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4chan Rumor: No Assassin's Creed in 2016, 2017 in Egypt, Witcher inspired [Update]
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petethepanda
Member
Whatever happens, I hope they revisit Syndicate someday. I really enjoyed the characters and setting and I'd love to see them get a shot at a good story.
This too.
Elginer
Member
Starsailor
Banned
That's why i take this news with a grain of salt.
What they create in AC6 (train, fight on dilligence) they can use it again in other timeline and i really think they will do with the "far west" and "cow boy" period.
But if they came back to Egypt they need to create new thing but it could be difficult because the Assassin will have "less" technology than the others before.
I'm way more happy than worried.
This sprawling mess of a franchise needs a creative at the head. And they obviously got nobody. It would be for the best if they started with a completely clean slate.
Camp Freddie
Member
I like to think that when devs claim to have "a Witcher feel", it means the protagonist will have an iconic disease-proof penis or that it will have some sort of card-based minigame.
An Egypt setting would be no surprise, Black Flag had more than a few nods in that direction. Neither would a series revamp, after the abject failure that was Unity and the middling response to Syndicate.
It would be strange if there was no movie tie-in. Have they said they weren't going to do that?
It would be strange if there was no movie tie-in. Have they said they weren't going to do that?
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
The one thing I'm doubtful of is the lack of AC at E3. It's Ubisoft's biggest franchise and not showing it off at the biggest investor's meeting of the year seems kind of weird. My guess is they will announce the game just a year early, announce the collection, or show off footage of the movie.
Starsailor
Banned
Middling response for syndicate? Everyone said that the game is really good and it's one of the best AC.
R_thanatos
Member
That's because the assasins can't prevent all those absergo spies from stealing their teammates/infos/pieces of eden/skill/influence.
It's true regardless of the fact that you are playing or not
I'm really surprised they didn't do a real pirate franchise considering the work they've done with BF and the fact that there isn't much competition on that aspect either.
A pirate game where you extends your influence across the seas , beat the army and steal their assets , build and customise your own private secret island and so on.
I kinda want black flag , without the assasin stroyline with more pirates, more ships, crew recruitment & training
Dammit ubisoft , why haven't you done that?
I'm sad that they won't do it
Edit : and more shanties ...more shanties are a must
Well I'll gladly accept some rest for the series, it's become so fucking tiring.
My favorite was III (never understood the hate, just like Uncharted 3), then hated Black Flag, hated Unity despite Paris and didn't even bother trying Syndicate.
Coming back with a strong new start seems the best course of action right now if they don't want to ruin their only AAA successful franchise.
My favorite was III (never understood the hate, just like Uncharted 3), then hated Black Flag, hated Unity despite Paris and didn't even bother trying Syndicate.
Coming back with a strong new start seems the best course of action right now if they don't want to ruin their only AAA successful franchise.
Starsailor
Banned
Movies and Games are canon (ezio will make a cameo in the movie in 2016, it as hinted last august on twitter). So that mean that each time a movie and a game need to use a new historical period.
There will be connections between the movie (2016) and the game 2017. A character from the XV century Spain appear in Syndicate (a portrait on the Starrick office, a great templar obviously and the villain of the future movie).
Talking about sales.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I'm guessing a black protagonist then? Or Middle Eastern, perhaps?
Starsailor
Banned
That's because the assasins can't prevent all those absergo spies from stealing their teammates/infos/pieces of eden/skill/influence.
It's true regardless of the fact that you are playing or not
I'm really surprised they didn't do a real pirate franchise considering the work they've done with BF and the fact that there isn't much competition on that aspect either.
A pirate game where you extends your influence across the seas , beat the army and steal their assets , build and customise your own private secret island and so on.
I kinda want black flag , without the assasin stroyline with more pirates, more ships, crew recruitment & training
Dammit ubisoft , why haven't you done that?
I'm sad that they won't do it
Edit : and more shanties ...more shanties are a must
They said they want to do that again with asian pirates.
Everyone said that because Shao Jun had a game in 2,5D last year that mean AC will not go to Japan. That's false. In fact, the ending of Chronicles China is quite teasing like if the game was a "prologue" to the 3D adventure.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
The AC series has been a breath of fresh air in the industry in terms of characters with color. Yes there's still some work to be done, but I woudn't write it off.
"Remaster collection" (for those that don't own PCs)
The average dev PC? Sure. Especially if you're involved in any kind of debugging or art.
Probably, Freedom Cry had a pretty good one.
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Have people forgotten Connor? & the great lengths Ubi went to to ensure the Iroquois were portrayed accurately?
SuperEpicMan
Banned
That's because the assasins can't prevent all those absergo spies from stealing their teammates/infos/pieces of eden/skill/influence.
It's true regardless of the fact that you are playing or not
I'm really surprised they didn't do a real pirate franchise considering the work they've done with BF and the fact that there isn't much competition on that aspect either.
A pirate game where you extends your influence across the seas , beat the army and steal their assets , build and customise your own private secret island and so on.
I kinda want black flag , without the assasin stroyline with more pirates, more ships, crew recruitment & training
Dammit ubisoft , why haven't you done that?
I'm sad that they won't do it
Edit : and more shanties ...more shanties are a must
I would love them to do a spiritual successor to Black Flag and have it full of fantasy elements on top of what you mentioned above. It would be so cool to board ghost ships, fend off a kraken etc
TouchMyBox
Member
A game with hundreds of GOTY awards probably isn't literally the worst.
Starsailor
Banned
One of the writers of AC games already said that he wants to tell the ending story of Connor, Shay and Arno.
He said that everyone like Ezio because he had THREE games. He promised that the conflict between Shay and Arno AND the conflict between Connor and Shay isn't over.
He said that everyone like Ezio because he had THREE games. He promised that the conflict between Shay and Arno AND the conflict between Connor and Shay isn't over.
Starsailor
Banned
People don't read database entries on AC =/ That's why they complain AC5 Unity to not speak about French Revolution (even if this was false)
They went far beyond database entries with ACIII. They hired an anthropologist, used actual artifacts, studied Black Robe, hired Iroquois speaking natives as voice actors, etc. It is one of the reasons I don't like people shitting on that game. It was risky and mostly quite good.
Starsailor
Banned
Yes i read the database i have a degree in anthropology and i'm quite amaze =D.
AC3 is still the best for me.
In fact this news may be true. Since AC4 Rogue, ubisoft tease us the event BEFORE Altair. It was teased on a file on AC4 and AC4R ; in AC5 Bellec said to Arno how assassins worked before Altair, and in AC6 Shaun interrogate Rebecca about the assassins before Altair, before "the assassins and the templars".
And finally, if you remember AC2, there was original statues of previous Assassin frome previous timeline , in a crypt under Monterrigionni. One of them is an Egyptian
AC3 is still the best for me.
In fact this news may be true. Since AC4 Rogue, ubisoft tease us the event BEFORE Altair. It was teased on a file on AC4 and AC4R ; in AC5 Bellec said to Arno how assassins worked before Altair, and in AC6 Shaun interrogate Rebecca about the assassins before Altair, before "the assassins and the templars".
And finally, if you remember AC2, there was original statues of previous Assassin frome previous timeline , in a crypt under Monterrigionni. One of them is an Egyptian
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
You know, the leakers comments about making a Japan or China Assassin's Creed being too expensive are actually appreciated. I HATE when publishers give obviously bullshit lipservice for their decisions (I.e. Female animations are too hard).
It's so much more refreshing if they came out and said 'listen, we know y'all want an East Asian AssCreed, but that shit would cost too much money atm. Sorry fam.' At least we know the hold up and can stop asking. It's a shame, but it makes sense.
It's so much more refreshing if they came out and said 'listen, we know y'all want an East Asian AssCreed, but that shit would cost too much money atm. Sorry fam.' At least we know the hold up and can stop asking. It's a shame, but it makes sense.
Darryl M R
Member
I want to believe. I love Egyptian settings and having more time and no pressure to push out AC sounds good. And my GOTY being inspiration!
MMaRsu
Banned
The history stuff was cool but the gameplay was a turd, sorry.
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Lol there will be a AC game in 2016, this is Ubisoft were talking about, they've even released 2 AC games in 1 year.
Skyrim won tons of GOTY and had one of the worst combat systems.
JuanLatino
Member
hell yeah. Thats exactly what i want.
This would be an Day One Buy for me
This would be an Day One Buy for me
MMaRsu
Banned
Better than anything AC has ever done?
MMaRsu
Banned
The worst of what? Of ALL games ever? You ppl and your hyperbole lol
R_thanatos
Member
Indeed, hunting mythic animals of the sea would be awesome.
Given their monstrous team sizes, it makes sense that the surface area for leaks is fairly large.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Ancient Egypt sounds awesome. It sucks that they're stuck to this horrible franchise though (it's a huge seller, so I understand why). It'd be so much more interesting if they just made it a new IP with borrowed elements from the AC series.
Edit - When I say "horrible", I'm mainly referring to the narrative and lore they're forced to work with.
Edit - When I say "horrible", I'm mainly referring to the narrative and lore they're forced to work with.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
We shall mourn together.
I wonder if Mechner would ever sell the IP. Would probably take a pretty hefty sum.
So here we are somebody misusing literally. The existence of skyrim is evidence that it isn't. Then there is the fact that I doubt skyrim is the worst, out of all games?
The Lone Courier
Member
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With the movie coming out I wouldn't be surprised if a standalone game and a movie tie in were released.
With the movie coming out I wouldn't be surprised if a standalone game and a movie tie in were released.
isn't that what watch dogs kinda was
Actually that was one of the highlight of the series along with the explanation in (lol) the DLC for AC: Revelations...
imho the plot was lost the moment ACIII ended the way it did and how badly they handled the "the player as the main character" thing in subsequent games.