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Assassin's Creed 3: OXCGN picks American Revolution in March 2011- Evidence now in!

OXCGN:

"There's no doubt in any of our minds that Assassin's Creed III, when it supposedly hits this fall, is going to be one hell of a game...

As the days grow shorter until we experience the "end", more news has been surfacing as to exact details about the game's setting and protagonist.

We have long said the evidence points to the American Revolution as a setting, and have had other 'confidential' reasons to believe we were right.

Now an image has been leaked, courtesy of a Best Buy employee who snapped images of an upcoming promotional piece. This confirms our long-affirmed guess that Assassin's Creed III will, in fact, take place during the American Revolution!"

Proeliator4432d ago

Woah!!

Can't wait to assassinate some red coats...

MsclMexican4432d ago (Edited 4432d ago )

I remember when this rumour came up on N4G...

I am wondering how this new assassin will tie with and conclude Desmonds story.

Also.. I do not know much about American history( canadian eh) but wasn't America mostly land with smaller colonies back then?

Wonder how the free-run mechanic will be affected.

Also wonder if there will be any combat changes.

This is one of my most anticipated (look at my avatar) games for 2012.

Ubi said that AC3 will have an aggressive advertisement campaign.

Wonder what they mean, but still very excited to see how it all ends

@tdogchristy

Perhaps.. Ubi released a picture today showing of a snow barren landscape.

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn....
Maybe they removed buildings to give that visceral feel of an Indian stalking his prey through the trees, waiting to strike

DAMN I AM EXCITED

tdogchristy904432d ago

Firstly, the colonies went from main all the way to georgia, so there is plenty of land. Secondly by the American revolution, Europeans had been in the colonies for at least 150 years, you do have pretty large, advanced cities like Boston. Granted they aren't AS large as some of the cities in europe, but they'll do I think. Besides, a smaller setting may make it more spooky/stealthy...like ghost towns almost lol. Yay for stalking with a hatchet like an indian.

Shackdaddy8364432d ago (Edited 4432d ago )

Boston and Philadelphia are large enough to roam around in.

Philadelphia:

http://www.mapsofpa.com/18t...

New York:

http://baldpunk.com/wp-cont...

Boston:

http://upload.wikimedia.org...

Plus you can go do side missions in maybe London, do a mission in an Iroquois tribe maybe, etc.

Ezio20484432d ago

hell yeah!!! awesome!!!
already most anticipated even though i have not seen a bit of this game. =D

Hooshuwashu4432d ago

oh man.. this is going to be interesting, to say the least.

Completely ridiculous, but maybe they're going to tackle racial undertones by the character being Native American? Would be an interesting subplot.

gaminoz4432d ago

Not sure how it'll be...I like the more historic architecture of the old ones. I guess you can still use knives, especially if you are Native American, indigenous.

(please excuse my use of the word Indians before)

gaminoz4432d ago

I guess freerunning up trees will be the go?

I think the suggestion of the French-Indian war was better...that had Yanks with Brits (and indians) against French and Indians.

I guess the Brits will be the bad guys and not the Americans???? Typical.

Proeliator4432d ago

Destroy the red coats, attack their yellow teeth for massive damage!

gaminoz4432d ago

Bah...all the Yanks wanted to do was go over the Appalachians and EXPAND (at the cost of the existing peoples there).

All about profit and keeping it to themselves, not giving it to the empire. Fair enough, but selling that as 'freedom', pfftt. The Canadians never suffered much under the 'yoke' of Britain.

MsclMexican4432d ago

Or.. maybe the free masons and all that other good stuff.

If you played AC2 one of subject 16's glyphs hinted that George Washington was a Templar whom controlled a Piece of Eden.

Also.. in the Assassins Creed: The fall comic, they stated that George Bush was a mere Templar puppet, whom had won due to a fixed voting campaign.

After all Ubi is based in Canada, France, Singapore and Britain.... not sure if they are in the US

WildStyles4432d ago

I really don't care for the series but if you play as a Native American, I can't miss this. It's rare as hell to play as a Native American.

gaminoz4432d ago

Agreed. I think this was the best move. They were stiffed by both sides. That should be the focus.

Majin-vegeta4432d ago

Not really into AC but if we could do that i would buy this day one oh yea please let us scalp the enemies>:).

Ezio20484432d ago

yeah baby!! Love you Ubisoft!!!

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai190d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske190d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid190d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot190d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno190d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot189d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface189d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot189d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69190d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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5 Of the Most Unlikeable Video Game Protagonists

There are good video game protagonists, and there are bad video game protagonists.

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GhostScholar201d ago (Edited 201d ago )

I disagree that max is unlikable. Chloe is infinitely more unlikable in my opinion.

gold_drake200d ago

omg chloe was awful. i really hated her at the end haha

Cacabunga200d ago

Abby was absolute trash protagonist in every way..
Tidus was so meh to me..
On villain side, the one i didn’t like wa Micah, because they wanted him to be that way and it was brilliant👍🏽

Rancegamerx200d ago

I agree, I liked Max, Chloe was a horrible friend and a bad influence.

Cacabunga200d ago

Everyone agrees on chloe, I’m sure even ND do.

H9200d ago

Both are horrible, granted Chloe is infinitely worse, it feels like Chloe is just fanservice for people who too over the edge and wasn't written to be a character that makes sense

GooGobbler201d ago

What about that Forspoken Tw*t

MrChow666200d ago

exactly I was expecting it to be a the top of the list

ravens52200d ago

Ye I was expecting her too. Guess they actually played the game. Unlike you and whoever agrees.

gpimlott199d ago

I played through the whole game and think she is one of the worst character Ive ever played as

ravens52199d ago (Edited 199d ago )

gpimlott. How?

Stanjara189d ago

Why would I payed and played the game if the whole internet is making fun of a character?

-Im here to kill Chaos...are you Chaos?

Yeah, I didn't play that game either.

Christopher200d ago (Edited 200d ago )

She's actually not bad. It's the writing itself that is bad overall, but she's fine overall. She's no worse than Miles Morales IMHO. Both thrust into a spotlight and receiving both praise and blame and dealing with it.

Forspoken is a bland game because it's 75% bland, boring, repetitive going through the motions and diversions that add nothing of the value with purposefully gated memory moments that don't feel organic or like you're discovering things but waiting for others to reveal things.

ravens52200d ago

Exactly Chris. Even though I liked the game. I kno u played it. People who actually played it and went thru her dream saw she was a good likeable person who really just acted out due to being alone and unloved. I think your problem is it was open world, I think if it was more linear you may have liked it better.

savedsynner200d ago

Oh no she's bad. Very unlikable even before you add on the bad dialogue. The game could have been quite good with a good protagonist

ravens52199d ago

For all the people like synner. Shes actually half white lol. Inferior complexity is a hell of a thing. You'll be ok.

Nerdmaster200d ago

Most of these aren't even that bad. Especially comparing to others like Squall "Whatever" Leonhart, Forspoken's Frey, and the guy from Atomic Heart.

-Foxtrot200d ago

Squall is one of the best developed main FF characters so...

People talk about his "whatever" thing thats at the start of the game, not the character he eventually becomes in the end.

Nerdmaster200d ago

No amount of "character development", (especially the ones that for me feels sudden and undeserved like Squall's), will justify him being a d**k to my girl Quistis. Even if he found the cure for cancer, from that moment on, I would never like him.
The article is about being unlikeable, and he was indeed unlikeable for at least half of the game.

BrainSyphoned200d ago

Squall is the best protagonists in FF so you can go whatever yourself.

H9200d ago

My good sir, I need to steal that "you can go whatever yourself" because it's gold

BlaqMagiq1200d ago

Except Squall has actual character development.

gold_drake200d ago (Edited 200d ago )

the "watever" is only present in the english localisation.
so your argument doesnt rly ... stand imo.

Nerdmaster200d ago

Good for you that you could enjoy the japanese version. That's not the case for me and the majority of people here, though.

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gold_drake200d ago (Edited 200d ago )

i had to stop reading after the "blatant misogyny" in the Dantes inferno section.

i actually liked Max haha.

the forspoken chick is missing tho

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