Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-5088097-20171202154949/@comment-18014300-20180304032700

Imperator Scottorum wrote: I see your argument and you could say it has somewhat softened my stance on the matter.

I'm not necessarily opposed to a Feudal Japan setting (it could be interesting and if Ubisoft ever decided to do one I'd be intrigued). I suppose my main "issue" really if anything is more to do with the hype and fuss that people were throwing over it. I simply don't really understand why it's such a popular topic of exploration for the AC franchise, sure it'd be interesting but from what I had gathered it looked to me as if a major component to people's interest in that era was due to the idea of Ninjas and Assassins which as stated before by me is not a very solid thing historically which for me would be cause for some concern you could say.

Let's just say that I don't oppose it (although you could say that earlier then there was some sense in opposition on my part when I made the comment but that you could say has been softened) I just don't fully get the hype and why people are seemingly clammering for it (at least in my own perceptions), I acknowledge it's an intersting setting and time period (especially Sengoku which imo if Ubisoft would do Japan it'd have to be that) and I like what I've learned about it I just never really got why people have seemingly been so eager to have a game be set there you could say.

I acknowledge this is probably repetitive but that's the best I can say and reply regarding this matter. Well, why do people get hyped over settings like the Wild West, the Russian Revolution, the American Civil War, or World War II? Why did people get hyped over Victorian London? Everyone has their particular tastes and preferences for settings they would like to explore, and sometimes it's not so easy to say why one is more interested in one setting more than another. Perhaps it is part of that individual's own cultural history. Perhaps on the other hand, that individual finds it to be an especially exotic world they want to experience as alive as Origins. I think it is presumptuous to whittle down any interest in a feudal Japan setting to just ninja. Feudal Japan was culturally rich, just as imperial China and classical India were culturally rich, and these are all settings that don't get as much media attention as the American Revolution or the Golden Age of Piracy outside of strategy games. It would also represent a decisive departure from the previously Eurocentric inclination of Assassin's Creed games, which was my prior impression. Even Origins feels like a stepping stone for that departure.