Assassin’s Creed’s gameplay is the main draw for this series at this point (even diehard lore fans have to admit the plot is largely spinning its wheels ever since 3), and one can only climb so many structures in North America and Europe before it all starts to blend together. Recent locations haven’t seemed to embrace the series’ full potential, and it’s especially baffling because Ubisoft has studios around the world, including China, Japan, and Abu Dhabi.
The staleness isn’t exactly getting help from the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles trilogy, either. As is the case with the PS Vita Liberation title and its black female protagonist Aveline de Grandpre, Chronicles’ settings of China and India and both their respective protagonists Shao Jun and Arbaaz feel like they’re mainly existing to pacify anyone with gripes instead of acting as genuine extensions of the series. We get to play Shao Jun for only a third of a game, even though she was personally trained by the series’ greatest Assassin.
Ubisoft is one of the most inclusive developers out there, and seem to make an active effort to change and improve. They definitely still care about the Assassin’s Creed universe, but the series lives and dies on its historical periods at this point. Whether that means hyping the Chronicles trilogy with the same force as the main games or just giving the Chronicles characters larger entries of their own, Ubisoft and players can benefit from seeing the war between the Assassins and Templars in new parts of the globe.
If the series is indeed going to Egypt, and we hope it is, the location shift may be a sign that the series is heading to other fascinating parts of the world to be explored.
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