Ubisoft ask's where the next Assassin's Creed should be set

[M-E-D The Poet]

The advent of the mighty British Empire during Victorian England.

Followed by Egypt then Feudal Japan.

But, if we're all honest it should be set in Belfast, Northern Ireland. During the height of the troubles.

Agreed, I think we should start a petition on this

Plainly setting a game in either the troubles in belfast or any major irish city in the uprising and becoming independent of the irish nation in the early 1900's

Fuck all you could even grant the british the satisfaction of making the irish the bad guys back then with the whole "catholic church=templars Ireland=catholics" idea

There, everybody happy

 

[Falseprophet]

The AC series is pretty much built on its urban set pieces so playing an assassin through the American Revolution and the Spanish colonization of the Americas wouldn't really appeal to me.

The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, was twice the size of the largest European cities at the time, had sophisticated irrigation, levee and aqueduct systems, and several dozen important public buildings. It more than meets the criteria for the setting of an AC game.

There isn't really any way that the narrative can allow a game set in Feudal Japan. Not only that, however, but its a tired and used setting (mainly in Japanese media, of course) that wouldn't lend itself well to the AC series, which is brilliant at urban areas and fairly poor at anything else.

Edo(Tokyo) during the height of the Tokugawa Shogunate was the largest city in the world at the time. It was the size of London and Paris put together, and was 5-10 times larger than most other major European cities. Osaka and Kyoto were also the size of the largest European cities. Granted Edo was much smaller during the Sengoku period proposed, but Japanese cities were still quite large and feature interesting buildings and fortifications that would be fun to run and jump all over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_urban_community_sizes

I think the American Revolution setting would work as it's the only remaining option for Desmond's acestry... That doesn't seem ridiculous.
Late 19th/ Early 20th century Russian ancestors would seem a bit odd...

Unless Desmond's great-grandparents were Ukrainian immigrants who changed their name from Milovchuk to Miles, for example.

The the victorian empire one because then you'd get the chance to go to Britain, India, Australia, Canada, Africa, America and a ton of other places to.

This would be the only reason I'd get behind Victorian England: if they actually showed the extent of the British Empire and made you travel between global population centres by steamship and rail. Victorian London itself is way overdone (and I say this as a dyed-in-the-wool steampunk).

FRENCH REVOLUTION, YOU BASTARDS. I'm never going to get a game set there, am I? ;__;

Yeah, I want that too but I guess we're not getting it. You'd think Alexandre Dumas/Scarlet Pimpernel-style swashbuckling and undercover work would be a natural fit for the series, but apparently the giant French video game publisher doesn't agree.

Personally, I'm curious to see a Western developer do a well-researched, historical game set in China or Japan. Alternatively, if a more modern setting is called for, Revolutionary Russia is interesting, or more broadly, anything set during World War I. I've had my fill of WWII in video games and don't really need to see anymore for a good long while.

 

[Purple Dragon]

south american revolutins, where the countries ceased to be spanish colonies

 

[Electric Alpaca]

My personal preference:

*The advent of the mighty British Empire during Victorian England (so much potential with this, Dr Jekyll, Sherlock et al. Not to mention technology exploding so perfect for Eden based explanations

*The Warlord Battles in Feudal Japan (simply because a different tact of assassinations will have to be used - Bushido from what little I understand would prohibit clandestine assaults.)

*The culmination of the Pharaoh Reign in Ancient Egypt (Very interested in this, mostly because of the Egyptian Gods and I'd love to see them portrayed as humans, only with access to technology far beyond their time and hence their ascension to deity level)

The remainder I don't have any real excitement for, but in order:

*The violent conflicts of the Imperial Dynasties in Medieval China
*The confrontation between British colonists and native Americans during The American Revolution
*The invasion of the Americas by the Spanish Conquistadors
*The overthrow of the Tsar Empire by the Communists during the Russian Revolution

Definitely last and least:

*The rise of Cesar's Empire in Ancient Rome (bottom by a long shot, I don't want any more of Italy for the moment please)

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

The advent of the mighty British Empire during Victorian England!

That's pretty awesome. I was also thinking Jack the Ripper and top hats and monocles and JUMPING ON BLACK CABS. I need to play this now, right now.

Also for those trying to make Desmond's lineage make sense, Ubisoft have already said that everyone is related to hundreds if not thousands of people far enough back. So it basically gives them free reign with what they do with the games.

For example: If you take a generation to be (generously) 20 years, just 200 years ago (or 1800 AD), means that a person has around 1,024 distinct ancestors, 512 men and 512 women.

 

[Sethzard]

Japan, but please give it a couple of years.

 

[Cr33dl0rd]

Alright, this is the plot, it turns out Desmond has dragonblood running in his family and has the ability to unleash magical screams in dragon language, the game takes place in a mystical land called Skirym.

 

[Kill100577]

AFFFFFRIIICCCCCCAAAAA!!! Or Japan

 

[TheVoodooFrog]

Or they could just finish the story with Desmond and stop being whores.

Okay seriously, I don't actually hate Assassins Creed, its a pretty dang good series, but honestly, they've padded this story out for four games now, if they don't finish it in the fifth, that's just ridiculous.

 

[Korten12]

Fedual Japan or China, both could be really cool.

 

[Ravenbom]

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Maybe it should be set in the present since the world is supposed to end in 2012 and Desmond must be trained up by now and it would look silly if the game that settles the main plotline came out in after 2012.
That's like having Madden 12 come out 5 years from now.

 

[pirateninj4]

None! Set it in the present and wrap up Desmond's story already!

What this guy/girl/monkey said. I'm about done with Desmond and I'd like to see him get a decent cut of gameplay before they kick him off the shitter.

 

[TheVoodooFrog]

Or they could just finish the story with Desmond and stop being whores.

The problem is that no one wants Desmond, and since Ubisoft aren't Sonic Team and actually listen to their fanbase they basically do nothing with Desmond at all.

Actually they should in Assasin's Creed 3 just go with "Desmond and his girlfriend had a heartattack and died, now we'll be focusing on his ancestors and his scooby-gang."

I'd be cheering.

Thats actually pretty much my main problem with Assassins Creed. Ezio is ten times more interesting that Desmond can ever be. Hell, I'd prefer to see a game about Shawn than Desmond. If they just finish up Desmond's weird religious alien shite story, they could really let loose and just explore different assassins personal stories. Those would be far more interesting than the nonsense they've come up with to explain Desmond's reason for being in the game.

 

[Spartan448]

I'm torn between Ceaser's Rome, and the Revolution. (George III was a Templar!)

 

[putowtin]

None! Set it in the present and wrap up Desmond's story already!

What this guy/girl/monkey said. I'm about done with Desmond and I'd like to see him get a decent cut of gameplay before they kick him off the shitter.

and I'll say it again the game next year (which isn't what this survey is about) is the end of Desmond's story, it will carry on from the end of Revelations

 

[Wicky_42]

Apparently,not on the PC

Someone's already probably said it, but yeah, it's Ubisoft. They're not in a certain demographic's good books atm.

 

[maninahat]

Not Japan! We already have millions of Ninja games already, and Feudal Japan is always being used as a setting in games. The great thing about the Assassin's Creed is the way it picks uncommonly portrayed, yet fantastic settings. I don't think Fuedal Japan had much in the way of a scaleable skyline either. Besides the occasional pagoda, most of it would be one/two story buildings. Not interesting in the slightest. China would have a similar problem (though not as bad).

From the list, the British Empire makes a lot of sense. The spreading Empire would give liscense one character to explore many different locations. The American Revolution in one game, and India the next. ( Jodhpur [http://novapolis.free.fr/photography/india/jodhpur_med.jpg] should really be the next Assassin's Creed setting - but then that would mean making a game about Indian people, something which no Western(or Japanese) dev would ever dare consider).

Another advantage of Victorian, or better yet, Georgian England is that although guns have become the primary weapon of armies around the world, they aren't developed to the point of having too much accuracy, so cover mechanics won't be required. Once submachine guns and decent rifles enter a setting, you have to kiss goodbye to the free running.

I also quite like the sound of the Russian Revolution. The early period and the lack of guns would mean that the free running would still make sense. Not sure the cities would provide a fun free running experience though.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Jesus, this is a hard decision.

Definitely not the Britain ones. They're just not exotic enough locations.

I was all about Feudal Japan before this thread, though I'm really interested to see how they'd take it to a more modern setting like The communists taking over Russia. How would they manage modern weaponry in a setting like that?

I hate to admit that I'm also curious about the Rise of Cesar. Mostly because I'd be curious to see what they'd make the assassin look like and having to fight with the limited weaponry at the time.

Every choice is interesting here. It'd be easier to say which ones I don't want to see.

So guys, whatever you do, don't pick Victorian England or Cesar. Rome's already been done, and Victorian England is just a bit to similar to the past three Assassin's Creed games we've seen. Not to mention that I'm sure the game would have a rather greyish color scheme.

Let's try something different from Europe.

 

[kyuzo3567]

The problem with alot of these is that the more modern you become, the more Firearms you have to deal with in history.... i just worry that in the long run AC will devolve into a shooter when it hits more recent history

 

[FoolKiller]

Well I don't want China or Japan. Thanks to Koei, I've lived through Nobunaga's Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms all too often.

The Russian Revolution would be fun and a nice step up in difficulty with the quality of weaponry floating around then.

But I've always said the funniest thing would be for Desmond Miles to leap into his Ubisoft contemporary and become Sam Fisher