I’m currently working on getting a new forum up. The forum will be a combination of both Assassins Creed and Mass Effect, as well as video games in general. Closer to release, I’ll be running some contests to win free copies of Assassins Creed.
I hope you guys will check out the forum once its up and help create a tight knit community of Assassins Creed fans.
Ubisoft recently announced that they will be pushing the Assassins Creed (as well as Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway) release date back.
The new Assassins Creed release date will be somewhere in the range of April 2007 to March 2008 (Ubisoft is still giving vague information at this point)
Assassins Creed was originally supposed to be released in Q1 2007.
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Ubisoft has revealed today the plot synopsis for Assassin’s Creed, a next-generation game that will set a new standard in the action-adventure genre. This game is one that I can’t wait to play next to Mass Effect. I will be updating more about this game as I get more info.
What Assassin Creed story all about?
Ubisoft has revealed today the plot synopsis for Assassin’s Creed, a next-generation game that will set a new standard in the action-adventure genre.
Our story follows a disgraced master Assassin (ALTAIR) who embarks on an epic quest to restore his status within the Assassin Order. After failing to assassinate the Templar Leader (ROBERT DE SABLE) and recover the legendary Templar Treasure, Altair is demoted to Uninitiated (the lowest rank in the Assassin order).
SINAN, Leader of the Assassins, offers our hero an opportunity to redeem himself. Altair must venture out into the Holy Land and assassinate men said to be exacerbating and exploiting the hostilities created by the Third Crusade. In doing so, he will stabilize the region, allowing Sinan to usher in an age of peace.
When our game begins, Richard the Lionheart has just recaptured the port city of Acre from occupying Saracens. With a base of operations established, the Crusaders prepare to march south. Their true target is JERUSALEM – which they intend to recapture in the name of the Church. However, SALADIN, leader of the Saracen Army, currently rules Jerusalem. Stinging from his army’s defeat at Acre, he will now allow Richard to humiliate him again. The Saracens are massing at the ruins of Fortress Arsuf, intending to ambush the Crusaders and prevent them from reaching Jerusalem.
These war maneuvers have left the rest of the Holy Land wide open. While Richard and Saladin battle one another, the men left to govern in their stead have begun taking advantage of their newfound positions of power. Exploiting, manipulation, and provocation rule the day. It is into this chaotic mess our hero now finds himself thrust. He is ordered to assassinate those most active in their exploitation.
And so Altair begins his missions.
Along the way, however, he will begin to discover that his targets are bound by more than just a shared interest in personal gain. They seem to share membership in a secret society – a group all too familiar to the Assassins. And they are not simply looking for profit. The true goal, and how they plan to achieve it are secrets to be discovered during the course of our story.
