User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 08-02-'13 — Next game will be all new, plus DLC promotional material/@comment-78.97.98.25-20130217175355/@comment-1153722-20130217191234

"Here you are wrong actually,Assassin's Creed 1-Altair,Assassin's Creed 2-Ezio,Assassin's Creed Brotherhood(Also known as AC 2.2),Assassin's Creed Revelations(Also known as AC 2.3 again only with Ezio,Altair was seen only because Ezio used the discs)As they made AC 3,and they added Connor it was named 3 because they added a new assassin so AC 4 no matter when it comes out,will have to be named like I said Assassin's Creed IV and nothing else."

Just because in the past each numerical game has had a new protagonist, does not mean they must do it again whatsoever. This is not established as a rule.

"I don't know why are you calling me a racist,I was only saying that is clear what it is about,and I'm very interested about the french revolution and nothing else."

I forgot to put the word 'engine' there, they are developing a new game engine, not a new game. Saying that it the game has to be set in France because they are making it alongside French developers is quite racist. And again, this is not established as fact.

"Yes,original.I suppose you have seen how much work was put in AC3,so AC4 will have take alot of time as well,since it's not very easy to start all over.So even if there will no more Connor the new AC4 will take time,more than 1 year if you ask me."

That has nothing to do with the game having Connor or a new protagonist, or it being set in Colonial America or a different setting. ACB and ACR were each made in a year, and they featured all new stories, all new cities and a new design for the protagonist. It does not have to use a new game engine or add a lot of innovative features for it to be about a new protagonist and setting.