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RogerX
New Zealand3180 Posts
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Blurio
Germany288 Posts
On March 03 2012 15:17 jmbthirteen wrote: Hating a game where you literally know nothing about it, months before it comes out is dumb. You are setting yourself up to hate it. I see a ton of potential in the American Revolution setting. Reading the same article that snippet came from, you also learn that the story line isn't about America = good and Britain = bad. Its still about the Assassins and the Templars. And just because the new Assassin is part Native American (half Native American, half white dude) doesn't mean that Washington is buddy buddy with the Native Americans in the story. All we know is that Connor and Washington have a relationship of some sort. Keep an open mind, you have no idea how this game is going to play out. AC1 and AC2 were amazing games. Brotherhood and Revelations were put out to make money more than anything while they worked on AC3. I have high expectations for this game and can't wait for it to come out. But AC2 made clear, that Washington WAS a Templar. | ||
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PlaGuE_R
France1151 Posts
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Jarmam
Denmark140 Posts
Much more importantly is the somewhat bold decision to set a SCreed game in a more modern setting where cute little knives and throwing picklets of Doom dont really make sense anymore. Im sure you're gonna do a lot of upcloseandpersonal action, but the setting really doesnt make a whole lot of immediate sense for the SCreed gameplay. That's pretty cool. It could force the developers to up the game in the same way that AC2 up'd AC1s gameplay and storytelling immensily. Excellent! If the game flops entirely, at least it flops due to them trying something brand new!... Cuz you are trying something new, right, Ubisoft? You're not just gonna make us run around in camps and cities that are conveniently built to accomodate parkour for the entire game, right? | ||
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konadora
Singapore66160 Posts
On March 03 2012 13:46 Djzapz wrote: How about this for AC4 - Adam Goldberg is the game's new protagonist. Having lost his parents and his 3 sisters in the Titanic tragedy, he seeks revenge against the people who sank the warship. At age 8, he became Adolf Hitler’s errand boy. His mission: bringing Italy to submission, by exposing Mussolini as a robot vampire (who fires little chainsaws from his eyes). With his jewish superpower, he makes a fortune which allows him to get a batmobile - which also shoots lasers and turns invisible. Let me know what you think. i support this | ||
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
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Arkless
Canada1547 Posts
On March 03 2012 15:34 dAPhREAk wrote: edo period; assassin's creed 4. calling it. Honestly, I lol'd at first, But then thought about it for a sec, a ninja styled Japanese AC would be the straight goods. | ||
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zalz
Netherlands3704 Posts
A mix of: Metal Gear Solid Lost Davinci Code Is there really a story to ruin there? The setting is always going to be more important than the story, and the American revolution is a very cool setting. It is kind of like most actions movies. It doesn't matter if the scenes make sense or not. If they want to film someone jumping from a plane, they will find a way to write a plane into the script. If they want to set AC in the American Revolution, they will find a way to bend and twist the plot into shape. Not that it is very hard to call that jumbled mess a real story. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On March 03 2012 16:15 LucidityDark wrote: If they're going to bend Italian history to match a game of fiction, I see absolutely nothing wrong with bending any kind of other history either. What is so wrong with changing American history anyway? Well let me explain. For one I'm completely ignorant of the history of Italy, so I guess I jumped the gun by assuming that it was reasonably close to the actual events, at least its core, so sorry about that. Changing the American history is not worse per se, but just this tiny announcement changes it tremendously, and too much, at least in my opinion. If you're going to base a story on actual events instead of complete fiction, in my opinion, you can only screw with it so much. I mean, you have to at the very least follow the general direction of the events that actually occurred. That being said, ever since AC2 I had predicted that AC3 would happen during the French revolution. I can't help it, it's such a golden opportunity. It's like the game was made to lead up to that from the get go, but they decided that they'd sell more games if they made it about the US. On March 03 2012 20:59 PlaGuE_R wrote: i wanted to be an assassin in paris climb the eiffel towerI climbed it IRL! With the stairs though =). But it wasn't there during the French Revolution =(. On March 03 2012 22:01 Jarmam wrote: Cuz you are trying something new, right, Ubisoft? You're not just gonna make us run around in camps and cities that are conveniently built to accomodate parkour for the entire game, right? I made this ![[image loading]](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d113/DJZapZ/AC3Screeniey.png) | ||
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darkscream
Canada2310 Posts
On March 03 2012 13:46 Djzapz wrote: How about this for AC4 - Adam Goldberg is the game's new protagonist. Having lost his parents and his 3 sisters in the Titanic tragedy, he seeks revenge against the people who sank the warship. At age 8, he became Adolf Hitler’s errand boy. His mission: bringing Italy to submission, by exposing Mussolini as a robot vampire (who fires little chainsaws from his eyes). With his jewish superpower, he makes a fortune which allows him to get a batmobile - which also shoots lasers and turns invisible. Sounds like the best video game ever, IMO. | ||
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askTeivospy
1525 Posts
Also I like how you added that they're setting it in American revolution because they'll sell more copies. Like you just throw arguments and "facts" out there but you don't back anything up o_O FYI I like how you argue about history when assassin's creed bends history a pretty significant amount | ||
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noobcakes
United States526 Posts
On March 03 2012 13:50 negon wrote: Yeah, I agree, it's bullshit. Sadly, that's just how the gaming industry works nowadays, do whatever you can to promote your stuff, and lets be honest, setting the game in America will definitely help the USA sales a lot. How can you say that? I believe one of the strongest points of AC was that it was in europe, and gave gamers a sense of ancient history when playing. | ||
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Bigpet
Germany533 Posts
On March 03 2012 16:15 LucidityDark wrote: If they're going to bend Italian history to match a game of fiction, I see absolutely nothing wrong with bending any kind of other history either. What is so wrong with changing American history anyway? Yeah setting the cutoff line at start of America is arbitrary at best and "patriotic" or nationalistic misguided egocentricity at worst. Especially since the french revolution (which he seems fine with) isn't some prehistoric event compared to the founding of the USA it's only a few years apart. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On March 04 2012 05:56 askTeivospy wrote: it just sounds like you're upset because you didn't get your own favourite era. I think American Revolution would be a good setting as it offers something different than normal cities in the other games. I personally think French Revolution period would be too much of the same sorry. I don't know, I think it's a lot more fitting for multiple reasons. It's not "my own favorite era", really - but if you know anything about the French Revolution, you know how compatible it is. I think it's a huge, huge missed opportunity really. I don't think it'll be bad. Also I like how you added that they're setting it in American revolution because they'll sell more copies. Like you just throw arguments and "facts" out there but you don't back anything up o_O Lol, that's classic from people who have witnessed a couple arguments on forums but don't know where to stop themselves. This thread is obviously my very-early opinion. I don't need to back up the idea that they chose the American Revolution for sales. Maybe it didn't even occur to them that this would be interesting to Americans though, but that would surprise me. Either way, opinion is a keyword. FYI I like how you argue about history when assassin's creed bends history a pretty significant amount Yep, there's magic and stuff. But I think it should keep it reasonable. On March 04 2012 06:16 noobcakes wrote: How can you say that? I believe one of the strongest points of AC was that it was in europe, and gave gamers a sense of ancient history when playing. Well I think the 3 of us agree with that. He's saying that making a game about the US is a good sales point and will probably manage to score a few sales from people who are particularly interested in the American Revolution setting. | ||
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