In the next Assassins Creed game there will be no American patriotism as we know it today. The first gameplay trailer was also released along with pre-order artworks.
Take a look at the first gameplay trailer below.
“The truth of the matter is that America didn’t exist until 1783 and that’s when our game ends,” said lead writer Matt Turner. America was considered as a colony, the battles across the Atlantic were called “civil war on foreign soil”. Connor is not part of any faction but he is against the Templars.
“At that point it’s not about American or English; it’s about English and English and that’s something we want to be very clear on. It’s not about America ra ra, it’s about freedom and community and about how people are treated in that kind of a situation. And how they want to find their own identity. I think that’s something that’s universal to anybody.”
Ubisoft Montreal will also include slavery in the game. “It’s something we’ve been very aware of. Everybody had slaves at that point; the first groups who rallied around emancipation didn’t come around until 1787. That was very much after our game and slavery was maintained in culture. We feel that kind of a subject deserves a certain amount attention because it’s so serious and it needs to be treated with utmost respect. We’re definitely not going to shy away from it in terms of not showing it.”
“We’re going to show what was there and what people did in that time but we want to be careful with how that’s covered and how much of it is there. It’s an important topic. We won’t be afraid to show that it’s there but we’re not going make it the focus of our game,” Turner explained.
New artworks of the game show the missions and weapons featured in the pre-order editions from GameStop and Best Buy.
The Lost Mayan Ruins solo mission and the Sawtooth Cutlass weapon from Gamestop.
And here's the Ghost of War solo mission and the Pontiac’s War Club weapon from Best Buy.
