Rumors suggest that the next Assassin's Creed could be set in India

[Karlston]

Rumors suggest that the next Assassin's Creed could be set in India

The India connection gets stronger

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Assassin's Creed is one of the biggest game franchises out there and rumors of upcoming games are always rife on the internet. And according to a new leak, the setting for the next instalment could be India. 

 

For the record, Assassin's Creed Chronicles, which has four different settings, did include India. But that was not meaty enough to be called a proper portrayal since it was 2.5D and partially a platformer. 

 

The new leak was posted on 4chan which means that it needs to be taken with a fistful of salt. The post happens to show a 'draft map' from the next game which shows India in the 17th century with the British, Dutch and other European countries establishing their colonies. 

Assassin's Creed: Leaked details

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The person who claims to be a Ubisoft insider writes in the post that the game will apparently include all of India, Bangladesh and a part of Pakistan. With this game, the developers are aiming to bring a larger map than Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

 

Since the game might take place during the 17th century, it will likely include the Taj Mahal as well. It is mentioned that the emphasis will apparently be on the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company, that will form rival factions.

 

The post also mentions that there are no talks yet of naval gameplay. And following the tradition set by Odyssey and Valhalla, the game is set to have a fully written female protagonist and players will be able to pick to play as either gender. 

 

One of the more important aspects mentioned regarding platforms is that it will apparently be exclusive to the newer generation of consoles and developers have no intention of releasing it for PS4 or Xbox One. The makers are also thinking of bringing back the bounty system, with each region having their own bounty. Hence if the player has a bounty in the Mughal Empire they are likely not to bring it to Dutch-India.

 

While all this information seems to match with the way the Assassin's Creed games have played out in the last few instances, this could all be fake. And that is highly likely considering that Valhalla released only in October and it's only been a few months since. But it would be interesting if this does pan out to be somewhat true.

 

 

Rumors suggest that the next Assassin's Creed could be set in India

[d5aqoep]

The huge void in this is that in 17th Century, the Maratha Empire was on rise and Mughals were basically shadow of former self. Kinda lame setting tbh.

[Tickler]

Useless, if they have to make a game with an Indian connection, they should start with pre-historical settings or around the time of Mauryan Empire when much of India was united under a single King Ashoka the great and since it's the land of ancient, with so myth, legends, folklore, prehistorical faiths, they can make a whole series on it like the Altair and Ezio trilogy with its Christian and Islamic background, they should start with what the Indians call Sanatana Dharma mistakenly referred as Hinduism by non natives in the land of divine beings and holy sages along with Buddhism. So many Indian Epics to inspire from and move it to Chinese civilisation or just take them along at the same time. Depends on UBISOFT team's creativity and imagination skills.

 

Oops I forgot to mention the great and sophisticated, advanced and modern but now unknown and lost Mehrgarh, Harappa and Mohan-jo-daro civilisations that dwarfed all others in their times.

 

3 hours ago, d5aqoep said:

The huge void in this is that in 17th Century, the Maratha Empire was on rise and Mughals were basically shadow of former self. Kinda lame setting tbh.

India will have to do it themselves if they want more of non-Islamic-non-Christian and non-European storyline as its central theme. Europeans discovered the land only in 15th century. They know little about Indian or Chinese history so too much expectation would result in disappointments and UBISOFT happens to be a European company. Indians and Chinese lag behind in the gaming industry at the moment.But this is definitely a great opportunity for the company to capture a great potential market if they do it right.