I think AC in any setting more recent than medievil will be a bad move. I mean it could work any where really, but personally I like the current ancient setting and pushing it into the future (namely anywhere past the invention of gun powder) will just make it another Splinter Cell.

I think going back could work - to the height of the Roman Empire maybe?

Yeah, I prefer the old-school ones. I just love the atmosphere they had in AC2. They way they built venice, coupled with the music, had this wonderful dreamy feel to it. Rome they sort of built up as this more sinister and derelict place (which it was by then) and they did a pretty good job of that.

The Renaissance is just a sweet spot for it... cool characters, detailed history. Still pretty relatable. If they went forward... I dunno. Japan could be a feasible setting, but I actually like they're exploring the European side 'cause in honesty that part has been kind of ignored by everything other than strategy games. Ancient china maybe? The world wars could work... but I think long range, working guns and explosives could turn the AC series into something not quite AC. They've explored some of that in AC2 and Brotherhood, but with the limitations of renaissance tech.

I wouldn't be surprised if they stuck with Ezio, or someone near him though. He's still a mad dawg of a character,

I read a fairly good point on another forum that suggests AC3 will probably take place here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_revolution

Seems like a logical idea, 200 years since Ezio, similar 'rebirth' setting.

They were speculating that before AC2 even, I think... But yeah, definitely cool. I mean. Outfits and shit could still look rad, plenty of people dying, heaps of interesting historical turmoil.

Yeah but it's the french - who cares about french history? No one, that's who!

Hahah I suppose that's true. We did almost a years worth in high school history... and the next year when I was in France I went to heaps of the places like Versailles and the square (can't remember :|) where they chopped thousands of peoples heads off and just left blood and bits everywhere... was a pretty eerie feeling, gotta say!

The French are badass. Someone needs a history lesson.

If by badass you mean a history of deception, treachery, impossed class perpetuation and capital punishment of the innocent - then yes, they were badass.

btw: It was half a joke, while france is personally one of the countries I find least interesting, the above issues with it's history would obviously make it ideal for AC. I just wouldn't like ^_^


Still +1 vote for Roman Empire. It had all the treachery and deception of france and then some, perhaps even more than previous locations/time periods of the AC titles. Not to mention amasing architecture, numerous well known individuals of history and the opportunity to expand in Greece, the Gallic Empire, etc. Awesome era/location for AC4.