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I usually don't spend a lot of time in Dakka's videogame section, because I spend most of my time writing about games on German websites, but here's something I wanted to share with you:



Assassin's Creed III will take place in the late 18th century during the American revolution. Our main character is a native American who prefers his blade of choice to be less....well... hidden.

Playing a native american doesn't make a huge amount of sense...

How is a native american meant to be descended from Altair or Ezio? How is desmond (who doesn't look even the least bit native american) descended from this new character?

I mean I'm all for a new time period and a new character but this doesn't make sense.

Maybe its just Desmond thats descended from this one?

I'll be interested in seeing what they come up with, just hope its not totally bizarre.

Since when has Assassin's Creed made sense?

It's always been a bit pseudo-science but pulling a native american ancestor out of nowhere is a bit odd...

Am i incorrect in thinking that doomed fellow that our prospective protagonist is perched upon is a Briton?

Maybe he's only half native?

corpsesarefun wrote:Playing a native american doesn't make a huge amount of sense...

How is a native american meant to be descended from Altair or Ezio? How is desmond (who doesn't look even the least bit native american) descended from this new character?

I mean I'm all for a new time period and a new character but this doesn't make sense.

Wait, you thought this series was trying to make sense?

Don't be silly they're making it up as they go along!

Gotta say tho, the tomahawk is pretty BA.

Possible spoiler for those who haven't played AC:Revelations.

Thats what everyone keeps hoping for Then again who's to say our Native American friend isn't the mechanism by which that is achieved?

purplefood wrote:Am i incorrect in thinking that doomed fellow that our prospective protagonist is perched upon is a Briton?

He probably is, but at first I thought it was Vostroyan from 40k.

Just wondering, is there any official confirmation he is native american?

Coolyo294 wrote:

purplefood wrote:Am i incorrect in thinking that doomed fellow that our prospective protagonist is perched upon is a Briton?

He probably is, but at first I thought it was Vostroyan from 40k.

Then can i ask why a British soldier is getting ganked amid a battle which (If we are informed correctly) is in the American civil war...

purplefood wrote:

Coolyo294 wrote:

purplefood wrote:Am i incorrect in thinking that doomed fellow that our prospective protagonist is perched upon is a Briton?

He probably is, but at first I thought it was Vostroyan from 40k.

Then can i ask why a British soldier is getting ganked amid a battle which (If we are informed correctly) is in the American civil war...

Ummm... It's the Revolutionary War.

Coolyo294 wrote:

purplefood wrote:

Coolyo294 wrote:

purplefood wrote:Am i incorrect in thinking that doomed fellow that our prospective protagonist is perched upon is a Briton?

He probably is, but at first I thought it was Vostroyan from 40k.

Then can i ask why a British soldier is getting ganked amid a battle which (If we are informed correctly) is in the American civil war...

Ummm... It's the Revolutionary War.

Apparently i cannot read...
More to the point, i get a bad feeling from killing virtual British people...
Silly yeah but so is jelly...

It will be a little odd playing in a setting that I actually know something about.

Why do I keep hearing he's a Native? Because of his tomahawk? It's a weapon, not an identity. He seems to have somewhat dark skin, but that could be shading or he's from somewhere where darker skin is the norm.

What I have a problem with is that there are no big cities to go climbing around in revolutionary America. There might be a church or two, but it won't be to the scale of the first 2 and the half sequels.

Also, the blade can clearly be seen. Also,Ubisoft is right pissed about the whole "Leaking images" thing.

I don't see Native American. I see a Limey about to get a really, really close shave.

Hm... maybe we'll see a few more jumps through history? Instead of having 3 games with 1 character, we'll have 1 game with 2-3 characters? An ancestor in the American revolution, setting out to stop a group a group of British Templars before they find some sort of secret in the American wilderness?

Oh... wait. Isn't there that whole story about people finding Templar signs carved into rocks in the States, apparently showing the way to the Holy Grail? I bet that's the plot. Bam.

So why do they set this during the American Civil War?

WarOne wrote:So why do they set this during the American Civil War?

Revolution mate.

WarOne wrote:So why do they set this during the American Civil War?

As a fellow American, I am disappoint.

Here's a handy color guide - if it's red and blue, Revolution. Blue and grey, Civil.

Oh so just because it's set in the American Civil War the British are the bad guys?
I mean, yeah that's probably what's gonna happen but it doesn't have to be like that...
You could have templars on both sides and have him have to kill of members of both armies...

purplefood wrote:Oh so just because it's set in the American Civil War the British are the bad guys?

REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

The British weren't even a part of the American Civil War!

Now they're just trolling.

infinite_array wrote:

purplefood wrote:Oh so just because it's set in the American Civil War the British are the bad guys?

REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

The British weren't even a part of the American Civil War!

Oh for Crisps sake!
That's the second time i've done that...
You know the one i mean...
The one where you guys were fighting each other as opposed to fighting us...
Seriously not trolling though...

purplefood wrote:Oh so just because it's set in the American revolution War the British are the bad guys?

Yup. You Red Jackets are bad, bad people

Yet you still took their language, for shame.

corpsesarefun wrote:Just wondering, is there any official confirmation he is native american?

No, but Ubisoft has claimed they will release more information on March 5th.

I'm guessing the native american description is based on the tomahawk, and design of quiver seen in some of the other images, but I'm not convinced by that.

dogma wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:Just wondering, is there any official confirmation he is native american?

No, but Ubisoft has claimed they will release more information on March 5th.

I'm guessing the native american description is based on the tomahawk, and design of quiver seen in some of the other images, but I'm not convinced by that.

He really doesn't look it and it doesn't make much sense considering he is one of desmond's ancestors... I'm guessing he is a non-native american assassin that works with natives americans.

Its possible he is a Native American with a white ancestor, or a native recruited into the Assassins to help them in the New World and his blood line eventually mixed into Enzio's at some point. There are numerous ways to resolve the question.