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4chan Rumor: No Assassin's Creed in 2016, 2017 in Egypt, Witcher inspired [Update]
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TheLegendOfMart
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I'm glad they are giving it some breathing room.
I hope they get it back up to AC Unity level of fidelity but better performance.
Syndicate was a big step down in lighting, effects, npc crowd sizes, etc.. I didn't really enjoy the gang aspect either. If they patched in the improvements in controls, stealth, parkour, etc.. into Unity it would by far be my most favorite AC game since AC2 Brotherhood.
Also drop the modern day stuff, no one cares about that anymore. They screwed the ending to Desmonds arc so hard then continued to beat the rotting corpse by continuing with characters from his story and his DNA.
I hope they get it back up to AC Unity level of fidelity but better performance.
Syndicate was a big step down in lighting, effects, npc crowd sizes, etc.. I didn't really enjoy the gang aspect either. If they patched in the improvements in controls, stealth, parkour, etc.. into Unity it would by far be my most favorite AC game since AC2 Brotherhood.
Also drop the modern day stuff, no one cares about that anymore. They screwed the ending to Desmonds arc so hard then continued to beat the rotting corpse by continuing with characters from his story and his DNA.
Hmm, well it is possible that they will release that assassins creed collection that was rumored earlier.
Bony Manifesto
Member
I don't think having a game on the shelves at the same time as the movie is a guaranteed money-spinner like you guys are suggesting. Prince of Persia was a disaster on all fronts, and that seemed like a much safer bet than this Assassin's Creed film.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
"Witcher feel" has to mean dialogue and quest related stuff, that's from where the series gets its feeling anyway.
If this is not just BS
If this is not just BS
fargofallout
Member
I'll believe it when I see it, but taking a year off and completely revamping the series is probably the only way to get me to ever even try one again.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Series needs a longer rest than just one year off.
Razzorn34
Member
It definitely wouldn't surprise me. Egyptian man/woman protagonist? Nah. It'll be a White dude, or someone half white.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Assassin's Creed is already coming in 2016
Now that you mention it not even releasing with a movie tie-in game seems like a stupid move for Ubisoft.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Indeed, But Assasin's Creed started out as a PoP game, so it's all come round in a circle.
It's the circle of life.
It's the wheel of fortune
sublimit
Banned
Um yeah sure.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Idk. The most unique thing about if right now is that it's set in a place that we never visited in the games. Forging its own path. I would be less interested otherwise, honestly.
Hmm, interesting. Glad to hear they're still on the franchise.
Wasn't there a domain registered for an Assassins Creed Collection? Whatever that is could release this year in place of a new game.
Ezio remasters please.
Considering how Syndicate has been received, I wouldn't be surprised if this is true.
By the by, Assassin's Creed Syndicate is fucking awesome. In my top #5 GotY list for 2015.
I honestly can't believe how good it is. It's like the first ever AC game to actually be legitimately good outside of the realm of Assassin's Creed games.
By the by, Assassin's Creed Syndicate is fucking awesome. In my top #5 GotY list for 2015.
I honestly can't believe how good it is. It's like the first ever AC game to actually be legitimately good outside of the realm of Assassin's Creed games.
The Egypt part of this rumor has been circulating for a bit and notably Watch Dogs 2 hasn't been announced for Spring, so I could see them trying to slip that in the November slot if they feel Assassin's Creed will die without a major overhaul.
KnightHart
Member
Oh boy
yurinka
Member
Yes, the lead team from ACIV was located in Montreal. But no, they didn't pass permanently AC to Quebec.
They said that there are different teams leading different AC games to make sure these teams don't have to release an AC every year, starting with Syndicate (leaded by Quebec). This means that the team who will lead the next one won't be Ubisoft Quebec, so it's possible that it's time for their Ubisoft Montreal teams teams, like the team of Black Flag or the team of Unity.
It's one of the initiatives they had to solve many concerns raised among many people. Another was to create a studio focused only in Customer Support and Community Management in Newcastle, that debuted collecting AC Unity player feedback and resulted in 400+ things fixed according to the release notes in their forums (I'd bet most of these things were already detected internally but didn't have time to fix it before release).
If true, to introduce in the middle a year without releasing a big AC would give them even more time to the devs to polish their games, which is really good.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
o.o Which part tho?
Nah dude, their writing cannot hold a game like Witcher 3.
Not like there hasn't been an RPG with bad writing before (cough recent Bioware cough) but you know... we'd be just losing here.
If they really drop the parkour aspect, instead of keep trying to make it better, i'll be really disappointed, it'd be like admitting defeat and abandoning any ambition, not to mention what made AC stand out from the crowd, nopun intended.
iNvid02
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what's the typical dev time for these games, 3 years? because fall 2017 would make it over 3 and half for black flag's creative director working on an unannounced project for them, well according to l.i anyway. it could also be watch dogs 2. its probably a sequel let's put it like that
Where else have you seen the Egypt thing?
I haven't checked the recent sales numbers, but I definitely think that the brand is in a downward spiral (despite the fact that Syndicate was considered a decent game critically). A year's respite might be exactly what it needs.
Mendax
Member
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria
included several major naval battles. it would fit ^^
included several major naval battles. it would fit ^^
mcz117chief
Member
That sounds like excellent news, but I remain skeptical. A complete relaunch of the series would be great, rework the story from the ground up.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Interesting.
We had some mail-ins from juniors asking if it was okay to post rumors about the setting being in Egypt a few months back despite them not having publicly showable evidence.
I think I said yes (we don't exactly use the setting vetting process as Kotaku given our nature), but I'm not sure there was a follow-up.
It obviously wasn't a great lead, but I felt it was worth mentioning in the context of this thread.
nelsonroyale
Member
They should do this. Great looking worlds and mechanics, but boring games. They need a compelling narrative, character interaction, meaningful progression, and good writing. Witcher 3 has all these in spades and has rightfully be praised for it. Meaning while a decent AC game is pretty far down the list, as it should be.
I don't mean a 'movie-game'. Just that of all the years to miss an Assassin's Creed release I don't think Ubisoft would have allowed it to be the year of a movie release. Surely they'd want a game to capitalize on whatever attention that might bring to the franchise.
Black Flag went backwards in time.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Oh ofc not. The closest they get to W3 writing are the ones written by Darby and even then it wouldn't be very close because W3 is pretty next level especially compared to it's peers like DA or Xenoblade. Granted there's a lot of nuance in the writing of each entry I'd say. Connor especially. Dropping parkour would be an absolutely terrible idea. I was remarking upon the comment that "no effort" is put into the side quests of these games.
AC4 was a prequel to AC3. This would be a major time jump back in time tho.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Hmmm well it's not like the witcher is known for having good combat (nor is assassins creed) but I guess the freeform open world in an assassin's creed could be great.
Bloodborne info was first leaked there if I remember right.
But of course take it with a massive grain of salt as anyone could do the same thing.
Bloodborne info was first leaked there if I remember right.
But of course take it with a massive grain of salt as anyone could do the same thing.