Ubisoft will not ignore the issue of slavery in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed game but acknowledges it will have to handle it “prudently”.
The Assassin’s Creed series has become one the better known video game franchises in recent years for a number of reasons. Firstly, it allows player to use their hidden blades to assassinate their targets, while at the same time it also combines the elements
of free running with an open, sandbox environment where players are free to explore and goof around.
However, what makes the game interesting is that it takes place during what are the richest periods in human history, ranging from the Crusades, to the time of the Borgias in Italy and the latest game being set during the American Revolution.
Apart from meeting a number of key historical figures, including Benjamin Franklin, players will also get to see how prevalent slavery was during those days and it is something that Ubisoft knows they cannot ignore and also something that needs to be done
with care.
Matt Rurnerhas, the Assassin’s Creed 3 writer, explained how Ubisoft felt that slavery “deserves a certain amount attention because it's so serious and it needs to be treated with utmost respect.” Before continuing, “We're definitely not going to shy away
from it in terms of not showing it.
At the same time, Rurnerhas also acknowledged that not shying away from the matter did not mean that they had a license to exploit the matter and rather were “going to focus on telling it like it was, we're going to show what was there and what people did
in that time but we want to be careful with how that's covered and how much of it is there. It's an important topic.”
He concluded, “We won't be afraid to show that it's there but we're not going make it the focus of our game."
Assassin’s Creed 3 will see a reboot of the series as the entire game has built from scratch using the new, custom built Anvil Engine, just for the game. Ubisoft are also starting from scratch with a new protagonist, Connor, set to be the focal point of
the game.
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