Okay, you'll have to bear with us on this one, because it's a pretty crazy rumour that comes in two parts. The first is that all the way back in April, Reddit managed to nab a juicy screenshot of a post from Ubisoft community manager Dominik Voigt. The post in question spoke of a "Story Mode Creator" for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, suggesting that an update would allow players to make their own missions or levels, and, probably, share them with others. A similar system already exists in Far Cry 5, for example.
But for an Assassin's Creed title, this would be breaking some significant new ground. Odyssey is already a gigantic game, and adding community-created missions to the mix would make it truly colossal. The post was, of course, quickly deleted, but naturally, it got a lot of people talking. Ubisoft has said nothing about it since.
Right, now for the second part of the rumour. Just a couple of days ago, Assassin's Creed Facebook fan page AccessTheAnimus put out a tease on Twitter. It reads: "E3 is approaching and we can finally mention that we were kindly invited to test an upcoming community oriented tool for #AssassinsCreed Odyssey!" Interesting.
Even more interesting: "We can’t say much more for now, but we suggest you checking the #UbiE3 Pre-Show for more details!"
So whatever this "community oriented tool" is, we're going to be seeing it during Ubisoft's E3 coverage, and it certainly fits the "Story Mode Creator" leak, doesn't it? Put all of this together, and you've got one heck of a juicy rumour.
Admittedly, this isn't watertight stuff, but there's even more to it. Following the release of Torment of Hades -- that's Odyssey's latest DLC episode -- players have been reporting loading screen tips that mention a "My Stories" mode. This suggests that the game's been primed for this supposed Story Mode Creator update. Heck, it might even be dropped during E3 at this rate.
It all makes for an incredibly interesting rumour, and we'll know for sure whether it's actually happening once Ubisoft's E3 press conference coverage is underway on Monday the 10th June.
[source reddit.com, via twitter.com, rockpapershotgun.com]
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Sounds pretty cool, actually. I liked when inFAMOUS 2 did something like this.
I'm gonna make eavesdrop, modern day and instant fail missions.
Just what this skimpy game needs-More Content!!! 😉
@ApostateMage YOU MONSTER! 😃
@ApostateMage Yeah? Well im going to make collectable song sheet missions which blow just out of reach every time you catch up to them.
While im all for this,it better not come before discovery tour mode.I asked on the assassins creed twitter page,they said its still coming. Should be priority before this create a story. Since discovery has been planned for many months now.
Wasn’t the Far Cry one a load of rubbish?
@ApostateMage Ubisoft like "wow we guess players want these missions back".
@ShogunRok @ApostateMage I'm guessing Bend Studio didn't notice they stopped doing those for some reason.
@kyleforrester87 i played one for farcry 4 where there was a bunch of animals in a crater and u was above them. U then shoot them with rocket launchers. So yeah pretty lame.
@ellsworth004 you made it sound pretty great to be fair lol
The support for this game has been fantastic.
@kyleforrester87 lol well it was for like 5 minutes.
Im assuming we will be able to access other peoples creations?
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