect, if gone this route, the game would take place in the year 1637, during Shimabara Rebellion.
Christianity had begun to spread like wildfire throughout Japan's peasantry. The shogunate suspected that the Christians no longer had loyalty to their daimyō. The government began persecuting Christians. Thirty thousand Christians, ronin, and peasants rose up in rebellion, forcing the samurai to put them down.
Now, think of it like this. Japan is known for several things when it comes to 'badassery', one of the primary things being, of course, the Shinobi, or the man of shadow. What if Japan was a nation controlled by the Assassins? What if the Christian movement was an attempt of the templars to try to unseat them? You could also do the direct inverse. Assassins also seem to be Christian, more or less. What if the samurai class are templars? Discuss, and feel free to bring up other locations and arguments.
(And no, don't bring up France, or WWII. Ubisoft basically outright said no.)
Christianity had begun to spread like wildfire throughout Japan's peasantry. The shogunate suspected that the Christians no longer had loyalty to their daimyō. The government began persecuting Christians. Thirty thousand Christians, ronin, and peasants rose up in rebellion, forcing the samurai to put them down.
Now, think of it like this. Japan is known for several things when it comes to 'badassery', one of the primary things being, of course, the Shinobi, or the man of shadow. What if Japan was a nation controlled by the Assassins? What if the Christian movement was an attempt of the templars to try to unseat them? You could also do the direct inverse. Assassins also seem to be Christian, more or less. What if the samurai class are templars? Discuss, and feel free to bring up other locations and arguments.
(And no, don't bring up France, or WWII. Ubisoft basically outright said no.)