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[rockman zx]

- The next game will be a sort of prequel for the franchise.

- It's set in Ancient Egypt.

- You play as a Former Slave.

- The Main Character is a Distant Ancestor of Altair.

- It's being developed by the team that brought us Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. (Ubisoft Montreal)

- The Character has slightly darker skin than we have previously seen for a main character.

- The world is over three times larger than that of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.

- The game will feature Desert Mirages.

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I guess there is no chance to know if the info is fake or not but sound legit to me.

 

[TheGhostSix]

I mean, nothing there sounds absurd or impossible based on Kotaku's original report. So maybe?

 

[GavinUK86]

Doesn't sound different from what we know already really.

 

[mullet2000]

- The Character has slightly darker skin than we have previously seen for a main character

Something about this bullet point is hilarious to me.

Edit: It's the "slightly"

 

[Gothos]

Well, it's all based on the current rumors

 

[AlexFlame116]

Something about this bullet point is hilarious to me.

I think there was a guy on GAF raging about how the main character looked white. Good news for him then?

I just really want a good story about the modern world and the happenings with Those Who Came Before. They really dropped the ball with that part of the story.

 

[HotHamWater]

- The next game will be a sort of prequel for the franchise.
- The Main Character is a Distant Ancestor of Altair.

 

[dex3108]

Something about this bullet point is hilarious to me.

Edit: It's the "slightly"

Well we had Adewale as main character

 

[Hystzen]

Most of assassins rules and legacy came from Altair so be interesting if they remember this

 

[Holundrian]

The black flag team gives me some hope for it + I haven't played one since black flag so I might be in the mood for it come fall/winter.
I'm worried about 3 times larger given that the Ubisoft school of open world design has tired out and needs some sort of revamp to breath freshness into it.

 

[Jumeira]

- The world is over three times larger than that of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.

Lovely. More Ubi openworld game design with needless rinse repeat tasks.

I do hope they put effort into focused sidequest and contextually driven meaningful tasks. Again, these openworld games should be looking at Witcher 3 and Zelda as a template. Zelda climb anywhere would be perfect for this game. Add some challenge with a stamina ring.

 

[Xumbrega]

Ok, this seems plausible.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Most sound good but a huge ass world isn't necessarily better. Especially when it concerns a Ubi game, in my book.

For me to get really hyped for AC again it would need to completely overhaul the gameplay mechanics, the feeling and everything because I am so fed up with AC in general.

 

[Khoryos]

Haven't people been rumouring the Egypt AC since before Unity, though? AC Comet, I think it was supposed to be called?

 

[EvB]

Can't wait to climb to the stop of a pyramid, then leap of faith off it. Then fall down the side breaking every bone along the way

 

[brickarts295]

Damn I guess even Altair had an assassin ancestor XD
Guess this might be the origins of the actual Assassin's Creed.

 

[WraithWalker1893]

I thought we all knew this from the original 4chan leak or did we forget? Nothing new here

 

[matrix-cat]

- The world is over three times larger than that of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.

Come on, man. Three times larger than an area we needed a ship to get around; are they going to give us an ancient Egyptian helicopter to get traverse this gigantic playable space?

 

[AyraSutoraifu]

Lovely. More Ubi openworld game design with needless rinse repeat tasks.

The second i read this, fatigue sinks in… No, the serie is done for. Move to something else.

 

[Disxo]

Damn I guess even Altair had an assassin ancestor XD
Guess this might be the origins of the actual Assassin's Creed.

Which is weird, the hashashins were made by al mualim I believe.

 

[hotcyder]

Sounds a little same old same old to me

- The game will feature Desert Mirages.

When's the pre-ordering page going up?

 

[Trago]

Not that historic accuracy really means anything to Ubisoft, but doesn't ancient Egypt predate the actual brotherhood of assassins?

 

[DarkLordMalik]

The world size makes me reconsider.

 

[halfbeast]

- It's being developed by the team that brought us Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. (Ubisoft Montreal)

so, the team who thought, it would be a great idea to make pirate ship stealth missions (!!!), I'm expecting the new one will have something like this:

 

[nbnt]

When are they going to officially announce this game? Thought we'd be getting something by now.

 

[WraithWalker1893]

Sounds a little same old same old to me



When's the pre-ordering page going up?

lol funny you should say that, pre-order pages just went up on some sites just a few days ago listed for October 2017 and one site had it for november. The reveal is imminent

 

[Betty]

Come on, man. Three times larger than an area we needed a ship to get around; are they going to give us an ancient Egyptian helicopter to get traverse this gigantic playable space?

Best we can do is a camel, and not a very fast one either.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Well we had Adewale as main character

Well, if it's going to take place in a desert, who knows.

 

[Ahasverus]

Montreal didn't make IV did they? They did III (And II, and I).

I hope people from the original team remained.

 

[Hystzen]

When are they going to officially announce this game? Thought we'd be getting something by now.

E3 then released November probably like past games

 

[Twookie]

Come on, man. Three times larger than an area we needed a ship to get around; are they going to give us an ancient Egyptian helicopter to get traverse this gigantic playable space?

you will traverse it with sand seals

 

[AgentLampshade]

If mirages are the only unique thing to come from this break, then this game will be as boring as the others.

 

[Tonton]

- The world is over three times larger than that of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.

This sounds waaay too big considering you need a ship to get around in Black Flag, me no likey

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Announcement this week? Unity was announced March 21. Black Flag March 1st. 3 in February. Syndicate's the outlier(May), but it was sent to die so... I'd expect Empire to get announced sooner rather than later.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Im intrigued until an image with a million icons on the map appears

 

[M1nty]

- The world is over three times larger than that of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.

Yay! More pointless Ubisoft open world activities to complete.

Seriously though, I really hope they make a good job of this one...

 

[ironcreed]

The Black Flag team is the best case scenario. Please let it be true.

 

[semiconscious]

fine (if true) by me. unlike just about everybody, i loved ac1 ...

- The world is over three times larger than that of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag.

if true, i want a camel. a fast camel ...

 

[LordBaztion]

well, my interest will heavily depend on how ancient is that Egypt

 

[Xumbrega]

Hopefully Ubi learned something from Witcher on how to make an engaging open world, but I'm more interested on the combat and stealth, that's where they need a full revamp.

Make it fresh and I will be there day one.

 

[Eggbok]

- The Character has slightly darker skin than we have previously seen for a main character

Well we had Adewale as main character

Sneak peek @ new main chaacter

 

[wapplew]

Could be good, they give this one more time in the oven, fresh setting and all.

 

[Khoryos]

Not that historic accuracy really means anything to Ubisoft, but doesn't ancient Egypt predate the actual brotherhood of assassins?

The historical one yes, but not the one in-game - in AC2 Brotherhood you find a statue of a Babylonian assassin under Monteriggioni.

 

[nekkid]

Something about this bullet point is hilarious to me.

Edit: It's the "slightly"

"Ethnic, but within reason".

 

[dex3108]

Come on, man. Three times larger than an area we needed a ship to get around; are they going to give us an ancient Egyptian helicopter to get traverse this gigantic playable space?

 

[UrbanRats]

Come on, man. Three times larger than an area we needed a ship to get around; are they going to give us an ancient Egyptian helicopter to get traverse this gigantic playable space?

What's the issue? Zelda has a massive map, and you mostly go around by feet (and paraglider) since the horse is pointless.

 

[Kinyou]

The focus on map size really needs to be toned down again.

 

[Inorganic]

Hope they bring back the modern day meta story and go all out. Maybe show us how Abstergo started and we can play someone like Desmond.

 

[hydruxo]

I feel like the "three times bigger than Black Flag" thing has to be an overexaggeration. Because that is way too big.

 

[burgerdog]

Three times larger!? How is that possible? It would be ridiculously big if they're counting all the water space + land.