His Majesty
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Any news about the time setting yet? Would be cool if it was set during the end of the Roman Republic.
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Assassin's Creed: Origins Gold Edition pre-order cards at Target, detail contents
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I wish it was more like the time of the pharaoh, saving slaves and assassinating the Pieces of Eden wielding pharaohs which shows you how they got their powers (the pieces). Game starts before the pyramids are built and has times jumps as we become 'The Assassin' who's values the creed would go on to base their entire priniples off... that's my wish anyway... but that won't happen.
AlexFlame116
Member
All of those story spoilers in the comics are incredible. I need to read them now! I honestly thought that nothing much was happening in the modern day.
So about Desmond and
?
So about Desmond and
Juno, who's the mother of Desmond's son and is Juno now technically the main villain of the story as a whole
WraithWalker1893
Banned
Edit: Meant to say No one know's who the mother of Desmond's son is, got confused with desmond's mother sorry and yupp she's the main villain. She always has been to be completely honest. Origins is gonna be a real treat for us modern/present day lovers. You can count on it. It's gonna be MASSIVE!
ASilentProtagonist
Member
Why ? You people always say "it's the worst ever made, so lazy, uncreative" or whatever but you don't explain why and you don't reply when someone's explaining the title to you.
For instance :
I don't see how "The Old Kingdom" would be better.But whatever, you know what's best and worst here.
WraithWalker1893
Banned
always creeped me outShe's
Same, but I secretly fancy her ... shhh don't tell anyone ahaa I dunna but there's something about her which makes her such a perfect villain, she's been waiting patiently for milenia, to manipulate people throughout time to get her plan in motion (released from the grand temple etc)
I dunna but there's something about her which makes her such a perfect villain, she's been waiting patiently for milenia, to manipulate people throughout time to get her plan in motion (released from the grand temple etc)Does anyone other than astonishingly transparent Sony loyalists give a fuck about marketing deals? Seriously, who cares who puts a bump on the end of the commercial. Is it going to be a good video game?
Quadraphonic
Member
That might actually be next year. Since these games are made by alternating teams on alternating years, I believe, just like Call of Duty. (Well, COD is in sets of 3, I thought)
ScaryShark
Banned
No. This is the Black Flag team. It's been in development longer than their usual cycle. There wasn't a game last year.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
This game is also getting a 45 minute segment on June 13th with Geoff.
NoKisum
Member
I'm in the same boat. African and Far East Asian settings are what I've been looking forward to in the series.
Because Origins has been done so many times. People have linked the list. Sure you can go "oh, there is a double meaning and it could be about the origins of modern man" but its not.
Its meant to be "oh this is the one before everything else".
If you want double meanings a good subtitle would have been Osiris, representing the god of rebirth and transition as this is a transition period for AC.
Origins is just so "marketing" that it hurts. I also don't know if its going to affect sales, since Origins just reeks of "spin off" and compared to mainline games, spinoffs never sell as well.
See God of War Ascension and Gears of War Judgement
I don't know... I feel like that might be what the series needs.
I think AC's biggest problem has always been the balance of combat and stealth. Where as other games kinda bridge this gap easier due to guns being a thing, the transition in AC has always been jarring.
Also, combat has been for all the games but Unity the pathway of least resistance. If you don't care about full synch, you can just run in and fight large groups without having to really worry about death or penalty.
However, Unity felt way to slow because enemies felt like they were constantly turtling, and the combat flow felt very slow.
I think the best combat speed suited for AC might be that of the Witcher 3. Its not as slow as DS and For Honor, but not as fast and simple as previous AC games.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
You have to think from a marketing perspective. Osiris and Empire aren't as easily digestible to the average consumer as Origins. Like, how many people know the meaning of Osiris?
I know Origins is completely a marketing based title, and thats why I dislike it.
It feels so frustrating to me. Egypt is a setting I've always wanted for the series, and its being tagged with one of the most overused subtitles in gaming.
And I don't know if because of this title, people will write it off as a spinoff as seen in other games that do prequels, like GOW Ascension.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Assassin's Creed is pretty much synonymous with subtitles at this point tho. Like, Black Flag, Unity, and Syndicate all moved the story forward in some way. It's only the main historical protagonist who's much further back in time.
Megatron
Member
Literally all we know is that it's called Origins and set in Egypt, so I don't know what you are basing the 'spinoff feel' from. If it's because it's not numbered, well.
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed Revalations
Assassin's Creed Unity
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Assassin's Creed Origins
At this point the un-numbered mainline games outnumber the numbered. They have more than enough data to know this isn't hurting sales or they would have changed it.
Assassins Creed Liberations was a spinoff.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Very doubtful that Sony has the marketing deal on even this one. There have been plenty rumors now that MS has it. And frankly I hope so because I look forward to seeing some Scorpio footage.
WraithWalker1893
Banned
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
1920's Egypt it is. Can't wait to see footage of it running on the Pro and Scorpio.
I have no problem with games having subtitles, its just the word Origins. I am basing this not on AC's history, but because almost every prequel with a subtitle typically never sells as well.
Then again, AC3 is still the highest selling AC game so I guess they are comfortable with this title.
ScaryShark
Banned
Who has been 'brooding' in this series as a protagonist? Shay?
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
My dude prequels not selling is usually for a whole lot of different reasons than the subtitle, for instance, God of War Ascension sold poorly because the hack and slash genre in general was in decline. And Gears was an incredibly iterative prequel with some minor changes that greatly affected the fun factor of the MP and a less than stellar campaign mode.
I mean, we've only actually had 2 "brooding" men (Altair and Connor), 3 if you include Arno but he was basically Rent-A-Ezio. But I will always fight people, and say Connor is the most human protagonist, and honestly the most relatable.
Also, the twins are really overrated in my opinion. Nothing they do is of consequence, their motivation is literally "Hey wanna go to London and kill some templars?" The only reason Evie looks good is because of how much of an idiot Jacob is. Syndicate as a whole feels like a game of no narrative consequence. The entire game comes of as a giant episode of Magic School Bus, and the characters have no progression. Hell, even though I dislike Arno it felt like he had some form of progression, while the twins remained narrative constant.
I mean
The game literally ends with them running of into the sunset after being thanked by the queen
You only see some progression in them in the Jack the Ripper DLC.
Huh?
Ok... you are probably right there.
I just hope Origins is really distinguishing itself from previous AC's.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Well just remember that this was the setting the CD wanted to work on after Black Flag.
Orochinagis
Member
I am currently playing Syndicate and the male guy trying to hard to be edgy I forgot it was about religion and people morale
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Altair, Connor, Arno, Shay...it's always the same shit.
I know. Gotta believe in Ashraf. After Deselit, he's the one I have the most faith in when it comes to directing AC since he was originally a fan.
Obliterator
Member
I miss Assassins Creed a lot. Pretty fucking stoked for this
All 2 of them (Altair and Connor) from a main cast of over 10.
Fingers crossed for the opposite, i want more current day "trash". #1 reason i buy all the games.
ScaryShark
Banned
I'll kind of give you Altair but that was a game made a decade ago. Connor and Arno were definitively not brooding by any definition of that word that I know. Arno sucks but he wasn't brooding. Also, you're making huge assumptions on a character who hasn't been revealed yet.
I don't know why Assassin's Creed threads always attract people who don't really like or enjoy the series and then are annoyed when the new game in the series is similar in some ways to what has come before.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Before we even saw one legit screenshot, we knew the game would take place in Egypt and the leaker said specifically that the main character was silent and brooding. Don't like the series? Look my up PSN/Xbox profiles.
WraithWalker1893
Banned
AGITΩ;239553519 said:
Ma man!
Ma man!
Please for the love of god, let the modern day be like this.
And not the drek from Unity-Syndicate.
WraithWalker1893
Banned
Ohh it WILL be
Though in fairness, the modern plot in Syndicate did advance more than Unity ever did, so I am greatful for that at least. But yeah it belongs in 3rd person I need more of that. Im hpping they time skip the modern day portion to have
Desmond's son
Obliterator
Member
Yeah I honestly feel the franchise lost a lot of what made it so great when they started scaling back on the modern day. I feel that was one "criticism" they read entirely wrong and after they wrapped up the Desmond storyline it seems the franchise lost a lot of its momentum when they started getting rid of the modern elements.
They need to come back in a big and a better way in Origins
They need to come back in a big and a better way in Origins
WraithWalker1893
Banned
AGITΩ;239555145 said:
You've ... read the new comics ... right?
Nope. I have read the comics in years, didnt know they were all canon or else i wouldve kept up with it.