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Kotaku: Next Assassin's Creed codenamed "Empires"; set in Egypt, coming 2017
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MoonsaultSlayer
Member
I guess Ubi employees are flying more frequently now that the holidays are over.
tiebreaker
Member
Guess I'll buy Syndicate later this year to scrath that AC itch.
Starsailor
Banned
In fact if you want to learn Galina's story, she killed her mother after she had bleeding effect (mother, not her).
http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Galina_Voronina
http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Galina_Voronina
threelights
Member
I hope they let us manually control our character in this one =X
Anyway, good on Ubi for indeed giving their games the time they need.
Anyway, good on Ubi for indeed giving their games the time they need.
Starsailor
Banned
well no, looks like Galina Voronova will be the main character of the franchise now.
Elginer
Member
lmfao
Yeah, they got to get rid of that haystack mechanic. Where anything else in your path is instant death, but a haystack is fair game. Gliding would be a better option, ziplining but no more god damn haystack. And get rid of eagle vision, another poorly implented mechanic, over the top filter for highlighting characters. At least in Witcher things where varied. And another thing, stupic auto stealth bushes are meaningless. I hate those, rather control stealth myself.
Copy MGS5 for stealth and acrobats. Reduce the free flowing movement as its not rewarding anymore to push up and have the character do everything.
Copy MGS5 for stealth and acrobats. Reduce the free flowing movement as its not rewarding anymore to push up and have the character do everything.
threelights
Member
I'm talking gameplay-wise, not story-wise >.>
I guess another way to phrase that would be: "please don't map every action of my character to holding down one button".
I'm okay with the modern day whatever-they're-doing. I just want to see improvements on the gameplay.
Rome wasn't interesting?
EatinOlives
Member
Good, I was afraid of them moving forward constantly in the timeline. I think only Black Flag went "backwards" in time. I absolutely do not want an AC set in modern or close to modern times.
Also good on them for not having a 2016 release. Give us some breathing room. I can't imagine their studios can really take a moment to put out a fantastic game if they have to keep up the yearly releases. Unity definitely ended up looking like it should've been a 2015 title, and perhaps this game is launching 2017 because if it was this year instead it would've basically been another super ambitious game coming out completely broken like Unity was.
Also good on them for not having a 2016 release. Give us some breathing room. I can't imagine their studios can really take a moment to put out a fantastic game if they have to keep up the yearly releases. Unity definitely ended up looking like it should've been a 2015 title, and perhaps this game is launching 2017 because if it was this year instead it would've basically been another super ambitious game coming out completely broken like Unity was.
So they decided to go without a main game the year when they have their first movie. Surprising, but that offsets for the fans. We may see a "collection" (with remasters?) though.
It was time I guess. AC is a lot of cash for them so that means we'll have a bunch of AAA from Ubi to, one again, offset. I didn't yet play Syndicate (waiting for a new PC) so that'll leave to me for 2016. I didn't mind the annual releases since I like the formula/universe/gameplay but I wouldn't mind a proper restart (more than a reboot).
They'll likely go back in time. I guess somewhere during Roman Empire, so that they could stay in the say timeframe and geographic area (as said in the Kotaku article). Just give me some HBO's ROME's mise en scène.
They need to optimize the game for the consoles. I can't believe that the game is so beautiful on PC (and runs not so well) while it shows little graphical performance on PS4. The gap is too leap too soon in the gen.
Egypt also means the comeback of the tombs and hopefully more exploration-parkour, even though you won't have Paris or London buildings (more like AC1).
I hope a possible 3 games plan means a proper trilogy with a strong link between them (like Desmond's story).
The Middle-East Crusades, Italy's Renaissance, Ottoman Constantinople's rise, the American Revolution, the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the French Revolution in Paris and the Industrial Revolution in Victorian London....such BORING, uninteresting locations.
It was time I guess. AC is a lot of cash for them so that means we'll have a bunch of AAA from Ubi to, one again, offset. I didn't yet play Syndicate (waiting for a new PC) so that'll leave to me for 2016. I didn't mind the annual releases since I like the formula/universe/gameplay but I wouldn't mind a proper restart (more than a reboot).
They'll likely go back in time. I guess somewhere during Roman Empire, so that they could stay in the say timeframe and geographic area (as said in the Kotaku article). Just give me some HBO's ROME's mise en scène.
They need to optimize the game for the consoles. I can't believe that the game is so beautiful on PC (and runs not so well) while it shows little graphical performance on PS4. The gap is too leap too soon in the gen.
Egypt also means the comeback of the tombs and hopefully more exploration-parkour, even though you won't have Paris or London buildings (more like AC1).
I hope a possible 3 games plan means a proper trilogy with a strong link between them (like Desmond's story).
The Middle-East Crusades, Italy's Renaissance, Ottoman Constantinople's rise, the American Revolution, the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the French Revolution in Paris and the Industrial Revolution in Victorian London....such BORING, uninteresting locations.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Same here chief!
Diminishing sales for Unity and Syndicate probably worked better, though they were partially a product of the bitching.
grandwizard
Member
AC series has been pretty good about it but still.. hopefully not whitewashed Egypt.
They still sell 2 digits millions of units, it's not like the series can't even reach 5 million now.
They have very high expectations for the series, obviously.
And they could probably foresee the series trend down, were they to continue to shit out sequels once a year, with lack of polish and minimal improvements.
LordBaztion
Member
Hope it is in Rome times onwards.
True that, hoping this will play out well for Ubi, don't wish them any harm, they just need to go back up from last year's press they got.
hawkshockey11
Banned
Why does that child on the left have such a wide stance.
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KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I'm laughing like an idiot right now.Why does that child on the left have such a wide stance.
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MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Hahaha.Why does that child on the left have such a wide stance.
???
And everyone's floating.
flipswitch
Member
Has it been confirmed what qtr 2017?
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Egypt? Cool
SOURCE?!!?
Absolutely, I enjoy this franchise despite its faults but I'm thrilled to hear they're taking a year off.
Thewonandonly
Junior Member
So we are going to get two AAA games set in Egypt next year awesome 
the second one is God of War. Believe!!!
CopperPuppy
Member
Did any of these leaks have a confirmation for the alleged collection that was rumored?
If it is indeed the core Black Flag team behind the game, they've already been working on it for two+ years. Another year and a half or two of development time seems like plenty to give the franchise a bit of a soft reboot.
Pathfinder
Member
At least they're skipping a year this time. Now hopefully we'll get an AC that's actually somewhat polished.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Good... Good... I'm very hopeful this will turn out to be a good game.
Now where and what will the Yu-Gi-Oh easter egg be?
Now where and what will the Yu-Gi-Oh easter egg be?
I don't think so, no. But it's probably coming. The collection was "leaked" quite a while before we got confirmation that AC is taking a year off.
Why does it matter? I'd like to see an assassin's game in that setting. Setting of the games is a huge deal to how much I enjoy it. I loved Brotherhood because of Rome.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Purely by changing the thread title release date to 2016, I wonder how positive this thread would've been.
Also, despite being a medium sized DLC add-on, a lot of cynical/edgy people seem to forget Ubi have done a Black protagonist.
DLC?
We had a whole game..
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Hope the game is a more cohesive experience finally moves away from the same formula.
Starsailor
Banned
he said recently that he can't leave Connor Shay and Arno like that.