Sometimes I worry that the Ubisoft of today has lost its sense of humour. Just look at the publisher's recent releases on Xbox 360 - save for Just Dance 4 and Rayman Origins, it's a regular carnival of misery, a parade of vengeful scowls and glinting gunsights.
Tom Clancy's probably to blame. I've yet to read one of his books in full, but my sense is that according to Tom Clancy, smiling is the province of anarchists, and laughter a sort of debilitating muscle spasm, best hidden beneath a camo balaclava.
Fortunately, Assassin's Creed 3 likes a joke now and then. Or at least, the DLC does. The game's first three expansion packs form The Tyranny of King Washington, an alternative telling of the post-revolutionary era in which the original George Dubya succumbs to the temptations of power.
"For us, we want to have a little fun with it, and have a less serious experience, a less earnest experience, and setting it in an alternate history environment gives us room and freedom to play around with things in a more whimsical manner," he went on.
"We think people are going to enjoy it, have fun with it - we've just got to remember it's not part of the canon, it's just there as something for players to enjoy."
Which other major historical events or figures would you like Ubisoft to have its whimsical way with?
5 comments so far...
hujiki on 23 Oct '12 said:
Very Nice, Please give us more details about Multiplayer, Domination Mode looks awesome...
EdDeRs1 on 23 Oct '12 said:
well i want the game to feature Nikola Tesla, and the worlds biggest douchbag, Thomas Edison (so hated by parts if the internet his profile on Wiki and Douchbag have been locked down) hopefully with his Teleforce super-weapon and a way to kill Edison
Fionarei on 25 Oct '12 said:
And yet PS3 got 4 mission exclusive.
CunningSmile on 25 Oct '12 said:
I've read several of his books (even ones he wrote himself, which makes up much less of his output than you'd think) and I can confirm that the guy probably thought Team America was a rousing endorsement of American foreign policy and thinks irony is something to do with metal work.
As for AC DLC although it's way outside Connor's time frame as it was 1859 I'd love to see something dealing with the Pig War, the last real conflict between the US and Britain. Seriously look it up, it's a real war.
If nothing else I'd like to see a video game built around a war in which the only known fatality was a pig who got shot by mistake! Although now I think about it maybe a CoD or Battlefield title would be better
FishyGinger on 26 Oct '12 said:
Didn't the romans cover pigs in tar, set them alight and herd them towards the enemy? That sounds like a pig war the pigs didn't want