For quite a while now, fans of Assassin's Creed have been pondering a title set in the East. An oriental excursion always sounded like a neat idea to us, but Ubisoft thinks it may be something that wouldn't hold much appeal.
Speaking to Total Xbox, Assassin's Creed III creative director Alex Hutchinson remarked that a feudal Japanese setting is "a theme that's been well-mined in videogames", hinting that it may end up feeling too familiar to players.
"Feudal Japan would work as an Assassin's game, for sure, but I feel like it would start to look like 'oh, have I played this?' You know what I mean - 'oh, I've been a ninja before, I've been a samurai before'," he continued. Stating that "Assassin's Creed is one of those games that can take [lesser-known] time periods or corners of the world and make them cool, fun, new and refreshing", we can definitely see Hutchinson's point, but at the same time, we're struggling to think of any recent samurai games outside of Koei Tecmo's latest hack and slasher.
Would you like to see the franchise travel to Eastern shores? Bring a katana to a hidden blade fight in the comments section below.
[source totalxbox.com, via uk.ign.com]
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I actually do want to see an Assassin's Creed set in feudal Japan. I might actually want to play another AC game if they did. Also, one based on Persia or a new Prince of Persia would be nice... and an AC set in Egypt... the only areas they don't want to do are the only ones that I would consider getting if they made them.
This guy is an idiot. People buy the same games every year, EA, CoD, Ubisoft itself churns out the same games with a new skin. Seriously, what the f*** is he on about. So what he's saying is, Ubisoft are incapable of making something new and original. Nevermind.
shows how much they listen to their consumers then
Quite frankly - that's a crock of sh*t...
Maybe he's bluffing and trying to throw us off the scent of next years game being set in Feudal Japan! (I hope)
"Feudal Japan would work as an Assassin's game, for sure, but I feel like it would start to look like 'oh, have I played this?'
Funny he says that, as I always get that 'Oh, have I played this?' feeling every time I play an Assassin's Creed title. I feel like a Ninja motif would freshen the game up, and I would certainly buy it.
I would love to play as an Assassin in feudal Japan myself, makes me think of GIntama anime.
Either that or um...China, Egypt, or Persia probably.
Like the other guys said this is a load of crap. I love the era of fuedal Japan. My favorite time period in japan. Would be so cool to assassinate nobunaga. New samurai warriors game is awesome. This guy clearly doesn't know his consumers or is clearly blinded by bias. We all want this. Make it so - in the words of captain pichard
@ToddlerNaruto @Sir_JBizzle +1
I can understand what he means when he says it'd be too familiar, but honestly, it's always exciting to experience history through a different viewpoint.
Taking a hidden blade to a samurai already sounds interesting in my book, and the locale is very different from what they've done before, so it'd be a neat idea.
@ToddlerNaruto always fancied feudal Japan or a conquistadors title, black flag was okay, but, as I suspected, the story was boring
@Bad-MuthaAdebis I've only played the first AC game myself, which I still need to finish story wise.
I do however own AC II, Brotherhood, Revelations, and AC III.
(I'm waiting until I have a PS4 before I buy AC IV: Black Flag)
Running around of the rooftops on an epic Japanese castle/fortress sounds god damn great to me. Be like a next gen Tenchu. Who wouldn't love that?
Maybe I just dont play them anymore but it seems like its been awhile since we had a glut of japanese themed games. On PS2 I played the 4 Onimusha games and Genji, then the giant crab infested sequel on PS3, and thats been it for me for those types of games. The mosou games are different enough that I woulndt worry about those. Im very ready for Onimusha 5 or Genji 3 or AC fuedal japan.
@rjejr Onimusha 5 would be very much welcome! Capcom will probably reboot it tho and make Samanouske(bad spelling im sure) a 18yr old denim clad punk.
Does he realize that there are other interesting countries in the East aside from Japan? I would love to play in places like China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Nepal, etc. They all have deep history. I actually hope they make an AC game set in Singapore someday. That would be very interesting and it'd be perfect for the sailing gameplay.
I would, China even more, but based on the reception to AC3, I think that it would be a leap too far (get it) for a large part of the fan base. I think they are right. A few temples etc, but where is the architecture, high buildings etc.
I think the return to Europe with Unity will be a big win for the series. Everyone missed it.
JAPAN!! Would be awrsome cmon ubi
I would definitely want to play Assassins Creed in Feudal Japan it would be a completely different location than all the other assassins creeds which have been mostly European and American based with the first being set in the middle East so a change of architecture would be refreshing especially with mighty legendary warriors like the Samurai and Ninja thrown in the mix, I couldn't think of a more suitable location...... as long as it's done in western style (no animae)
The only reason they wont do it is because every big budget title has to appeal to white american males and they are afraid samurais dont anymore. Same reason GTA is revisiting the same cities again and again..
I wouldn't mind playing an AC game set in Japan, or even set in Ancient Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs, and like you play as a pharaoh's assassin bodyguard, or whatever and you can go tomb robbing or something, that would be mence. Maybe be a pharaoh assassin.
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