Assassin's Creed IV

[Shropt]

^With that said, I wonder if there will still be an "animus" in this game.

Contains AC3 spoilers only:

Spoiler

After you beat AC3 the game allowed you to keep playing via a hacked Animus. 2 guys were talking you through the Animus set up. I don't believe they ever said who those 2 guys were so we could be dealing with hackers.

 

[Cleveland_Brown]

Hate to say...but based on the trailer...this looks pretty bada$$. Seems that this guy is a bit more of a renegade than an assassin holding to the creed. It even says "Trained by Assassin's"...not that he IS an assassin of the brotherhood. Plus...his name is Kenway...another son of Hatham then?

This is Haytham's father.

 

[Solidus]

Continued spoilers...

Spoiler

Good point. I found it kind of strange that they were able to access Desmond's memories and were able to "play" as Connor. Hackers seem like a plausible explanation.

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[Dead-Man]

There always should be an Animus in AC .. they have yet to find "eve" .. Brotherhood had the best Story & Gameplay for modern day Gameplay "Desmond"

 

[Solidus]

Wait, didn't Subject 16 already find Adam and Eve? His memories went as far back to the First Civilization, if I remember correctly.

 

[Geb]

This is Haytham's father.

Ahhh...very good...now I understand where Haytham then wandered off the path...explains a lot!

 

[Cleveland_Brown]

Wait, didn't Subject 16 already find Adam and Eve? His memories went as far back to the First Civilization, if I remember correctly.

I took it as the modern day version of eve. So maybe one of her descendants?

 

[Solidus]

I took it as the modern day version of eve. So maybe one of her descendants?

Not the modern day version. In the AC storyline, the First Civilization predates all of human history. So, it's very likely that the Eve that Subject 16 saw (that Desmond retrieved in "The Truth" video) was the Eve that was mentioned in the Bible.

 

[CultofSkaro]

I wonder how young this new assassin was when Haytham was born. If the age gap was similar to Connor and Haytham's, Haytham could return and have a role in this game, exploring his backstory a bit. He was the best part of AC3 and one of the best characters in the whole series, I'd like to see him back and in a prominent role.

 

[Solidus]

I wonder how young this new assassin was when Haytham was born. If the age gap was similar to Connor and Haytham's, Haytham could return and have a role in this game, exploring his backstory a bit. He was the best part of AC3 and one of the best characters in the whole series, I'd like to see him back and in a prominent role.

Spoiler

Haytham was also the first, and probably the only one of Desmond's ancestors to betray the Brotherhood. It'll be interesting to see the events that lead him to do that, and join the Templars. I enjoyed him too - a lot more than Connor, in fact.

 

[Drakul]

Trailer is great. I love a good pirate setting so if they execute it well it has potential for sweetness!

 

[Dead-Man]

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[Biojex]

There really hasn't been a good pirate game in a long time. The last one that comes to mind is Sid Meyers Pirates.

 

[Solidus]

Can't wait for Assassin's of the Caribbeans!

 

[LittleBahamut]

I just hope everything Ashmaf Ismail says about ACIV is executed well! I felt that ACIII was kind of lackluster when it came to the adventuring and its super slow start. I just didn't like all that open land stuff that took too much time to get around. The only one gem I find in ACIII was the ship battles.

ACIV should really make your personal ship a large part of the game like a giant big sandbox. You use your ships to sail the ocean to battle other pirates and land on other islands to explore. There are many ideas that can make this game interesting.

Perhaps I wouldn't even mind it if the next AC takes place in Japan with a bunch of Samurai!

I am also not sure about releasing the game on the current gen and the next gen PS4 at the same time. Should either be current gen only or next gen only.

 

[Cleveland_Brown]

Not the modern day version. In the AC storyline, the First Civilization predates all of human history. So, it's very likely that the Eve that Subject 16 saw (that Desmond retrieved in "The Truth" video) was the Eve that was mentioned in the Bible.

Ah, I think you misunderstood. I was talking about the eve that 16 told Desmond to find. I remember that on "the truth" it was really Adam and eve. But my guess is that Desmond had to find a "new" eve, like I said maybe one of her descendants.

 

[Bardoon]

It's also possible that there are First Civilization humans still alive somewhere and AC4 is the quest to find them. Obviously the First Civ humans rebelled and were able to defeat the "Gods" or survive over them while they all panicked over the Solar event.

I would hope that AC4 puts a little more emphasis and strength on the importance of the "present" events. Obviously, it's hard to top "The Truth" but it made for one of the most intriguing twists in game storyline history. I would like to see Ubisoft go back and repeat that. The Present time sequences always did a good job of drawing a little intrigue, but I found myself bored with them during AC3. I did like Juno's little history lessons but she was the only interesting character of the whole bunch.

Kotaku posted an article from one of their editors who has spoken to Ubisoft about AC4. He makes a few comments that should help people know that Ubisoft is taking the feedback from AC3 seriously:

https://kotaku.com/5988249/be-excited-about-assassins-creed-iv-and-be-skeptical

A few key take-aways:

-Kenway is charismatic and bold. Like an Ezio v2 but not quite. Should make for better player attachment to the character.
-AC4 was roughly begun in development in 2011, somewhat alongside AC3.
-The three main cities: Havana, Nassau and Kingston will have unique "looks" and not look bland and alike much like Boston and New York did.
-Approach to some assassinations will be more open-ended, much like the original AC.
-They are pushing "no loads". The game will seamlessly transist from land to sea and back again.

And the big one. Now you're on the other side of the fence:

-"So, you are now a full-time employee of Abstergo Entertainment, and you've been hired there as a researcher. You are the one in the Animus doing the research on an important character from the past, Edward Kenway."

....could be possible the new main character is a Templar (part of the same family tree of Desmond Miles) and slowly learns the truth of who he works for through Kenway and the Assassins? Interesting.

 

[Solidus]

Ah, I think you misunderstood. I was talking about the eve that 16 told Desmond to find. I remember that on "the truth" it was really Adam and eve. But my guess is that Desmond had to find a "new" eve, like I said maybe one of her descendants.

I really can't remember that lol. I think I'll have to replay Revelations to hear what Subject 16 told Desmond.

 

[Cleveland_Brown]

Bardoon, the video said that you, the player, are the new present day character. And that now the animus can tap into anyones genetic memories, not just from someone's own bloodline.

 

[SAB]

from IGN:

It is in this era that we’ll meet Edward Kenway, father of Haytham and grandfather of Connor, - clearly signifying the pursuit of what Ubisoft is calling the “Kenway saga” of Assassin’s Creed games

Interesting.