You might be a little bored with Eivor in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla right now, but it’s still a great time to be a fan of this epic action RPG series. Ubisoft is currently celebrating Assassin’s Creed’s 15th anniversary with a celebration of the series we all know and love, culminating in September 2022 with a showcase of its future. Additionally, there is growing evidence of an Assassin’s Creed 1 remake. A reliable Ubisoft leaker has claimed that the next Assassin’s Creed game “Aztecs” will be live. While it’s worth taking this with a grain of salt until we find out more, the idea that we might get an Assassin’s Creed game that follows such an interesting Mesoamerican culture isn’t exciting – and it’s not exciting. ‘and why.
For those of you who haven’t learned anything about the Aztecs and Aztec culture, here’s a baseline. The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that existed in central Mexico from 1300 to 1521, when the famous Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés overthrew the established Aztec Empire, a people weakened by disease and political instability after Moctezuma’s death.
The Aztec culture was fascinating, and Ubisoft has a lot to find inspiration here. With a pantheon of unique gods that unite a number of independent city-states, Aztec society has a rich depth that Ubisoft can bring to life in an entirely new way. Warfare was an integral means of social mobility, but not all for the Aztecs – what was described as “women’s labor” was seen as equally important both for pleasing the gods and for controlling society.
With enthusiastic fans speculating that if the leaks are indeed true the next Assassin’s Creed game could be set in the early days of the collapse of the Aztec Empire and the Spanish colonization of central Mexico, it’s safe to say that I am excited about the idea. . Additionally, the setting itself fits perfectly with the current RPG-infused look of the series, and the events that unfold fit perfectly into the never-ending war between Assassins and Templars.
Given that the most populated regions of the Aztec Empire were on a plateau known as the Valley of Mexico, centered on Lake Texcoco, it couldn’t be clearer to see a setting perfectly suited as the main setting of a modern Assassin’s Creed title.
Spanish maps from the early 16th century show six large settlements around Tenochtitlan and Lake Texcoco, located on an island that today forms the historic center of Mexico City. Although this large lake no longer exists, contemporary mapping indicates a series of streams and waterways through a series of foothills and shallow mountains. With sea and ship-to-ship combat being a core part of Assassin’s Creed games, Valley of Mexico will provide everything you need to replicate the success of these features found in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and its predecessors.
Of course, as it was one of the most populated areas in the world at the time of the Spanish conquests, the Aztec city-states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, Tlacopan and many more would make excellent city centers to explore. . Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a great recent example of how well it will work in terms of world design, but older games like Assassin’s Creed III and Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag are great examples of how the gameplay of Assassin’s Creed can shine with a wider open world. discover.
As for the story of this Assassin’s Creed game probably focusing on the Aztecs, he writes it himself. The Spaniards, as you might guess, fit the mold of Templar agents very well. When you consider how wonderfully mysterious this era and Aztec culture was still, it won’t be hard to put a supernatural element to a story centered around the fall of the Aztec Empire.
A cunning but ruthless conqueror who was a driving force in the Spanish colonization of Mexico, Hernán Cortés will play the role of the enemy well and be a great leader for Templar players to face. We also know that family themes are always present in the stories and stories played out in Assassin’s Creed games, and that Aztec culture’s views on gender equality can allow Ubisoft to tell extraordinary stories that we don’t. have never seen before in an Assassin’s Creed game.
Basically, an Assassin’s Creed game set in and around the fall of the Aztec Empire in the early 1500s can be absolutely amazing, and I hope ACG’s leaks are true. But that contradicts reports earlier this year that a new Assassin’s Creed game based on Valhalla’s Basim is in the works. With rumors that Ubisoft is currently developing a highly optimized game known as Assassin’s Creed Infinity, the Aztecs might just be one of many focal points for an upcoming game in the series.
It’s too early to tell at this point. That said, the Aztec culture and story of the collapse of the Aztec Empire – largely untouched by video games – would fit right in with Assassin’s Creed, making it a great place for Ubisoft to take the series and its casting afterwards.
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