To ask you and
AndreaAC
AndreaAC
what lesser known time periods would want to see in AC?
I'm not sure if I have a lesser known time period in mind to suggest, but for example, after scrolling through an "AC Encyclopedia" illustration that gathers a lot of amazing concept arts from the games to form the Assassin insignia and spotted this:
Made me wonder, "How would an AC game be if it was set in Mexico?" Because when it comes to Mexico in Videogames, it's always the same "Cartel/Druglord" bull**** and the like. As if we hadn't enough of it in real life and also in movies. I'm not even convinced about the Aztec/Mayan stuff without being a repeat of Origins/Odyssey with magic stuff thrown in with Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca would surely be part of that (I know 'deities' existed in the form of the Precursors, but still). The other events like the Independence and Revolution, it's honestly not worth it.
Honestly, one of the things that got my attention to one of the most obscure and underrated titles of the Series, it being Rogue, was because of this description I saw after Rogue had its reveal trailer 5 years ago, but my statue of Shay from UbiCollectibles has it:
It was intriguing to me along with the fact that the idea of playing as a Templar kind of got my attention when I had just gotten into my head "They are the bad guys and the Assassins are the good ones", plus Shay's trailer not being utterly flashy like Unity or any of the most recent trailers I have seen so far. I kept wondering, "What happened in the mission that it went so badly for him? Why did he took that drastic decision?" I honestly spoiled myself because I just needed to know after being intrigued for so long and when I saw it all, I just felt what he did totally justified. It was an historical event that I myself had NO idea that had happened, and combining this with Earthquakes being one of my biggest fears as I have experienced them myself. The 7 Years War parts are of minimal importance in comparison to what started to shape Shay's path to begin with. Much later I was still so curious about how it happened and what else occurred in that year (1755) in Lisbon that I watched and hour or so Documentary called "God's Wrath" and it left me just as shocked as to when I had got into that section of the game myself. It even made me wish more of the city could be seen and explored before its imminent demise. Plus, I just felt attracted to Shay's character ever since he was shown and as time went by, I just convinced myself more of it.
Basically, I will take anything that manages to catch my attention and intrigues me, but no other AC title has managed it like Rogue did years ago. One day another one might work, but this is not that time.