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Home News AC3 Creative Director Attempts To Apologize For Dismissing Gamers' Setting Ideas As "Boring"

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AC3 Creative Director Attempts To Apologize For Dismissing Gamers' Setting Ideas As "Boring"

Posted on Friday, April 6 @ 10:48:23 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


Before Ubisoft announced that Assassin's Creed 3 would be set during the American Revolution, gamers all over the net were speculating where and when the game would take place. The game's creative director, Alex Hutchinson recently discussed a number of these ideas, casting them aside as uninspired and downright boring.

I see how it is Mr. Hutchinson. Everyone's got an opinion, but they all suck unless it's yours. 

In a recent interview, the creative director went so far as to say that "people on the internet suggest the most boring settings. The three most wanted are WWII, feudal Japan and Egypt. They’re kind of the three worst settings for an AC game."

Ouch man, that really hurts. I'd hate to hear what you might say about some of my ideas.

Not long after did Joystiq meet up with Hutchinson at PAX to inquire further about his comments, to which he clarified by offering a slightly wishy-washy response. "It's part of a bigger discussion. Obviously any setting is potentially awesome." He went on to add that "the point we were making was that some settings are more familiar in video games than other settings. And the two particular ones that were mentioned are very familiar video game settings."

Ah, I see, so "familiar" equates to "boring" and "worst". It's all clear now.

The creative director then went on to attempt to offer an apology, saying, "If people think they have the worst ideas, I apologize for that. But really, they're very predictable. The internet is not the place for insight, unfortunately." Make of it what you will. 
Related Games:   Assassin's Creed III
Tags:   Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft


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  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 11:31 am
    He's right, though. Those settings would be pretty boring for an AC game. The other Assassin's Creed games were about being in the shadows during major world changing events. While WWII could work for that, it's also the most boring setting. Egypt and Japan are both too spread out history-wise to really feel it.
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  • sliverstorm
    sliverstorm
    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 11:55 am
    Some crazy spin on this article. Title should be "Creative Director is honest; journalists rejoice."
    0 1
  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
    I personally hoped for the late 19th century London...would that be boring?
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  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
    China would be nice, the Spanish American wars of independence would've been awesome, so much going on in so many places.
    0 0
  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 12:19 pm
    Screw that don't say you're sorry for your own opinion . Stick by it.
    0 0
  • Alex_Osborn
    Alex_Osborn
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
    But is insulting your fans in the process really appropriate? He definitely could have worded his opinion a bit more delicately.
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  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
    This is why, in politics, they say that a "gaffe" means accidentally saying what you really think.

    He could have been more polite about it, we absolutely agree. That said, I really have to also agree with the implied claim that gamers suck at game developing. We do, we really do. If we were allowed input into developing games, it would be an unmitigated disaster.
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  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000
    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
    Instead of saying it's "too boring" what if he would have said it's "too obvious"?
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
    World War I maybe, but not the second. Egypt seems, besides the major landmarks, kinda empty building wise. Feudal Japan... wouldnt foreigners constantly be considered suspicious? Spanish American war could be a good one, altho Europe for a few centuries had plenty of wars to choose from.
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  • acdibble
    acdibble
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
    Why all the hate for Hutchinson? He's right. There should be less personal butthurtedness injected into this article and more focus on the facts...
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  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Apr 7th, 2012 at 2:29 am
    I won't mind World war 2... but only if it's set in occupied europe. Like say France or the Netherlands.
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  • ReinhardtBII
    ReinhardtBII
    Joined: Oct 2007
    Posted: Apr 7th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
    Assassin's Creed: Wall Street. You're welcome, Mr. Hutchinson
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