Assassin's Creed: Revelations concludes Ezio's story this November

by Ludwig Kietzmann on May 5th 2011 12:20PM

Tired of back-to-back installments of Assassin's Creed? Alright, how about a new game that places temporally separated protagonists Ezio and Altair back to back on the June issue of Game Informer? The mag's scoop for the month is Assassin's Creed: Revelations, which Ubisoft says will mark the end of Ezio's story when it launches this November.

Revelations promises answers (right there in the title, guys) within the game's cryptic, multi-generational plot -- spread out between three playable characters: A distinguished Ezio, who ventures to Constantinople amid the rise of the Ottoman Empire; 12th-century assassin Altair; and the descendant who ties them all together, Desmond.

The game is being led by Ubisoft Montreal, "with the support and expertise of Ubisoft studios Annecy, Massive Entertainment, Quebec, Singapore and Bucharest." The massive production will also mark the return of multiplayer (now with more everything), and the introduction of a new climbing hook.

After the break: A screenshot of Ezio as dangling participant in the Ottoman Empire's affairs.

Source: Game Informer

Tags: ac-reveal, assassins-creed-revelations, microsoft, playstation, ps3, q4-2011, release-date, ubisoft, ubisoft-montreal, xbox

Reader Comments (160)

WOW, can't wait to hear more about this, really excited.

@Stilkdog

Is Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, and sequel to ACII? I loved the story of the first 2 games, so I was wondering if Brotherhood continued it. I might have to go play it.

@Grubasaurus Rex

*a sequel

@Grubasaurus Rex Yes, Brotherhood is a direct sequel to AC2 and continues the story and is an amazing game.

@Stilkdog - I'm hoping that, since Ezio is confirmed to be in Constantinople in the 1500's, both Altaïr and Desmond will be there as well.

Imagine that, as Desmond, you're in a desolate, nearly destroyed building that houses an artifact (Codex page, perhaps?) that was placed there before Ezio's time, but after Altaïr; you can't make hide-nor-head of what goes where in the building. Ezio's version of the puzzle has the building in near-perfect condition, but a runic puzzle to access the artifact has been vandalized, possibly by the Templars who couldn't solve it. Go back as Altaïr, find the runes and make note of them, come back as Ezio, solve the puzzle, locate the artiact, add it to the collection, and Desmond has his information.

It's like a dual-world idea without the terrible dark/light aspect, just "old" and "older" versions of the same place.

THAT would be pretty effing awesome.

@Nintendo Tim you mean like Ocarina of Time where Link swaps between Adult Link and Kid Link?

@MDizzy - Precisely, but with the added third layer, and a much grander scale. Sadly, there would be key differences:

In Ocarina, playing as Child Link would alter the landscape for Adult Link to solve puzzles (Spirit Temple, for one).

In the Assassin's Creed lore, you are simply accessing memories of ancestors; doing something as Altaïr wouldn't necessarily alter the landscape for Ezio or Desmond, unless that alteration was supposed to happen. There are 300 years between Altaïr and Ezio, and 600 years between Ezio and Desmond, whereas Link only had 7 years between Child and Adult forms; altering the landscape would be much more plausible in Ocarina with less than a decade's worth of time between both forms, where Assassin's Creed spans nearly 1,000 years between ancestor and descendant.

@Nintendo Tim

I think you nailed it on the head!

@jtrjuwrue5iiejie5ijeie3i5

Thank you. Will be playing it!

@Nintendo Tim Kinda makes me think of the time travel mechanic of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. I like it!

talk about pulling off a george lucas...

@DarkSan00

I just want Altiar to tell Ezio.. "I am your father.."

@Mazrael

"I am your father"
"Genetic memories pass down through ancestors."
"Eagle vision is powered by midi-clorians"

FFFFUUU---

@DarkSan00

Desmond is the Jar Jar Binks of Assassin's Creed.

SWEET!!1 I had a feeling that they would put both in one game.

@Mika101

Spoiler: Altair was in Assassin's Creed 2. Only for a few minutes, but he was still there.

Hmmm. My excitement is a LITTLE bit broken hearing that we play as Ezio once again... BUT, who am I kidding? Ezio/Altair hosting the same game? I CAN'T COMPLAIN!

@liquidsoap89
Yeah, that's a bit of a relief. I mean, don't get me wrong, I loved Ezio in 2 and Brotherhood, but I was really looking forward to playing as someone else. It will be good to play as Altair again, if that's what this means.

@liquidsoap89 What the hell?!? We have all this potential to experience all new settings and characters and we remain stuck in the world of Ezio again. I really enjoyed 2 and Brotherhood but there are so many amazing historical eras that are being passed over. This just sounds like a safe sequel with a cash-in yearly title. I would have loved to visit British occupied India, battled through the Boer Wars, taken part of the Russian Revolution or the French... I will still buy this game and I am sure it will be great. I just wish we could have seen a bit more imagination.

The Wicker Man speaks the truth

@Demaar

i agree i think now we can Altair has a 2nd chance to show hes just as cool as Ezio lol

Awesomesauce.

It makes sense to finish the story of Ezio, and its the right thing to do. But damn it I wanna play as a different Assassin. Hopefully Constantinople will make for a good change of scenery.

@Dirty

*Possible Spoilers*

It will probably look a helluva lot like Rome.

I dont care much about which assassin it is, the location is what matters most. Just please no more Italy. Italy was surprisingly disappointing, all the areas were the same as all the other areas, AC1 had way better environments and atmosphere.

@A Sandwich

Not very likely. Even though at the time they were all Christian empires, the architecture and inspiration for most of the architecture of the Holy Roman Empire, was radically different than from much of what was influencing the Papacy out of Rome - they even practiced Christianity radically different in the East. So Constantinople, should have a radically different look and feel to Rome. Definitely more minarets and domes and a rounded architectural influence overall, and less columns and towers and blocky architecture of the West.

@A Sandwich Depending on which persona we'd be playing it as. Altair's version would be very Roman, and Ezio's version would be very similar, but with some of the Islamic influence beginning to take hold.

Desmond's version, obviously, would be very very different.

HEY UBISOFT,
DON'T MAKE THE PC PORT SUCK ASS.

I wonder how they're going to use that little grappling hook thing attached to Ezio's blade. Obviously that's the new weapon Game Informer was saying would change the way you navigate the city. But I'm wondering if it will be used in combat at all.

@oJMan240o Every play Just Cause? Imagine it's like that but you're wearing a white robe and have a lot of melee weapons.

@bittermang

Yup if they make the grapple like Just Cause 2 and a parachute, that'll be awesome.

@ceetheman I was thinking you could use it to swing around the city like Spiderman.

Ah I'm sick of Ezio and Altair.

I'd like a new Assassin.

@Qehb
so you are saying now that you ARENT going to play this new one? just wanna clarify :)

@Spookimitsu What needs clarifying? Your poor grammar? :)

@Spookimitsu

Nah I love this series too much,

But this is the last spin off game I'll buy (in a row),
Assassin's Creed 3 better be after this:
set in a completely new place, new time zone, and with a new Assassin storyline.

@Qehb I would really prefer no more freakin assassins. Desmond is the fulcrum of the whole story and through the course of 3 games they've given us about an hour of plot development for him. He spent the whole last game learning to be an assassin, NOW LET HIM BE ONE!!!

I'm getting so aggravated. It's painfully obvious it's going to end up being a futuristic assassination game with guns vs. wrist-blades while you play as Desmond and personally I CAN'T WAIT for it. All these tweener games are just getting in the way of that.

And a side note: I don't get people's investment in Ezio, and even less so with Altair. Altair had almost no story and Ezio's was cliche and stupid. I only care about the real story, which is Desmond's. They need to flesh it out and give me a real sequel already...

@TreeFoxx

I wouldn't say its "painfully obvious" that we'll be playing as Desmond for the majority of the last game. We'll certainly always be playing his relatives, and hopefully they'll give him something more to do than repetitive shoddy platforming around the Villa, but I wouldn't say anything about this series' story is "painfully obvious."

I'm sure this game will be good, but I don't like the feeling it brews in my belly. I'll be surprised, and impressed, if its more than "AC: Brotherhood +++," so I'll try to keep the negativity at bay until we know more.

Ubisoft Earth's design philosophy for this series is starting to look like Pizza Hut's pizza design philosophy, though. I'd rather have a pizza with new toppings than a pizza with mostly the same toppings, some cheese pumped in to the crust and a free chocolate cake.

Not very excited to play Ezio AGAIN, i would really like to get to Desomnd's part already. But let's see. Brotherhood was a good game.

@Witkin This

This blows. They could have explored history and unique environments so much more. But nope, just gonna reuse those assets for all they're worth and play it safe. Lame, Ubisoft.

@A Sandwich what game was constantinople in? it should be mostly new assest, probably just reusing some building structures or npcs or something. its standard when you get this far in a series and its the same engine: you use what you already have, upgrade it to work with newest version of engine, and you dont have to waste all that time remaking new assets, which allows for more time to add new stuff to the game

@A Sandwhich This. Seriously, an AC set during the American Revolution would kick all sorts of ass.

@BLipp18 - That is Constantinople in that cover art, and the buildings look a heck of a lot like the ones in AC2 and AC:B's Italy. That doesn't mean that they will in the final game though.

@A Sandwich

I imagine that a new character and era of history will be explored in Assassin's Creed 3...

...which had better be released following AC: Revelations.

@Mrguy The American Revolution would be an interesting setting for plot purposes, but the levels and environments would be pretty boring IMO. The French Revolution would make for better environments, and a much more interesting story to boot.

@Epoque - It's not inconceivable that they could have a character go from England (which would be architecturally interesting), to America (during or before the revolution) and then to France during the revolution. That would take another two or more games though, just like it did with Ezio, and you are right in saying that the levels set in revolutionary America would be boring because of the architecture (including the low height of buildings).

@BLipp18
that's what they call an "expansion" not a new full priced game....

This better be a B team work...with the A team working on the REAL sequel since brotherhood and into 2012.

Still excited for this, but really, I'm kinda sorta over Ezio and this time period...

This is what happens when you milk a franchise for yearly releases. :(

@iceveiled I know what you mean. At least give us AC3 and take note of what happened to Guitar Hero and what will happen to CoD.

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Most Recent | Next 50 Comments

Sorry, you must be logged in to leave a comment.

Breaking News

The most popular posts
in the last 7 days

Rumor: Japanese Vita devs jumping ship, Sony responds 124 comments
Buy 2 get 1 free on select Vita games at GameStop starting today 114 comments
Sony's Rohde: proprietary Vita cards 'completely necessary' to combat piracy 112 comments
Sony: Call of Duty blasting onto Vita this fall 89 comments
Asura's Wrath review: Wrecking the curve 84 comments