I'm also a bit miffed. I'm sick of this timeframe, and don't expect to be playing AC in some 1500s Turkish city. I was really hoping for a Victorian-era Springheel Jack sort of assassin--top hat, cane-with-hidden-sword, cloak, foggy nights and opium bars.
But a dusty mid-eastern city? Didn't already do that once?
It's seems pretty obvious to me that what Gameloft does is develop a game (like this one), then approach a company and say, "Do you want to license this and stick the 'Uncharted' name on it? We'll cut you a deal and we'll all make mad bucks!!1!"
If the company says "Yes", then we get Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles, Prince of Persia, Driver or Splinter Cell.
If the company says "No", then we get Shadow Guardian, Hero of Sparta, NOVA, Dungeon Hunter or Gangstar.
Seems like a great business model to me. If we waited for Blizzard to create a Diablo for the iPhone (or, heaven forbid, MS to produce Halo on the iPhone!), we'd never have it. I'd rather have a very well-done knock off than no game at all.
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Aug 6th 2011 11:47AM (Joystiq)Latest Assassin's Creed teaser hints at Istanbul setting [update]
May 4th 2011 4:26PM (Joystiq)But a dusty mid-eastern city? Didn't already do that once?
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Dec 7th 2010 9:03AM (Joystiq)It's seems pretty obvious to me that what Gameloft does is develop a game (like this one), then approach a company and say, "Do you want to license this and stick the 'Uncharted' name on it? We'll cut you a deal and we'll all make mad bucks!!1!"
If the company says "Yes", then we get Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles, Prince of Persia, Driver or Splinter Cell.
If the company says "No", then we get Shadow Guardian, Hero of Sparta, NOVA, Dungeon Hunter or Gangstar.
Seems like a great business model to me. If we waited for Blizzard to create a Diablo for the iPhone (or, heaven forbid, MS to produce Halo on the iPhone!), we'd never have it. I'd rather have a very well-done knock off than no game at all.