Report: Ubisoft close to Assassin's Creed film deal with Sony

@216
As long as they retain the hours of extremely repetitive fight sequences, this movie cannot fail.

@BlueRajasmyk

Fight sequences?

Somebody obviously didn't play the game right ;)

@BlueRajasmyk
Once BlueRajasmyk actually plays an AC game, his comments cannot fail.

@Kettik It's from those Assassin's Creed: Lineage film shorts they made to promote AC2.

@Dick Socrates
Probably from the mini-series they made when ACII came out.

@FlashJS

Well if you 're less-enthusiastic about it being based on AC 1, here's a proposal: Subject 16 movie.

@Diet Kane

And the Oscar goes to...

@Diet Kane
Mark Wahlberg as Ezio

;D

@Diet Kane

Nathan Fillion as Dra-- urr uhh Desmond

@Seroth After the things Inception did I don't think they can "Oh, that stuff is too crazy and confusing for your average movie theater audience" anymore.

@A Sandwich yes! I have, in fact that's why I play assassins creed...

@Ryuk

That's cool. So, just so we're on the same page, you like the story ironically, right? Like that feeling where you're watching a train wreck and you just keep watching because, "How could it get any worse?" and then somehow it does. That's what you're talking about, right?

@A Sandwich I wish I could downvote you harder.

@AxelSteelBMX

I wish that you couldn't hide behind downvotes and, instead, took the novel approach of defending your opinion.

@A Sandwich Fine, I'll bite, though I suspect you're just trolling anyway. The story is fine. I don't play Assassin's Creed games for their gameplay (but having great gameplay in these games doesn't hurt at all). My enjoyment of a game is usually directly related to my enjoyment of its story, unless it's something like a rhythm game which has no story and must rely upon its controls.

If I can't get interested in the reasons why the protagonist is doing X, Y or Z, I don't care enough to keep playing. If the protagonist doesn't interest me, I don't care enough to keep playing. I've slogged through games with shitty controls before for the simple reason that I enjoyed the stories that were being told, as well as the characters involved in the story (Koudelka for PS1 being an example that readily pops into my mind).

The Assassin's Creed storyline and characters fit the bill in what I look for in games: an interesting story and interesting characters. I buy each new game in that series because I actively want to know what happens next. It's good that the games are actually fun to play, as well, so finding out how things are going to turn out for these characters I've become attached to isn't nearly as tasking as it could be.

There. That's my opinion. You don't like the story? That's cool. That's your opinion. But your condescending tone is the reason I wish I could downvote you harder, more than anything.

@AxelSteelBMX

Hey, I'm not trying to be condescending and make people feel bad, I'm just going for humorous. And I would much rather have a discussion than a downvote contest. If you like Assassin's Creed, great. It's a fun game. But to me the story is some self-absorbed grad student's wet dream about the veracity of Atheism and how the sun is going to blow up the world. I was totally on board until the ending of AC:2 and then I just couldn't get into it anymore. Plus the yearly rehashings and the over-reliance on Ezio is a real crutch for a series that started out with so much promise.

@A Sandwich It is here that we can reach an accord; Ezio was a fine character, and I enjoyed seeing him grow, but I 100% agree with you: 3 games is too much. I take comfort in the fact that Revelations will be his last.

I also agree with the bit about the sun supposedly blowing up. As a base concept, it's lacking. If properly expanded upon, it could be interesting, considering the way it should tie in with the super-interesting back story of those who came before.

As for yearly releases, it's a little daunting. I'm wary of the brand strength being diluted with annual releases. But as long as Ubisoft can continue to keep me interested, I'll buy a new one when it comes out, regardless of how long it takes. When the overall quality of the games begins to suffer as a side effect of them being released annually (or, god forbid, closer together than that), then I won't give them any excuses to lean on. Complacency could easily kill the franchise.

As for the parallels to Atheism, well, I won't get into that. I make it a point to not discuss religion (or lack thereof) on message boards, because that seems to be something no one can fully agree on. I will say that in the context of Assassin's Creed's story, it reflects the points in history during which men have done terrible things while hiding behind the protective veil of religion, government, or any other sort of deeply-entrenched group in a position of authority. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Pieces of Eden are double-edged swords, capable of good or evil depending on the person who wields them.

Unless you're not talking about the villains in the story that work within the church and instead are talking about the ones who came before, and the implied impacts the Pieces of Eden had on history. I see that as less of propaganda and more of a "what if this happened" story element. I sincerely doubt that Ubisoft is on some kind of crusade here with a message like that.

Regardless of whether we see eye-to-eye on everything or not, you're right again in that it's good to have an actual discussion on this kind of stuff. Thanks for that.

@AxelSteelBMX

Hey, no problem and I hear you on religion. I just feel that Assassin's Creed made waves about being a game that confronted religion head on, and I think the whole "Just kidding, there is no truth" is a much weaker choice than picking something that might be controversial and sticking to it.

@A Sandwich

holy balls, it's about the sun blowing up? honestly, i've played every console AC and kinda pay attention to the big-picture story (although i prefer the story of the ancestors, being a history/faux-history buff) and i had NO clue that's what was happening... ah well, i mostly play it for the amazing game mechanics and whatnot.

@eat it

You know it's going to happen. Kristen Bell will be skipped and Rosie Huntingti-whatever will be her replacement.

@KylHu

It's gonna be Nolan North

lineage*