Assassin's Creed 3 Box Art Released

dbuddy101

I didn't like this setting. I thought it was not good AT ALL. I thought victorian london was a much better city and time period. So when i read this article, i can say that i was thoroughly disappointed. I was avidly against it and when i saw the first art, i thought like the other art, that it was only teasing the ideas, and then they would reveal the new, actual setting. Now that they have revealed the setting to be exactly the same as the other art, i thought that was stupid. The art should have been to TEASE ideas. Not actually announce anything. But other than the nitpicking, i am now somewhat excited, as the setting has its problems, but its advantages.

First off, i find it impossible for the character to be native american. Now, in no way do i mean to say that native americans are better or worse than ANYONE, i am saying that based on desmond's bloodline, it is impossible. On his one parent's side is altair, who was an arabic assassin who is the father of the new assassin's order, that was then put into secrecy under his establishment. Then, on another side of his parents (the exact sides were not specified, but it is known that the assassins are in both of his blood line, and that ezio and altair have some, but vague correlation to each other, but come from different sides of desmond's bloodline.) comes ezio, an italian renaissance man. In no way can he be native american, as native americans are dated back to be about 16,000 years in america, and by then the Bering Strait existed. There was no land mass past that time. It would be very, VERY inaccurate to use his heritage as native american. I think that the protagonist will work WITH them, as their tactics are very useful to assassin culture, but not be a native american.

My next gripe is with the setting itself. It would have to have 2 or 3 cities, and some countryside/woodland area. Due to the fact that most of the famous figures involved on the side of the americans were in the actual military [ for example: Marquette de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, Benedict Arnold (yes, he helped the americans before leaving the cause for his love) and of course, George Washington) and wouldn't really be in the actual ability to see them, unless one of the country side camps is valley forge near brandywine. The other major players in the war were Sam Adams and John Hancock, who were delegates at the continental congress. They would be able to be seen. Then we have Ben Franklin, who was Ambassador to France. Now the story would be very good, but they would need a way to see those people, as they were crucial to the american victory. The other problem with the setting would be that the buildings aren't very recognizable. Places that would have historical impact at the time would be the setting of the Boston Massacre, Old North Church (Paul Revere AND William Dawes ride), Independence Hall (Place where Second Continental Congress met to create the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutional Convention to make, guess what, the Constitution) and Carpenter's hall (place where first continental congress met to deal with the Intolerable Acts in Boston. Now i may be incorrect, but i believe the olive branch petition was also created there.) Now, those are the only places that i can think of. The rest would have to be filler, and i don't think that those alone could make compelling places to free run. I mean, you can't just have a million churches to synchronize on, do you know how stupid that would be?

Those are the major problems with the game. The good things that would come out of it is a great, and i mean GREAT story. It fits the franchise perfectly. The ideals set by the Free Masons and Founding Fathers (Yeah, the free masons were GOOD you conspiracy nuts!) and how the templars and assassins would be secretly fighting all around. The next good thing would be the great gameplay that comes out of that. Tomahawks, guns (it can work if they do it well, so i wouldn't count it out just yet) and other things. It would be great fun, and keep me interested for however long. Now, they have also announced that the franchise wouldn't end, but the current story will. So now, they would have complete freedom to do what they want with the franchise. So here here to this game being as good as AC 1, 2, and Brotherhood (I personally thought that revelations was underwhelming) and for the next game to be in a great setting. (Victorian London, French Revolution, or Daniel Cross/Nikolai Orlov anyone?)