The 15th anniversary of the Assassin's Creed franchise is upon us, and many fans are reminiscing about their favorite moments in the series. But some of them are also thinking about the historical settings that have been done and not done over the years - especially those that Ubisoft hasn't done yet.
Historical settings are basically what keep Ubi's stab-a-thon franchise relevant even into the modern age of gaming. While the game series has already explored numerous amazing historical eras, there are still several that fans really want. And we're going to list the six most requested ones in this article. So without further ado, let's begin!
Feudal Japan
So many people regard Sucker Punch Productions' Ghost Of Tsushima as the best AC game in Japan that gamers will never have. However, the potential of the timeline is still pretty darn strong, writes The Gamer. Ubi can still explore the same timeline in Ghost - the Sengoku period - and basically show the unification of Japan through the lenses of the age-old Assassin-Templar war.
There are also still pretty amazing historical figures that can headline the cast. This includes the legendary Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu - basically two of the most important people in Japanese history. Plus, aren't Assassins already like ninjas with their stealthy tactics, smoke bombs, poison darts, and parkour? The gameplay basically designs itself with the history that comes with this time period.
The Aztec Empire
If you're talking about the richest ancient civilizations in both historical significance and resources, you can never leave out the Aztec empire from your list. According to ScreenRant, the Latin American region is already ripe with exciting and compelling stories that could form the basis for a great Assassin's Creed game.
This potential addition to the long line of Assassin's Creed time periods takes place from 1428 until 1521, when Spanish conquistadors basically pillaged it and burned it to the ground. Just imagine what Ubi's environment and open-world designers could come up with when designing capital cities like Tenochtitlan, complete with the imposing Pyramid of the Sun - one of the largest ancient man-made structures in the Western Hemisphere.
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was actually already featured in an AC game (two AC games, rather). We're talking about the Ides Of March sequence in Origins, where Aya was tasked with jumpstarting the assassination of Julius Caesar. There were also the ruins of Ancient Rome in Brotherhood, but other than that, there's really not much else.
Gaming.net says that not fully exploring Ancient Rome is one of Ubisoft's biggest mistakes. Ancient Rome already follows the main stories of Odyssey and Origins, so writing a game set during the Roman Golden Age really wouldn't be hard. Just imagine the historical events that will unfold there: the Punic Wars of 264-146 BC, the Visigoths' sacking of Rome in 410 AD, and perhaps even the great fire that burned the city down for six days as Emperor Nero "fiddled while Rome burned" on July, 64 AD.
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British India/The British Raj
Sure, Ubisoft already explored this time period in the spinoff game Chronicles India, which featured the Assassin Arbaaz Mir. But that's not really a full, AAA-style exploration of a time period so rich in history, the British Empire wants to take control of it.
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India on its own is already one of the richest treasure troves of history and political intrigue - two things that all Assassin's Creed time periods thrive on. Seeing a full game set within this era will be a perfect fit for the franchise as it is basically the very definition of "standing up to your oppressors," writes IGN.
Ancient Macedonia
Alexander The Great is perhaps the quintessential historical figure, so Odyssey missed an opportunity there for being set ahead of Alexander's birth. He was even featured in Origins by virtue of his tomb (not to mention the Assassin that killed him, Iltani, which was mentioned in AC2 and whose statue is in the Auditore sanctuary).
Alexander's exploits to conquer the known world is rife with political intrigue that you can weave the Assassin-Templar war in. Ubisoft can also showcase just how Iltani managed to kill the so-called god among men - just like how they showed Darius do it to Xerxes in the Odyssey DLC Legacy Of The First Blade.
Arthurian England
In Assassin's Creed Valhalla, players actually had the chance to take King Arthur's legendary sword Excalibur (which obviously turned out to be a Piece of Eden). So the likelihood of an AC game set in Arthurian England is already very, very high.
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Considering how the Assassin brotherhood basically have no strong base in Dark Ages England, this could be a great time period to throw the series in. A kingly court under the boot of the Templars? The chance to explain whether the Arthurian legend was "true" or not? Now that's a game that fans might want to get behind. Plus, imagine how tough it could be to stab a fully armored knight in the neck with your hidden blade - that would be a challenge on its own.
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Written by RJ Pierce