The "Assassin's Creed" series has spent a fair amount of time in Europe over the years, and now fans are asking for something new- specifically, the chance to climb around cities and stealthily execute unaware victims in Asia.
According to Kotaku, taking the franchise to an Asian country (China and Japan are the two most often mentioned, but anywhere non-Europe woud be an equally satisfying change of pace) is very possible.
Kotaku has a quote from Stephanie Perotti of Ubisoft, on the possibility of an Asian "Assassin's Creed" game.
"I don't think that we said we weren't interested in Chinese history. I think that we notice a lot of stories-we want to have creativity to create the right story [within the right context]," Perotti told reporters. "If we have Assassin's Creed creators that want to spend time [understanding the history of the setting], we can understand Chinese history or Japanese history and make these games about history."
Meanwhile, at IGN, Alex Hutchinson (who was the creative director for "Assassin's Creed III") seems potentially against "Assassin's Creed: Asian Country."
"Feudal Japan would work as an Assassin's game, for sure, but I feel like it would start to look like 'oh, have I played this?' You know what I mean - 'oh, I've been a ninja before, I've been a samurai before'."
Hutchinson mentions in the piece that his personal choice would be to set the next "Assassin's Creed" game in India.
It's worth noting, as well, that there is actually an "Assassin's Creed" set in China that's in the works right now- a side-scrolling version of the series called "Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China." That game will be available for digital download at some point in the future- right now, Ubisoft's not saying when.
But if you're truly desperate for an "Assassin's Creed" set in Asia, there's always "Hunter Blade"- a game that, according to Rocket News, is being criticized for blatantly ripping off the "Assassin's Creed" franchise. It is set in the Sino-Japanese war, though...
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