Assassin's Creed: Where should the next game be set?

It feels like it should be set in modern times with desmond, possibly with different overlapping times occasionally popping up due to the "leak" effect the animus has on it's user. Sort of blended reality.

Personally I'm hoping for Boston/Phillidelphia etc. set during the American Revolution. I struggle to see Assassin's Creed working in a setting with modern firearms while keeping its feel.
 
I also see a modern times setting as the next logical step. But like Wolfskunk said it wouldn't be able to keep the same feel if it did. It would turn into a Pure stealth game where being spotted would equal death. Then again mirrors edge has a similar approach so I dunno, anything is possible I guess.
 
A Jack the Ripper setting was the first thing I thought of after finishing AC2, although the Hungarian/Bathory setting would be totally awesome.
My second idea would be set against the backdrop of WWI.

I still don't agree with a modern setting - wouldn't it be similar to something like Splinter Cell?
 
Murph said:
A Jack the Ripper setting was the first thing I thought of after finishing AC2, although the Hungarian/Bathory setting would be totally awesome.
My second idea would be set against the backdrop of WWI.

I still don't agree with a modern setting - wouldn't it be similar to something like Splinter Cell?
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Think about most decent franchises; Most go belly up the longer they are stretched out, 3 seems to be the magic number, sometimes 4. I mean genius film master Christopher Nolan is only making 3 films in his rebooted Batman series. Bungie made 4 Halo games before moving on.

If Ubisoft had any sense they wouldn't draw the series in its current narrative arch. Eventually people are going to say, "how many ancestors from different nationalities can Desmond really have?" I say bring Desmond's tale to an end by finding the apple or whatever and then start with a new character and his ancestors. However since this is a money making industry i have little doubt they will drag it out as long as possible. Brotherhood is epic but that only means there is such a high risk of the next one failing to live up.
 
I don't think they should go further than a third game (I mean AC3 not 2.5) anyway. If they want to flesh out another character or something (maybe you play as the ancestor of one of your trainee assassins) they would seriously run the risk of stretching it.

If they are going to end it on a third game, keep it in the realms of where it is now, going modern would be one hell of a jump. I understand your reasoning about multiple ancestors being a bit awkward, but if you can suspend your disbelief they can go pretty much anywhere.
 
Murph said:
I don't think they should go further than a third game (I mean AC3 not 2.5) anyway. If they want to flesh out another character or something (maybe you play as the ancestor of one of your trainee assassins) they would seriously run the risk of stretching it.

If they are going to end it on a third game, keep it in the realms of where it is now, going modern would be one hell of a jump. I understand your reasoning about multiple ancestors being a bit awkward, but if you can suspend your disbelief they can go pretty much anywhere.
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Since the lore of AC is about Desmond being able to access the memories of his ancestors. So jumping to another decendant of someone else, not Ezio, would be a huge stretch. Also from a narrative point of view look at how much time they had spend developing Ezio as a character, 2 whole games, thats alot of time, I mean think about it most games spend 1 title building up a character, very few spend 2 or more. Also Ezio is significantly older now and (i have not finished AC:BH) close to completing his own personal quest, to take down the Borgia.

If nothing else, I would say the next one would have to be divided equally between ancestor and Desmond. Desmond for the pure stealth sections and which ever ancestor they will dream up next to handle the more actiony sequences.

Just my thoughts.
 
The whole thing with jumping between modern and past, to me at least, was that it was almost intrusive and broke the immersion of this giant ancient world they'd created. With the modern moments, I was like 'I've seen this game already'.
In AC1 it was actually irritating, with AC2 less so and I'll admit that Brotherhood did it the best. I particularly liked the way that Monterigionni (sp!?!) was presented in modern times, with the street lights and cars - that was a nice touch.
 
Murph said:
The whole thing with jumping between modern and past, to me at least, was that it was almost intrusive and broke the immersion of this giant ancient world they'd created. With the modern moments, I was like 'I've seen this game already'.
In AC1 it was actually irritating, with AC2 less so and I'll admit that Brotherhood did it the best. I particularly liked the way that Monterigionni (sp!?!) was presented in modern times, with the street lights and cars - that was a nice touch.
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I agree that was brilliant.

I guess we will just have to wait and see what Ubisoft does.
 
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).
 
If they do it in modern times maybe set in the ussr? I think that would work if it is going to be set there.
 
James said:
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.
 
Tsar said:
If they do it in modern times maybe set in the ussr? I think that would work if it is going to be set there.
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If they keep to the parkout/Freerunning theme, Asia's mega cities like Tokyo, Shanghai or Hong Kong.
 
Not sure if anyone has said it, but the Industrial Revolution would be fun :D

Hunting people on a steam train and shooting muskets :D
 
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.
 
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