Well the obvious choice would be the three kingdoms era. Problem is though, Assassin's Creed has already had one installment take place in China, and the plot implied the Templars only set up shop in the later years once the global powers of the time started to develop major trade routes, meaning that point in time is out of the question.
Not entirely. I'd be genuinely interested if they could develop an Assassin's Creed game where the Templars weren't involved. Or maybe the threat of the Templars looms in the distances and motivates a lot of the characters. Having some inner-order conflict could create an new plot in the series and having something new is what Assassin's Creed really needs.
I don't see Tencent trying to force Ubisoft to turn into Supercell, for what it's worth. They're not idiots, and they're likely to be aware that only a dumbass would put a gacha system or something into Assassin's Creed. It's a fundamentally different business model from a mobile game or MMORPG where the company is fishing for idiots.
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Necro: This thread can die as Vivendi agrees to sell off all shares in Ubisoft by March 5th, 2019.
The French conglomerate stated its intention to sell its stake in Ubisoft in March this year. However, according to Vivendi, there is still 6.7 per cent in share capital waiting for deals to complete with two "financial institutions."
The remaining shares are worth around €500 million, based on a price of €66 per share. Around 0.9 per cent of the remaining interest in Ubisoft will be sold on October 1, 2018, with the remainder due to be sold on March 5, 2019.
These transactions represent the very end of what once represented a crisis for Ubisoft. Two years ago, Vivendi appeared to be hell-bent on a hostile takeover of the French publisher, following a successful one of the Guillemot-owned mobile company Gameloft.
That threat has now gone - for now, at least. In March, Vivendi said it would refrain from buying Ubisoft shares for the next five years, and it has restated that commitment this week.
Edited by tclittle on Sep 28th 2018 at 9:14:28 AM
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Still required Ubisoft to pay them a massive bribe, but at least they've backed off temporarily.
LIVE AGAIN, THREAD! Yeah, it's just confirming that Vivendi truly has sold off all of their Ubisoft shares now.
Ok you can die again now
Man, I shudder to think of the censorship that would be required (you'd have to excise the entire Modern portion of the plot, and most of the Templar stuff) to avert Banned in China for Assassins Creed.
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