With the “Assassin’s Creed: Unity” release quickly approaching, Creative Director Alex Amancio continues to tease fans about Arno’s French Revolution adventure, claiming developers went back to their roots for inspiration.
Amancio recently told IGN the upcoming Ubisoft title was inspired by the first “Assassin’s Creed” title.
“The first Assassin's Creed was designed to provide a tremendous level of exposition for each Assassination target. This gave players the opportunity to get to know the mark and witness their crimes before the actual deed,” Amancio said.
“…We have since strayed from this concept and as a result, targets have become much more forgettable. ACU goes back to the idea of trying to make each and every assassination target an iconic character.”
The creative director said “Assassin’s Creed: Unity” would stay true it its “roots” with Arno as their lead.
“In order to achieve this, we began by crafting each assassination target around a strong character archetype,” he told IGN.
“We then crafted the context and theme of the entire sequence that features each of these characters around their chosen archetype. Finally, we conclude each sequence with an ambitious blackbox assassination.”
Fans of the “Assassin’s Creed” series can still expect historical times in the title. Associate Level Design Director Christophe Rossignol spoke with the official “Assassin’s Creed” DevBlog regarding the co-op missions and their connection to the events behind the French Revolution.
"When you begin a co-op mission, you get a short cinematic to explain the narrative context of the mission,” Rossignol explained, “because some are actual historical events like an assassination attempt on Napoleon, [or] the Women’s March (where woman were angry because they couldn’t feed their children, so they marched on Versailles to talk to the king about the lack of food in Paris). Once the cinematic is done, it’s all about gameplay… all about player action."
“Assassin’s Creed: Unity” will be released to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on Nov. 11.
