Just remember, unless they retcon the lore, George Washington was a Templar. I think Ubisoft will genuinely make things interesting.
One of the main reasons for the War of Independence was not just tax-related, but also because of Britain's Empire-focused trade policies restricted who they could trade with. The majority of the colonists owned land and saw themselves as economic trail-blazers. They wanted to expand westwards, which Britain had refused to allow them to, in order to avoid conflict with the natives. I'm Ubisoft wanted to get really deep with their history, you could see Templars supporting groups of the revolutionaries, with the stated aim of opening the Americas up for business.
Slavery could fit into the agenda this way as well.
I know he's confirmed to be a character and that they said "not to expect a copy of Da Vinci." I was just saying before we thought the game would entirely take place during the American Revolution, and I was saying I doubt Benjamin Franklin will be able to be met considering where he was during the War and how old he was during the time.
Considering the expanded time frame, this gives plenty of opportunity for Benjamin Franklin to show up. Wonder if John Adams will show up? What about Thomas Jefferson? Can't wait to see how they handle these figures.
There's still plenty of problems I had with the concept that are not actually solved with the information provided.
It goes furthest to alleviate my problem with the country travel, but I still highly doubt this will be as interesting as traveling around genuinely great cities. From the sound of it, actually, they're basically admitting there is going to be a whole lot more ground travel, but they're trying to spice it up with sliding and more free running hijinks... which is neat, but is not in my estimation a good exchange for a properly dense city with huge lateral movement. We will have to see how it works in practice.
As an aside, they also didn't mention how slavery is being handled, which I am extremely curious about. I hate when period pieces of any kind try to skirt around these complex issues.
There is a lot to like too, however. I like the sound of the battle system they got going... it's going to be rad to wade around during huge iconic battles in the Revolutionary War. I like the time period they're utilizing. This allows for a huge array of key moments in early American history. I also love the changing seasons and in particular the key point "rivers and lakes will freeze during winter, giving you new traversal opportunities." That is a really novel approach.
It does, but I suspect it would have been a bad idea to make him a central inventor considering he is clearly going to disappear to France for most of the time of the Revolutionary War, which would make his role kind of difficult if you need to go back to him for upgrades
So will the Jeffersonians/Anti-Federalists be the Assassin faction, and the Hamiltonians/Federalists be the Templar faction? It would fit in...
Quick and dirty Revelation spoilers to catch you up.Wow, that does sound awesome. I skipped Revelations and don't regret it, but I will be there day 1 for this. Hype
Oh NO..
Collect all 85 Federalist Papers!
He was a Freemason, and as stated in the OP he has affiliations with the Assassin Order.
I'm wondering how AC3 is gonna handle slavery in this game. Hopefully there will be some missions where you kill some slave traders.
There's still plenty of problems I had with the concept that are not actually solved with the information provided.
It goes furthest to alleviate my problem with the country travel, but I still highly doubt this will be as interesting as traveling around genuinely great cities. From the sound of it, actually, they're basically admitting there is going to be a whole lot more ground travel, but they're trying to spice it up with sliding and more free running hijinks... which is neat, but is not in my estimation a good exchange for a properly dense city with huge lateral movement. We will have to see how it works in practice.
As an aside, they also didn't mention how slavery is being handled, which I am extremely curious about. I hate when period pieces of any kind try to skirt around these complex issues.
There is a lot to like too, however. I like the sound of the battle system they got going... it's going to be rad to wade around during huge iconic battles in the Revolutionary War. I like the time period they're utilizing. This allows for a huge array of key moments in early American history. I also love the changing seasons and in particular the key point "rivers and lakes will freeze during winter, giving you new traversal opportunities." That is a really novel approach.
Zeliard said:I think it would be pretty damn cool if we can get an approximation of what cities like Boston and New York were like during the time of the Revolution. Not only do we rarely ever get games set during the American Revolution, but as far as games where you can travel around a 3D environment in that setting? Non-existent, as far as I know. This should be quite a treat even if only in that regard.
The Revolutionary war should also give Ubi more of an opportunity to diversify the gameplay. They don't have to be so heavily city-focused as they were in past games. The fact that the cities of that time are less-established than the big ones from past games means that Ubi can ideally give us more of them and spruce up the wilderness portions as well.
Since they stopped the AC2 "sequels" and are finally going with an official 3rd game, I'm assuming we'll see some 'revolutions' - beh heh heh - in the gameplay, whether that comes with the combat, traversal, who knows. But it should be fairly different, probably, without losing what makes AC what it is.
Looks like I misremembered the glyph puzzle stuff from the earlier games.
Still, though, I hope it's not a "British = Templars, Americans = Assassins" split, despite the article hinting otherwise. Why would "Assassins" be for policies like slavery and displacing Native Americans?
Connor is quiet and stoic, letting actions speak for words rather than conversing with others'
meh
Oh Lawd! Hope the engine can handle it this time, too much tearing and slowdown in the other games.
anvil 2.0
Connor is quiet and stoic, letting actions speak for words rather than conversing with others'
meh
Yeah.
Let's have Ezio, AGAIN. A smooth-talking womanizing Native American playboy.
That would fit right into the era.
smh
Good. That's not what AC is about.I see no mention of a hard mode in that summary....
They better show Ben Franklin with a French girl in both arms.
Good. That's not what AC is about.
During the time he was in America that this game also takes place during, 1753+, he wouldn't have had french girls hanging off his arm. He was tagged by his wife Deborah Reed, who he actually had a respectful regard for even if not sexual, and instead formed many 'amorous' relationships with intellectual women whom he engaged readily in letters. His reputation as a whorer is so exaggerated it's comical, and the women who studied his relationship with women the most found virtually no evidence of it outside of his one illegitimate child who he also raised.
Who we might see is Katherine Ray hanging off his arm, whom he incidentally meets in 1754 - one year after this game starts taking place. This sparks off a lifelong friendship (he remains friends and writing to her until the day she died, well after she married and well after Benjamin Franklin's wife dies) and the relationship never became sexual. There is evidence he was interested in her early on, but it quickly shifted into a fatherly relationship and he continued to engage her intellectually until the day he died.
It was just meant to be a joke. >_>
It's subjective of course, but combat has never been a focus. It's more of a spectacle with finishers than some intricately deep system. AC is about the environment and for many the tale of conspiracy. However, this iteration seems to change that system slightly.What is it about? I got bored with the second part because there was no challenge at all.
Quick and dirty Revelation spoilers to catch you up.Ezio helped Istanbul assassins get their shit together and Desmond recovered from his coma. Altair recorded memories that lead Ezio to an Apple that allowed Ezio to send a message to Desmond and clued him in on what to do next.
oh i know. I'm just a crazy Revolutionary War history buff and wanted to have an excuse to post KNOWLEDGE
Revelations I can understand, but AssBro was a solid entry. Plus, they get to test the waters. Now we know this title won't have some stupid shit like den defense.Sounds mind-blowing.
If only they hadn't released Brotherhood and/or at least Revelations. It would have been so much more awesome if we would have really been hungered out by Ubisoft.
But they probably thought, if ActiBlizz can release a Call of Duty every year, we can do that too.
Imho did AssBro mostly justify its existence with all the Desmond stuff going on. Revelations brought the actual plot barely further.Revelations I can understand, but AssBro was a solid entry. Plus, they get to test the waters. Now we know this title won't have some stupid shit like den defense.
During the time he was in America that this game also takes place during, 1753+, he wouldn't have had french girls hanging off his arm. He was tagged by his wife Deborah Reed, who he actually had a respectful regard for even if not sexual, and instead formed many 'amorous' relationships with intellectual women whom he engaged readily in letters. His reputation as a whorer is so exaggerated it's comical, and the women who studied his relationship with women the most found virtually no evidence of it outside of his one illegitimate child who he also raised.
Who we might see is Katherine Ray hanging off his arm, whom he incidentally meets in 1754 - one year after this game starts taking place. This sparks off a lifelong friendship (he remains friends and writing to her until the day she died, well after she married and well after Benjamin Franklin's wife dies) and the relationship never became sexual. There is evidence he was interested in her early on, but it quickly shifted into a fatherly relationship and he continued to engage her intellectually until the day he died.
Well there are more than one tribe. Some sided with the American while others side with the British. Of course the most powerful ones sided with the British. The Mohawk tribe, the same one that Conor was raised in, also sided with the British, so it should be interesting to figure out why he is helping the Americans.
You've destroyed my image of him being a scientific pimp
Good. That's not what AC is about.
For the love of all that is good in this world, please, Ubisoft, find a way to get Promontory in this game when running through a battle to kill a very high ranking Templar.
I'm considering just playing AC2 though. Can I jump right into that game, or do I really have to play the first one first?