User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 31-03-'15 — Assassin's Creed Chronicles announcement trailer/@comment-13471981-20150511182331/@comment-1888015-20150512025849

Anything which actually gives people the control of a female character is always a good thing in my book. Helps to break free of all the middle-aged white man stereotype that the industry is mired in. Don't tell me that women characters are a bad thing because you can't "identify" with them, that's bullshit. Everyone should expect a level of diversity in an interactive medium, and if you don't like it, find another game that gives you what you want.

Generalized rants aside, I would like a more 65-35% split in terms of Jacob and Evie. I might be pre-emptively judging the game because the main character's a guy and I'm tired of that, even if his character is super amazing badass, but switching it up with a girl here and there gives my mind a break from all the macho "I must always be the hero". Girl characters seem to bring an amount of vulnerability and levity to a premise, because they have to prove themselves capable and are more closer to the average person than a preordained good guy with fate on his side. Also, bitches got snark in some cases, and that shit's funny. Demasculating the "perfect man" with a sharp wit is lolworthy in my book.

In terms of Evie's outfit, I like the hat of the left-most concept because the central concept seems to be hiding Evie behind too much bulky clothing. The muted brown coat colour of the left would go okay with the leather design in the center, but I might be projecting too much love of the Thief Multiplayer character from Brotherhood onto the idea, so that's something I'm wavering on. The undercoat of the central one is really nice, but it hides too much of her neck, which is what draws me to the left-most concept. The legs are nice too, but I feel the light gray colour is too light, and throws off the concealed feel of the central design. If it was a little bit of a darker grey, I'd be drawn to that a lot more. But yeah, that left-most hat. So pimp.

I won't really comment on the right-most design, because it is so dissimilar to the other two designs that I get the impression that it's a concept for a dress or something for a point in the story that's more... "regal". Like in terms of Elise having that ballgown in the start of Unity, or at the least, for a formal commitment to the Assassin Brotherhood (street clothes vs. Assassin robes anyone?), or if she manages to find herself in the monarch's court. (Not sure if Queen Victoria or George III, need to look up what the timespan is)

In terms of the relationship between Jacob and Evie, to instantly think "incest" would be a bit dumb, and it'd be one of the most poor courses of writing to even consider, unless Ubisoft is selecting its writers from Tumblr. I'd hope more for a Ezio to Claudia sort of thing, with the two meeting here and there to discuss their commitments, but you can tell Evie is getting her own stuff done in her own time, like with Claudia and the Rosa in Fiore, but more of a Rosa from the Venetian Thieves Guild activity-wise.