Current Events > IMO they should reboot Assassin's Creed entirely

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Next generation would be the best time to do it. Similar to how Tomb Raider was rebooted

But this time let the Hitman or Splinter Cell team develop it (both Ubisoft anyways)

Cut out all the future shit entirely. No Desmond whatsoever. Completely cut that story.

Completely revamp the gameplay and stealth mechanics (crouching, wall hugging, lethal and non-lethal takedowns)

Which would mean a new engine.

Better voice acting and story. Redo Altairs story completely.

It can definitely happen. Assassins creed is popular enough for them to profit off a reboot project and at the same time win Game of the Year awards.
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Aren't the games like in sets of three or osmething? So asscreed 1-3, then the other asscreeds are seperate in the past but all together in the modern timeline
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Resock too, maybe repant and reunderwear also
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they claim they have ideas for sequels to last for like 20 more years or something

Is there literally anyone on Earth who still cares about the intergame story. I barely cared to begin with and once the Desmond storyline closed I checked out entirely. Just stick to the story in the historical setting and give up on the modern day garbage nobody cares about.
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They pretty much already rebooted the gameplay. I don't see any real reason to reboot the story, especially if they were to get rid of the thing that ties all of these stories together.

The future segments are the only reason they're able to have games set hundreds of years apart, all over the world, and featuring characters who have never and will never meet each other and still make any degree of sense. Otherwise it'd be a bunch of standalone stories and that's it.
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Zikten posted...

they claim they have ideas for sequels to last for like 20 more years or something

Probably the easiest series to write sequels for.
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At this point, I really have no idea why they keep including the modern-day stuff at all
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eston posted...

Otherwise it'd be a bunch of standalone stories and that's it.

This would be much better than what they have now. I always groan when I get pulled out of the game's setting and have to slog through half an hour of boring modern day shit to get back to the real game.
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Origins and Odyssey were kind of a soft reboot with Layla.

Also eston is right and I've been saying it for years. AC doesn't work as a bunch of stand-alone games that are only loosely connected.
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AlephZero posted...

eston posted...

Otherwise it'd be a bunch of standalone stories and that's it.

This would be much better than what they have now. I always groan when I get pulled out of the game's setting and have to slog through half an hour of boring modern day shit to get back to the real game.

I think they can be a little long-winded too, but as a framing device they work great. They just need more interesting stuff to do.
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eston posted...

AlephZero posted...

eston posted...

Otherwise it'd be a bunch of standalone stories and that's it.

This would be much better than what they have now. I always groan when I get pulled out of the game's setting and have to slog through half an hour of boring modern day shit to get back to the real game.

I think they can be a little long-winded too, but as a framing device they work great. They just need more interesting stuff to do.

In Origins and Odyssey you are out of the animus for like 10 mins in total. Not bad in 60+ hour game.
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I am extremely here for an AC game that borrows ideas from Hitman, but Hitman is made by IO, not Ubisoft.
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I miss all the modern day stuff to be honest. When I had only played the original one I thought it was pretty dumb and annoying but then they let you run and climb and things start to tie in and I actually enjoyed it.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

gna647 posted...

Cut out all the future shit entirely. No Desmond whatsoever. Completely cut that story.

it really pisses me off when people say this. the series absolutely does not work if you cut the modern stay stuff out. if you don't understand that then you don't get the entire overarching mythos of the series. there are plenty of other sandbox quasi-historical sims you can play if you want. there was absolutely nothing wrong with the modern day storyline stuff in the AC games i've played (i haven't played any since Black Flag, except for a little bit of Unity). just because you don't like a part of a game doesn't mean that everyone doesn't like it or that it should be removed completely.

Its doable

You just need to get creative

When I say reboot I mean an entire fucking rewrite because the current writing is complete dog shit
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Layla goes after the Shroud of Turin, brings back Desmond, boom, story back on track.
He plays the plotting and sneaky assassin, Layla as the come get it killer.
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More ass, less Creed tbh
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AlephZero posted...

Is there literally anyone on Earth who still cares about the intergame story. I barely cared to begin with and once the Desmond storyline closed I checked out entirely. Just stick to the story in the historical setting and give up on the modern day garbage nobody cares about.

I do. In fact the interconnected story is part of the reason why I got into the series, so when it became much less of a focus until recently I started losing interest (though part of that is just burnout in general on the series).
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DuranOfForcena posted...

i'm not arguing that it isn't doable, i'm arguing that it doesn't need to be done

Yes it does

I dont know anyone that actually likes the modern story or characters
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Yes

And also make it not boring

Make the main character Michael Fassbender or Scott Stapp
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

At this point, I really have no idea why they keep including the modern-day stuff at all

It was a novel way to connect multiple games in multiple timelines without sacrificing player investment in the overall universe.

However, Black Flag proved that the modern stuff was no longer useful, and was in fact a hindrance to the overall experience. Once the series was established and the Assassin/Templar conflict was engrossing enough on its own to warrant sequels and time-jumping for its own sake, they should have dropped the future plot altogether.

Or maybe they should have an entry set entirely in the modern day. It'd be a way different vibe, but if it's designed thoughtfully it could work.
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Gobstoppers12 posted...

Or maybe they should have an entry set entirely in the modern day. It'd be a way different vibe, but if it's designed thoughtfully it could work.

That was the original plan iirc. End the Desmond arc with a game set in the modern day.
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