assassins creed III, whaaaat?

Read all of these. Pretty much all info known about the game is in here. :)

http://kotaku.com/5890565/assassins-creed-iii-brings-a-new-hero-to-a-new-console-with-a-new-engine
http://kotaku.com/5890608/heres-how-to-pronounce-the-name-of-assassins-creed-iiis-protagonist
http://kotaku.com/5891096/assassins-creed-iii-changes-weather-changes-sides-loses-towers
http://kotaku.com/5890526/a-revolutionary-hero-takes-to-the-trees-in-the-first-assassins-creed-iii-trailer
http://kotaku.com/5889974/leaked-assassins-creed-iii-pics-reveal-british-ambush
http://kotaku.com/5891114/assassins-creed-iii-features-4+player-co+op

Me? I still need to finish ACII… then buy Brotherhood and Revelations. But ACIII does look great. Different setting. I love games set in Colonial America. :D
 
One of the unique hooks of the franchise was that it was one of very few that had little if anything to do with America. There goes that, at any rate.

I'd be lieing if I said I wasn't indelibly interested in learning more about it, but I do think Ubisoft shot themselves in the foot by waiting for so long to release the third game's setting. There was too much time in between to fantasize about all the wondrous and exotic places the series could go, and none of them were colonial America.

I trust the developers have good reason for doing this, but the most cynical part of me thinks this was a marketing decision, not a creative one. They set the game in the country where most of the players live so that it would appeal to the major audience's own narcissistic impulses and boost sales. It's like they're taking advantage of people by giving them what they think they want.

But that's the most cynical, worst case scenario. Still though, I wanna climb buildings in far off distant lands and time periods that have massive religious, historical, and political significance, not trees of all things - the one thing I can climb in real life any time I want.

Having said that, it looks cool. :lol
 
my history kinda blows but i'd imagine we'd have some pretty big buildings in 1777 not to mention just about any city from that point in time should carry huge historical significance. It seems cool, I'm not a big fan of the franchise but i'd gamefly it!
 
stealth toilet said:
One of the unique hooks of the franchise was that it was one of very few that had little if anything to do with America. There goes that, at any rate.

I'd be lieing if I said I wasn't indelibly interested in learning more about it, but I do think Ubisoft shot themselves in the foot by waiting for so long to release the third game's setting. There was too much time in between to fantasize about all the wondrous and exotic places the series could go, and none of them were colonial America.

I trust the developers have good reason for doing this, but the most cynical part of me thinks this was a marketing decision, not a creative one. They set the game in the country where most of the players live so that it would appeal to the major audience's own narcissistic impulses and boost sales. It's like they're taking advantage of people by giving them what they think they want.

But that's the most cynical, worst case scenario. Still though, I wanna climb buildings in far off distant lands and time periods that have massive religious, historical, and political significance, not trees of all things - the one thing I can climb in real life any time I want.

Having said that, it looks cool. :lol
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My reaction was very similar to yours. As soon as I heard colonial America, I figured they were trying to make it relatable by setting it in some place everyone heard about while they slept through 10th grade history. But I honestly think this one was planned from the start. There are many conspiracies out there that put freemasonry at the center of the American Revolution and many more that link the Knights Templar to the Freemasons. The Templar have been the main enemy since the first Assassin's Creed so I really think they've been planning on taking one of the games to America since the beginning. And there is still some hope for uniqueness of setting. Washington and the Founding Fathers are the ones indicted as masons so Assassin's Creed 3 might actually put us on the British side of things. Right now, I'm really hoping you play as a member of a loyalist Indian tribe.

I was praying for the French Revolution (or the 1917 revolutions in Russia...that one is less suited, but I would just die if I could play a game on the time period) , but the trailer actually looks pretty promising. Is 18th century colonial America, with no urban population, tall buildings, or uniqueness of setting better than the chaotic beauty of the center of the 18th century western world tearing itself to pieces? Hell freaking no, but I have to admit the trailer actually did look pretty cool. After seeing it, I'm still very very excited for Assassin's Creed 3.
 
Right now, I'm really hoping you play as a member of a loyalist Indian tribe.
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That would be kind of amazing, but I'd bet a good sum it will never happen. For a Canadian company, I think it's too racially charged to begin with. For example, "Indian" is a pretty politically incorrect term to throw around here. How they handle having an "Indian loyalist" as their protagonist is going to be tricky, and having that "Indian loyalist" kill Americans would be even trickier.

As much as I think games can go there, I just don't see them taking such a huge risk with this franchise. I hope I'm wrong though.

I also just don't want the culmination of the trilogy to be set in America because it would be nice to play a game that, for once, didn't put America at the center of everything. :lol

Just feels like a missed opportunity unless you end up being closer to the mark than I'm giving you credit for.

I was praying for the French Revolution (or the 1917 revolutions in Russia...that one is less suited, but I would just die if I could play a game on the time period)
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That would have been so awesome. I also think not going further east than Jerusalem was a mistake, but, to each their own.
 
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