We hope you didn’t get too attached to Assassin’s Creed 3‘s protagonist Connor because it looks like he is one and done. Ubisoft today announced their plans for the next Assassin’s Creed, which will release some time within the fiscal year (duh!). While that wasn’t too surprising a revelation for a Ubisoft financial call, the announcement that this next franchise entry — potentially Assassin’s Creed 4 — will feature an all-new hero and a new time period certainly was.
Why exactly Connor is getting the Altair treatment and not the full Ezio Auditore experience is unclear, but we’ll likely learn more in the coming months. In the mean time, gamers can look forward to what Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot calls “another major leap forward for the franchise.”
How big a leap forward is unclear, but Guillemot reiterated this annual Assassin’s Creed cycle is only possible thanks to the cooperation of multiple development teams. Strangely, it was believed that this quick turnaround time and lack of a focused developmental effort were what led to Ubisoft stretching Ezio’s story out for so long, but that’s apparently not the case.
To be fair, Connor Kenway wasn’t held in as high esteem as Ezio — maybe not even as high as Altair — but he was a character gamers could have learned to connect with over time. Instead, he will try to stop the tyranny of King Washington in an alternate past, and then seemingly ride off into the shadows.
For those gamers that have finished Assassin’s Creed 3 (don’t worry I won’t spoil anything), the main draw of a new Assassin’s Creed doesn’t rest with a new protagonist or time period (although ancient China is high on our wish list), but in how Ubisoft will continue the game’s present day story. We knew Assassin’s Creed 3 was going to conclude the Desmond Miles storyline, but how they wrapped things up in the present left a lot of questions.
If the current next-gen calendar is to be believed (i.e. PS4 and Xbox 720 release this fall), then it is possible this will be the last Assassin’s Creed before the franchise makes the leap to next-gen. Will that first next-gen title feature a new hero and time period as well? We will have to wait and see.
How do you feel about Ubisoft pulling the plug on Connor and Colonial America? Where would you like to see the franchise go next?
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Source: Venture Beat
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Honestly Connor was my favorite assassin
Thank you,finally someone with a brain likes Connor,Connor was the best assassin out of all of them
I wonder how they’ll charactize the next assassin?
Altair: driven, dedicated to the Brotherhood until death in old age
Ezio: revenge-driven, becomes attached to the order, but constantly looking for an “out”. Eventually quits to get married!
Connor: allies with the assassins for common goals, comes to uphold the order, but still very unsure of his place in the world.
Calling it right now new character is present time and fighting against Juno and maybe teaming up with templars
His name isn’t ‘Connor Kenway’. Also, Ubisoft haven’t said that the new hero will be the one with view through the Animus; in the contrary, the fact that Desmond is KIA makes it more likely, IMO, that the new hero is a modern day one, one who could feasible be a descendant of Cnnor just as Desmond was…
Thank God…I really hated Connor. He was boring and borderline incompetent. It says something when Desmond is more interesting than the Assassin smh. Glad Ubisoft is moving forward!
Connor was better then ezio, altier, and Edward combined that don’t have jack s*** compared Connor expecially this new ezio altier wannabe. Connors fighting style and personality kicks there assess by far, hell with a new assassin.
God, what a jerk, his is is Altair, and like Ezio is the best Assassin, Connor is not a true Assassin.
Connor was better then ezio, altier, and Edward combined they don’t have jack s*** compared to Connor expecially this new assassin wannabe. Connor’s fighting style and personality kicks there assess by far, hell with a new assassin.
Honestly I found colonel America boring, I love ac3 combat and tools, but not Connor. I miss the tight cities of Rome. Not the forests of ac3.
Honestly I found colonel America boring, I love ac3 combat and tools, but not Connor. I miss the tight cities of Rome. Not the forests.
I found colonel America boring, I love ac3 combat and tools, but not Connor. I miss the tight cities of Rome. Not the forests.
I have serveral theories as to why Connor is done. First off he did his job, desmond needed more information from Ezio game in order to get closer to the over all main goal, desmond already got all he needed from Connor and the fact that he died proves that. Also I think that very point is part of the problem too, desmond is dead. I think by ending desmond you have to end all of his caracters too other wise they are dipping into their previous storyline too much, why have killed desmond then? By ending desmond they ended all of his caracters. Also if you look at Native American history after the revolution and America won its independence it simply continued to grow and push the natives out. The natives became like enimies so I can’t imagine Connor too keen on wanting to help the government so the what would he be doing? Fighting a loosing battle against the us military? It would be depressing and wouldn’t do anything productive. Unless Connor traveled somewhere else which I highly doubt he would do because he’s trying to protect his people, his story is just over. I’m interested to see who the new “main character” is in all of this and I can only imagine it will continue to move forward in time. The next big time period after the revolution will be when the next hero character does their thing. Because you have to remember the assassins were “reborn” not to long before altiers time (he was only 27 during the game). It should be good and I’m looking forward to it.
Well thanks for letting me know before I’ve played it.
Well, since the whole Daniel Cross/Nikolai story has been wrapped up I could see Conner getting his own one off graphic novel spin off.
Honestly I would like to see who started the creed and why. Maybe it might cool if desmond lived and we got to see him become a real assassin.
I’m pretty sure this new game will be next gen considering all the other games scheduled for a 2013 fall/holiday release are looking WAY too good to be on current gen platforms.
I am mad that there not doing another game with Connor,I don’t care where it’s going to take place but don’t abandon Connor
I loved the forest and climbing trees and hunting,they just added it and now there gonna take it out,the forest was awesome I loved hunting.I am furious with ubisoft!!!
Connor was easily the best. He had the best tools, he was fastest, and I connected with him more the Ezio or Altaïr
At first I thought Connor was kind of bland but after completing all the homestead missions you kind of see a slightly more extroverted Connor. Some of his remarks during the missions made me laugh especially when he had to herd the pigs. He isn’t all that bad and characters like him don’t have to be like Ezio. I honestly wish people would stop saying, “Ezio’s better.” Or, “Altaïr beats Connor.” All 3 of the assassins are great and are unique in their own ways and have their own personalities. I do find it kind of disappointing that all the other assassins had more than one game and Connor only gets one though. I felt that his story wasn’t really complete. Everything felt…out of place when the game ended. His story ended while he was in his 20′s!! Ubisoft could go further into his life I mean he’s so young. I hope after Black Flag ubisoft makes another Connor game. Maybe they can go deeper into his story and make him more likable to gamers since it seems many people don’t like him because he’s so introverted. Ok…I’ll stop rambling… But seriously they need to make another Connor game.
I thought Connor was a punk! To be honest, I thought Haytham was much more enjoyable and is more similar to my own philosophy.