User blog comment:The Brave Wolf/Assassin's Creed: Origins - New Rumor May 9th 2017/@comment-5088097-20170509174549/@comment-5088097-20170513163411

@Sol Pacificus, yes Sol, I understand that the map in Black Flag is not nearly the size of the Caribbean in real life, but I could not find a scale with which to base the alleged size of the world in Empire (Origins) so I had to extrapolate using real world information from the actual geography. While indeed the Mediterranean is smaller, we might get full access to Egypt, and perhaps even the Mediterranean Sea. One thing to mention, we are able to sail up to Florida in Black Flag, and as far as Africa as well, but of course, locations such as Haiti are not accessible, only in Freedom Cry. However, if we combine the main game's map with that of Freedom Cry's, we might closer to that figure of 1.063 million square miles. Besides, I am referring to the sea itself, not necessarily to the geography (the islands) but they are of course found within the Caribbean or West Indies. The Mediterranean for instance is nearly 1 million square miles, but that's just the sea itself, not necessarily the countries within it, such as Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Egypt, Israel, et al.

Sol, I am not suggesting that a female protagonist could not work, but we are talking about going back centuries, thousands of years actually, to a time when women had no real authority. Do you really think it makes sense to have a female lead? Think again back to AC1, a game which took place in the late 12th century. I don't remember seeing any women in the Assassin stronghold of Masyaf. They were all men, and up until Ezio's time, women didn't have a role in the Brotherhood. Now of course it's historic fiction, Ubisoft can bend the rules a bit of course, but they strive themselves on historical accuracy. I did say that I enjoyed Evie Frye immensely in Syndicate, but for the time period, it worked as well. It won't work so well during Ancient Egypt, women were mostly relegated to the positions of wives, and little more really. Some women, such as Cleopatra (Who was Greek, not Egyptian, a common error) rose to the position of Pharoah but I don't think Ubisoft will work with that dynasty.

Yes indeed, I am Greek myself and it will be wonderful to see my ancestral country in a time when philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Archimedies were around. Ubisoft may incorporate something to this degree in the game, but perhaps not as well. I am also intersted to see what kind of angle they'll use for the golden fleece, perhaps it will be a peace of Eden. Rome will also be an interesting place to visit, but Ancient Rome, not the Rome we had in AC: Brotherhood.

Ubisoft hasn't shied away from such content in the past, characters such as Paula, Teodora, Anna Bonny, and Caterina Sforza each had styles of attire that revealed more than was appropriate. Anyway, I for one would prefer if Ubisoft didn't make this a sexual game, it's Assassin's Creed, and I don't want it sullied in that way.