 09-23-2007, 09:35 PM | #1 |
  Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 328  | Assassin in white? I know nothing yet of the story line or hardly anything about this game, apart from the few trailers I have seen. My question is, why is he in white? I mean, he is an assassin, I assume he would try to not be seen so easily as well. Most assassin type games, the main character is dark or in a black outfit. Is there some significance to this guy being clothed fully in white? Also, seeing as he is killing lots of ppl, that white outfit would become pretty bloody, pretty quickly. None of the trailers I've seen show a spot of blood on him. Or, is he just THAT efficient? |
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| 09-23-2007, 09:46 PM | #2 |
  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Burscough, UK Posts: 1,736   | We, just like you, do not know much of the storyline either, so I know that (at least) I can not tell you any more about his attire!  And yeah, he's damn efficient. |
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| 09-23-2007, 10:09 PM | #3 |
| Administrator   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Born in England, now in Texas Posts: 12,434  | We dont know if he is in white all the way through the game yet or not- all the trailers could be from one particular mission remember. And at the end of the trailer he disapears amongst a load of other guys wearing white.... it could all be that. Im sure it will be revealed to be something to do with the history of the Assassins or something to do with Altair himself. __________________  And Asian as Cheerleader  |
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| 10-16-2007, 01:26 PM | #4 |
 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 36 | well... its ment to be cuz o teh "white eagal" |
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| 10-16-2007, 02:19 PM | #5 | |
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| 10-16-2007, 08:29 PM | #6 | |
 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 560  | The main characters name, Altair, is Arabic for either "The Flyer" or "The Bird". I think the Eagle thing comes from something Jade Raymond has said, that when in the air Altair's shadow resembles that of an Eagle. Also, taken from the wiki article; Quote:
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| 10-16-2007, 08:31 PM | #7 |
  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 3,305  | He is white to blend in. As the Creative director says this isnt as much as a stealth game. NPCs will react with you. Most of the people are wearing white, so he wears white. Personally I am getting tired of dark stealth games like Tenchu and Splinter Cell. This looks like an awesome change! |
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| 10-18-2007, 11:25 AM | #8 |
 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 317 | Just a heads up, based on the comic the Assassin's name is Altair Ibn-La'Ahad. Altair means the bird, most likely referring to the Arabian eagle or some other noble bird. Ibn, the Arabian way of saying "Son Of". La'Ahad is the Arabic phrase for "Nobody". So there we have it. The mystery of this name should be cleared up in this corner of the Internet. __________________ I am the antidote to all games with music instruments or genres on the title. I am also the harbinger of doom to all consoles that start with Play and end with a single digit number. You disagree? I probably can kick your @$$ by my Wii.  Thanks to sarezjay for the signature. |
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| 10-23-2007, 08:48 PM | #9 |
  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 1,210  | He is that efficient. Altair is a beast. __________________  |
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| 10-23-2007, 10:58 PM | #10 |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 328 | I just read the review in this months Game Informer, and I can not wait any longer for this game to come out. The game just seems so amazing in every aspect. |
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| 10-24-2007, 08:23 PM | #11 |
  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Look behind you Posts: 185   | Not quite sure about it but I think that's what people in the Hashashin(or however it's actually written)wore or something. Also, according to the trailers, you ain't gonna be in the dark much, so what good is a black uniform when there's daylight all the time, it would actually make you even more visible. Just my thoughts. __________________      |
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| 10-28-2007, 04:34 AM | #12 |
 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,527  | Most everyone ive seen in the trailers were wearing white... so to blend in to the crowd it makes sense he should wear the same color. Plus im kinda sick of the Dark shirt-pants ninja stuff its nice to have a change in pace or color w/e |
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| 10-28-2007, 04:46 PM | #13 | |
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| 10-29-2007, 12:09 PM | #14 |
  Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 82 | Wa u b dissun my home b f3r? j/k. It's pretty simple really, he wears white right? blood stains white and so dust and pretty much every thing else. So he bleaches his suite every time theres a blank screen. Also if he wore black and used a samurai sword, it wouldn't really fit in with Arab setting. |
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| 11-01-2007, 11:19 PM | #15 |
 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 103  | He wears white as the rest have stated that alot of others wear white garments with a red stripe/cross. Those people would either be the guards or the 'kings' priests, (can't remember properly but know one of them wore it, as it is in quite a few medievil films about camelot) as they wore a white overaul with a big red cross. Remember this is based in the third crusade, and the kings men and people wore white with a red cross to show their loyalty. |
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| 11-03-2007, 08:34 PM | #16 |
| Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 49 | Haven't you guys heard? White is the new black. __________________  |
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| 11-04-2007, 07:35 AM | #17 |
| Administrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Born in England, now in Texas Posts: 12,434 | Or its because he wears a white hoodie and white reebok classics  __________________ And Asian as Cheerleader |
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| 11-04-2007, 06:04 PM | #18 |
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| 11-05-2007, 11:46 AM | #19 | |
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| 11-05-2007, 07:56 PM | #20 |
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| 11-05-2007, 08:11 PM | #21 | |
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| 11-06-2007, 06:29 PM | #22 |
| Korn + Gamerscore Addict   Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Livingston, Scotland Posts: 268  | As it has been said on one of the game previews I watched, they have based the outfit on the outfit that was wore by an original band of assassins, they same band of assassins which the word assassin was named on. Not sure if it was white then or not. Watched so many game clips im not sure which one it was now __________________   My avatar is the tattoo on my back |
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| 11-08-2007, 10:02 PM | #23 | |
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