One's slightly old school feel, and the other is totally old school designed and graphically terrible. Can anybody managed to beat either of in the span of a month?
Also, I'm really glad that the new protagonist calls himself 'Connor,' because I have no idea how to pronounce Ratohnhaké:ton.
Also, I'm really glad that the new protagonist calls himself 'Connor,' because I have no idea how to pronounce Ratohnhaké:ton.
....Hope this isn't as hilarious as it looks like it's going to be. Or maybe I do. I don't get how our native protagonist is supposed to prefer one set of ruthless, mass-murdering colonial invaders over the other set.
Maybe he's just really angry about taxes on tea or something.
I'm going to have to tough up and play the other ones (or, well, at least finish the first one), so I have some idea of where this one's heading!
My question is how much interest is this going to garner outside of the US. The trailer is for the UK and the guy is clearly killing redcoats/British soldiers. Is this really going to be something people in Britain will want to buy for example? It is pretty specific to the US.
I'm not trying to troll anyone or anything but I find it interesting that just because it takes place in the United States that it's a turn off.
Desmond happens to be from the United States, so why wouldn't the Assassin Order eventually end up there?
There are bound to be Assassin's where ever you look. In AC2, the codex page map toward the end of the game had assassin symbols in places like Russia, Africa, and Indonesia. There were a whole handful of them. So there are bound to be Orders in other spots around the world.
What makes the Revolutionary War setting the breaking factor of if you'll play the game being from the UK or elsewhere? Is this one of those "too soon?" kinda things? I don't get it. If you're a fan of the franchise, it shouldn't matter where the setting is just so long as there is a setting.
So it's partially because of the location, more-so the time period.
As for the Order ending up in the States, I always thought that it would have headquarters in every part of the world. The missions for trainee assassins in the games sent them to a whole bunch of different countries, so I would assume that that would follow through.
I don't think there will be too many Assassin's Creed games left.
That and a lot of the Assassin's Creed "secrets" had to do with early United States history. Personally I'm excited to see them start with some sort of closure to Desmond's story.
To really show what sort of comment you're truly making - how much would the following boggle you - I'm not Italian so my interest in a game set during the Italian Renaissance is very limited. I bet you're not Italian (and looking at your userinfo, it looks like you do not currently live in Italy) but you probably played the game and enjoyed it.
The games/movies/comics/books have been set across the world. You shouldn't have to be from that location to enjoy the media produced. I'm not Italian but I enjoyed the hell out of Ezio's story. I'm not Syrian but I enjoyed the hell out of Altair. I'm not Russian but I enjoyed the hell out of Nikolai Orelov.
To me, it is disappointing because all media is supersaturated with the USA and Americana. This is fair, since the US produces a huge percentage of English language A-Grade movies, TV shows and games. However, it was just so refreshing to have games which were set in Real Earth History (or close to it) that had almost nothing to do with the USA (I've always hated the Desmond bits- I'm not playing for modern storylines). The worst part is, in movies at least, American revolution stories generally focus too much on a lone flag flapping in the breeze whilst a single silent tear rolls, glimmering, down the patriot's dust-covered cheek. I want none of that. Presumably some portion of US audiences want it - I hope it is not the portion that Ubisoft caters to.
So, that annoyed me.
The other thing is it is far too recent in history to be (to my taste) awesome. Once you get past your single shot, primitive guns I'm just not interested. Muskets? No, thank you. Running through treetops is far less credible IRL than running across rooftops. I would have preferred another Medieval setting, maybe the Wars of the Roses, the Holy Roman Empire or somewhere in the East (which I personally know little about but I can't imagine there not being dynastic struggles)
As far as preferred setting(s) go, I was hoping for the French Revolution. I thought it would be a great dynamic. I would've loved to see the British/Chinese dynamic explored, as well.
In the end, I'm just tired of hearing "well, it's American history so why the hell should i care about it?" It's an important revolution that, arguably, spearheaded the way for further revolutions. It involved all sorts of cultures and people. It's much less American-centric than the American Civil War.
Most importantly, I shouldn't have to be from the culture to appreciate the game itself, which is what annoyed me with the original comment. The idea that only Americans can enjoy American history is crap, to be blunt. Also, the original "but what British person is going to want to see themselves getting slaughtered" thing also annoyed me as British people were slaughtered in the first game and I didn't see people whining about that.
Oh and Ratohnhaké:ton is pronounced as: "Ra-doon-ha-gay-doo'"
Edited at 2012-03-08 05:55 am (UTC)