Ubisoft’s most successful series is on its anniversary, on the verge of presenting its new main game.
Assassin’s Creed Saga seems completely incombustiblewith Ubisoft working on installment after installment to keep the fans’ interest by exploring new and fascinating stories. The number of scenarios for this hidden war between secret societies in search of mysterious pieces of pre-human technology seems inexhaustible. We are still recovering from the plot of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and all its downloadable content and updates released in these two years, and already we have on the table Assassin’s Creed Mirage, a title that drinks directly from from the events of the title starring Eivor.
What was hitherto known as Assassin’s Creed Rift looks set to make us jump to the Orient.What was so far known under the codename Assassin’s Creed Rift, it seems that it will make us jump from 9th century England to the Orient. Perhaps this is the franchise’s big opportunity to delve into Basim’s pastthe mysterious assassin we met in Valhalla, and to explore the city of Baghdad between the years 860 and 870.a period of violent political instability known as the ‘the anarchy of Samarra’What are these Gauls up to? Until Ubisoft confirms the rumors or disproves the various fan theories, during this weekend’s upcoming Ubisoft Forward, Assassin’s Creed fans have no choice but to to imagine the future of the saga..
And what better way than to do it By imagining possible and interesting chronological and geographical scenarios. for new and hypothetical games? If we let our imagination run wild, we can come up with such seductive proposals as Chicago in 1933just at the end of Prohibition, or Saigon in 1970in the middle of the Vietnam War. But in 3DJuegos we have tried to stick to a historical proposal framed more within the limits already established and we offer you a list of key moments in the history of mankind where an installment of the saga would delight its legion of loyal fans. Suggest yours in the comments! Where and when would you like the next Assassin’s Creed to be?
Babylon (539 B.C.). So far Assassin’s Creed Odissey is the installment that has taken us back the furthest chronologically but… How to resist diving further into the past? Perhaps visiting the almost mythical Babylon when Cyrus the Great conquers the city will allow us to learn more about the Isu and their antediluvian civilization. Image: James Field.
Peking (221 B.C.) The Ubisoft series still owes a huge debt to the easternmost territories of Asia. The moment of the beginning of the unified China under the imperial Qin dynasty, its constant military campaigns to extend the empire, or the beginning of the construction of the Great Wall are enough elements to justify a game. Image: Wang Kewei.
Rome (March 15, 44 B.C.) Following the last narrative bars of Assassin’s Creed Origins and the bloody hand of Amunet, the moments after the death of Julius Caesar can be a wonderful excuse to learn in detail about the first moments of the Assassins as a secret society. And to visit Rome, of course. Image: Jean Léon Gérôme.
Chichen Itza (900) One of the most rumored settings for the upcoming games in the saga is pre-Columbian America. The historical and archaeological enigma posed by the decline of the Mayan Empire may be a perfect mystery to investigate as a new, hooded protagonist – imagine climbing the Pyramid of Kukulcan during the equinox! Image: Frederick Catherwood.
Cordoba (1031) The end of the Caliphate of Cordoba is as good an excuse as any to visit Spain and learn about the mix of cultures that for centuries have shared the peninsular territory. The tension between the different Taifa kingdoms adds that ingredient of political friction that Assassin’s Creed games make such good use of. Image: Dionisio Baixeras- Verdaguer.
Breda (1625) Ubisoft could give a nod to Velazquez and place one of his hooded characters in his famous painting. Imagine the whole year of siege that the city suffered from the troops commanded by General Spinola, one man against the Spanish tercios and the garrison of Dutch soldiers? We want to play that! Image: Diego-Velázquez.
Tokyo (1867) The Meiji Restructuring in Japan has the perfect blend of tradition and industrial revolution, orientalism and westernism, so that players can finally enjoy a game set in the Land of the Rising Sun, without having to resort to the golden age of the samurai, but without ever losing sight of its spiritual heritage. Image: Kuniteru III Utagawa.
St. Petersburg (1917) We go to Russia to witness one of those great stories of revolution that Ubisoft likes so much for their stories: the October Revolution. St. Petersburg is also perfect to make those technical boasts that Ubi likes so much and could deepen the plot of Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia. Image: Valentin Alexandrovich Serov.
