Assassin’s Creed fans think they’ve found the perfect setting for the next mainline game in the franchise, and… yeah. Obviously. How in the hell has Ubisoft not set an Assassin’s Creed game in Ancient Rome yet?!
One of the most exciting parts of hearing about a new Assassin’s Creed game is learning of its reported setting.
When Assassin's Creed Shadows was announced, everyone was extremely excited to see how Ubisoft would tackle a game set in Japan. Now that we know Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe is in the works, the fanbase is getting hyped all over again, as its rumoured to be a witch-centric story set in 16th-century Europe.
But, c’mon, there’s only one location and one point in history we all agree they should tackle next, and that’s Ancient Rome.
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Over on the r/assassinscreed subreddit, one user posed a simple question: “Will there be an AC game set in Ancient Rome?”
And pretty much everyone in the comments replied, “There better be, because it would be cool as hell.”
“How 'ancient' are you talking? Because Origins is about 50 BC covering the fall of Julius Caesar which is probably the most famous assassination in their culture, and the formation of the Hidden Ones which creates a pretty hard start for when games even CAN feature specifically the Hidden Ones or Assassin Brotherhood,” commented user Ishvallan.
“Anything after Origins is pretty fair game as Rome would be a strong centre of power for the Assassins, and we know that they extended to every part of the Roman Empires combatting OotA corruption, but never quite stamping it out no matter how many they killed.”
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“Year of the four emperors in late first century leading to Vespasians rise. The story writes itself,” replied user ObviousBlade.
“What could be more AC than a year where three emperors die either by suicide or assassination, and a fourth brings about a new and successful dynasty. It's begging to be made.”
That last comment really sells it for me, because Ancient Rome was a politically volatile place to live. Not like modern day though, am I right, folks?
Plus, I wanna jump off a big statue of Julius Caesar and assassinate a dude. Oh, or, we could play as one of the six hundred dudes that ended up stabbing Julius Caesar.
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It really does write itself. Here’s hoping that someone at Ubisoft is paying attention, because now that I’ve heard this myself, I’ll be disappointed if they announce that the next game is set literally anywhere else.
Topics: Assassins Creed, Ubisoft