User blog comment:The Brave Wolf/Assassin's Creed: Origins - New Rumor May 9th 2017/@comment-5088097-20170523174324/@comment-18014300-20170525025555

The 5th dynasty is "irrational", I've explained several times, because we have virtually no historical records or narrative of its events whatsoever. It's literally a blank slate aside from some artifacts collected from it. While Ubisoft can work with a blank slate, there's no reason to choose a time period in Egyptian history of absolutely no importance or thrilling events. It would also be a huge wasted opportunity because there are so many glorious and exciting parts of Egyptian history we would not be able to explore because they decided to set the game in such a blank period. It won't really feel like we're exploring Egyptian history, so much as just a game set in Egypt. Moreover, there wouldn't be any famous monuments or buildings to explore aside from the Great Pyramids. No Temple of Karnak or Valley of the Kings. Most things famous to Egypt did not exist this early in its history, so again it would be a wasted opportunity. The capital city was even at Elephantine, which relative to the rest of Egyptian history isn't as renowned or prestigious; we won't be exploring cities like Thebes, Memphis, or Alexandria, but a much more obscure city. It'd be analogous to setting a game in China during the Shang dynasty, which would mean that we won't really be exploring Chinese culture at its peak or much of Chinese architecture, but an early, "primitive" form before China as we know it had came to be. It's much more sensible to set the game in a time of Egyptian history where we can really experience its full glory, its landmarks, and the tombs of famous pharaohs. The rumor that it is set in 1400 BCE – 1200 BCE makes far more sense because that would mean that the game is set exactly at the peak of Egyptian civilization where we get to experience the setting to its fullest potential.