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[chickdigger802]

gaf complains when early stuff looks too good. complains when early stuff looks terrible.



it will probably look at least as good as AC4, don't see the big deal.

 

[Joeki11a]

It is irrelevant. I hope they just have a short intro about it and then I never have to see any modern stuff again for the rest of the game.

smh you dont get it dude, its not about being irrelevant
The universe of his entire franchise is all about the Animus.

You are not supposed to play these games like any other games
These are memories being tapped into, this isnt a traditional game
this game has a universe that will have AC games coming for 50 years

The Animus concept allows that, Ubi devs said so. For you to call it Irrelevant its hilarious, you think they should drop what allows them to create these games, ya no.

 

[daman824]

Wrap up the current day bullshit in one game and start fresh. How people still give a fuck about it is beyond me. It's not impossible.

Might as well make it a new ip at that point. Animus would have to be written out of the universe. Basically, when the present day stuff "wraps up" so does the only reason for the assassins or templars to visit the past.

 

[n0tail]

Looks exactly like every other Assassin's Creed game. GG Ubisoft.

 

[Kaswa101]

Looks good. Hoping for a reveal soon, most likely with the next GI cover. Anyone know when that goes up lol?

 

[cackhyena]

Might as well make it a new ip at that point. Animus would have to be written out of the universe. Basically, when the present day stuff "wraps up" so does the only reason for the assassins or templars to visit the past.

So you just actually take us to the past. I really wonder how many people would balk at no present day storyline. I don't think it has to be a new ip at all.

 

[False Witness]

smh you dont get it dude, its not about being irrelevant
The universe of his entire franchise is all about the Animus.

You are not supposed to play these games like any other games
These are memories being tapped into, this isnt a traditional game
this game has a universe that will have AC games coming for 50 years

The Animus concept allows that, Ubi devs said so. For you to call it Irrelevant its hilarious, you think they should drop what allows them to create these games, ya no.

Like others have said, you simply take the gameplay concepts and put them in any era or even fictional universes. The backdrop is not at all important.

 

[Vandiger]

Back to large cities with great historical buildings, I'm fine with that.

 

[Teddified]

I really hope the games aren't too different since I'd rather just get the PS4 game. Though I'll probably just get the PS4 one and wait and see how the PS3 one goes. I can see me skipping it for a few months so it's cheaper if it's not that interesting.

 

[Whompa]

This looks very early and strangely good for an early build.

Can't wait to see it when it's more finished.

Weird...I'm getting excited for Assassin's Creed again and I haven't played one since 2...

looking at those screens....do not want.

can you explain what about this, without mentioning that it's a super super early build, why you don't want this?

 

[daman824]

So you just actually take us to the past. I really wonder how many people would balk at no present day storyline. I don't think it has to be a new ip at all.

Well it would make the past 6 games pointless story wise. Basically you would be throwing away six years of canon (probably 7 since this new game will have present day stuff).

They would also have to find a new way to tie in all together.

 

[KORNdoggy]

smh you dont get it dude, its not about being irrelevant
The universe of his entire franchise is all about the Animus.

You are not supposed to play these games like any other games
These are memories being tapped into, this isnt a traditional game
this game has a universe that will have AC games coming for 50 years

The Animus concept allows that, Ubi devs said so. For you to call it Irrelevant its hilarious, you think they should drop what allows them to create these games, ya no.

Are you telling me ubisoft wouldn't be able to make AC50 without the animus concept? Pahahaha, please!.

It's barely even a concept as it is. Devolved into a faceless, nameless shell.

Every AC is a new character and new time period/location. They could have achieved the exact same results in terms of franchise possibilities without the animus. The games would have simply had a more plausible, better narrative to go along with the gameplay.

 

[bigboss370]

looking at those screens....do not want.

 

[luxarific]

Yay, woo, finally a place with some high buildings. Putting AC3 in the American colonies was just dumb - you need actual buildings for an AC game, not huts or trees, lol.

Based on the title, I would not be surprised if the Assassins and the Templars join forces against Hera/Etro/whatever her name is (the big bad of AC3).

 

[woen]

looking at those screens....do not want.

And this is normal because :

It's worth noting: these are early screenshots of an unfinished game

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Isn't... this also how Black Flag was leaked? The guy was on a plane, saw it on someone's laptop screen?

Yes, i, too, am tired of Ubisoft using the same airplane-passenger leak every year. All their leaks use the same formula.

 

[Frumix]

Looking very good. Was kinda hoping for less Europe and more Orient or Russia, but there's always the next game.

 

[SpyGuy239]

Wow, for the first time I am not at all interested in an AC game that is going to be released on a major platform i.e. PS3/4/Xbox/PC.

I understand it is an early screenshot and the image quality will look subpar, but if the game is due to be released at the end of the year, I doubt it's going to get loads better. It looks to be a huge step back from Black Flag as well.

Also, not getting a sense of an "exotic" location, in fact not getting any sense of any exciting environments at all. Paris 18th Century doesn't seem all that exciting at the moment.

PLEASE UBI PROVE ME WRONG.

 

[TheBanditKing]

I have been on and off with the AC series since AC2. Don't get me wrong, I loved the first and second, skipped Brotherhood and played Revelations but skipped 3 and bought Black Flag. I really like Black Flag but another one this fall is far too soon. I'll likely skip it unless they really shake things up.

 

[mgarnica89]

Game needs a "hook" . Something different enough from previous games that brings people like me in. Sometimes a form of transportation.

Arkham Knights hook = The Batmobile.
Black Flag hook = The Jackdaw
New Assassin's Creed = ?

 

[Archaix]

No you cant...

that is the root the center of the franchise

You are just playing memories, thats it

You log into the Animus, thats what allows you to play the memories

Animus is the core reason of it all. WTF calling it "irrelevant" smh

There's a group of people who refuse to believe that anybody could like the future/modern setting of the franchise and just assume everybody would be equally as happy with a series of unrelated stories of people in different time periods who act exactly the same way. It's pretty funny actually. I get not being a fan of it, but just assuming everybody thinks like you is always hilarious. I jumped off the franchise after AC2:2 because I'd already gotten bored of what they were doing with the formula, but the big stupid endings with conspiracies and aliens were the only part that made the rest of the awful story and characters worth going through. A modern take on the series would have had a far better chance of grabbing my attention again than either of the settings for 3 or 4, too.

 

[soulassssns]

Love Assassins Creed games, including the "present day" connection.

If there wasnt sny of the future scifi elements I wouldnt ever play the games.

 

[iNvid02]

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i didnt doubt him for a second

 

[Rflagg]

I am not super excited about Paris, but I really loved black flag so not completely writing this off yet. Wasn't there a rumor about spinning the pirate theme into it's own series I could really get into that if they kept making interesting stories.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

smh you dont get it dude, its not about being irrelevant
The universe of his entire franchise is all about the Animus.

You are not supposed to play these games like any other games
These are memories being tapped into, this isnt a traditional game
this game has a universe that will have AC games coming for 50 years

The Animus concept allows that, Ubi devs said so. For you to call it Irrelevant its hilarious, you think they should drop what allows them to create these games, ya no.

what the hell am I reading?

Ubi can come up with whatever bullshit excuse they like if they wanted to drop the Animus concept and there is no reason as I and many others have said now for years why this IP can't just be about an order of assassins throughout history. They can even keep the templar conspiracy stuff too then. The modern day stuff has never been necessary.

 

[Whompa]

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So this is the planned next gen version then. Hah! Awesome.

can't wait to see the actual reveal now.

 

[matrixman92]

what the hell am I reading?

Ubi can come up with whatever bullshit excuse they like if they wanted to drop the Animus concept and there is no reason as I and many others have said now for years why this IP can't just be about an order of assassins throughout history. They can even keep the templar conspiracy stuff too then. The modern day stuff has never been necessary.

its definitely not a necessary storyline anymore, but i dont mind it still. It is nice to have it there to break up the story. It was pretty much pointless in AC4 though, it didnt really give us any important info until the end. Also, i didnt enjoy the hacking in ac4.

WHAT WOULD THEY DO FOR LOADING SCREENS IF THERE IS NO ANIMUS!!!

 

[Shadownet]

i'm tired of this series being of mostly European. We all know we desire this game to be set in ancient japan.

Amen brother!

I have a theory that the reason it isn't being done is because they feel like it could stand on its own as a new IP given how obvious and cliched the idea is. That's just a theory though.

It's all about that $$$$$$$$$$$ y'all.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

what the hell am I reading?

Ubi can come up with whatever bullshit excuse they like if they wanted to drop the Animus concept and there is no reason as I and many others have said now for years why this IP can't just be about an order of assassins throughout history. They can even keep the templar conspiracy stuff too then. The modern day stuff has never been necessary.

I don't know, I quite liked the down time/slower moments provided when you leave the animus in Black Flag.

I hated them prior to that though, but that's because I really hated Desmond.

 

[Scipio]

Prepare for two unnecessary sequels:

Assassin's Creed: Liberty
Assassin's Creed: Fraternity

 

[Spehornoob]

A few of the Ass Creed folks did an AMA on reddit somewhat recently in which they said that they'd prefer to wrap up the modern storyline and, in the future, use the modern setting for setup and context, instead of giving it a new full fledged storyline. I think that'd be the best way to approach it. Whether it'll happen in this game or not, who knows?

 

[VisceralBowl]

Count me in! I have wanted this setting for a while!

As for modern day and future past stuff everyone complains about - I like it.

 

[fasTRapid]

Is he wearing skinny jeans? lol

 

[UrbanRats]

it's not a screenshot... i think it's an in-development kit screen capture.
that's probably like, test-engine code, certainly nothing with everything fnished or turned on haha

No doubt, but i was just commenting on the available material.

 

[daman824]

what the hell am I reading?

Ubi can come up with whatever bullshit excuse they like if they wanted to drop the Animus concept and there is no reason as I and many others have said now for years why this IP can't just be about an order of assassins throughout history. They can even keep the templar conspiracy stuff too then. The modern day stuff has never been necessary.

Dropping the animus concept would ruin the stories of the last 6 games.

Look at the ending of assassins creed 2 for example

Or Brotherhood

Or revelations (this one especially)

Or assassins creed 3

Or assassins creed 4

Getting rid of the future stuff would fuck up the last six years of the franchise.

 

[-griffy-]

There's a group of people who refuse to believe that anybody could like the future/modern setting of the franchise and just assume everybody would be equally as happy with a series of unrelated stories of people in different time periods who act exactly the same way. It's pretty funny actually. I get not being a fan of it, but just assuming everybody thinks like you is always hilarious. I jumped off the franchise after AC2:2 because I'd already gotten bored of what they were doing with the formula, but the big stupid endings with conspiracies and aliens were the only part that made the rest of the awful story and characters worth going through. A modern take on the series would have had a far better chance of grabbing my attention again than either of the settings for 3 or 4, too.

They can still tell the story of the assassins vs the templars through the generations without some future narrative going on at the same time. I mean, ACIV practically did away with it as it is and made the future stuff an elaborate joke about game design with barely a connection to the "main" narrative. The big thing connecting the future story before was Desmond, and well, that's not really a factor anymore.

The core concept of the AC franchise isn't the act of going into memories through the Animus, that is merely the excuse used to explore the actual core concept of going to different eras of history and locations around the globe that don't usually get seen in games. To make games in the same series take place during the crusades in the middle east, the renaissance, the American Revolution, the Caribbean during pirate times, etc.

 

[arhra]

E. All of the above

Invited to a preview on a plane for a blind date with Jade Raymond's daughter?

Sounds convincing enough, let's go with it.

 

[iNvid02]

what the hell am I reading?

Ubi can come up with whatever bullshit excuse they like if they wanted to drop the Animus concept and there is no reason as I and many others have said now for years why this IP can't just be about an order of assassins throughout history. They can even keep the templar conspiracy stuff too then. The modern day stuff has never been necessary.

they probably thought all this shit through and decided it was better to continue that modern day thread and keep the hardcore fans satisfied, no point in even risking alienating those day one buyers so that a small subset can ignore the scifi stuff.

but they could always throw in an option to skip down the line

 

[Archaix]

They can still tell the story of the assassins vs the templars through the generations without some future narrative going on at the same time. I mean, ACIV practically did away with it as it is and made the future stuff an elaborate joke about game design with barely a connection to the "main" narrative. The big thing connecting the future story before was Desmond, and well, that's not really a factor anymore.

The core concept of the AC franchise isn't the act of going into memories through the Animus, that is merely the excuse used to explore the actual core concept of going to different eras of history and locations around the globe that don't usually get seen in games. To make games in the same series take place during the crusades in the middle east, the renaissance, the American Revolution, the Caribbean during pirate times, etc.

Sure, and I disagree with everything you said. I think the modern day setting is a requirement to keep the story of the game coherent and provide an opportunity for consistency of characters from one game to another set in wildly different time periods. I feel like that's more core to the story than the assassins vs Templars in the past.

It's been handled badly in the past few games but so has literally everything else in the series in my eyes. That doesn't mean it should be dropped, that means it should have been handled better.

 

[BigJonsson]

It better have naval stuff

 

[AdanVC]

So Wii U is reaching the phase when it's not even going to have this yearly game that we're always assume to have... Seriously, at this pace, the only game it would appear on holidays is Smash, and that if it doesn't get delayed for 2015 or something and we get NES Remix 4 instead. Ok sorry for this mini-rant, is just that I genuinely enjoyed AC: IV on Wii U and I would be so dissapointed if this new AC games doesn't come to the console.

 

[Buckethead]

The first pic looks like a woman.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

They need to stop putting these out every year and actually focus on making one good for once. Assassins Creed has become the new Madden.

You do know they have three year dev cycles for these games, right?

 

[TypuyBaran]

You do know they have three year dev cycles for these games, right?

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't they have two teams that are concurrently overlapping and working on the games?

 

[Jawmuncher]

18th century Paris?
Eh you can keep that one, hope we see a different time frame for next gen consoles.

 

[Toa TAK]

Already hyped. Will be buying both games, assuming that the rumor is correct and that they're both different.

 

[sublimit]

Looks like Anor Londo.

 

[-griffy-]

Sure, and I disagree with everything you said. I think the modern day setting is a requirement to keep the story of the game coherent and provide an opportunity for consistency of characters from one game to another set in wildly different time periods. I feel like that's more core to the story than the assassins vs Templars in the past.

It's been handled badly in the past few games but so has literally everything else in the series in my eyes. That doesn't mean it should be dropped, that means it should have been handled better.

They already planted the seeds in ACIV for just having the games be the games. Ubi doesn't even seem to think it's a requirement.

 

[dazzlerazzle]

I've stopped with ACII, after that it was just like call of duky cookie cutter

 

[Kurtofan]

I'm probably the only person really over the period decisions AC has made. Id love to see something different as there are so many interesting cultures and time periods that the developers seem oblivious to.

Feudal Japan... Ancient Greece... Egypt at its height... hell, they could even do more fiction like the city of Atlantis or something. Anything other than Europe a few hundred years ago over and over. The last pirate one was refreshing. Now this? Snore.

Yeah, games set in feudal Japan are so rare.