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The Next Assassin’s Creed Won’t Star Connor

Interestingly, we're also heading to a new moment in history.

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It’s little surprise Ubisoft is prepping another Assassin’s Creed game, but given the many times the company had us playing as Ezio, it’s interesting to learn Connor won’t be back next time.

Additionally, we’ll be heading to a new moment in history. Goodbye, Revolutionary War!

Ubisoft made the announcement on its earnings call this morning, revealing another Assassin’s Creed game is in development, and that it's scheduled for a release in the next fiscal year. Ubisoft's next fiscal year ends March 2014, and it’s likely Ubisoft will continue sticking to its holiday timeframe.

In addition to being vague on a release date, it’s also unclear whether the next Assassin’s Creed will remain only on the current set of consoles, or straddle the current and next-generation sets of hardware. With E3 not all that far away, it won’t be long until we have a better picture of the future.

Connor could still return in a future game. My problems with Assassin's Creed III weren't on his shoulders!

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@fox01313: I thoroughly enjoyed the vita AC game. Aveline's multiple personas and skill sets involved with each added a new level of depth to the series.

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@sephirm87 said:

Hear me out. You start the new game as Desmond (very, very briefly) , with the early twist being that you are someone in the Animus reliving Desmond's experiences as an assassin. You then do all sorts of neat future assassin stuff.

That's the premise of the next generation graphical updates. You play as a guy reliving Desmonds reliving of all his ancestors.

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Hear me out. You start the new game as Desmond (very, very briefly) , with the early twist being that you are someone in the Animus reliving Desmond's experiences as an assassin. You then do all sorts of neat future assassin stuff.

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Can we please go to Japan already. I want ninjas.

Or Egypt.

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Don't blame the character, blame the writing which... may never get better. Glad I never bothered with these games.

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Good. His character sucked and the game was extremely bland.

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World War 1 German assassin?

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God damn you Ubisoft, I didn't wan't to be exited for the next Assassins Creed game... you don't deserve it! But, I still am. A new time period is to intriguing.

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I just wish they had made a better game that takes place during the crusades, I remember that was what excited me the most about this series when it was announced.

They should make the game Jeff suggested, I think, a few podcasts ago where you are an assassin during the year 30AD and your gadget guy is Jesus and you are the one that has to kill him and then turns out the plot twist is that he is actually alive and chases your ass to France.

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I hope the rumors of a pirate themed game with a co-op component are true.

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Connor was just...boring. He just lacked that certain charm that made you like him despite how much of a douche he could be. Connor was just kind of a douche in general.

Fair warning, I'm going to make a comparison that some people might be grumpy about and I'm honestly not trying to start a flame war, this is just my opinion.

I liken Connor vs. Ezio to DmC's Dante vs. DMC3/4's Dante. They're both idiotic power fantasies, but I just found new Dante to be kind of insufferably cocky rather than entertainingly cocky. Kind of like Nero was in DMC4, but Nero's melodrama was balanced out by Dante being around to act as a foil.

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Fuck Connor and fuck the USA (as a historical setting), two of the most boring fucking concepts in video games ever.

Now I'm actually excited about an AC game again. Fingers crossed for Imperial China/ Ancient Egypt and female protagonist.

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@streetninja:

Is that a pizza without cheese?

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@Video_Game_King: Your comment has left me wanting a white pizza.
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Sigh yet another series that has been ruined by annualisation. I get that devs/publishers need to make money but why does everything even slightly popular have to be beaten to death?

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I think I am done with AC unless they really flesh out the gameplay.

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Rats, I like Conner and the wilderness free climbing.

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@Lysergica33 said:

After a 5 game trilogy that they finished with yet more sequel bait.. No. No more. I am not buying another Assassin's Creed game.

.... Unless they set it in Feudal Japan. In which case SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

Why don't you just play Tenchu, then?

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I have yet to play a BAD Assassin's game. Maybe once they make one I will start whining about annual releases like most people here, until then I'll play more AC and like it.

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So... Rusia in the tzar era.

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After a 5 game trilogy that they finished with yet more sequel bait.. No. No more. I am not buying another Assassin's Creed game.

.... Unless they set it in Feudal Japan. In which case SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

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But we'll keep dragging on with the same old boring ass gameplay?

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I think Connor to be the only interesting protagonist in all the AC games, and I played them all. Yeah, and I stand by my opinion. He's the only one I could relate to.

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I want Assassin's Creed set in 18th or 19th century Japan.

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I liked Assassin's Creed 3. So I'm excited for the next one.

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No thanks! I couldn't even stomach trying to finish AC3, given all its issues. Hey, Ubisoft, maybe take a year or two off with this series?

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Hopefully they will learn from the mistakes of AC3.

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@TheHT said:

@Pixeldemon said:

Best case scenario:

Complete reboot of the series with no animus and no insultingly bad "chosen-one must defeat ancient alien forerunners" story line.

Yeah, as cool as the ending to 2 was, I think it would've been better for the series to just be Assassins and Templars fighting over ancient technology for global domination/freedom rather than Those Who Came Before actually taking part in Demond's story.

  • Assassin's Creed 1: Altair during the Crusades / Desmond intro
  • Assassin's Creed 2: Ezio during the Renaissance / Desmond training
  • Assassin's Creed 3: Conner in England during the Age of Discovery (with features from Brotherhood) / Desmond on assignments and the Templars eventually taking over the world
  • Assassin's Creed Revelations: Adam in Africa during the human uprising against the Precursors / Desmond and Assassins revolting against the Templars
  • Done

That would be pretty cool!

I could see a million ways Ubi could fuck it up though...

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Maybe the next game will feature Shao Jun and her Chinese Brotherhood.
Maybe take place after she meets Ezio.
Or something.

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I'm a fan of the franchise and I kinda liked AC3, even though I never actually bought it for myself (got it from a friend). But I really like that they are sticking with the original plan again. Ezio was special, but all other protagonists can be one hit wonders from now on.

I wouldn't mind not hearing from Desmond ever again either.

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I'm sure I'm just echoing most sentiments. But come on.

They've run this franchise into the fucking topsoil. I couldn't be asked to finish Revelations, had no interest in III, and have drifted into being agressive, near to the point of sheer antagonism, in my avoidance of any further entries of this series.

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Good read Patrick. Rich and compelling. Thanks for keeping us all in the know.

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No thanks I'm good.

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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

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Swazzlestars.

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Maybe Connor will have learned to speak with contractions by the time he returns!

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Thank fuck for that. Awful, awful non-character.

@Tylea002 said:

Connor hasn't "starred" in an AC game yet, though.

The "star" of AC3 was Haytham, and we all know it.

Abso-fucking-lutely. Haytham / Lee double-act actually had potential, until the 'twist' (and before Lee turned into a pantomime villian).

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@chilipeppersman said:

@mlarrabee: yuckkkk i stopped playing the AC series after the first one. Its just a cash cow now.........

Mistake. Number 2 was the best of the series

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@mlarrabee said:

Good to know this franchise will be milked dry.

How else do you make a pizza without milking a cow? ANYBODY WHO MENTIONS CHEESELESS PIZZAS IS A GODLESS HEATHEN.

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@Tylea002 said:

Connor hasn't "starred" in an AC game yet, though.

The "star" of AC3 was Haytham, and we all know it.

100%, Haytham is not just the best character in AC3, but one of the best characters in the entire series, and they completely squander him and his story. AC3 should'ave been either all Haytham, or 50:50 between him and Connor but without the two ever actually meeting. That would've made the game much more interesting for me.

I'm happy to hear they are dumping both the character and the setting, neither worked for me, for many reasons.

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@jebara said:

@Efesell: Critics, maybe.

But I've heard nothing but hate and whining from the gamers side.

Yes, I've been on the internet also.

You take all of that with truckloads of salt. People who like things generally don't scream about it as much.

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@Efesell: Critics, maybe.

But I've heard nothing but hate and whining from the gamers side.

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@jebara said:

Didn't I hear that 3 and its setting was supposed to be its own trilogy?

I think I heard it somewhere, maybe the reaction to 3 caused this.

Never heard anything like that. At least not in any official sense.

And I doubt the reaction to 3 caused anything, that game reviewed fairly well and made bank.

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will this patrice character that the bombcast is in love with come back to fix the game? Also this game is basically the same bloated game that all the other AC games were.

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Didn't I hear that 3 and its setting was supposed to be its own trilogy?

I think I heard it somewhere, maybe the reaction to 3 caused this.

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Surely they have to start just adding the year to the end of these games. Assassin's Creed 2014, Assassin's Creed 2015...

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The fact that there's another game coming out this soon after Assassin's Creed III says a lot about what was wrong with Assassin's Creed III.

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@PosableActionFigure said:

@Tylea002 said:

Connor hasn't "starred" in an AC game yet, though.

The "star" of AC3 was Haytham, and we all know it.

Haytham should have been the only playable character, and the revelation about him should have come right at the end, so you spend the whole game playing as him under false pretenses.

That would have been amazing, though probably hard to sell for the entire duration of a game. I would have loved to see them try though.

Haytham was pretty darn great; practically held the game up on his own.

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@Tylea002 said:

Connor hasn't "starred" in an AC game yet, though.

The "star" of AC3 was Haytham, and we all know it.

Haytham should have been the only playable character, and the revelation about him should have come right at the end, so you spend the whole game playing as him under false pretenses.

Also, Victorian London. Do it Ubisoft.

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...y'know I guess it turns out I skipped Assassin's Creed 3 after all.