Ubisoft Announces ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Remakes, Says Plan Is “To Revisit Some Of The Games We’ve Created In The Past And Modernize Them”
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has confirmed that the will be remaking – and in the process “moderniz[ing]” – some of the earlier titles in the Assassin’s Creed franchise.
The executive (who many may remember from his claim that Skull & Bones was a ‘AAAA’ game) revealed the studio’s plans for the history-hopping franchise during a recent sit down with Ubisoft Communications Director Lucy O’Brien.
Pressed by O’Brien as to what he personally believed the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows might offer to those players who either have stopped playing or never played the series, Guillemot asserted, “I think the fact you are in feudal Japan, and you explore such a beautiful world with two complementary yet different characters, is a very enticing proposition.”
“You can choose how to handle any situation playing as a shinobi or a samurai, and have very different experiences depending on your choice,” he opened. “I can’t wait for players, both new and returning, to get their hands on it.”
Continuing on the topic of Assassin’s Creed, O’Brien then inquired as to whether or not the franchise will continue to simultaneously produce more lean franchise entries alongside the major ones (à la Mirage and Shadows) or stick to focusing solely on big-budget releases.
In turn, the CEO revealed, “Firstly, players can be excited about some remakes, which will allow us to revisit some of the games we’ve created in the past and modernize them.”
“There are worlds in some of our older Assassin’s Creed games that are still extremely rich,” he explained. “Secondly, to answer your question, there will be plenty of experience variety. The goal is to have Assassin’s Creed games come out more regularly, but not for it to be the same experience every year.”
Drawing his thoughts on the franchise to a close, Guillemot ultimately teased, “There are a lot of good things to come, including Assassin’s Creed Hexe, which we’ve announced, which is going to be a very different game from Assassin’s Creed Shadows. We’re going to surprise people, I think.”
Notably, Guillemot did not specify either which games were being looked or in what ways they would seek to “modernize” them.
However, a cursory glance at the recent franchise entries such as Valhalla, Odyssey, and Shadows suggests that the games will be subject to the standard fare: Script updates to avoid causing offense, ham-fisted attempts at ‘diversity’, and – perhaps worst of all – excessive and predatory microtransactions.
Just think – soon, so long as you haven’t offended any of the game’s developers and had your license to the game revoked, you’ll be able pay $5 USD to unlock a different color for Ezio’s robes!
Exactly what players wanted.
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