Is Creed ready of Assassin for his next era?

In another timeline, 2024 would be a more remarkable year for Assassin’s CreedS During this November, the Ubisoft Action Series celebrates the respective 15th and 10th anniversary for Assassin’s Creed II and Assassin’s Creed UnityTwo of the most important records in the franchise. And 15 November 2024 was the originally intended date of the Japanese task exit Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Instead, Shadows It was fulfilled from this initial date and had to be delayed twice; Finally, it will arrive on March 20, 2025. The game brings a great weight on its shoulders as it may be the last big edition of Ubisoft before that of the developer potential buying with TencentAnd he had to deal with leak before launching, which made Ubisoft warning players avoid spoilers whenever possible. Enough to say that things are different For this specifically Creed, Not to say anything about his place in a cultural war that only wants to talk about it, because one of its leaders is based on a historical figure that the Japanese media has not had any problems inserting into their own works over the years.

It’s easy to forget now, but once, Assassin’s Creed It was nothing more but a play with a pure premise whose marketing annoys more secrets. Like other games that gave rise to franchises in the era of PS3/360 –Uncharted, Borderlands, And so on – the first Faithful There was a good prerequisite and solid ideas that made enough to forgive the stains. His sequel felt like a piercing of fresh air when he jumped in Italy from the Renaissance era and with the growth of the language auditor Firenze from the female playboy to a hooded killer who was seeking justice against the corrupt nobles who killed his family. And needed some wild swings, such as players to start as a newborn tongue or irritate historical ties so far Adam and Eve.

The History of Czeo continued with 2010. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and 2011 Revelation of Assassin’s Creed, Starting the transformation of the series into an annual edition. Thehe II The trilogy casts a long shadow on the rest of the franchise: to date, Signore Auditore is the only killer to have a whole submission of games to himself, and even after the end of his story, he crashed around. He was a guest star in Soul Calibur V, and Schao Jun in the Spinoff game Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China. (His presence has been further expanded thanks to Jesper Kyd musical For him, which is pinched to fit the musical styles of short -game settings.) No matter what ubisoft added to Faithful Formula, be it a multiplayer, naval battles, or prolonged opening as the main character’s father, the reputation of the Ezio saga and the overall sequence of franchise have maintained things enough for players to not mind.

The reputation can only be reached and there is a time when every franchise hits a wall. That came with Unity, The first edition of the series of the then generation PS4/Xbox One and its first record with four players of cooperative. (The game is Discover the trailer and a Goofy tv promo For this feature, one of the best marketing of franchise remain.) During the French Revolution, Unity Puts players in the shoes of Arno Dorian, the son of a French killer killed by a colleague – to see how it shook, play Assassin’s Creed Rogue, the last generation game played at the same time as Unity– And unconsciously accepted by Templar. Further, complicating questions about Arno was Ellis, his lover of his childhood friend, who remained with the Templars, after he eventually gave up the killers.

Unity Starts for mixed reviews due to its rough technical results. Since then, opinions have emerged about this, thanks to the patches and it has been sold well, but the damage has been done: Ubisoft stopped annually by ordering, instead choosing an approach “when ready”, which can be seen from backward. After Assassin’s Creed Syndicate The next year Ubisoft skipped 2016 and strengthened the 2017’s series Assassin’s Creed OriginsS There, the franchise turned to action-RPG, complete with gear and trees number. Save for 2023 Assassin’s Creed Mirage, The RPG era of franchise continues through the main contributions like 2018. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and 2020 Valhala, Who bends in the genre with a dialogue, romantic options and the ability to play as a male or female character.

These items return for Shadows, which puts the players in the shoes of young Shinobi Nao Fujibayashi and Yasuke, African Samurai in real life that served in the Nobunaga in 1581 and 1582, while the series was always historical fiction and more than willing to lean on the second part of this mandate in Odin Valhala, and Assassin’s Creed III There is an expansion integrity when George Washington has become US King“There is something tangibly different in turning a historical figure into not only the main character in Shadows, But a fellow protagonist, standing in his fictional, more linked to the brand. And as opposed to Odyssey Alexio or The male version of Valhala EivorBoth Naoe and Yasuke receive their fair share of marketing, with trailers and posters going out of their way to show that they are a double act that works together, not one skin that exchanges another.

In a November 2024 BAFTA Talkseries Marc-Alexis Côté called Shadows the beginning of Assassin’s Creed“Third period.” This first period was informed by Ubisoft, realizing that there was a hot new IP with a hungry fanbase, and the second, realizing it, that he could break more than he could chew and have to pick things up, maybe mix them a little. To this interview, the main focus of this next era turns history into the center of the experience again, not modern stories. The ways in which Ubisoft uses the history of the past to build an incredible crazy erudition of the series are part of its charm and allowed for some powerful study of race, class and gender of fans and critics. Undoubtedly, the return to history has helped to inform the decision to join Yasuke and it is easy to imagine the clear, not bigoted response to its inclusion here, informing the decisions about the future Faithful Games and any real figures, they bring into their individual orbits.

Assassin’s Creed tends to sell well and Ubisoft often relies on these games with long -tail to go through a financial quarter or two. The series is probably not in danger of gone immediately if Shadows Isn’t a bestseller within his first month of exit and Unity He especially showed that he could withstand some difficult strokes to return to swing. But 2014 is not 2025, but the time between taking a bump and getting back increased Increasingly often, depressively shorterS Ubisoft itself is undoubtedly overhaulful This makes it a better, healthier place for everyone working there -it just doesn’t have to rest on the shoulders of playing people and jumping high places.

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