The GameOn Magazine - Free Special Editions Assassin's Creed Edition | Page 60

Looking Back To Move Forward: Where Next For Assassin’s Creed?

Looking Back To
Move Forward:
Where Next For
Assassin’s Creed?

F

or me, the allure of the original Assassin’s
Creed game wasn’t just the promise of playing
as a swift, silent and deadly assassin, but also
the Crusader-era Middle Eastern setting. It’s been
the same way for every AC game since. In many
ways, the historical settings have come to define
the Assassin’s Creed series, and there’s a good
reason for this. They’re detailed, filled to the brim
with fascinating characters and, perhaps most
important of all, they feel alive. The swashbuckling
seas of ACIV: Black Flag are looking to be one the
most unique and diverse settings yet, but what’s
next for Assassin’s Creed? Where will the Animus
take us? There are a huge number of possibilities,
but we’ve taken some time to collect the best and
most likely options.

Imperial Japan
In many ways, this is the most fitting scenario for an
AC title. Japan, during the Boshin war of 1868-89,
saw a divide in the nation between the modernistic
Imperial Japanese government/Emperor and the
feudal Japanese Shogunate. Obviously there was
a