Ancient Egypt was an amazing time. People wore more make-up than a modern day super model. Slaves dragged huge hunks of rock across the sand to build elaborate tombs the size of housing estates. And everyone totally loved cats.
But, sadly, none of that was enough to convince Ubisoft that the mysterious time period was perfect for Assassin’s Creed III. In fact, the publisher decided it was too “boring”.
Ubisoft’s Alex Hutchinson explained:
People on the internet suggest the most boring settings. The three most wanted are WWII, feudal Japan and Egypt. They're kind of the three worst settings for an AC game.
Despite this, Hutchinson did continue that there was some serious interest in taking the series to India:
[Assassin's Creed 3 writer Corey May] really wants to do India. I would too. I'd really love to do the Raj.
We’ve still got our panties in a bunch over the publisher considering things like mummification “boring”. Has no one at Ubisoft ever watched those brilliant Brendan Fraser movies? Hey, don’t scoff – they’ve got Rachel Weisz in them so they’re ok with us.
You can read more about the sequel Ubisoft did decide to make in our Assassin's Creed III First Impressions.
[source oxm.co.uk]
Comments 4
I think it was more of the terrain being plain. In America there's snow, large moutnains, etc. The animals and style of Egypt would be more interesting imo, but the exctiement would be toned down by the fact that everything is just rivers, sand and buildings.
But I wanted to ride a camel : (
How is Feudal Japan boring in any way? I can see how they wouldn't wanna do WWII since that's been done to death by the CoD and Medal of Honor games, but Japan? Maybe not quite the best option for an Assassin's Creed game, but definitely not "the worst".
Personally I was hoping for ancient China. Perhaps Genghis Khan. But I was clearly way off. Egypt with Rome, Cleopatra, Anthony and Octavian could have been fantastic.
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