Assassin's Creed 3 could be set in ancient Egypt, according to fresh evidence.
Another hint is dropped at the end of Revelations itself (spoilers ahead) when Altair's son, Darim, notes he's taken some of the Assassin's books to Alexandria, the ancient capital of Egypt.
Of course it could just as easily be a red herring on behalf of the game's Montreal development team, but ancient Egypt's certainly one of the most called for settings amongst Assassin's fans.
Earlier this month Ubisoft confirmed it's planning a 'major' Assassin's Creed release for next year, and the game's development team's previously said it will star a new character.
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bennyt on 16 Nov '11 said:
Egypt?
Interesting. It would be stunning with the desert and pyramids in the background with dust whipping across the place
China would be cool as well
fustacluck on 16 Nov '11 said:
Think C+VG should get themselves the animus edition. **SPOILERS COMING UP - PLEASE LOOK AWAY FOR TEN SECONDS**.
The awesome encyclopedia that comes with the animus edition of revelations has a section on revolutionary Russia, with the protagonist being Nikolai Orelov, ancestor of Daniel Cross, his quartermaster being Tesla and enemies including Tsar Nicolas II and Rasputin. Of course, this could be in Revelations itself, hence the spoiler warning, but revolutionary Russia would be an extremely rich setting, what with the Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, Naval rebellion, storm on the Winter Palace, Odessa steps, etc. and since the next AC is supposed to be the last for Desmond, handing over to his predecessor Daniel would make sense.
mothbanquet on 16 Nov '11 said:
AC3 should be set in the year 1993, in Clacton-on-Sea. Epicness would surely ensue as our hero, Steve Hedges tries to free-run to the checkout queue at Tesco before all the old people get in front.
Whiplash x360a on 16 Nov '11 said:
You just blew my mind...
Budly Moore on 16 Nov '11 said:
Is'nt the setting a big spoiler? I don't find ancient Egypt a particularly exciting prosepect, Victorian London on the other hand?
PMIKE5 on 16 Nov '11 said:
Hmm, I thought it was going to be based during the American Revolution :S
whitto74 on 16 Nov '11 said:
noooo!!! please make it in china or asia. the embers video has set it up and going on that it could be mega! brilliant!
FAUNA on 16 Nov '11 said:
The AC saga is simply one of the most amazing series of all time. AC 3 set in Egypt / Japan /China / Mongolia / Greece please. (Oh yeah, NO MORE SCREEN-TEARING PLEASE! It's unacceptable with today's standards)..
Fr33Kye on 16 Nov '11 said:
Beyond sick of europe and i'm glad they are moving on instead of wasting this franchise. Egypt would be a welcomed setting.
I thought russia would be wonderful as well....but i didn't really want to fight against those guys..It would be nice to see all of that in a game though.
BenThomasFoster on 17 Nov '11 said:
"Beyond sick of europe" well for one thing Italy is one country in the whole of europe, secondly Constantinople is arguably not a european style city , thirdly there has only been one time frame in which this has been set in Europe. Are you american?
I for one am just tired of the assassins creed formula milked to death. Although Egypt does sound good. There are to few games set in unique lands it's always mediveal setting #1 WW2 setting #1 Modern setting #1 Or Middle east setting #1
I for one would love to start seeing russia, india, japan or even north africa setting in these new games whether it be adventure or fps. Skyrim's the only game that comes to mind that successfully avoided generic medieval setting in recent games
G0NZA on 17 Nov '11 said:
Again ?? Jun 03, 2010 http://www.computerandvideogames.com/249432/assassins-creed-3-set-in-egypt/
nb_nmare2 on 17 Nov '11 said:
If the game indeed focuses on Altaļr's son, that would mean it was set during the early 13th century. Considering the country was founded over 5000 years ago, Egypt 800 years ago could hardly be termed "ancient".
It's already been in used as an AC setting, in the comic book mini-series "The Fall" (which is the source of the information in the encyclopaedia).
Err, they already have? Revelations is set in Constantinople, which is in western Asia.
Fr33Kye on 17 Nov '11 said:
I'm aware of that, yet we have had the same protagonist for 3 games. If they had made a new person for Constantinople i wouldn't be disappointed. Too many games do the "european going to a foreign land" thing and avoid using anyone who strays from the accepted protagonist list.
Fr33Kye on 17 Nov '11 said:
[quote="BenThomasFoster"
"Beyond sick of europe" well for one thing Italy is one country in the whole of europe, secondly Constantinople is arguably not a european style city , thirdly there has only been one time frame in which this has been set in Europe. Are you american?
I'm sick of europe in this game, but i was also speaking in general. There is this general obsession with european history. It just gets annoying.
nb_nmare2 on 17 Nov '11 said:
Possibly because the vast majority of both gamers and game designers are either Europeans themselves, or are descendants of Europeans?
(Incidentally, there are plenty of games that are based upon Japanese history. Oddly enough the majority are designed by and for Japanese people.)
Fr33Kye on 17 Nov '11 said:
I'm aware of that as well! Many games are also set in worlds and cultures that do not exist. Being limited to one or two cultures is not a good thing. Asura's wrath mixes Buddhist and Chinese mythology. We can do more. It just grows tiresome.
boonattack on 18 Nov '11 said:
not sure how great t'egypt would be. Might be a little too prince of persia? That and other than the pyramids i can't think of many tall buildings to be climbing up. Not to mention pyramids are.. erm.. pyramids, a little bland for the free-running don't you think? Sure its definately a good place for the story to continue.
Im going to hope we get a mayan or aztec setting instead, makes sense with the whole 2012 nonsense.
omar_20001 on 28 Nov '11 said:
For God Sake people ...
Egypt is the oldest known Great Civilization in the whole world ..
1st of all ,,, the 1st place in the world to be agricultured by human ,, was at a region called ESNA in Egypt .. so that's how Egypt learned the world how to grow food : ) ... Egypt is feeding you all now : )
Egypt is the massive Pharaohic > Greek , massive Romanian , massive Christian > massive Islamic > Mamelukie > Ottomanie , then the Fu.. occupation of the so called Napoleon of France who couldn't stand 3 years in Egypt cause of the brave Resistance > then come the 74 years of the (( Cold )) Britain occupation > then the 23 July revolution > then 1956 winning the war against FRANCE , UK and the so called ISRAEL . then 1973 the 6th of October war which we kicked and tricked Israel that was supported by the whole big mama USA : ) .
Egypt has witnessed all types of people , here on this precious land has raised the civilization that learned the whole world all thing about how to live great and free ,, of course you have so many souvenirs from our monuments in your countries .
we have the best architecture , all types of architecture ,all rypes of cultures , all types of languages .. all is here in Egypt
So , i wanna say (( I DON'T WANNA HEAR ANY ONE SAYS THAT EGYPT IS JUST 3 PYRAMIDS AND DESERT ))
We have Cairo , Luxor , Aswan , Alexandria , Sharm sheikh , SINAI , RIVER NILE , Mediterranean see , RED SEE >>> so if anyone can tell me a country that has a very local cities , that are known GLOBALLY even to Every children in the world .
the only country that may tell any secrete about any thing on that planet , is Egypt .
Omar Aboelfetouh , EGYPTIAN
zorkor on 7 Dec '11 said:
yea great egypt..... "ahum" 90% dessert "ahum"
spaceman_DOUG on 7 Dec '11 said:
For all the hints as to the next location in the first game, they went with Italy... so really it could be anywhere, here's hoping for a Samurai assassin.
PS4life on 27 Dec '11 said:
Who the hell d u think u r. Any1 can say Egypt has 3. Pyramids and is all desert and btw kid haven't you learnt that IRAN is the oldest over 8000 years old more than china u saeedi prick. When u have a president come talk to me . Archaeologists have found Neanderthal bones in Iran about 75000 years old. Haven't u heard the joke , an egyptian Bedouin is in the desert hungry and above him is a jet. From the jet s**t falls down on the dudes head wat does he say fool ( baked beans) from god)
And u say u gave the world food from who ur moms pussy go eat sandy meat. And camel poo u egyptian asshole u can't even defend yourselves against Israhell I always say god plz kill all the Arabs and especially egptians. What an idiot we were talking about assassins creed MAYBE being set in egpt and learn to read u illiterate kid Ur name sounds like there's a cock down ur throat enjoying a blow job btw I'm not Iranian im Canadian I'm just trying to give people the right things wow u won israel in what eating fool contest then won six armies including Ept in 1940s go chew s**t u f**kin Arab btw Iran has lots of oil more than the sand covering egpt And is the second in the world. Dunno y I'm protecting Iran but who the hell r u and get lost haven't you read the large warning up the website no dogs and Arabs allowed. Bye u bitch and one more thing EGYPT HAS ONLY 3 MOTHER f**king PYRAs**t AND IS COVERED IN BRIGHT YELLOW SAND looooooooooooooooooooool
VagrantStair on 31 Dec '11 said:
Hello, Mr. Aboelfetouh. I would like the opportunity to respond to some of the statements you have made. I apologize in advance for the length of the post.
The historical evidence supports that, so I will not argue with it.
I am sure you are speaking figuratively with regards to "Egypt is feeding you all now." I suppose you are implying that if Egypt had not developed their agricultural techniques, the rest of the world would not have figured it out. That conclusion would appear quite unlikely given the development of farming and artificial selection techniques that were practiced up to 10,000 years ago in the Americas as I am sure were also being used elsewhere at similar times.
In case you were speaking literally, your Oil Minister in 2010 stated that Egypt imports 40% of its food and 60% of its wheat (making Egypt the world's largest wheat importer). So technically speaking, Egypt doesn't entirely feed itself, let alone the world. I can't think of any nation that doesn't get at least some of its food from other countries.
I am not sure exactly what you are trying to say here. I do not know why you would go out of your way to identify the various nations/cultures/religions that have at one time or another conquered you. I suppose that you could make the argument that Egypt has outlasted these occupying invaders, but it doesn't have the same effect to say "yes, they defeated our armies and occupied our homeland, but they were eventually thrown out by ."
Side note 1 - I assume you meant to say "Romans" and not "Romanians."
Napoleon's troops were beaten by a combination of the Egyptian resistance (not the Cairo rebels, as they ended up being slaughtered by Napoleon) and the plague. Although I suppose a small part may have been played by the British fleet in the Mediterranean laying waste to the French navy and attacking French positions on the coast. Regardless, the French troops still in Egypt did eventually surrender. To the British.
The Revolution of July 23, 1952 was a coup by the military that overthrew the constitutional monarchy and sought to end British occupation but also restricted political opposition and prohibited a multi-party system for almost 20 years. So... congratulations?
If by "winning" the 1956 war you mean that the UN, USSR and US were able to pressure Britain/France/Israel to withdraw before completely annihilating Egypt, then yes, Egypt won.
Side note 2 - You use "so-called" a lot. I am not sure if you are trying to be sarcastic, like saying "even the great, mighty, invincible Napoleon couldn't occupy us for long." Napoleon Bonaparte was his name and the same goes for Israel. Otherwise it would be like me saying "I am typing a so-called post on my so-called computer for this so-called forum." It doesn't really work for things that actually are what they are called. Trust me, I am an American and we take our sarcasm very seriously.
In the 1973 war, a coalition led by Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated surprise attack on Israel. The result was that Israel lost 2,500 - 2,800 people as killed in action, approximately 400 tanks, 102 aircraft and no naval vessels. The Egypt-Syrian coalition lost an estimated 8,000 - 18,500 people as killed in action, 2,250 tanks, 340 -514 aircraft and 19 naval vessels. Egypt had gained some land on the east side of the Suez Canal, while Israel gained land on the west side of the Canal as well as gaining land in Syria. I am sure that you may consider this a grand victory, but the only problem is that this is Earth; and on Earth when you launch a surprise attack with a much larger force only to lose more people, equipment and land than the other guy, that is actually considered quite bad. Even beyond how tragic the loss of life on both sides already was.
Yes, your summary you provided of the various nations/cultures/religions that have conquered Egypt makes for a very diverse group.
And you have the history of slave labor to prove it. You can build these pyramids your own way, if it's done just how I say.
Very true, so many souvenirs to remind people how amazing Egypt was about 4,000 years ago.
If we are talking about ancient Egyptian architecture, then yes. Stone tends to last.
In terms of having a rich diversity of cultures, I would expect that from the extensive reverse-conquest strategy that Egypt had employed for the past 2,000 years or so. However, the statistics show that 99.6% of people in Egypt are of Egyptian ethnicity and statistics for religion show that 90% of the population is Muslim, with about 10% being Christian. Compared to the US, where approximately 65% is White, 15% is Hispanic, 13% is Black, 4% is Asian, with about 1% being Native American/Pacific Islander and the statistics for religion indicate about 75% practice a form of Christianity, 2% are Jewish, 1.4% are Buddhist/Muslim, 2.5% are other, 12% are unaffiliated and 4% don't practice at all.
Anyone who actually believes that isn't worth engaging in conversation. You can quote me on that.
We have Washington, New York, Hollywood, Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Dallas, Las Vegas, Denver, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, Memphis, Seattle, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Cleveland, Honolulu, Tulsa, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Cincinnati, Norfolk, New Orleans, Birmingham, etc.
I am not sure what you mean by a "very local city," especially since you also include several land and water bodies in your list. Going by your rules, we have the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Appalachian Mountains, Death Valley, the Great Plains, the Mississipi River, the Rio Grande, the Colorado River, the Ohio River, the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac River, the Susquehanna River, San Francisco Bay, Lake Michigan, Lake Eerie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, the Finger Lakes, the Great Salt Lake, Lake Pontchartrain, etc.
Ok, maybe Egypt would tell secrets "about any thing on that planet," but most try not to. If they did, they would not be secrets anymore.
Yours Truly,
An American