I was having this conversation with a friend the other day. Victorian England also came up on our list.
I think that there's also room to have an Assassin's Creed set sometime during the American revolutionary war - plenty of shenanigans regarding secret societies forming, and decentralisation of power. A perfect playground for Templar hating assassin's.
This could then possibly expand to the American civil war and culminate with the assassination of Lincoln, who turned out to be a bad guy or something.
With the French Ubisoft developing the game, it will likely not turn out to be a gushing piece of American patriotism, and the Brits will probably come off looking cocky and obnoxious (similar to the character Shaun Hastings from AC2 and brotherhood).
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I agree there is potential to explore this in the Assassin's universe but I dont think they should stretch Desmon's character so far. They have already shown us that long term exposure to the animus causes the subject to experience a break with reality. Desmond has already started experiencing these side effects and Lucy seems less than eager to have him continue to using it.
Maybe as a new series or something.
Not sure if anyone has said it, but the Industrial Revolution would be fun
Hunting people on a steam train and shooting muskets![]()
I say milk the franchise until it sucks! Like so many developers and publishers tend to. Just keep thinking up new ways to use the brand name in a new setting with a twist = WIN! Woop!
Hehe, I hope it does not go that way. Sometimes, like the TV industry, the gaming industry knows how to milk something till it is deader than dead.
After finishing AC:BH last night I am almost certain that the next one is going to devote a large portion of its gameplay to modern times. Of course I have been wrong before...
Given how the story has progressed & AC : BH ends, a modern setting focusing on Desmond does seem most likely. They're not likely to change the formula too much though, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I would like to see things changed up a little to keep things fresh and interesting.