"There is an end" to the Assassin's Creed series, Ubisoft says

EuroGamer - Assassin's Creed developer Ubisoft has said it has ideas in place for the series' eventual ending - whenever that might be.

[-Mezzo-]

They better not end it before an AC game completely set in Modern Times & Maybe Future.

[Snookies12]

I'd love to see an AC game set in the future for once. That would be freaking awesome.

[crxss]

Plot twist: it's watch dogs.

Haha that'd be so ridiculous

[spicelicka]

@crXss

lol that would be awesome!

[NukaCola]

Honestly the Desmond stuff has hindered the progression of the series. That's one reason I really liked AC Liberation. It was 99% about the history and next to nothing about the scifi minus revealing the deeper truths to Aveline's tale.

[kneon]

@NukaCola

I agree, I've found the present day segments mostly boring.

Just yesterday I went back to Revelations as I remembered I hadn't finished everything. It only took 5 minutes to remember why. Those stupid block stacking segments are dull and not very challenging. They should have just made cut scenes if they wanted me to listen to their narrative, I'm not going to slog through crappy mini games.

[Kidmyst]

@NukaCola
totally agree, If I wasn't going for the Plat I would have skipped the block sequences all together. Didn't miss them on Liberation. I did like the Desmond scenes retrieving the items in modern day and battling the security guards and climbing towers and such.

[badz149]

this is like they saying+

"ok, we admit that we are milking the franchise but don't worry, once the sales faltered, we'll end it"

[Mr_Pinky]

Well we could of had that if they wern't so greedy and decided to milk this for every last drop

I still believe that Watch Dogs in it's early days was the concept for AC3 before they decided to stretch the series out longer. Replace Aidan with Desmond, give him a modern Assassin look and there you go...the true AC3.

I mean they've totally ditched the present story in the AC games and yet they are still using Desmonds ancestors. Seriously AC4 should of been a spin off like Brotherhood.

[-Mezzo-]

Agreed, as someone who has played & beaten all the AC games, i can tell you that after the first AC game with Altair, they went in a completely new direction.

It does not even feel like an Assassins Creed game anymore, they went in a new direction stretch it into something completely different in order to get the cash rolling.

[xGrunty]

I've been saying this for so long now. Its crazy to think otherwise.

[Mr_Pinky]

@-Mezzo-

Exactly

I don't see how a game about stealth and hunting people down from the shadows can get a main game where most of the game is about naval combat

It's like they didn't want to waste the Anvil engine they created for naval battles and turned it into AC4. I mean a pirate game...come on it should of been a new IP, add some RPG elements and it could of been like the Pirates of the Caribbean game that was cancelled by Disney. They would have a brand new exciting IP on their hands, it's not like Pirate games are over done these days. I mean AC4: Black Flags...giving a main title game a sub title, I really feel like they are desperate now.

[CrossingEden]

Watch dogs has been in development for years by a completely different team but yes keep living in your delusions..

[Mr_Pinky]

@CrossingEden

Jeez don't be such a dick about it

"Watch dogs has been in development for years"

"Years"?

WatchDogs began development in 2009 and AC2 came out in 2009. So it's not like WatchDogs began years before AC.

Before AC2 came out they mentioned how it would be a trilogy. A year later Brotherhood happened, it's not so "deluded" to think that after the sales of AC2 they decided to milk it and turn AC3s concept "WatchDogs", which was in early development and started the same year, into Watch Dogs. Ubisoft have a habbit of starting projects before the next game comes out.

[PSVita]

I can't wait for the 30 disk AC box set in a few years lol

[solidjun5]

@CrossingEden keep living as an immature brat.

[Irishguy95]

Coulda swore it was confirmed that's exactly what Watch Dogs was.

[caseh]

No doubt it has an end, just like MGS4 was the end game...

Then they'll start inserting prequels much to everyones delight yet these people will bleat about how the industry lacks innovation and its sequel after sequel. Yet prequels are perfectly acceptable practice, go figure.

[Murad]

But the difference is that MGS4 truly did end, it wasn't a hoax in a manner of speaking. Solid Snake has finally gotten a chance to rest in piece. Also, many of the fans of MGS, just like myself, truly want to know about what happened during Big Boss's time. What it would have been in HD and all that and the emotions he got and so on. I mean, sure, we know the general story, but the details are what makes a true impact.

[caseh]

@murad

I get what you're saying but we had Peace Walker which effectively done that, then we get MGS5.Ii mean to say, will that be it or are we gonna get even more.

I'm faily certain most of Boss' backstory was filed in the MGS Database outside of the games.

MGS should just be put to bed, its story spanned across 3 decades and I for one was happy with Snake's final salute.

Would be nice to see Kojima put his talents into something else, this is the guy who gave us Snatcher and Policenauts yet he was getting hate mail and stuff for not continuing MGS, meh wtf.

[beebap]

I Would like to c a game or part of game about the boss. Possibly her training snake.As someone would only got into metal gear solid series at three I glad to c how big boss becomes bad guy but would love to c the boss get more attention as she possibly the best soldier training big boss and is his mentor.Also brillant to have strong female character has main.

[3-4-5]

I used to really like this series.

They need to end it ASAP, and then show us they can actually make more than 1 game.

They've essentially been making the same game since AC2 outside of the cool multiplayer they added.

[Scatpants]

They seem to add more stuff than your usual sequel. AC3 had the Homestead, Trading, and naval Battles. AC4 seems to be doing an open world with deeper naval battles. I didn't really like 3 all that much, but at least they are offering something new with each one. They could have just given a new setting and been done with it.

[elhebbo16]

WW2 would be the farthest AC should go. no more than that.

[darkesthour4]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[HammadTheBeast]

@Mezzo

Watch Dogs is what I'd assume the wanted.

Your next closest bet would be Infamous Second Son, with powers instead of the whole assassination business.

[Craigatorian]

Isn't Watch Dogs that?

[yeahokchief]

SPACE. THE FINAL FRONTIER.

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ASSASSIN HAS GONE BEFORE.

[memots]

It is a good day to die!

[showtimefolks]

i see watch dogs as the modern day AC game

[Om3ga370]

Assassin's Creed: Modern Warfare
Coming to a store near you holiday 2015

[3-4-5]

Ancient Times.

300 BC, Do it !

[Snookies12]

Yes, the end is when it stops making them money.

[Cyb3r]

So in other words never

[-Mezzo-]

Yeah, that's exactly what everyone kept on saying about COD, now look at Activision pointing fingers at the Next-Gen Console transition.

Everything Comes To An End, It's A Fact Of Life.

[Cyb3r]

@Mezzo I don't think everything comes to an end have you ever heard of Pokémon games

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

pokemon games haven't been around forever. they've just been around for a long time. there's a difference.

[admiralvic]

@ richierich

Replace Pokemon with Final Fantasy and you'll have a point. =P

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

Exactly.

[schlanz]

They will have an ending to the story, sure, but that definitely doesn't mean the end of Assassin's Creed.

[Kydawg]

I've always thought there should be an AC set in modern times but it might be hard to do. Instead of a horse you drive a car? I dunno how they would pull it off but it would be awesome if they did.

[360ICE]

Yup.

"we’ve always envisioned an ending to the story of Desmond Miles in which Desmond makes gradually less revenue so that he eventually can’t turn a profit."

http://pixeledcourier.com/2...

[GamingManiac]

I just want to see a feudal Japan setting before they end it!

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

This would be awesome.

[AlphaCentyros]

Yes that would be very nice! Or one in Ancient Egypt, surely they can figure something out with ancient gods, and artifacts hidden in tombs.

These artworks have got me really stoked about a setting in China as well: http://n4g.com/news/1150174...

Let's just hope that Ubisoft isn't stubborn/ignorant and that they won't finish the series without one of those amazing settings, because from now on I'm just gonna skip every European/Pirate Assassin's Creed.

[solidjun5]

The Last Samurai? lol

[That_Ninja_Gray_Fox]

I hope it ends with this 4th one. I never played a AC until 3 and I thought the whole Animus,going back into the past as a ancestor to alter history was so Fing ridiculous. I could'nt believe it.Just thought they were set in the historic periods was all.
And the gameplay was crap and redundant. Running and having to turn a corner down a alley and they it automatically makes you run up a building got really annoying too. I hate the AC games.

[Bathyj]

well you should have played one of the good ones

that's like watching the phantom menace as your first Starwars.

[SnotyTheRocket]

I liked AC3.

[Bathyj]

And I liked the Phantom Menace.

We are a minority.

[CrossingEden]

you never played AC before AC3 and complain about the premise of the story and the fact that you aren't used to the controls.....uggghhhhhhhh..the re are no words to describe the lack of intelligent logic in your post
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[yeahokchief]

lol.

i'm tempted to jump on board with pirates, but i think i'm gonna hold out for space.

call me crazy but i really want to play as a space assassin. if i give in and play as a pirate assassin i may never get that privilege.

the line must be drawn here. NO FURTHER. space asssassin or im not buying into the assassin creed series!

[Jyndal]

So long as we get a game where Desmond is the "end all, be all" culmination of all the assassin's he's re-lived, I'll be happy.

[-EvoAnubis-]

So...you didn't see how AC3 ended then....

[Jyndal]

No I have yet to finish it. Just can't seem to find the time. Something happens to Desmond? He can't die, cuz how would we be getting AC 4 then?

[-EvoAnubis-]

@Jyndal: Not going to answer that, but the fact that won't do so should be answer enough.

[Gamesgbkiller]

I hope it ends in Rome.

[panbit86]

Reminds me of "Final" Fantasy, Mario etc
Just think this, since 2007 we've had what? 8 AC games?! And numerous DLCs by the way! In just 6 years for crying out loud!
I don't expect an end soon to be honest...

[caseh]

You can't really slot Mario or Final Fantasy into this.

Every Final Fantasy game stood on its own merits, they were never prequels/sequels and the only thing linking them really is the name.

That is until this gen of consoles and FF13 come about. *sigh*

[NihonjinChick]

FF had sequels and prequels before FF 13 came out. X had sequel, which was X-2. And 7 had two prequels, before crisis and crisis core.

[panbit86]

I mentioned them as examples of franchises with many games over a great period of time not as a direct comparison.

[caseh]

@IncredibleGamerChick

Honestly didn't realise X had a sequel, I lost faith in the Final Fantasy games after FF7.

As a general rule though, FF games were never a string of 10-12 games that were all sequels. They 'usually' stand on their own merits. Hows that. :)

@ Panbit
if we're talking about franchises though, you could probably list thousands that are guilty of this dating back to games from the 80's

[panbit86]

Still these are two of the oldest, most popular and with the most games IPs ever! The difference though is in the timeframe! 8 games in 6 years is preposterous!!!

[MikeyDucati1]

Lol! There is no spoon!

[GusHasGas]

I still want to see an AC set in Ancient China.
I still want to see an AC set in Ancient India.
I still want to see an AC set in Ancient Greece.
I still want to see an AC set in feudal Japan.
I wouldn't mind seeing an AC set in the future.

They'd better not end the franchise.

[ginsunuva]

Or they could make non-assassin historical games.

[shivvy24]

Feaudal Japan needs to happen !

[GusHasGas]

Considering that it wouldnt have assassins, What would it be called...?
Simply "Creed"?

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't wanna play that game...

[TesMgsFan]

Maby the end will be the beginning ??

[boeso]

MONEY! Get me to Mars.

[urwifeminder]

I tried the first game about an hour in I had enough but I hate stealth gameplay I hope a new ip comes out with the goods so far watchdogs does not do anything for me still a fan of ubi though.

[Heisenburger]

Good Lord...

[VsAssassin]

What bugs me about the whole series is that, as clandestine of a figure as all the assassin's in all featured games are, by now people should know what these assassins look like.

Seriously, a white-hooded person with utility sash or belt strapped around him; jumping around buildings and haystacks. By now, everyone should know that an organization of assassins operating in such an outfit have been plaguing man since post-Jesus' time!

Personally, I think the AC series have been dragging on for a long time. Ezio didn't help either with his multi-appearance in the AC2-trilogy.

I just hope AC4 doesn't get a Red Flag, Blue Flag, or "Whatever Flag" for sequels.

[shivvy24]

I want something completely fresh like a feudal japan setting ! Play as a ninja assasin !

[Xof]

I'd go for that in a heartbeat.
Or Three Kingdoms-era China.
Or Boxer-Rebellion China.

But I doubt they'll do it. Mainstream Western gamers seem to really hate anything asian, and AC is all about appealing to the mainstream gamers. (That they're able to do that AND provide games of the quality they do is nothing short of mind-boggling).

[NeoTribe]

God plz end this repetitive game.

[Xof]

I hope not. We need more (good) games that try to set themselves in authentic historical settings. There are just too few--really, just the Assassins Creed, Total War and Paradox games.

Everyone else is either Medieval Fantasy, Grimdark Science Fiction, or Modern Day. All of which I find increasingly tedious.

[GdaTyler]

People might get annoyed that they're releasing a game ever year, but at least it's a new story. It might not feel as fresh to everybody, but there are many who are relatively new to the series. No one is forcing it down your throat. If you don't want to buy it, fine. When the series ends, you'll hear all the whiners.

[AceBlazer13]

What is their definition to an end though? What they need is to completely redo the series make it a trilogy
1.Altair-Used to inform Desmond on the assassin vs templar and the Apple and whatnot.

2.Ezio-Desmond gets trained by reliving his life and a few clues to the Apple.

3.Desmond- he is finally ready for the final confrontation against Templars and he meets the rest of the assassins to lead into it.

[TrollCraftTales]

(SPOILER ALERT)
I hope the last game ends with either Desmond somehow coming back to life or "you" (main character for 4 and forward) go back to the setting of the 1st game at that first tower at the castle, where you jump off into the hay, and you see all the other assassins jump off into hay, just before you do, then it just ends...

That is one of my ideas for the ending, and I have been thinking about it since Brotherhood...

[Jagsrock]

The end will be ****SPOILER*****

Desmond wakes up slaps the alarm off says "WTF" It was all a dream. screen goes black credits roll. In the next game you get to play assassins creed 1 for real this time!!

[cellur111]

They should have just made revelations into one of the best games in the series and ended it there. Im not sure i can be excited for ac 4 after the disappointment ac 3 was.

[josephayal]

I'm really tired of Assassin's Creed now, enough plz

[TripC50]

I can guarantee the eventual exploding of the sun too... doesn't mean its coming soon.

[ZHZ90]

Actually after beating Revelation, I felt sad that it was the end of Ezio.

[cunnilumpkin]

"There is an end" to the Assassin's Creed series, Ubisoft says, "and we will show it when sales decline enough to warrant it, until then we will be milking it as much as we damn well can!"

[JeepGamer]

The 'end' being when they've run it in to the ground and it's not making money.

[Novistador]

It ends when people stop paying for the same game over and over and over and over

[baraka007]

gaming media give these type of games so much attention though... so it's more than likely never going to happen.

[Novistador]

Sad but true

[jakmckratos]

Yes in the 2030's/ But don't be worried it will be rebooted in 2041.

[tubers]

Not before it goes to China and then Japan..

well you'll just be a Ninja so it may not be ground breaking.

[Angerfist]

IDK but isnt AC progressing in Ages and not going backwards? Just to some who want something ancient, probably only happens if they want to milk it even more, next bets are maybe Wild West or something around that Time in Europe.

[FreshRevenge]

I would like to see them make an Assassin's Creed in the Japanese Empire era. This can take place in the start and near the end in World War 2.

[batbatz]

Just like there was an end to LOST

[Master-H]

Thank god for that

[beebap]

There is loads more possible settings to be done with different assassin character some might be bad but other good. Why not keep the series going.And hate people going on about the modern bits. Yes they r never done well but they r necessary and now not desmond maybe chance to really improve these sections. The new one with edward as pirate is going to be fun and more mission with aveline who is also good assassin character.After that i cant wait for what comes next as it takes so long to come up and make new ip why not use assassin story and already developed gameplay to get to play in amazing periods of history which unisoft always creates so well.

[stage88]

Ubisoft, please, just stop.

[RedDeadLB]

Doesn't seem like it.

[llMurcielagoll]

In my opinion it ended with the passing of Altair and Ezio for me.

I am not even sure if I want to get BlackFlag or not. I will wait until it comes out and see what happens.

[WitWolfy]

Lost interest after Brotherhood, never finished Revelations or anything that came after that...

will probably eagle dive into it again soon;)

[BigKev45]

I would love to see the series end soon. Ubisoft is making the crap out of this franchise.

[CJDUNCAN]

Such a great series turned into a cash cow smh. Before it ends though I'd love to see a feudal japan game and one based entirely in present or future day.

This pirate crap is annoying me, and the fact that a couple weeks after every AC release the game drops to $30. So I for one will no longer preorder an AC game.

[lucidity]

But there'll always be room for side stories and prequels. Case in point: God of War's story ended with 3, but that series is still going.

[jimmywolf]

i don't like the one a year theme they have but i do enjoy AC premise, an would like them keep making more.

[ziggurcat]

Isn't there a room in AC2 with a bunch of statues of the various assassin relatives over the course of history? Did people not pay attention to this (i.e. those who want to see feudal Japan, etc...) or has ubisoft completely abandoned that part of the game?

[rello91]

Lol sure

[Nes_Daze]

I have no expectations whatsoever, AC3 was horrible...

[PersonMan]

Assassins Creed 3 was the first AC game that kept me interested enough to finish the game. I'm excited for AC4 and I like the AnvilNext engine.

[brianace]

I totally bought in to the hype train surrounding AC3, even though Revelations left a lot to be desired. Was rewarded with one of the biggest letdowns in modern games. Really diminishing returns in this series since Brotherhood, IMO. Of course, sales have not diminished, and let's not kid ourselves, that will be what dictates "the end" of this series, not some pre-ordained storyline.

[ZBlacktt]

People cry and complain to much nowadays. Don't like it, don't buy it.

I think/know AC4 is going to be the best one yet. You watch come GOTY years 2014. It will be in the mix.

[e-p-ayeaH]

It really doesnt matter the story is hardly anything that sparks my interest.

[JumpingJames88]

I think the concept of ending a series has become extinct. They either continue or they're ignored, but not closed. They can't say no to those dollars anymore.