10 June 2009
Ferry

Assassins Creed 3 will see Desmond become the Ultimate Assassin

Assassin’s Creed 2’s creative director, Patrice Désilets, at E3 2009 exclaimed “I’m telling you. At the end of AC2 you’ll say‚ ‘Holy crap, I never saw it coming!’ There will be a cliffhanger. It’s cool to have a cliffhanger,” that leads into Assassin’s Creed 3.

The brains behind the Assassin’s Creed series feels that you need to experience a bit of frustration at the game’s completion, with a new way to replay completed missions countering some of that nagging feeling. As well as still having secrets hidden in the game, like the glowing writing on the wall at the end of Assassin’s Creed 1. About that Patrice says “It has nothing to do with Assassin’s Creed 2, what’s written on the wall has to do with the Assassin’s Creed universe, not the second one.”

“Assassins Creed has always been planned to be a trilogy, and Desmond is going back in time, using the Animus to eventually become the ultimate assassin.”

If the above didn’t hint at another sequel enough… Later that same week Ubisoft re-confirmed Assassin’s Creed 2 is the second game in an intended Trilogy, “with all parts telling the story of the ultimate assassin.”

When asked if in the game series’ future Desmond’s story will move away from the Animus, a representative said: “It’s always been planned to be a trilogy, and Desmond is going back [in time, using the Animus] to [eventually] become the ultimate assassin. Can’t tell you any more, though.”

Do you think Desmond will be a good enough assassin to stop the end of the world on December 21, 2012?

September 2009 update: Assassin’s Creed 2’s creative director Patrice Desilets is busy finishing the second game’s development, and mentions he’s looking forward to rounding out the trilogy. To quote the VG247 interview: “I have many different ideas. I’m not ready yet to exploit them. I think I have some juice left in me left to continue this. I’ve been doing Assassin’s Creed games for the past six years. It’s tough to be bored. I was a bit bored with the Turk crusade and the monk aspect, and everything, but in this there’s a brand new setting. And it’s my first sequel; I never did a sequel before, because I didn’t do any Prince of Persia sequels. I love the idea of refining your ideas, the gameplay and what you can do with it. So I’m not bored yet.” I wonder what change of scenery we can expect in Assassin’s Creed 3?

Quotes via Joystiq & VG247

23 November 2009 15:20
leexwright

sorry bout teh double post i never saw the first one go up

23 November 2009 15:30
leexwright

also i don’t like the idea of ww2 or modern type weapons like mechanics or any guns mostly because assassinate it’s more sword and dagger think to me all up close and prober deadly and gund and the range weapons removes the effect of the game well for teh ancestor bit it dose for me anyway

23 November 2009 22:43
frozenpens

I can only begin to imagine how is it possible for Desmond to have an ancestor in Japan? How would that relate, at all, to the storyline they’re currently developing?
I thought AC2 was hands down one of the best buys this year, mainly due to the fact that there’s more information about the universe of Assassin’s Creed. I loved the bonus content, though. From start to finish this game kept me thoroughly entertained.