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Ubisoft: Feudal Japan is a possible setting for future Assassin's Creed games
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FunkyPajamas
Member
Ubisoft just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but Samurai and Ninjas are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become an assassin by using a Tomahawk. If you screw an assassination in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Assassins Creed V, nor will they purchase any of Ubisoft's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Ubisoft has alienated an entire market with this move.
Ubisoft, publicly apologize and move ACV to Victorian Era London or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Japanese culture (I'm an expert), but Samurai and Ninjas are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become an assassin by using a Tomahawk. If you screw an assassination in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the japanese public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Assassins Creed V, nor will they purchase any of Ubisoft's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Ubisoft has alienated an entire market with this move.
Ubisoft, publicly apologize and move ACV to Victorian Era London or you can kiss your business goodbye.
Seriously though, Victorian Era London or bust.
More like yes. This would be the first Assassin's Creed game I'd buy since 2.
Bonus points if female protagonist.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Ancient Chinese would be ideal.
Not on next gen consoles there isn't.
That's why I want Eden! What's his face in AC III also said that they'd love to try to go to Eden with one of his ancestors
But imagine Eden: far more advanced than any modern city, with buildings as tall as can be. But because it's unburdened by historical context, they can go truly insane with the gameplay opportunities. Jumping on a flying car before lunging down to assassinate someone, for example
I'm surprised this idea hasn't caught on more with people
The Omega Man
Member
They could flesh out the side activities, instead of hiring prostitutes you get to hire women to hold your hand and clean your ears dressed as maidens, instead of following targets and eavesdropping you have to run away and hide when real women appear in the proximity.
2 or 3 chapters will be just flashbacks from previous chapters with voice over saying: Ano toki... masaka... kare wa... shinrirarenai...
GAF game of the year confirmed.
Sickboy007
Member
They've dropped some hints (online polls and the like) that they're thinking of splitting the franchise. This would be the best solution imho:
A "Pirate's Creed" game set during the Viking Era (or whatever).
A traditional AC in Revolutionary France.
This way they could have their annual releases without incurring in too much franchise fatigue, since each series would have its particular strenghts.
EightBitNate
Member
Think about it
Sprawling canyons and deserts to explore
Pistols and lassos
Cowboys vs Indians
RDR was cool as shit. I'd love to see the team that made the best open world pirate game tackle an open world cowboy game.
Obligatory:
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Everywhere on earth is a potential future setting because they're going to release 2-3+ games a year every year for the next decade. This is like "Hey Ubisoft do you think there'll ever be an AC with multiple main characters that you can jump between in the same time period?" "Do you think there'll ever be a multiplayer only AC game?" "Do you think there'll ever be an AC game set in space?" "Do you think there'll ever be an AC boardgame?" "We aren't ruling anything out!"
plasmawave
Banned
Actually, fuck this. I want a new Onimusha.
think that's probably a recipe for franchise fatigue even with the distinctions between the two, but I guess I'm fine with that.
Stumpokapow said:
Hey an AC game set in a huge sprawling space station city would be rad!
Eden, yeah.
I think an Assassin's Creed unburdened by actual history might be just what a game needs to really mix things up
ChosenPredator
Banned
Think about it
Sprawling canyons and deserts to explore
Pistols and lassos
Cowboys vs Indians
RDR was cool as shit. I'd love to see the team that made the best open world pirate game tackle an open world cowboy game.
Obligatory:
I've always thought a Red Dead Redemption type of Assassin creed game would be interesting as hell
chicagocubsfan
Member
Rurouni Kenshin x ACV
Doublesith
Member
I can't think of a more cliched setting for an AC game than feudal Japan. Blergh. I hope this isn't true and that they go back to time periods relatively unexplored by other games or movies. Caribbean pirates was already pushing it.
PandaPedinte
Member
If anything is possible I want the next game being in modern Japan.
SaucyJack
Member
Agree.
If they wanted to get back to that the obvious candidates would be:
- France: Paris plus loads of viable secondary locations, in a plot line around the downfall of the Templars in the early 14th Century
- UK: Loads of flexibility around using London plus any number of secondary locations
- Austro-Hungary: pretty much any timeline between middle ages to beginning of WW1 would work using Prague, Vienna, Budapest
Would would you guys think about Babylon? The city itself isn't remarkable altogether, but it has legitimately heightened structures that would be interesting to scale, had canals, and had one of the Ancient Wonders of the world - the hanging gardens. To say nothing of the fabled Tower of Babel.
EightBitNate
Member
Does anyone else prefer large cities over sailing? I feel like everyone got so happy when AC4 was shown to have a lot of sailing, but it was honestly one of my least favorite parts of the game. I'd much rather go back to huge towns.
I absolutely prefer better cities to sailing. A good core city for your free running to me is central to the best AC games
Not in a realistic portrayal or with the level of architectural detail that Assassin's Creed games have.
Clockwork5
Member
Sounds boring
Nucl3arSnake
Neo Member
Yes,please. Feudal Japan sounds great!
UnluckyKate
Member
I actually don't, until they fix and rework their climbing entirely
Yes,please. Feudal Japan sounds great!
That's not Japan, that's 15th century China
Nealand Liquor
Member
I hope the character is full blooded Japanese, or atleast Asian. I really dislike when movies/games are set in another part of the world and the Great White Savior' comes in and out Samurai's the greatest of samurai's with months of training.
PaleFolklore
Member
At this point I'm getting genuinely upset that there is a series with such interesting settings and such dull gameplay. It's a damn shame but I just can't spend hours climbing towers and fighting with the really awful combat mechanics.
Noisepurge
Member
has anyone finished AC4? Any hints at the end like the previous games?
Digital-Hero
Member
I have so many good memories playing Tenchu on PSX. Throwing rice balls and detracting guards.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
I'd prefer a setting that hasn't already been done many times. Babylon or China could be great !
legacyzero
Banned
Im not a fan of the Creed games, but I would buy one based in WWII Berlin in a split second.
That1BlackGuy
Member
Feudal Japan? Open World Tenchu? Wouldn't mind revisiting feudal Japan as there's a lot of history and figures that they can play off of from that period. Hopefully they would give the Ninjas historically correct weapons/tools.