>Every fall for the past six years, Ubisoft has released at least one big new Assassin’s Creed game. This year, the mega-publisher will be breaking tradition, skipping fall for the first time since 2009.
>The next Assassin’s Creed is set in ancient Egypt and code-named Empire; t won’t launch until 2017.
>One person familiar with Ubisoft’s upcoming gaming plans told me this afternoon that the decision to delay Empire from fall 2016 was made after 2014’s disappointing Unity, and that this bump will allow the development team more room to improve and polish the game. The source said this bi-annual approach could be a new trend for Assassin’s Creed, which has suffered from franchise fatigue in recent years.
>Many have called for the company to take a break from the annual schedule, especially after the fall of 2014. That year, Ubisoft released two major Assassin’s Creed games—the buggy Unity and the surprisingly good Rogue—on the same exact day. The disappointment of Unity may have even negatively impacted sales of Syndicate, according to Ubisoft executives.
I'm personally disappointed. I love AC and like the annual new games.
>>322643010
Well then just play Far Cry
Egypt huh? Doesn't sound bad but unless they change up the formula a bit, it'll be the same crap, no matter how much time they put in it.
And for the sake of all that is holy, just remove the whole modern day thing entirely. Just, pretend it never happened and it'll make the series so much better.
>>322643010
>bi-annual means once every two years
>>322643678
>bi = two
>annual = a year
Ergo bi-annual = every two years
>>322643010
>ancient Egypt
Oh boy here we go.
>>322643010
You are part of the problem
AC could be a great series if they didn't shit them out every year
>>322643758
suuure
>>322643758
Bi annual means every other year. Like if you get paid bi weekly you get paid every other week
Am I the only one that thinks they should add Mass Effect style romance options in AC?
Would literally make the game perfect, IMHO.
>>322643647
I would have loved them to make a game based on the Mediterranean as a whole where you go through Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Egypt
>>322643826
Here is a picture of their project before they through it on ice to go make Black Flag.
Don't worry, by techinicality it is historically accurate, the MC is of a Nubian tribe
>>322643010
>Egypt
>finally taking their time over a game
I'm not holding my breath, but fucking finally this turd of a franchise might redeem itself.
BF, Rogue and Syndicate were good, but I've been waiting for a game like AC2 for a long while.
And that doesn't mean they have to fucking clone it like they've been trying to, no, it means they have to deliver an outstanding AC game.
>>322643010
>I'm personally disappointed. I love AC and like the annual new games.
Fucking shill.
How well did Assassins Creed: The Order: 1886 sell anyway? Must have been pretty fucking abysmal.
>>322644063
Well, this looks rather legit.
Bout even if we don't get KANGS we will get shit like pharaoh homolust.
>>322644193
If you're referring to Syndicate, it didn't sell very well - however it isn't that bad, it's got its issues but it is an alright AC game at least, better than fucking Unity that's for sure.
>>322644224
Don't forget incest.
>>322644153
:^)
watch dogs 2 coming this fall, set in san fransisco.
AC 2017 will come a year after. No more yearly releases.
>>322643010
Why won't they make a game based in the eastern world again?
Seriously, who still cares about AC?
>requires Uplay
>poor performance every game
>buggy as hell
>annual shit release on par with bam ham, tomb rider, cod, fifa, etc
>gets worse and worse every game
>>322644160
Depends entirely on which team is making the new game.
>BF, Rogue and Syndicate were good
Because they were largely made by the same team that tried to scavenge AC3 by making Black Flag.
>>322644567
The definition of how many times I have sex a year :-)
>>322644635
Unity was disgraceful with its technical problems, but aside from that, Black Flag, Rogue and Syndicate were good games.
>>322644538
WUZ
>>322644670
What happened to the team that made 2?
I feel if you combined the BF team with them, you can make another innovative AC game with a good story.
Provided of course they stop trying to fucking clone Ezio already - he's fucking gone.
>>322644670
please stop with the asspull.
black flag, rogue and syndicate were all done by different internal ubi teams.
>Ancient Egypt next AC, coming out 2017
>complete revamp
>end of annual releases
>made by the Black Flag team
HOLY FUCK IS THIS A DREAM
DON'T WAKE ME UP
CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE THIS /v/
THEY FUCKING LISTENED
AAAAAAAAH THEY ARE EVEN CONSIDERING ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
FUUUUCK
>>322644750
You're doing better than most of us, anon.
>>322644814
KANGZ
>>322644670
Rogue was made by Sofia, Syndicate was made by Quebec and Black Flag was made by Montreal.
Not the same at all.
>>322644838
2 was made by Montreal, but its also the biggest internal Ubi team. Only god knows how many people from the AC2 team are still there.
>>322644635
Just at my last missions in Syndicate. Breddy ok.
Just need to accept that we will see a black pharao, nothing going past that shit
>>322643010
Playing Syndicate now, so I don't know how that one will turn out.
Besides Victorian London, the other setting I always wanted to see was Ancient Egypt. And maybe a good delay will make the game halfway decent.
>>322644915
Im married
>>322644876
>playing an AC game in Ancient Rome with decent graphics
>climaxing with the assassination of Caesar
Hold me.
>>322645015
>BF
>2
>Montreal
Yeah Ubi, all you have to do is get Montreal on this shit, please.
>>322643010
>Egypt
Just make another Prince of Persia game. Fuck.
>>322645110
http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus
>>322645110
I CAM'T FUCKING HOLD MYSELF HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO HOLD YOU
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SHIT FOR HOW MANY FUCKING YEARS FUCK
it's weird, AC has become my drug, I look forward to one every year. It's not as good as it once was, but it's still pretty fucking good as far as AAA games go. However, I guess this could mean return to the glory days of AC2 and Brotherhood.
>>322645328
>>322645352
NOICE
>>322645610
Hey, nice meme you got there, but can you do me a favor and go back to /pol/? Yeh? Cool.
I know you're just so funny, but you're funny is really not that funny.
>>322645105
...oh. unlucky
>>322646005
Hey buddy, I think you got the wrong site. Tumblr's two results down
>>322644947
N SHEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
>>322645105
Ouch.
I agree Op, looking forward to new AssCreed every has become important to me.
>Series slowdown
Thank fuck, I'm a fan of the series, but I was burnt out on it when Unity came out, and still haven't finished that one or touched Rogue or Syndicate yet. Spacing the games out can only be a good thing.
I have never played an AC game, is it worth checking out the series?
>>322646954
Sure, it's pretty casual but it can be fun. I play it because of the settings.
I would probably enjoy Assassin's Creed if it was a little more self-indulgent with how fucking stupid it is.
I love MGS because its retardedly complicated for no reason, but it is never afraid to poke fun at itself with stupid forth wall breaks and such. AC has the most bonkers plot ever but still tries to keep a straight about it, at least from the last games I've played.
>>322644750
That doesn't say never anon.
>>322646954
Yeah, especially if you like your cities/country settings and a bit of history.
Start with 2.
>>322644063
Those are some pissed-off children.
>>322646954
Black Flag is the only one really worth playing, and only because it's not much of an Assassin's Creed game, just cool piratey stuff
>>322646954
2 and Brotherhood were fun. Brotherhood introduces some elements that you may find lame but they aren't a big hassle so you don't have to spend that much time on it
http://gematsu.com/2016/01/rumor-egypt-set-assassins-creed-skipping-2016-watch-dogs-2-due-out-this-year
>Watch Dogs 2
>>322647896
Watch Dogs was a disappointment but it was passable. Maybe a second shot is what it needs.
>>322647896
>Watch_Dogs_2
Hell yeah.
>>322645105
I'd rather be married and never getting laid than be a 26 year old virgin who has never had a relationship like I am.
>>322647896
>>322648038
As long as they discover the value of having some things NOT marked on the map.
Watch Dogs feels like the developers were terrified that you might possibly miss side content, to a point of retardation.
The murder scenes are the most obvious example.
Spooky murder scenes with creepy tapes and mutilated corpses would be creepy as fuck to just find by exploring, but when you slap a map marker there is turns into a check list to fill out rather than a world to discover.
JUST GIVE US MEIJI RESORATION JAPAN YOU FUCKS
REEEEEEEEEE
>People think running around a flat desert with a bunch of mud huts and one or two big buildings would be fun
>>322648038
>passable
Does anyone have a screencap of when one of the devs came here post release and told us how awful the game was himself? The one with the 90 degree train track turn.
>>322643010
>I love AC and like the annual new games
then you clearly don't 'love' AC as the annual release of buggy rehashed garbage is what has caused their downfall
>>322648274
I agree, I think the pace of the game was way too fast from the third mission on. There was so much to do I didn't feel like doing any of it. They need to revise the hacking completely because pressing x to do literally everything got really old and wore off. The E3 demo was super cool but understandably a little awkward and too slow. They should really make you feel the need to help with shit around the city and build up a character (weapons and gadgets and shit)
>mfw no AC set in Aztec Mexico and you can't slaughter your victims by scalping, beheadings or sacrifices
>>322647896
I replayed that shit 3 times. More fun than gta v imo. All it needed was flyable vehicles.
>>322648383
If you want to climb, play Assassin's Creed 1-10, you retard.
>>322644063
I remember when this was leaked people were excited because of the possible rome interactions
sadly this never came out and now that they're going with it I expect full sjw bullshit
>>322648953
>he was brainwashed by modern white education into thinking this
So is Egypt supposed to be Ancient Egypt, or British-occupied Egypt?
The latter would allow them to copy assets from Unity and Syndicate, but I hope they go the Ancient route, it's been a dream of mine for years.
>>322643010
honestly, after the last one, I say they toss the franchise and start some spiritual successor series or something.
The story felt somewhat conclusive at III and by that time they had already kind of pushed the franchise to breaking point.
>>322649518
Hopefully the former. I can't describe how fucking sick I am of every AC post-Revelations being an almost exact copy-paste of eachother. The only one that even remotely stood out was Black Flag and that's only because it took to the seas instead of sticking you in yet another dreary 18th/19th century shithole.
>>322649145
Depart for your previous site, my friend.
>>322649518
Victorian London was the most prosperous city in the entire world by an incredlble margin in the victorian era
Its still the most prosperous but New York is pretty much equal
https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/322505836
>>322644063
nice
they going to stole the ideas from prince of persia AGAIN to make the games good
AC where you're a Roman soldier who assassinates Jesus when?
>>322650613
The kikes kill Jesus tho
>>322650271
heh
>>322650103
So? It wasn't all that different from Paris in Unity. Hell, it was even less fun because they didn't have the mobs roaming around.
Both Paris and London and even colonial America could have been good AC settings, it was the stale formula that made mediocre.
>>322649518
Ancient Egypt.
>>322643010
Are you a retard?
>>322649097
>full sjw
yeah kinda feel the same way about most franchises nowadays. I just keep waiting for them to release a new squeal and put it full with sjw propaganda
>>322644750
>literally me since my gf moved away
life is suffering
>>322650271
someone was telling the truth
rare
>>322643010
>like the annual new games
you are the cancer ruining videogames
I like the asscreeds games and always pre-order them. after a few patches all the bugs has been ironed out and the games themselves are always good.
>inb4 they call it "the next big thing"
Just like watch dogs. And the crew. And every other big name Ubisoft title everyone forgot in a month
>>322651160
Still too early to be honest, I'll wait until E3 when there's no AC to be shown anywhere before I believe it
Though it should be noted that Syndicate was leaked literally days after Unity came out
>>322643010
>I'm personally disappointed. I love AC and like the annual new games.
>>322651348
Me too! What console do you play them on? I play them on my Xbox One.
>>322644063
>13 fps
>mfw he was telling the truth
>>322647503
I just fucking noticed them.
>>322647503
They don't take shit from no one.
>>322644752
No. No they fucking were not black flag (I will never understand why it is considered so good.) Was crap
>>322643647
I actually didn't mind the modern day part that much, but it was never meant to be stretched out over 10+ games
Is it even close to coming to a conclusion yet? I dropped the series after Brotherhood
If they are going to start going backwards in time again, I want to see a Robin Hood AC game.
>>322651761
Looks like we've figured out where Radical Larry was born.
>>322651772
Ended in 3. Now you are literally a gamer playing on abstergo entertainment system.
>ancient Egypt
>literally hundreds of years before the actual Assassins or Templars existed
How will they get around that?
Still sounds cool though. I hope they keep the assassinations as special missions like in Unity and Syndicate. Those are a real highlight of the games, I think.
>>322651761
>Head too small compared with body
Radical larry's ancestors.
This won't help. Didn't help EA with Need for Speed.
They basically need to change their audience and overhaul the melee mechanics to not be braindead shit.
>attack, stun, counter
>>322652060
The factions were around, they just didn't really call themselves Templars or Assassins
>>322651915
>>322651772
I haven't played an AC game since 3 but the assassins still hack into your system and (you) get roped into the whole assassin vs templars plot and only in like the last game did they remember Juno is still a thing. But yeah , Desmond's story is done after 3 but the plot is still being dragged along like a corpse roped to a car.
>>322651683
nice, might be somewhat good then
>>322651915
No you are an assassin initiate in Syndicate, and the modern stuff are still just watching the two mooks that were with Desmond do stuff.
The modern stuff is garbage because after all these games we never had more than a few linear modern areas to do small segments in, and after Desmond they didn't make a new protagonist and instead went with first person shit.
>tfw black flag is the best and it's not even an AC game
Anyone else miss the old multiplayer? I liked brotherhood's one Tbh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS-lXXxbf8c
Start at 6:20
I was in disbelief at how shit the final boss of Syndicate was
Series is dead then.
>Egypt
Literally nothing interesting about this time period, We wuz kings n shit, poor slave jews etc.
Also franchise fatigue is a meme.
>>322652334
Here's some more if you're interested.
>>322652345
You still use the Helix which is a home system version of the animus so same shit.
>>322652378
swap syndicate and brotherhood and its a solid list
POST YOUR TOP 3 SETTINGS/ERAS YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEXT AC GAME
3...
2....
1.....
GO!
>mine:
>Russia, 1917-1923
>Japan, Meiji Period or Kamakura period.
>China or South Korea, either during Mongol Invasion or Joesong Dynasty era.
>>322645591
Rogue is a spinoff
>>322652649
Did anyone ask if he's related to Altair and Desmond by extension? Are they keeping with the stupid "YOU are the main character!" shit?
>>322652649
>He looks a lot like Altair, but with a darker skin (like this guy ...)
do you have the post the post which he is revering to?
>>322652816
Japan
viking
ancient greece/rome
>>322652816
The only 2 locations i wanted were 1. Victorian London and 2. 1930s Krakow
>>322652886
Why would it be? It follows directly after Black Flag.
>>322651683
What the fuck is "Witcher feel"?
Are they adding hunting monsters or are they giving players control in dialogues?
>>322652378
Put ac 1 in fucking play. It's old but still good.
>>322652816
Japan
Aztec
China
>>322652378
Also take Rouge and black flag into avoid
>>322644876
>Huge fucking world with miles spent galloping on your camel to reach a small village and have a 10 minutes mission
So lucky
WHERE IS CHARLES LEE
>>322652649
>You have a pet eagle you can control
Pls dont fuck this up
>>322652895
Don't think so. He did say this though
>>322652970
He was referring to this guys pic
>>322644063
>>322653075
Same here but earlier Krakow and 3rd was Revolution Paris
>>322653138
>>322653249
1 is shit and easy as fuck and you must have shit taste if you think 4 isn't a must play.
I don't understand niggers.
Claims that pharoahs like Tut were black is fucking stupid.
Nubians ruled Egypt plenty of times. why not study them?
>>322653075
>1930s Kraków
Literally why? It's not a particularily exceptional city and there are no obvious conflicts to move the game along.
If you just want some of that kurwa feel, there are still way more interesting settings.
>tfw AC set during the Deluge never
>>322653534
It was nothing different then 3. I won't deny it's easy but it's a fun play to set the series up.
>>322653541
they don't 'study' anything, they just have vague knowledge of commonly known Pharoahs and say they're black heroes
>>322653571
well obviously 1940s would be much much better but a sjw dev like ubisoft doesnt have the stones to touch something like that
>>322653571
>no AC with oppressive, rapacious Swedes as opponents during the 30 years war era
>no shooting Gustavus Adolphus in the heat of combat as he claims his greatest victory over your allies
Pretty disappointing desu
>>322653756
>tfw I spend my time studying proto-european culture, viking and other norse stuff
>tfw my gymbro is black
>I get him into studying black history and his heritage
>I'm a history major
>Suggest him a bunch of reading on the topic
>He gets really into it
>we're thinking about founding a ethnic heritage club at our college
There is no reason not to learn about your race's heritage.
>>322652378
Unity is fine if can get it running and AC3 is not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. It's one of the only ACs other ac1 that has well written "badguys" that are not just evil for the sake of being evil.
>Watch Dogs 2 San Francisco
ugh no
>>322645591
What determines main series vs. spinoff? I played Liberation... it's basically as much of a spinoff as Rogue is. It just wasn't initially released on consoles/PCs.
>>322643010
Ok, real question here.
Never played aby game of the franchise, Is it really worth getting into the Assassin's Creed games after all this titles?(this is pretty much the tl:dr version of the text below)
When i play a new franchise i usually like to play from the very first game (which is why i avoid some titles) and i've never played Assassins Creed aside from some demos and one time at a friend's house.
I've been always a poorfag (and since my country now has a new economic crisis i'll most likely stay poor for a long time) and i always wait for games to get on sale to buy and play them but, by the time i was able to buy assassin creed 1 the franchise already had more 2 or 3 games out, them i saw they were shitting 1 game a year like COD and them they were releasing 2 fucking games at a time and etc, etc.
This kinda killed my interest for the game until i saw this headline for a release every 2 years. With this i'll be able to get into the series slowly to enjoy each game properly and without burning out my interest on it but i don't know if it is worth the effort.
Should i play from the very first game? should i avoid any title? Should i play them in order or can i simply pick any of them and start playing?
>>322654768
Just start with Syndicate.
If you enjoyed Syndicate I reccommend Unity.
If you enjoyed Unity, then go to Black Flag and it's shoot offs (Rogue, Freedom Cry, Liberation) and if you liked those then play the rest.
>>322654875
What about the overall story of the franchise? wouldn't it be better to start from the first one?
>>322643010
Did they do this press release because it got leaked the other day on here?
It's gonna bomb, AC games are a joke now, their only appeal is "oh look, something I barely remember from history/some reddit tier historical event"
>>322644063
But that was a cancelled Prince of Egypt game
>AC is skipping this year
THANK YOU
THANK YOU GOD ALMIGHTY
>>322655124
If you're interested in the story, the only game worth playing is the first one. It all kinda goes to shit after.
The Ezio trilogy (II, Brotherhood, Revelations) has a fun plot, but it's kinda outlandish compared to the grand conspiratorial vibe of the first one.
Black Flag (and to a lesser extent AC III) has the most memorable cast of characters in the series, but it's barely an AC game.
Unity tried to go for a tragic romance angle with a main character torn between two worlds, but it fell flat. Syndicate was just...meh.
was syndicate even good?
I feel like it's the same shit every year.
>>322655778
It's decent as far as AC games go, but I guess that's not saying much. Like you yourself said, it's another AC. Just looks prettier.
>>322653125
secondary quests with detective vision, horse races
>>322654269
WHERES CHARLES LEE
>>322652378
Why does everyone hate 3? I played it and enjoyed it.
>>322656476
>Playing AC3 and waiting to see why the CHARLES LEE line became such a big meme
>Says it only like two times in the whole game.
Fucking stupid ass memes.
>>322643010
Watch Dogs sequel Q4 2016 confirmed, then.
Expect the reveal at E3.
>>322654768
I may be a bit biased here, but I don't feel any of the games are overly bad - /v/ likes to shit on 3 and Unity, but most of the criticism was due to buggy releases, which have mostly been patched since then anyway. In that way, you'd probably avoid a lot of the frustration people got from them. Other than the bugs, the series pretty much keeps a failry decent level throughout - there are low points, but they're not all that low, so what this amounts to is if you like the series' formula, you'll probably enjoy them atleast a bit.
As for where to start, the first AC really sets up the whole story, though it doesn't reveal all that much at this point and t gets summed up at the start of 2 anyway. Gameplay wise, it's definetly the most bare, but introduces most of the concepts the future games flesh out, so if you're into seeing the series evolve, it's worth seeing it start out. Otherwise, you can get through this one fairly quickly. Just ignore the collectible shit, it's ridiculously boring and doesn't matter anyway.
AC2 is a great way to start, in that you probably won't feel too left out of the overarching story and universe, but get to experience the smoother mechanics, fleshed out world and great atmosphere. This is probably one of the best titles in the series, unlike the first game, it's worth savoring this one - collectibles give insight on the world and characters, as well as special items. The period characters from 2 have their story continued in Brotherhood and Revelations. The modern day plot plays out through these games and ends in 3, which gets shat on a lot, mainly due to bugs and the retarded main character (the villains are actually way more developed as characters than the protagonist in this one).
After that, the real world stuff stops mattering all that much, so you're pretty much free to pick whichever title you want to start with, if you just want to get into the series' gameplay. Black Flag is arguably the best for that, though.
>>322656476
WHO IS THE COMPANY MAN
>>322645105
Should have not knocked her up back in high school, m8.
>>322644750
>having sex ever
Fuck off, normalfag.
How can a series that revolves around templars take place in Egypt?
>>322656649
>>322656649
Most people didn't like the setting and a lot of people didn't like Connor. But everyone hated how rush the story was in some areas and what they did to Desmond at the end just so they could milk the series. I for one didn't think it was bad. I like setting and even the characters. Connor gets a lot of shit but I think he's not too bad and it's understandable why he was so rash based on the context of what was happening. It was just okay at best and a big problem was everyone thought it was going to be the best AC ever, so when it couldn't stack up, everyone started shitting on it hard. The game really shines outside the main missions. The homestead missions are really the only time where Connor is very likable because he's not dealing serious shit. The boats and taking down forts are pretty fun too.
Yeah also the 6 hour tutorial didn't help.
I'm just glad to hear they're moving farther away from present day. The earlier the time period the better
If we're just looking at the settings the ranking goes like this
2 > 1 >Revelations > Brotherhood > Black Flag > Unity > Syndicate
The characters better say random Egyptian phrases when they're talking similar to how Ezio and Altair spoke their respective languages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDQkvDLL_BA
Also make the memory corridors like the first game
>>322658223
Road trip.
>>322658223
someone at ubi show the Ra symbol and said
WE WUZ
>>322644635
Same people that make call of duty a super seller everytime, you know the people that companies actually want since they pay for games.
>>322658223
>It's a road trip episode!
>Rumors about Empire originated this morning on the 4chan boards, of all places
Fucking Kotaku.
>>322657224
>>322655687
thanks for the advice, ill play some of them but probably not all.
>>322652816
Prey 2
>>322657235
Too bad Liberation wasn't a major title, this was said way more than Charles Lee ever was.
Im excited
I hope they bring in the egyptian gods as part of the story like AC2 did with Minerva
So when it turns out that Precursor characters were the Egyptian gods, will everyone cry about ancient ayyliens again?
>>322648274
I found one on the island by accident and it is one of the only positive memories of the game I have. The other one being spider tank (could be a game of its own if expanded upon).
How are some people not sick of these games yet? I enjoyed AC2 and bought Brotherhood on sale and couldn't get more than two hours into it before I felt like I was doing the same thing again.
>>322663259
Ass creed is usually bought by try hards thinking they are smart for playing a "history game"
>>322660830
They might as well go full fantasy, it's not like anyone gives a shit about it being pseudo-historically accurate anymore.
>>322643010
This actually makes a bit__SAD__I loved playing a new AC game every december.
>>322663259
Different settings is all I need.
so i stopped caring about this money-grab after 2. can someone tell me if they saved the world from the solar flare yet or will that come about in the 2020 game?
>>322643010
Oh god, if this is real there's going to be a constant stream of WE WUZ shitposting.
>>322652816
Japan
Mexican Revolution
WW II
>>322653301
He actually said that pic was from an early build for a Prince of Persia game that later became AC.
>retards in this thread still hyping up an Ass Creed game
Shouldn't you guys be in neofag?
>>322654768
Just play them in release order. If you like a game, buy the next one, simple.
I can get Syndicate for £23 on PS4.
Is it worth it?
The last AC that I played was Black Flag and while I enjoyed it, the Assassin's Creed parts were the worst parts of the game.
Do I have to complete another 30 eavesdropping missions?
