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Ubisoft confirms there will be no Assassin's Creed in 2016
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Syndicate was the swan song of what the series had done. If AC does get reinvented, its old style of gameplay went out on a high note.
But to be a bit of a downer, I'm a little annoyed at the prospect of going back in time. One of the things I liked about the series was that it had a good meta sense of progressive advancement towards the present. At some point, you thought, all this will come to a head. Now it seems they'll just go to whatever time they want and extend the series indefinitely.
But to be a bit of a downer, I'm a little annoyed at the prospect of going back in time. One of the things I liked about the series was that it had a good meta sense of progressive advancement towards the present. At some point, you thought, all this will come to a head. Now it seems they'll just go to whatever time they want and extend the series indefinitely.
RowdyReverb
Member
Collateral22
Member
I hope the next one follows the same suit as Syndicate. Picked it up cheap and it's my favourite since 2. Much better and improved over the utter trash that was Unity.
RPGCrazied
Member
Finally. Now go work on Prince of Persia. Its due time for another one.
tearsintherain
Member
AC:The movie is dec 21st, 2016 (this year). I believe principal photography has finished as well in late January so at this points its editing, music, CGI, etc.
I hope we'll see remasters of AC1-2 on ps4/xbone most likely announced at E3 and released to coincide with the movie, I'd pick it up for $30-40 to play right after watching the movie.
Projectjustice
Banned
Nobody on will be upset over this. Lol
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I'd say it would be guaranteed, if they didn't have Watch Dogs 2 to fill the gap.
A REAL Assassin's Creed game. not 2D spinoff.
Ubisoft really isn't in the business of remasters this gen. Like EA.
MechaBowser
Member
Fantastic. It's the move they need to be making right now. Good on Ubi.
looking forward to Watchdogs 2 and an HD port of AC2 this holiday
Unity was uninspiring, but Syndicate was pretty good. The really need to reboot the modern day story part ... It's gotten ridiculous.
I'd be fine if the modern story was just about a regular person logging in to experience the life of their ancestor and finding out crazy shit -- maybe some adventure game stuff in the real world, but all the crazy, convoluted stuff that has come out of the last few needs to go.
I'd be fine if the modern story was just about a regular person logging in to experience the life of their ancestor and finding out crazy shit -- maybe some adventure game stuff in the real world, but all the crazy, convoluted stuff that has come out of the last few needs to go.
God I hope that game is as good as it looks.
Now that you mention it... Ubisoft is not really open about their development at all comparing them to some other big companies right? I mean look at Square-Enix creating public pools and sending emails everytime looking for player feedback. Even EA did that for Dragon Age and Mass Effect IIRC. It certainly would be a welcome change, as much as AC becoming a non-yearly franchise.
GlamFM
Banned
0ptimusPayne
Member
Makes sense, especially since you have a shit ton of franchises that can stagger each other. Watch Dogs 2 this fall in that slot?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
They put out so much that they haven't needed to fill any obvious gaps with a remaster, the way Sony and Microsoft did. I don't think it's happen myself but I wouldn't be surprised.
Say what you will about Ubisoft but they DO care what people actually enjoy, more so than most AAA publishers. They certainly could have squeezed out another AC this year but ther fact they are recommitting to some level of quality is pretty good news. It's become a cliche to say that AC needs a year off but the fact that they are actually doing it is quite interesting.
I wonder if the Egypt rumors are true. Either way, I hope that the next game in the series can be exciting again.
I wonder if the Egypt rumors are true. Either way, I hope that the next game in the series can be exciting again.
Hydrophobic
Member
Thank god. I hope this extra time allows them to have something new besides the story in the next game.
*slowly breaks down into choking weeps*
giancarlo123x
Banned
So a collection this year, new game next year sounds good.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I'm excited to see what they can do with a 2.5 year dev cycle. If it's anywhere near as big a leap as AC2 was, it could be something special. But please Ubisoft, for the love of god, new protagonist please. There's no redeeming Aiden's awfulness, there's no making him more interesting, kill him in the opening scene.
Jumping Chief
Neo Member
Glad to see some of those rumors to be true. It's for the best for AC. Let's see how it all pans out.
Half their issues were with fan burnout, so they are at least solving that.
I think Ubisoft wants to build AC back up so it's a series worthy of annual entries. Spending some time to reinvest in their pipeline, rework their engines, formulate new facets to the game design. It's what they need to do.
Good decision, I hope they take notes from CD project.
One could hope.
funkystudent
Member
Now here is hoping they learnt a thing or two from the feedback they got from Watch Dogs 1
matrixman92
Member
Boooo...one of the few things I look forward to every year. I guess we are still getting AC:Identity, and I have chronicles Russia still to play...its just not the same
NHarmonic.
Member
This is good. Quality over quantity.
ChaosZeroX
Banned
Great news.
I hope to see something at e3 even though there will be no new AC this year.
I hope to see something at e3 even though there will be no new AC this year.
In 2017 you get a new game every quarter.