User blog:Smoke3723/AC3 Theories
News of Assassin's Creed 3 is now all over the Wiki, and people are putting forward their current theories about what's going to happen. So here's my 2 cents.
Currently everyone is speculating that Altair will return, or perhaps a descendant of Ezio. I think our ancestor will be a forefather of Altair, from before the Crusades.
The latest previews imply it will be set in Constantinople/Istanbul. Well, before it was Constantinople it was Byzantium, the capital of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines pursued a policy of keeping their enemies at each other's throats, and so their name has become synonymous with complicated polital conspiracies.
An interesting side note: as Byzantium was getting its butt kicked in its wars with Persia, it pleaded with the Western Roman Empire for military support. This was what kicked off The Crusades in Western Europe.
8 May 2011
It's been announced that the latest AC chapter will be another Ezio spin-off, although Altair will still play a part. So what do I think will happen?
Desmond's still trapped in the Animus, in a coma. Perhaps Des will experience Ezio's memories as Ezio treks to Constantinople to trace the origins of the Assassin order and prepare for its future. As Ezio researches and discovers artefacts, Desmond starts reliving them due to some kind of glitch in the Animus. Or maybe Ezio, through the Apple, relives Altair's life? Desmond reliving Ezio as he relives Altair?
24 May 2011
AC: Revelations has been confirmed as part 2.x of the trilogy. But what about AC3?
That can be my new focus for the blog: jot down the various points in history I'd like to experience AC-style. First, some criteria:
- It has to occur before Desmond's birth, otherwise he won't have the genenic memories. The cutoff is hereby deemed 1970.
- It can't be too reminiscent of any of the previous games. Therefore, all the Crusades are out; anything between 1450 and 1500 is out; the Bolshevik revolution has been done in the comics so that's out.
- It must have a reasonable chance of making it to AC3. Ubisoft have already said they're trying to set them during periods that aren't normally explored in video games, so it has to be a relatively untouched history period. Therefore the following events are out:
- The World Wars (1914-18 and 1939-45). Even if the Great War hasn't been done too much, game-wise it will be indistinguishable from the second war -- and Ubi have said AC3 won't be set during WW2.
- Vietnam (1955-75).
- The Napoleonic wars. There's been a few real-time strategy games revolving around those.
Thus the question becomes:
Where/When to set AC3??
- The Gunpowder Plot.
- The execution of Charles I of England
- Catherine The Great's Russia