I want to say "At least 3 had cities", but, really, Colonial America was aesthetically and architecturally dull. Black Flag's biggest offence is that you can count the sizeable locations on one hand and none of them comparable favourably (in terms of scope) to, say, Florence or Venice let alone Rome or Constantinople.
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Ubisoft: Feudal Japan is a possible setting for future Assassin's Creed games
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I want to say "At least 3 had cities", but, really, Colonial America was aesthetically and architecturally dull. Black Flag's biggest offence is that you can count the sizeable locations on one hand and none of them comparable favourably (in terms of scope) to, say, Florence or Venice let alone Rome or Constantinople.
This is my main fear. Boston in AC III proved that the location of the game and the towns architecture is very important for this series. But as they did a pirates game they could try also a ninja one.
TheBaronOfNA
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i love impossible possibilities. Eden is my choice for that reason!
7DollarHagane
Banned
This is what I want in the next game.
StreetsAhead
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You know they'd make him half Japanese so it would be ok. I'm looking at you Keanu.
shinobi602
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No one's into Vikings? That's where I'd want it next personally.
Lord of Castamere
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Japan would be cool, but I think the next title will be slightly to the west.
BibiMaghoo
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I think something like that would enable them to spend a good bit of time reworking the combat system, which is little unchanged from games years ago. It is something that certainly needs work, perhaps at this point more than any other major part of the games.
A fresh setting that placed combat on a higher roll of importance is the excuse they need. Other times and settings could do this also, but this would be a great place to start.
A fresh setting that placed combat on a higher roll of importance is the excuse they need. Other times and settings could do this also, but this would be a great place to start.
Yay, more winter forests and hunting wildl---zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Schweinehund
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I'd prefer China over Japan, they even have an assassin already in place, just make it her ancestor. The period of three kingdoms please.
infiniteheteroskdasticity
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Sprawling cities as boring as Boston and New York in AC3 would be horrible. At least the smaller ones in the Caribbean were fairly interesting. Generally though I agree. We need cities with some actual history and also some tall structures to climb. Feudal Japan would be one of the many settings that would work. I'd also take Mughal/Raj era India, revolutionary France or Victorian London in a heartbeat.
The Omega Man
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Nah not Japan, I don't want to play The Last Samurai The Game, Industrial revolution London on the other hand....
plasmawave
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There should be a twist in the settings. Like, make it a ninja but in modern day Tokyo. Scaling those skyscrapers in the night would be epic.
That'd be interesting, but what cities would you have them centered around?
So fuse together the modern day and historical facets of the games? Not sure people would be too into that.
Black Door
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You would not believe how much "native people speaking their own language with accents" bugs me. I also hope they do full Japanese (giving everyone American/Brit dialects is fine by me too but tons of people will scream about it being unnatural)
shinobi602
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Hell I don't know, some research would be needed there. Whatever the major hubs were around that era I guess. I just love Viking lore, and they were expert sailors, so the ship combat would be a given. I think they could really revamp the combat as well, maybe have a more brutish feel to it.
TheBaronOfNA
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I would like that too. But the OP quote already throws the Animus stuff as justification of "whatever".
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Ah, okay. Perhaps he realized he was wrong.
Wow what an idiot.
Sickboy007
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Revolutionary France, please. Great characters, city and story potential.
Here is the beauty of it. They can make whatever game they want. And given the yearly releases and direction the series has taken, I doubt it would be missed.
anexanhume
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I always got the impression that the Vikings were a hovel/shack type civilization near bodies of water and they had no large structures for which free running would make sense.
The idea of Japan excites me for the new weapons if nothing else, but the thought of climbing Big Ben also rustles my jimmies.
plasmawave
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What if the AC world is so far ahead in the future that modern day Tokyo is ancient to them?
For the love of God, Ubi better get rid of those tailing missions. They're terrible.
Feudal Japan would be a great setting though imo. As would the wild west; it'd be awesome if you could raid trains and such lol.
Black Door
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That's pretty animu but it'd be more interesting than the whole "ancient astronauts want to blow up earth/people reincarnating as computer programs" thing they're going with now
Now that just sounds crazy. I guess what you're talking about would be an AC game at least partially taking place in modern day Tokyo in 2014, which just sounds like a new IP in itself.
Also, leave the Animus alone.
I suspect they'd probably set the hub around England, since they did raid places like London, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria, but most of these places were seriously fucking limited in terms of assassin navigational options in the 750-850A.D. era it'd likely be set in.
I mean I guess they'd be going open world sailing like ACIV (even though viking ships were far more limited than what we saw in Black Sails), but the cities themselves would probably be super dull.
I think i would like an Assassin's Creed set in a memorable city again before something like that personally since it's been a bunch of AC games since we last had that, then we could return to the idea
shinobi602
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Indeed, but the cities in AC aren't necessarily built by the nationality of the protagonist are they? They could be cities from other nations. As I recall, the Vikings were mostly active from around 700 A.D. to a little after 1100 A.D. Lots of potential for cities there.
The last few games seemed to be announced on the first Monday of March. I'm calling March 3rd, you heard it here first!
plasmawave
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People who want London should just go play Dishonored and maybe the new Thief game. Ancient Japan is not a setting that is heavily explored in gaming, especially western gaming. There is a ton of possibilities for an AC game in that time period. Honestly the back alley of the Sizzler would be a more exciting setting than colonial America.
KojiKnight
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Back at AC2 didn't they have an interview about never wanting to do such an "over used" setting?
TacticalFox88
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I'd rather have Ancient China, Tsarist Russia, Ancient Egypt, Victorian England.
EightBitNate
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It's gonna be a Western, guys
Cowboys and assassins
Mmmmmmmmmmm
Cowboys and assassins
Mmmmmmmmmmm
As per my previous post, I agree. I didn't watch/read much of Black Flag prior to release but I did see one video wherein the director stated that the team took inspiration from 2's Florence/Venice for Havana and upon playing the game this was immediately obvious (which is a good thing), however it's a pity that it's one of just a few of the larger locations on offer.