They need to do Japan…eventually
Look, withTenchubasically dead, I’m coming in hot here. HOT.
The nextAssassin’s Creedshould be set in Japan right? So we’re agreed.
Wait, you wantAssassin’s Creed Revelations 2? That retreads on the same locations you’ve been to before? You wantanotherRome game? We have different priorities, friend!
But for real, folks have been pining for anAssassin’s Creedset in Japan basically since theseries came out. And in release order, we’ve gotten: the Holy Land, Italy, Spain (Discovery), Instanbul, America, the Caribbean, France, London, Egypt, Greece, and parts of Europe. You can pepper in side stories to surrounding areas in some cases, like New Orleans inLiberation, and so on. I mean, we did get China, India, and Russia, all through theChronicles2.5D spinoffs! But those weren’t fully featured open worlds and could stand to get a revisit one day.
Even in spinoff form, we haven’t gotten Japan. Feudal Japan, mind. I should make that obvious wish clear, if you couldn’t tell from theTenchuheader. I mean, I’m fully willing to admit that I just want moreTenchuin my life. I mean….it’s still kinda around viaShinobido(even if the last game was 10 years ago) and projects likeAragamiscratch that itch.
But a really well done, fully budgeted game with historical figures could be a homerun, especially after how well Sucker Punch handled it withGhost of Tsushima. If Ubisoft wasn’t planning a feudal JapanAssasin’s Creed, theyprobably put it on their radar somewhereafterTsushimawas released to critical and commercial acclaim.
As long as they sell, there are going to be moreACgames. We just got a Viking one, and in spite of its faults, it sold and was generally well received. The question is…when and where is the next one? The answers? “Soon,” and “wherever they think will make them the most money.”
