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Kotaku: Next Assassin's Creed codenamed "Empires"; set in Egypt, coming 2017
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Fahzgoolin
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The problem is that it's Assassin's Creed.
The whole Animus plot and "peering into the memories of DNA" just really cheapens the whole thing to me.
Ditch the stupid modern sub plot and I would strongly consider it.
The whole Animus plot and "peering into the memories of DNA" just really cheapens the whole thing to me.
Ditch the stupid modern sub plot and I would strongly consider it.
Starsailor
Banned
You need to watch the making of Syndicate. It show "AC VI" for Syndicate on developer's computers. In fact, the first name was "VIctory" to make a joke with the VI.
All AC (beside Brotherhood, and maybe rogue) are independant so...It's like final fantasy. The only thing that tied them up is the present storyline (which is really bad since day one)
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Is there somewhere I could read up on this? The writers are so cruel to the nicest assassin...
WorriedCitizen
Member
This. Always hated it. It's such an immersion breaker imo.
Starsailor
Banned
read emails or explore present timeline, or go assassinscreed wikia
They also introduce the idea in AC4 that the assassin during the world war II could be a Edelweiss Pirates which is...really cool. A new approch of that world conflict
NullPointer
Member
Which is ironic considering that its there to explain that immersion.
I don't mind them keeping it, as it does allow them to do some pretty creative things, but they can't half ass it and just keep stringing along their nonsense conspiracy crap. Have a real arc and take players on a journey done justice or just ditch it.
Syndicate's surprisingly good but I'm glad the series is finally getting a break (as short as it may be).
hopefully the extra year of optimization can get the visuals back to where Unity was while actually running well. maybe they can finally fix the damn controls too. the setting and gameplay changes sound interesting.
it's a bummer if there is indeed a decreased emphasis on parkour with this one though.
hopefully the extra year of optimization can get the visuals back to where Unity was while actually running well. maybe they can finally fix the damn controls too. the setting and gameplay changes sound interesting.
it's a bummer if there is indeed a decreased emphasis on parkour with this one though.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
This is completely unexpected for me. Here I was nearly positive that the next overhaul would be featuring cowboys considering the sheer amount of hints they've been dropping lately. Or something featuring Lydia Frye in WW1 considering the writer recently said that he thought they were doing something with her.
Ubi's official statement:
Ubi's official statement:
theDeeDubs
Member
This makes me hopeful for an XB1 edition this fall, even though I caved and bought it on 360 in hopes of it being BC when it was on sale during BF this year.
I remember in 2011 a Ubi exec lied through his teeth and said there was going to a one year break between Brotherhood and the next game (presumed to be ACIII). Then Revelations happened.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Revelations was made in ten months. There was a bit of miscommunication there. Watch interviews and such and the team for that game looked absolutely exhausted, the creative director in particular was so exhausted that he needed a break and came onto the Unity project two years after it had started.
Shmeagatory94
Member
I hope that the new setting will offer tight corridors, uneven paths, many buildings, and unique architecture. I dont want large open areas that are sparse, I want densely packed cities in the AC games. I like walking around and blending in with the crowd, makes me feel like a real assassin!
NullPointer
Member
Starsailor
Banned
the mythology of AC is really good with the Inu and even in the Present.
It's how they use it that's bad. It's really amazing the number of characters they create in the present. It's not just demond, warren, shaun and rebecca
It's how they use it that's bad. It's really amazing the number of characters they create in the present. It's not just demond, warren, shaun and rebecca
I hope this never happens only part I always enjoy.
Shmeagatory94
Member
Yup I agree; my favorite part of the games. They really need a new main protagonist.
Starsailor
Banned
Sounds a little too convenient. Time to get to work decoding it.
well that's simple.
Pharaon use apples of Eden to built Pyramids like Inus use them to control their tools: humanity. That's what the apple is made for. Look at this and you will see Minerva controling humans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_okIA8iI5Tw
I'm currently playing trough Syndicate right now (about 30% done) and I'm really liking it so far. Believe it or not, this is my first Assassin's Creed game ever... My only gripe with it is the Control (PC with Xbox One Controller) . it might be just me but I really feel the character controls is lousy and kind of sluggish. Anyone feel the same?
I heard Unity was a buggy mess. Did they patched it yet? Should I bother getting it after I'm done with Syndicate?
I heard Unity was a buggy mess. Did they patched it yet? Should I bother getting it after I'm done with Syndicate?
MrCompletely
Member
This isn't true, brotherhood, and revelations are direct sequels to AC2. Also, revelations features Altair the assassin from AC1. AC3, 4, and Syndicate are connected via the Kenways.
Starsailor
Banned
it depends how syndicate run on your PC.
Unity demand much more requirements , in this game you can enter in monuments without loadings.
Monuments aren't part of Syndicate =( you can only enter in some buildings or pubs (but i'm at 30% at the beginning of sequence 5)
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Heh, first year since when Revelations' came out that I won't be playing an AC game in a whole year. Kind of a weird feeling, I might get onto the DLC of Unity and Syndicate to scratch my everlasting AC itch.
Ah, thanks for the clarification. I was never sure what was up with that statement.
Lots of interesting stuff behind the scenes, like when Patrice left.
Starsailor
Banned
yes there is many tied but they're not really important.
For example in Syndicate a new player will say about kenway manor "ok i need to play the piracy games to learn more about this guy and his son Haytham"
it's link.
That don't need a real compréhension of the universe that AC made, not like brotherhood (which is a sequel) or Rogue (which is really an AC Revelation this time with links about the Ezio box, Connor, Haytham and Arno).
Gemüsepizza
Member
This would destroy the series. The modern story part is what connects each game. They just have to do it better and they need to have a plan.
Starsailor
Banned
Wut? They began to work on Unity in 2010, not 2011. Desilet was part of that project because he hinted french revolution on the Temple (brotherhood dlc) and he really wants to go back to the roots: prepare assassination, great population and this time enter inside buildings.
He's the one who create that new button for "parkour down"
Starsailor
Banned
Gemüsepizza;191248946 said:
there is no plan. What plan de you want? I don't play for the present game but for history and visiting countries.
What do you want? All the answers about the Inus? Destroy Abstergo? That will never end.
Tbh I'm pretty disappointed at how Syndicate run. I shouldn't expect much (670, 8GB, i7 3770) but after playing Witcher 3 with pretty much everything at high, I find Syndicate unoptimized. I guess I'll just wait to get a new card next year.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
So 2016 is the first year they skip since 2009? Most interesting.
NullPointer
Member
Considering the news is about the series changing course I can't help but see this stuff as controlled leaks to take the temperature of the core.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Starsailor
Banned
Damn, another thing I didn't know
Well after Desilet "out" , the guy from Revelation take the project and deliver us the same bad "love" story again (i didn't like the story with Ezio and that girl).
They keep the new gameplay
Scale Paris and monuments inside
Black box mission to prepare assassination
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Gemüsepizza;191248946 said:
It's a shame that the series feels like it requires it. I wish it was an option to avoid or pursue that sub plot if you desired.
Never again do I want to be enjoying my romp through the world to be jarringly yanked from the matrix and be forced to sneak into a skyscraper office and do a stupid computer hacking mini-games. BLEH lol
Starsailor
Banned
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Starsailor
Banned
at the beginning of the project, the present timeline was an "excuse" to explain the travel through time. Present timeline isn't the heart of AC for Desilet and Raymond. It was the vehicule.
Mass_Pincup
Banned
Gemüsepizza;191248946 said:
That's not true, all the games (don't know about the 2D spin offs and mobile games) are connected in the past too, with several reference to previous character, storyline based on those characters, cameos and so on.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
I might finally start giving a shit about AC now.
Starsailor
Banned
chronicles are canon. In fact it tells the story of shao jun after she was trained by Ezio and she takes "the box".
India will tell the story of arbaaz Mir which is the father of Henry Green in Syndicate.
In each game there is "numbers" hidden. But with only China out, no one decode that code yet.
the numbers in China: http://thehiddenblade.com/ac-china-cryptic-numbers
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
They began work on Unity in 2010 but Alex was offered the role of creative director from the onset. He was offered both at the same time.
Starsailor
Banned
ACC India in 7 days on PS4 XONE PC
Interesting how the 4chan poster notes that "you have a pet eagle that you can control." I wonder if it's using the same take from the Eagle Flight VR game that Ubisoft showed off at PSX? Or the Far Cry Primal falcon/owl stuff?
Also: when 4chan poster says "the original game had Greece but it was cut due to scaling reasons," he's referring to the original design doc for Empire and NOT AC1, correct? That makes a lot more sense. I would be interested to see if the game delves at all into the merging of Egyptian and Greek culture and the Ptolemaic Dynasty - lasted from 305BC to 30BC. That with the time of Alexander the Great and ended with Cleopatra (which was also the end of ancient Egypt), and since Cleopatra is such a well-known historical figure, I really wouldn't be surprised to see it end up taking place in those years. It would also account for overlap with Greek culture/a character being in both places, since they were kind of part of the same empire.
EDIT: The more I look at this history, I'm convinced that the games might take place around 31BC, which was the death of Cleopatra and ancient Egypt, in the middle of the reign of Caesar, and the time that Greece was occupied by Rome. If the "trilogy" is really going to cross over between these three empires, this would probably be the time to do it. If not then, you would have to go back until at least 146BC, when Greece became a Roman protectorate.
Also: when 4chan poster says "the original game had Greece but it was cut due to scaling reasons," he's referring to the original design doc for Empire and NOT AC1, correct? That makes a lot more sense. I would be interested to see if the game delves at all into the merging of Egyptian and Greek culture and the Ptolemaic Dynasty - lasted from 305BC to 30BC. That with the time of Alexander the Great and ended with Cleopatra (which was also the end of ancient Egypt), and since Cleopatra is such a well-known historical figure, I really wouldn't be surprised to see it end up taking place in those years. It would also account for overlap with Greek culture/a character being in both places, since they were kind of part of the same empire.
EDIT: The more I look at this history, I'm convinced that the games might take place around 31BC, which was the death of Cleopatra and ancient Egypt, in the middle of the reign of Caesar, and the time that Greece was occupied by Rome. If the "trilogy" is really going to cross over between these three empires, this would probably be the time to do it. If not then, you would have to go back until at least 146BC, when Greece became a Roman protectorate.
NullPointer
Member
Will it be any cheaper than China, or otherwise more expansive?ACC India in 7 days on PS4 XONE PC
Really enjoyed China, but I picked it up for $5 so my expectations were already in check.
Darkstorne
Member
Eh? They solved this issue perfectly with Syndicate - the modern stuff is very infrequent and only cut-scenes.
You can understand why it's essential though, right? It's what ties all the different settings and time periods together. Without it they wouldn't have been able to create a series that keeps jumping from one location and time period to another. Now that those time jumps are an established part of the series and expected, they can get away with almost no modern elements in the games at all (see Unity and Syndicate).
I should confess I was a fan of the Desmond story, but now that it's over I'm glad to see them staying away from a new interactive modern era. It really didn't work well in Black Flag, and it's not essential for the well established story any more.
Starsailor
Banned
Audio files too... people should really catch animus glitch in London, you will learn interesting things about what Abstergo was doing during Desmond escape...