E3: Assassin's Creed: Revelations

[Frotality]

hmm...i approve of ezio the badass grandpa. still have my reservations, still not keen on playing ezio AGAIN, still would rather move on to a new time period...but this gets revelations some brownie points, which is more than i can say for most things at E3.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

My god november is going to be terrible for my wallet. Skyrim, Uncharted 3 and AC:Revelations... well, guess I cant pay the rent for that month

 

[Eleima]

E3: Assassin's Creed: Revelations
We are reaching the end of our journey with Ezio and Altaire

it's Altair
OT squeal, every time I read something new about this game I squeal, there's gonna be alot of squeal's by November!

My first thought was exactly this: "it's 'Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad'".
OT: I've mixed feelings about this, really. I loved Ezio to bits when I first played AC2, but Brotherhood felt like they were overusing the character. And now this... I mean, the guy is 51, for crying out loud, and at the time, that was *old*.
Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, they really need to turn the page and start fresh. Either with a completely new ancestor in a new setting (why not try Elizabethan England, that could be fun), or pick up the Desmond storyline (a bit less appealing to me).

 

[Calvar Draveir]

E3: Assassin's Creed: Revelations
We are reaching the end of our journey with Ezio and Altaire

it's Altair
OT squeal, every time I read something new about this game I squeal, there's gonna be alot of squeal's by November!

My first thought was exactly this: "it's 'Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad'".
OT: I've mixed feelings about this, really. I loved Ezio to bits when I first played AC2, but Brotherhood felt like they were overusing the character. And now this... I mean, the guy is 51, for crying out loud, and at the time, that was *old*.
Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, they really need to turn the page and start fresh. Either with a completely new ancestor in a new setting (why not try Elizabethan England, that could be fun), or pick up the Desmond storyline (a bit less appealing to me).

Constantinople IS a new setting, and the tone of the story sounds entirely different. These un-numbered titles are part of Ezio's story. When they do AC3, it will have a new ancestor and setting, as well as more Desmond gameplay, probably.

If the modern storyline doesn't interest you, you haven't dug deep enough. The conversations and emails and rifts drop lots of cryptic hints and shocking revelations about how the Templars are almost totally in control of the world.

 

[Eleima]

My first thought was exactly this: "it's 'Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad'".
OT: I've mixed feelings about this, really. I loved Ezio to bits when I first played AC2, but Brotherhood felt like they were overusing the character. And now this... I mean, the guy is 51, for crying out loud, and at the time, that was *old*.
Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, they really need to turn the page and start fresh. Either with a completely new ancestor in a new setting (why not try Elizabethan England, that could be fun), or pick up the Desmond storyline (a bit less appealing to me).

Constantinople IS a new setting, and the tone of the story sounds entirely different. These un-numbered titles are part of Ezio's story. When they do AC3, it will have a new ancestor and setting, as well as more Desmond gameplay, probably.

If the modern storyline doesn't interest you, you haven't dug deep enough. The conversations and emails and rifts drop lots of cryptic hints and shocking revelations about how the Templars are almost totally in control of the world.

Dude, when you quote a post, at least take the time to read it entirely. I said a completely new ancestor in a new setting, not just new setting[/b]. I've every confidence that Ubisoft will render an absolutely gorgeous Constantinople, but that's not the issue that I was raising, clearly. It's the "too much Ezio" thing, to dumb it down, really. Even though I loved Ezio, there comes a time when too much is just too much.

To address your second remark, yes, I did read all the e-mails (I'm a completionist), and honestly, there wasn't much of anything that we didn't already know. The Assassins are already on the run from the Templars ever since they had to break Desmond out. They've been in hiding, and forced to retreat at every turn. They're not exactly doing too well in this war, as I did not fail to notice.

In conclusion, before accusing people of not "digging deep enough", try to imagine that different people have different point of views and thus different opinions on issues. I'm not saying mine is more or less valid, all I'm saying is that the way we perceive how a saga unfolds is completely subjective.

 

[Calvar Draveir]

My first thought was exactly this: "it's 'Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad'".
OT: I've mixed feelings about this, really. I loved Ezio to bits when I first played AC2, but Brotherhood felt like they were overusing the character. And now this... I mean, the guy is 51, for crying out loud, and at the time, that was *old*.
Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, they really need to turn the page and start fresh. Either with a completely new ancestor in a new setting (why not try Elizabethan England, that could be fun), or pick up the Desmond storyline (a bit less appealing to me).

Constantinople IS a new setting, and the tone of the story sounds entirely different. These un-numbered titles are part of Ezio's story. When they do AC3, it will have a new ancestor and setting, as well as more Desmond gameplay, probably.

If the modern storyline doesn't interest you, you haven't dug deep enough. The conversations and emails and rifts drop lots of cryptic hints and shocking revelations about how the Templars are almost totally in control of the world.

Dude, when you quote a post, at least take the time to read it entirely. I said a completely new ancestor in a new setting, not just new setting[/b]. I've every confidence that Ubisoft will render an absolutely gorgeous Constantinople, but that's not the issue that I was raising, clearly. It's the "too much Ezio" thing, to dumb it down, really. Even though I loved Ezio, there comes a time when too much is just too much.

To address your second remark, yes, I did read all the e-mails (I'm a completionist), and honestly, there wasn't much of anything that we didn't already know. The Assassins are already on the run from the Templars ever since they had to break Desmond out. They've been in hiding, and forced to retreat at every turn. They're not exactly doing too well in this war, as I did not fail to notice.

In conclusion, before accusing people of not "digging deep enough", try to imagine that different people have different point of views and thus different opinions on issues. I'm not saying mine is more or less valid, all I'm saying is that the way we perceive how a saga unfolds is completely subjective.

I understand that it's not a new character, but he seems to have a very different vibe this time around, and all the other characters will be brand new. My point was that it's as close to a new ancestor and time period as you can get without actually doing it. The story is radically different from previous Ezio stories, anyways.

I didn't just say Emails. I also mentioned Rifts. Templars have been involved in almost every big conflict in history. I found all the stuff on the communist revolution incredibly amazing. If you want some really crazy stuff, read the Assassin's Creed comic: The Fall, to find out how the Assassin order got into such a big decline, and how the Templars began to gain so much power in the early 90s.