Assassin’s Creed Shadows Story Will Continue In Multiple Future Entries, Dev Reveals
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That's a huge problem I have with the franchise though! It's been their cash cow so every game has some sort of riff on the whole future story bit, but they can't commit to any of it and there's no end in sight. So I refuse to get attached to their overarching story because I have no confidence that it will every complete!
The two scenarios that will play out are (and I'm not saying which one is likely, just these are the only two):
- Assassins' Creed continues to be huge -> They will never end the overarching story and it will keep trickling in
- Assassin's Creed dies out -> They won't know it until their last one bombs so bad that the suits never make another, leaving it open
So why be invested in the story at all?
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 20:55 last edited byThe intrigue that they set up in AC1 and 2 in the future story had me hooked. Then, as good as Brotherhood was as a video game, it jumped the shark at the end of that game as they realized they could no longer afford to get Kristen Bell in the VO booth every year. I never even played AC3, but I heard the story spoiled on a GOTY podcast at the time, and I basically facepalmed when I heard it described.
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows pioneer A New Storyline that will be used in future entries as a base?
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 21:02 last edited byWhat's the source for this?
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What's the source for this?
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 21:28 last edited byGame developer is the source
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Even if this game functioned worse than Unity at launch, there's basically no world where it's a "colossal" flop, but it would affect sales of the next game. Plenty of previews are positive, so even if this entry is less well-regarded than its predecessors, it will still have its fans and likely do better than Outlaws.
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 21:37 last edited byPlenty of early reviews for were positive for Concord and Dragon Age Veilguard, but those ended up being pretty worthless reviews. Access media has ruined critic credibility. It would be stupid to trust a reviewer that knows their media outlet won't get review copies of the next game from a publisher if they review the game badly, because that will absolutely change the review to be more favorable.
If Star Wars Outlaws, a game connected to an IP that absolutely has a way bigger market than Assassin's Creed, did that badly, I can almost guarantee that Shadows will not do better than Outlaws.
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Game developer is the source
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 21:37 last edited byCan we get a link? If you mean https://www.gamedeveloper.com/, they've only had one article specifically on Shadows this year and it's about a service platform for the series, not the story.
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Plenty of early reviews for were positive for Concord and Dragon Age Veilguard, but those ended up being pretty worthless reviews. Access media has ruined critic credibility. It would be stupid to trust a reviewer that knows their media outlet won't get review copies of the next game from a publisher if they review the game badly, because that will absolutely change the review to be more favorable.
If Star Wars Outlaws, a game connected to an IP that absolutely has a way bigger market than Assassin's Creed, did that badly, I can almost guarantee that Shadows will not do better than Outlaws.
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 21:41 last edited byConcord reviews being semi-positive don't matter when the audience knows that their purchase is worthless without a critical mass of other people purchasing it. Veilguard actually did do well; probably profitable already or will get there in the next few years on the game's "long tail", and it does have its fans. It was just under EA's projections/expectations, but we also understand from reporting what that game was rescued from. What we know about Shadows is that its pre-order numbers are tracking with Odyssey, the second-best-selling game in the franchise, and people have been dying for this series to go to feudal Japan for a long time. It would take extremely negative reviews to truly sink this game financially.
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Can we get a link? If you mean https://www.gamedeveloper.com/, they've only had one article specifically on Shadows this year and it's about a service platform for the series, not the story.
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 22:08 last edited byOpen the article and you will get the source.
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What's the source for this?
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 22:12 last edited byhttps://www.famitsu.com/article/202502/34257 That’s the source
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https://www.famitsu.com/article/202502/34257 That’s the source
wrote on 21 Feb 2025, 22:34 last edited byThanks. For those that don't read Japanese (and want to drop it in their favorite MTL or what have you), here's the relevant interview answer from creative director Jonathan Dumont:
――ネタバレは避けますが、ゲームのオープニング時の映像はちょっとびっくりするような、怪しげな感じでした。本作をクリアーするころには、その謎は解決するのか、あるいは謎に近づくことができるのでしょうか？
ジョナサン これは現代編の新しい出発点です。時間とともに発展するストーリー部分があるため、今後の複数のシリーズでも続きのストーリーが語られることでしょう。ここで目にするのは、長年のファンにとってすばらしく感じられる部分であり、新しい物語を予感できるはずです。また同時に、新しいプレイヤーにとっても非常に期待を持ってもらえるようなコンセプトになっていると思います。
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Concord reviews being semi-positive don't matter when the audience knows that their purchase is worthless without a critical mass of other people purchasing it. Veilguard actually did do well; probably profitable already or will get there in the next few years on the game's "long tail", and it does have its fans. It was just under EA's projections/expectations, but we also understand from reporting what that game was rescued from. What we know about Shadows is that its pre-order numbers are tracking with Odyssey, the second-best-selling game in the franchise, and people have been dying for this series to go to feudal Japan for a long time. It would take extremely negative reviews to truly sink this game financially.
wrote on 22 Feb 2025, 01:54 last edited byHow can you say that Veilguard did well while not knowing if it was profitable or not?
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How can you say that Veilguard did well while not knowing if it was profitable or not?
wrote on 22 Feb 2025, 02:01 last edited byWe know they sold 1.5M copies in only a few months at an MSRP of $70. We know that very few games cost more than $100M to make, and last I heard, this one barely squeaked over that line. You can do the math there. It won't take long for this game to become profitable if it isn't already.
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows pioneer A New Storyline that will be used in future entries as a base?
wrote on 22 Feb 2025, 06:13 last edited bySo no satisfying ending or payoff?
Why play now?
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows pioneer A New Storyline that will be used in future entries as a base?
wrote on 22 Feb 2025, 08:04 last edited byThe article that OP was trying to link to: https://pkinsight.com/assassins-creed-shadows-story/
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That's a huge problem I have with the franchise though! It's been their cash cow so every game has some sort of riff on the whole future story bit, but they can't commit to any of it and there's no end in sight. So I refuse to get attached to their overarching story because I have no confidence that it will every complete!
The two scenarios that will play out are (and I'm not saying which one is likely, just these are the only two):
- Assassins' Creed continues to be huge -> They will never end the overarching story and it will keep trickling in
- Assassin's Creed dies out -> They won't know it until their last one bombs so bad that the suits never make another, leaving it open
So why be invested in the story at all?
wrote on 22 Feb 2025, 08:25 last edited byThey cornered themselves by trying to make that future story span multiple games. Especially because everything was written around one character, Desmond Miles and later Layla Hasan. They could have done a “Who do you think you are?” type of format and introduce a new character every game who has to explore his past to solve a problem in their future and just make every story stand alone with an ending but in the same universe. That way they can write better stories without the bagage of the previous games. The whole save the world with the Pieces of Eden story was so dumb
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So no satisfying ending or payoff?
Why play now?
wrote on 22 Feb 2025, 09:30 last edited byEzio had three interesting endings and payoffs. I dont trust ubisoft to do it but sequels dont necessitate poor prequels.
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