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Ubisoft: WWII, Egypt, And Japan Would Be The Worst Settings For Assassin's Creed

Posted on Thursday, April 5 @ 13:38:28 Eastern by

Oh, Ubisoft, stop trolling me.

Alex Hutchinson, creative director for Assassin's Creed 3, is seemingly appalled at several fan-requested settings for the franchise in a response to Official Xbox Magazine:
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.

[Assassin's Creed 3 writer Corey May] really wants to do India. I would too. I'd really love to do the Raj.
Where to begin? Avoiding World War II is certainly for the best, as it's been overwhelmingly overdone, and what country would you choose? Hopping from one Allied country to the next would seem frenetic and a waste of effort in terms of art assets. And don't we already have The Saboteur?

Egypt has arguably the most exotic sensibilities, though the color palette and sparse environments might not be as spectacular as the dungeons themselves. But there's more to Egypt than just sand and pyramids. To be fair, I think India and its architecture would be a better choice, though only slightly.

As for feudal Japan... why the hell not?! The only downside I see is that ninjas make too much sense. I know that Japanese developers have already covered Japanese feudal history many, many times, but I can't remember a good one in recent years. And the only open-world Japanese game I can cite is Yakuza, and the map for Kamarucho isn't that large. If Assassin's Creed ever comes to feudal Japan, I'll transfer some Nujabes tracks to my Xbox 360 so that I can imagine I'm playing Samurai Champloo.

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Related Games:   Assassin's Creed III, The Saboteur, Yakuza 4
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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
    Yes, why would we ever want to link assassins to japan. Who would ever get that crazy ass idea. India? Are u ****ing serious. This franchise is ****ing stupid.
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  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
    What's wrong with India? They have had lots of weird (and warring) religious sects, and quite a few assassin-like groups in their time. It's pretty easy to take that general historical sense and make an adventure out of it. Haven't you ever seen 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'?
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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
    Good point. Lets also make a Assassins Creed Africa since they have you know...death squads
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  • onetwo27
    onetwo27
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 4:38 am
    First thing there is a point in setting AC series to INDIA ... cause India had one of the first civilization called 'THE INDUS VALLEY' civilization in the world. Also its one of the oldest as well. AC series as always been about History. India has got vast and beautiful monuments, rich and diverse culture.

    It would be an instant hit.
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  • Rundownninja
    Rundownninja
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
    Hey Nick Tan i dont think they know what they are talking about. Japan would be awesome. Doesn't ubisoft currently have the rights to the Tenchu series? why not make a new tenchu game with the AC engine? or make a new AC game with japan as the setting and have Rikimaru as a ninja master training you in the lethal ninja arts. could be me talking out of my ass but we ninja's have to speak up!
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  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
    Modern day Mexico or Brazil (I'm thinking favela).
    Pre WW1 Russia.
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  • sandineyes
    sandineyes
    Joined: May 2008
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 2:11 pm
    Japanese history is boring. Too many giant enemy crabs.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
    Yeah. It's too easy to deal massive damage to their weak points.
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  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
    Seriously though, Japanese history pre-Tokugawa is alright but pretty uneventful, during the Tokugawa period they were all shut off from the rest of the world and nothing happened, and Meiji onward is too unlikely. All that would happen in Japan is "that Lord did not bow far enough to me when I last saw him. Go spy on him." And then you'd sit in a rice paddy for months eavesdropping on officials.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
    How about AC in the future....on moon! *ominous sci fi noise*
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  • Noritama
    Noritama
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
    How about the actual main character killing people instead of some werid 5 min thing
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  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 12:29 am
    That comment about India... that has me really intrigue! India has a rich and complex history that could put any other candidate to shame! ( especially Japan... sorry nick but beside tokugawa, it's boriiiiing!). I would love to to be an agent under Asoka's rule or be a sepoy soldier rising up against the british army in 1854!

    Now ancient china on the other hand... hmmm...
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  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Apr 6th, 2012 at 7:24 am
    A Mayan setting during the Spanish Conquest would be wild.
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