Board Thread:Assassin's Creed general discussion/@comment-5174994-20150710183750/@comment-4950493-20150717101517

I think the bigger Assassin's Creed gets the more ubisoft feels compelled to choose those big, well-known historical settings that have had a massive historical impact like the American and French revolutions, probably so most people who aren't history nerds like myself can identify with the historical themes and not be too bored, and of course have a famous gameplay setting to market. But AC doesn't necessarily need a massively significant setting for the games. IMO, smaller, lesser known settings work best because the devs can explore history largely unknown to the players and it brings back that feeling I had with AC2 and ACB in being part of a world I had never had the chance to experience before and just falling in love with it. You could really feel with those games how the devs' passion for history had come through and that's what makes a great setting for an AC game.