Assassin's Creed May Not Remain An Annual Franchise
Assassin's Creed: RevelationsThey say the world will end in 2012. Well, hopefully not before Ubisoft finishes the current Assassin's Creed story arc.
What began in 2007 should finally end with the 2012 installment, as creative lead Alexandre Amacio told Eurogamer. He alludes to the "end of the world plot of December 2012" in the franchise, so obviously, they're going to have to finish things up next year. Said Amacio:
"We had such a complex and strong narrative that we ourselves did our best to just try to execute these games before that date. It would be stupid of us to be centring a game on a semi-reality and then have that conclusion happen after that date in real life."
So when Desmond - the actual main character, if you're unfamiliar - is finished with his lengthy quest, we'll get a new protagonist. Amacio said we've had the Altair and Ezio cycles and it's time to complete Desmond's cycle next year. But perhaps most interestingly is that with the end comes a "shift in approach to development at Ubisoft Montreal." So the annual release of the last few installments may come to a stop.
"We're already structuring the way we do Assassin's Creed, so it will no longer ever be like that. Our development approach is changing so our cycles aren't structured the same way - so it gives us a little bit more development time."
Translation: we don't want to get stale after next year. And we have to appreciate that, right?
Tags: assassins creed revelations, assassins creed, ubisoft, assassins creed sequel
10/3/2011 8:43:54 PM Ben Dutka
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FxTales
Monday, October 03, 2011 @ 9:33:44 PM
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Jawknee
Monday, October 03, 2011 @ 9:37:24 PM
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bebestorm
Monday, October 03, 2011 @ 9:37:52 PM
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Dancemachine55
Monday, October 03, 2011 @ 10:09:24 PM
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My wallet has been running thin with all these preorders paid off over the next several months. As much as I love Assassin's Creed, I just couldn't afford to keep up with it year over year!!
I think the Dead Space or Uncharted approach of a new entry every 2 or 2.5 years is the better approach, since the last entry is still fresh in people's minds and it doesn't go stale from saturation. (Look at how much CoD has fallen with hardcore gamers, but the casuals will still lap it up)
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PasteNuggs
Monday, October 03, 2011 @ 10:39:28 PM
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GamingLegend7
Monday, October 03, 2011 @ 11:35:02 PM
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AshT
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 12:03:47 AM
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Neurotoxiny
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 12:04:35 AM
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Ya'know the one that no one liked?
Because I actually really liked that one ;D
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huh1678
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 1:53:21 AM
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TrophyHunter
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 10:34:20 AM
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Gamer Girl Gemo
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 12:25:25 AM
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Lawless SXE
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 1:54:17 AM
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Whatever happens, I'm glad that they're looking into stopping with the annual crap, considering the immense drain of resources that each game takes on Ubisoft. Six studios pooling their efforts every year, and maybe it's just me but development time for most other core titles being stretched out further than ever before, with PoP, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six all seeming to take longer between iterations than ever before (I'm not the only one that thinks that, right?). Whatever, glad to hear it.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 2:24:34 AM
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when a series is selling as well as AC is you dont cancel it!
it will be interesting to see what happens after AC3, if they will do a prequel or go on a totally different story arc.
i dont want to see the series end just yet, there is no other game out there that offers the storytelling and quality of gameplay this does!
in fact the closest game to this is PoP which coincidently is done by the same developers.
though that said AC kicks the royal sh*t out of PoP six ways from sunday!
id love to see them do a new PoP one day, the last one the forgotten sands was a pretty good game.
but not at the expense of AC!
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Alienange
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 12:23:28 PM
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Lairfan
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 9:19:32 PM
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Plus, after next year's AC they'll finally get off that damn annual release schedule. I mean, I haven't seen a bad AC game come out of the annual schedule yet, but sooner or later it would be bound to happen if they kept it up. This way, they'll have more time to be creative and to make a quality game.
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CaptRon
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Monday, October 03, 2011 @ 9:23:42 PM