Well, Kyle. Now I'm just disappointed. If a templar in a flashy dress is wrong, I don't want to be right...!!

Haha, or if we did London maybe we could do like, Wolfman's Creed. That would be sweeeeet. You could turn into a wolf on random nights and just go berserk and find out that you accidentally killed your target.

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Originally posted by thekyle0:
Cas, Jack was not an assassin and the Templars did not disguise themselves as prostitutes.

that's what they want you to think

Think about it. Almost everybody would like others to not think they dress like a prostitute. It's a typical reaction. There's nothing suspicious about it.

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Originally posted by Realjambo:
Taking bets on how long it takes until this thread is closed....

5 Days.

Wouldn't mind AC3 to be in Rome. Don't think they ever said they wouldn't go back in time even further, and in my opinion no reason to go forwards into politically stable time periods, of course relative to the Roman era, where assassination was common.


Who knows.

To be honest, I always thought the American revolution would be cool for an AC game. I'm not saying this because I am American. The founding fathers of America were some sneaky SOBs. Check out this artical on the CIA website. Aside from the higher guys, many of the tactics used from people down lower would fit perfectly into the game.

they cant do rome it has been confirmed for this game they want to bring new stuff to the table every time

And how would making it in ancient Rome not bring new stuff to the table? Its a completely different time period with different weapons and insane politics. And the city of Rome itself is completely different.. Going forwards in time doesn't make sense to me, as its when guns became prominent and Assassinations became less.. interesting IMO.

Looking back now the only evidence they have for making the game never earlier than 1191 is when Lucy said that they started the fight in the 3rd Crusade, but even that might not be definitive enough.

Placing AC3 in Rome wouldn't bring new stuff to the table because we're already going to Rome in AC2. And while it's a completely different time period with different social behaviors, economics, and hierarchical structures, it's still the same place, and the Italian culture still remains.

Not to mention, going farther back in time (by, oh, let's say 1500 years) would be almost like taking a literal step backwards, I think. If they wanted to take things that far back, I think they would have done so originally, because they're trying to build up the story through these different arcs and ancestors.

I kind of think of it as a boiling pot. AC1 was in 1192 (IIRC), so it's on low heat. AC2 will be across a time span in the 1400's, a time even closer to the present day (and furthering the theory that Desmond is actually relevant to this story other than sharing the same genes), bringing us to a medium heat.

To bring it back to ancient Rome and Julius Cesar (which, I can't remember entirely, he and Marc Antony spanned from late BC to early AD, yeah?) would almost be like taking away that intensity, that heat from Desmond, and taking away his relevance to the story.

So if you'll let me step down from my soapbox, that's why I think AC3 will only continue closer to the present day. Whether or not it will actually be present day, or a time period in between, time will have to tell!

Going further back than the Crusades would be weird in my opinion. As others have said there wouldnt be much more you could bring to the AC table apart from the odd toga or two. But then going foreward into the future, so to speak, would bring guns into the equation and the game may end up like Splinter Cell Conviction or the like.

Also, and im sure someone has mentioned it, they are Templars, and the Knights Templar wernt around before the crusades era. Unless of course they go nuts and say that the Templars were previously known as the Praetorian Guard if they did the Roman era. And whilst your at it you might as well go the whole nine yards and say they were also Alexander the Great's Companions (bodyguard unit) as well as the Persian Immortals.

They were? So that means... the Assassins were 300 Spartans!

Yeah, that wouldn't be a very good game.

I think it would be cool to go back to cover the origins of the artifacts and where they got their power. Maybe it would be better as a side comic or something.

You never know, AC Lineage might talk about it.

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Originally posted by OHS_90:
...And whilst your at it you might as well go the whole nine yards and say they were also Alexander the Great's Companions (bodyguard unit) as well as the Persian Immortals.

That wouldn't makes sense if they were the immortals. The immortals were a vast fighitng force comprised primarily of slaves and conscripts. It's possible that the Templars - I'm only refering to them as Templars. I'm aware the order wasn't around back then. It's just the name they go by in AC1. Like OHS_90 began to say, they would have to go by a different name in a different time.) - getting back - It's possible that the Templars would be Persian nobility, or even the godking himself, but they wouldn't be common foot soldiers at that time. I'm pretty sure that some of the Templars from AC1 didn't have a clue what conspiracies their brotherhood was involved in, given that secretive organizations work on a need-to-know basis.

Immortals weren't common footsoldiers, they were 10,000 Persian elites hand-picked by the Emperor of Persia. When one died he was immediately replaced by someone of the same skill, hence the name Immortals.

Of course, the thinking in the Persian military was that they would only arm their "elite troops" with only a skirmishering spear, a wicker shield, and a hood with thin, black silk to hide their face.

Oh he's just trying to make Sparta look good Kyle, hence his username.

Yes, but the thing is that the Spartans actually had over 6000 men with them. At the point where they were fewest - the damn Phoecians cut and run, they were supposed to guard the flanking pass but ran back to their city state when they saw the persians advancing through it. - and even after Leonidos sent some back to their cities he still hade about 4000 hoplites.

But the funniest part is that they all would have died for nothing if it hadn't been for an Atlantean Admiral keeping the Persians from advancing on the Greek shore by sea.

Just a note, I was being sarcastic in reference to the Immortals and Companions. I would actually greatly dislike it if they went that far back in time.

The Praetorian Guard would be the only group that would probably work well if they did go right back to ancient Rome for some reason.

Maybe the French Revolution? American Revolution? American Civil War? all those times they had lots of guys after the leaders to kil them, but they never really succeeeded..........