Ancient Egypt has long been an unexplored area of video game fiction, but Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag director Ashraf Ismail reckons that it would be a “really cool” setting for a future entry in the pseudo-historical series. Speaking as part of an interview with the Examiner, the Ubisoft man admitted that the Animus would make jumping to the period plausible – even though there are no plans to go there just yet.
"I'm not saying that we are going there, but one day I would love to explore Egypt as a setting for this game," he explained. "Ancient Egypt could be a really cool place. We have a really cool explanation for how we can do this, and it's this Animus device that allows us to go to any time in history."
In fact, Ismail believes that the ability to jump around to different periods is one of the franchise’s very best assets. “I would say that one of the best things that we have going for us is how we can play with history,” he continued, adding that he was surprised by fans’ resistance to the decision to go back in time with the upcoming sequel. “It was never a set rule that we always get closer to the present day.”
As noted by Eurogamer.net, Ubisoft actually issued a survey way back in 2011 which listed Ancient Egypt as a possible future setting for the series. Other options included Victorian England and Feudal Japan. Where would you like the franchise to go next? Leave us a message from the past in the comments section below.
[source examiner.com, via eurogamer.net]
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An Egypt set Assassins Creed would be superb, and would certainly reignite my interest in the series. Assassins Creed 2 was honestly one of the high points of my gaming life but Brotherhood and Revelations really marred my fondness for The series. I gave AC3 a shot, and it was ok but it never really drew me into the story and Connor was difficult to like.....Black Flag doesn't really interest me as it ties into a period of history that doesn't entice me. But Egypt would have a totally different look, feel and culture that would feel fresh....I hope it happens.
I think Egypt would be pretty darn awesome. Definitely interested in Black Flag, despite the reliance on sailing (hello, worst parts of ACIII).
He wants it to happen? Okay, nothing strange about that.
Wait he can explain it "We have a really cool explanation for how we can do this"
Yep, it is definitely happening: already in development, you heard it here first folks.
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Maybe they should make some other genres too. There doesn't always need to be a twist to make it fun, either. They're getting stuck on one topic and turning into CoD staleness. Like... just make a historical fiction period piece and focus on the single storyline! P.S. do we know enough about the daily happenings of an ancient-assed society to recognizably reconstruct an analog? Don't think we do
prehistoric dinosaur-land would be good
Assassin's Creed: Dinosaur <-- Make it happen
i've been wanting an Egypt setting since AC2. Italy was a wonderful change of pace from Jerusalem/Damascus etc in AC1, but Egypt would on the next gen systems would be more like AC1 but still different enough.
Especially if they picked a period of ancient egyptian history rich with stories of Pharaohs that were in communication with "gods" .... easily explained by "those who came before".
Could make for some wonderful stuff, although the climbing aspect might be lost to some degree in Egypt. I don't know that they had tall/dense enough cities, but i'm sure Ubi could make it work.
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