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According to anonymous sources apparently from Ubisoft, who spoke to WWG, the next Assassin’s Creed game is going to be ‘a vast open world experience taking place in ancient Egypt’. It’s to be called ‘Assassin’s Creed Origins’ and will be revealed at this year’s E3.
WWG was also told it’s ‘the biggest Assassin’s Creed the company has ever created’, and that it’ll feature a male and female protagonist (possibly similar to the last installment, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate).
From WWG:
‘Its structure is said to be less linear, featuring a character progression system less tied to the story. A development source we spoke to compared it numerous times to Bethesda’s Skyrim. They say that impressions of the project internally are so far positive.
The game will apparently grant the player considerably more freedom, featuring a greater emphasis on exploration over previous entries in the series. One source tells us that this is the biggest Assassin’s Creed the company has ever created and is “huge” in scope. They say that it has been in development for “at least” several years now. Hopefully, it will benefit from this extended development cycle.
Not only is Origins rumoured to boast an explorable ancient Egypt, players will also apparently be able to go beyond it – possibly even as far as Greece. We were told that boats will return in the game, allowing the player to sail the Mediterranean. Naval combat, naturally, is also said to be included.’
Egypt has been rumoured as the location for the next AC game for a while now, and the next game has had the benefit of an extended development break, and some of these details, including the being able to move beyond Egypt, have come up before.
Personally I have mixed feelings about these rumours being accurate, because they represent essentially the opposite of what I wanted from the mechanics of the next Assassin’s Creed game.
