Forum Posts: 462 | Comment #1 by M1 Punk Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:16:14 AM | |
| No female assassin's? I can live with that as long as there are female prostitutes in the game. |
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Forum Posts: 7 | Comment #2 by LiamMc89 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:19:05 AM | |
There's a woman in the picture though?
She can be my Assassin apprentice ;D |
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Forum Posts: 451 | Comment #3 by Mr Matty Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:19:40 AM | |
Understandable really I don't see how female assassins would fit either.
A random chick stood in between 1000 guys .. |
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Forum Posts: 38 | Comment #5 by Aussie27Legend Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:32:07 AM | |
| Appears to be sound logic to me. |
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Forum Posts: 18 | Comment #6 by MothproofKT Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:35:34 AM | |
| Whilst us girls might be disappointed it is sound logic so completely understandable. |
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Forum Posts: 1722 | Comment #7 by cheevo360 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:43:55 AM | |
Hehehehe funny!! So male assassins is correct in AC series from what series is based male. Look forward AC III.
There near plenty female in games out there so not worry about AC III using female :) |
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Forum Posts: 1722 | Comment #8 by cheevo360 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:45:15 AM | |
| Ubisoft please make AC III perfect like AC II were and do not let down like AC 1, Brotherhood and Revelations. :D |
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Forum Posts: 20 | Comment #9 by Agent00047 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:48:22 AM | |
Is that a dog in the picture?
Can we keep pets now?!
AWESOME!! |
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Forum Posts: 22 | Comment #10 by firstandonly Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:49:07 AM | |
| It sounds like it should be like the stoning scene from The Life of Brian where most of the crowd are actually women in fake beards :) |
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Forum Posts: 48 | Comment #11 by Greedy Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:49:54 AM | |
| I don't see any reason against NPC female assassins. Not every assassin has to walk in public and blend in. Could be an assassin acting at night or killing people in their houses. I agree that a female main character that blends in a croud of dudes would be weird, but the main character should be a guy with Desmond/Altair/Ezio face anyway. |
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Forum Posts: 2216 | Comment #12 by Iceskater101 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 06:02:09 AM | |
yeah its understandable why there isn't any girls. Historically speaking during this time women had no rights so....
but it would be cool if they could find a way to include a girl assassin because I am sure not all parts of this game are going to be historically accurate |
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Forum Posts: 493 | Comment #13 by Timmsy Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 06:18:12 AM | |
| he is right, in a time when women where expected to ne subserviant and also "seen and not heard then" as a female assassin i twould be very hard to hide! |
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Forum Posts: 228 | Comment #14 by the action frampton Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 06:31:33 AM | |
| Can anyone help me to understand; they say a female assassin would stand out too much, but how the hell is the assassin in ACIII supposed to blend into any crowd wearing that costume? I know it has worked in the past, but I'm pretty sure none of the dudes in that era wear anything remotely similar to what that assassin is wearing... |
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Forum Posts: 622 | Comment #15 by Teh Phantomz Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 06:44:04 AM | |
| As long as if creates the best outcome in the end I do not mind. |
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Forum Posts: 21 | Comment #16 by the bears beard Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 06:55:50 AM | |
| @8 How can AC1 have been a "let down"? It was the FIRST IN THE SERIES. It was bound to be improved in the sequel. The sequels would be nothing without what they learnt from the first game. |
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Forum Posts: 300 | Comment #17 by BUZZARDIO 1080 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 07:30:25 AM | |
| @16 because it was crap, and everyone was uber hyped for it, hence it was a let down. |
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Forum Posts: 14 | Comment #18 by sniper mantis Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 07:48:53 AM | |
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2783138229240&set=a.1426551315415.2055254.1581752675&type=3&theater
and here is what we are missing out on :( |
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Forum Posts: 65 | Comment #19 by DiegoTan Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 07:51:22 AM | |
| Well... I only wonder if Assasssin's Creed 3 will be as astonishing and unique experience as AC2 was. AC2 remains my second favourite game of all time. Following Ezio since his birth... I never bonded with any character as much as with Ezio and Desmond. |
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Forum Posts: 654 | Comment #20 by ReaptheChaos Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 08:03:37 AM | |
Typical male ego at play here, just like 90% of all action games the protagonist is a male, the same can be said about action movies as well. Most men simply can’t handle a strong female in a lead role like that. All this nonsense about a female not fitting in is just a smokescreen.
It’s a game, games aren’t necessarily historically accurate, you‘re playing a role, it‘s fantasy. If you feel that a female protagonist seems out of place then by all means, choose to be male in your game, but that doesn’t mean that the rest of us who have no problem with a strong female character should have to suffer because the game developers egos might take a small bruising. |
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Forum Posts: 654 | Comment #21 by ReaptheChaos Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 08:09:12 AM | |
I wont even go into how ridiculous this statement is: The history of the American Revolution is the history of men.
That’s the popular belief because throughout history men have typically written it. If the last 20 years has taught us anything it’s that there were far more female influences throughout history than previously made widely known. I wont bother listing it here, do a Google search on influential women in the revolutionary war and you’ll find plenty of examples. |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #22 by kp84k Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 08:20:20 AM | |
| I think with a hood on and such it might not be that hard to make her blend in. However, I don't think it fits into the game...I'm not even talking about the history...I don't really like games that have multipule playable characters with the same story...it does not make since specificly male and female because they are going to have different lives and outcomes in events due to their gender...the only games I like this in is RPG's which I usally play as a female... |
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Forum Posts: 338 | Comment #23 by MEMANIAsama Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 08:26:03 AM | |
| What are we talking about female assassin's for? Multiplayer? Singleplayer? Recruits? Main Character? |
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Forum Posts: 1501 | Comment #24 by RDrules Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 08:36:50 AM | |
um because there was no women in revolutionary war america?
doesnt really make sense tome at all if this guy can sneak around a bunch of 1000 guys (im guessing this refers to soldiers rather than civilians due to the lack of women) in a hooded cloak and furs then a woman should blend in just fine |
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Forum Posts: 105 | Comment #25 by hotdogenigma Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 09:19:59 AM | |
| @20 so you would suggest something like what Mass Effect did? Have the choice of a male or female version of the lead character? That could be interesting, although they'd have to choose a more unisex name, somehow Connor and Rahtohnhaké:ton doesn't say "female" lol. |
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Forum Posts: 646 | Comment #26 by BBowles Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 09:37:32 AM | |
@20 The "typical male ego" argument died off 10 years ago, its time to move on. Very few people have issues with a "strong female in a lead role". The problem isn't the strong female, its the fact that most companies CANNOT make a believable strong female. The only "strong female lead" that I can think of that doesn't come off as a bitch is Jennifer Hale's work in Mass Effect as FemShep. And that series had SEVERAL "strong females" that just came off as bitches. FemShep was the only one that was actually well done. (Thinking about it, Lightning was done well for FFXIII as well).
This isn't the 1950's. Us men aren't opposed to a strong female lead. Hell, I welcome it. It just needs to be done right. Strong male leads have been done for years, making it easy to successfully pull off, whereas strong females aren't common, so there's really no basis to go off. Unfortunately, that means that most female leads fail. They usually come off as bitchy, or they try too hard to add sex appeal and lose any credibility as a character. If more people could pull of the strong female like Jennifer Hale, I'd welcome a lead female in ANY and EVERY series.
I highly doubt the male lead in AC3 is to protect the developers from a "bruised ego". That statement alone is more sexist than anything this article has said. You do realize that not everyone that works on games is male, right? The simple fact that you blame the "male ego" and the developers "bruised egos" makes you a hypocrite and your entire point void.
ANYWAYS, they aren't even talking about a LEAD female character....they're talking about a female assassin that you recruit like in previous games being out of place. The lead was always going to be male. I'd HATE to see a female lead that had Desmond's face -_- Lucy (and Kristen Bell) had great potential as a strong female character in the AC universe but....well, you know.
The fact of the matter is that men and women ARE different, and move differently. I understand their point, but I still hope they add in female recruits. There were women who pretended to be men and fought in the war, why not do the same with recruit assassins? |
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Forum Posts: 18 | Comment #27 by Tridenter Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 09:49:03 AM | |
| When you build a world where George Washington is an Assassin, I think you can bend the rules a little bit. It just chalks down to, "We don't want to do a female because we're lazy and we're not nearly as creative as we make ourselves seem." |
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Forum Posts: 11 | Comment #28 by edc315 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 10:00:44 AM | |
I don't have a big problem with this, but the fact is, there were women who served as American spies during the war. At least one is known only as Agent 355 - her true identity is still unknown. They provided valuable intelligence to General Washington and others. So a female assassin really isn't as farfetched as Hutchinson suggests.
Also, women were common sights in the Continental Army. Some actually fought, of course, but many others served in tending the wounded, washing clothes, cooking meals, and offering, shall we say, female companionship.
So the time period and the armies weren't just "a bunch of dudes." |
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Forum Posts: 463 | Comment #29 by francisrossi Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 10:07:36 AM | |
| Of course they can make a game with a female assassin. Just making excuses. |
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Forum Posts: 257 | Comment #30 by THC BLUNTED Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 10:09:26 AM | |
| @17 AC1 was one of the first games for the 360 and it was pretty ground breaking for its time. I can see if you played it recently you might think that but back then it really kicked ass. And that is why AC2 was that much more awesome. |
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Forum Posts: 1086 | Comment #31 by TrishTheDish Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 10:22:33 AM | |
| Ubisoft Translation: we will be releasing female assassins as VERY overpriced DLC either on Day 1 of the game or a few weeks after. |
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Forum Posts: 490 | Comment #32 by Big Stoz Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 10:42:50 AM | |
| This is a little bit like the reaction Cole got In LA Noire, how he was treated after his secret came out. They were different times and attitudes were much different then. However appalling it turns out, history can't be rewritten just to make people happy. The main concern here is that a game that has been in development for years is "Likely" to not feature any female assassins. With release date just around the corner in development terms you think it had more or less been done and dusted by now and there would be no likely about it...no wonder games as glitched to hell if they are still deciding the plot line 6 months before release after years of development. |
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Forum Posts: 67 | Comment #33 by InfamyxBreed Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 10:43:54 AM | |
@#30
Assassins Creed came out almost 2 years after the launch of the 360... Doesn't seem like it was one of the first titles by that logic. |
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Forum Posts: 108 | Comment #34 by aosiding Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 11:24:58 AM | |
| Either way, wouldn't you think that the only person in white walking around with a shit ton of weapons is suspicious in the least? Lol |
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Forum Posts: 31 | Comment #35 by thirdeblue Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 11:27:24 AM | |
Main character can wear a bizarre white outfit that would have looked completely asinine at the time, but no females. Gotcha.
Have the females be in a dress and not climb rooftops. It can be done.
Or have her bind her breasts, cut her hair, and pretend to be male. It happened/happens.
Or make her a Native American. I'm sure some Algonquian squaw could get away with acting a little crazy.
Like someone said, their making George Washington an assassin. They can afford to stretch things a bit. |
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Forum Posts: 379 | Comment #36 by Bloodrune Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 11:29:18 AM | |
| So you can't be stealthy and blend in as a female assassin, but you will blend in and be stealthy as a dude wearing a one of a kind white hoodie? |
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Forum Posts: 28 | Comment #37 by Bramwell420 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 12:07:32 PM | |
| AC has always been about a male main character and his male ancestors. They are merely talking about a female assassin supporting character. I'm really surprised by the female voices in these comments. Women were oppressed in America during this time period, even more than Italy in the previous installments. This decision is an obvious one and therefor, can hardly even be considered news. It really is insulting though that some women think that men are opposed to strong female characters. I mean it's really a joke. I don't know how things are in Europe, but the white male is highly descriminated against in America when it comes to job oppertunities, job and state benefits, and even acceptance to universities. We live in the age of the powerful female. You want to see women running the show? All you have to do is go into your boss' office over here. |
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Forum Posts: 239 | Comment #38 by atomic viking54 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 12:21:54 PM | |
| DICKS OR GTFO |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #39 by XxMayhemxX Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 12:43:06 PM | |
well.. they could make chick assassins that wear normal clothes..
I've never been too fond of the assassin outfit anyways... He stands out too much... I mean sometimes i think how does he not get noticed... He stands OUT in a crowd in his assassins outfit for crying out loud Back in Assassins Creed 1... you wore a white robe... then they decided that the white robe needed color... then they decided that same white robe can have all kinds of color and details on it... You went from anonymous to , "hey look over there.. theres an assassin" The women assassin of the revolutionary period can wear normal clothing.. lik ein this picture.. the woman on the right can be an assassin... Seriously if i was an assassin, i'd tell the higher ups to F off.. that outfit.. all it does is give you away... give me back my old non assuming white robe from AC1... |
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Forum Posts: 514 | Comment #40 by Arenazombie Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 01:02:23 PM | |
| There's no need to force political correctness on everything. PC was a main factor for creating Dead Islands story's cheesyness. Don't let this game suffer the same. |
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Forum Posts: 148 | Comment #41 by sleepynow Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 01:36:06 PM | |
| I'm glad they're trying to keep this game realistic...about a guy in a machine that can relive his ancestors lives...Yeah...playing a woman character is just too much for us to accept... (sarcasm btw) |
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Forum Posts: 257 | Comment #42 by THC BLUNTED Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 02:33:04 PM | |
| @33 same difference, the game is about 5 years old and it still is a noteworthy game. That says a lot about it and there are very few games you can say the same thing. The game is far from crap unless you are comparing it to the latest and greatest out there. |
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Forum Posts: 278 | Comment #43 by zarda1 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 02:36:25 PM | |
| women played an important role in the american revolution. a female assassin would not be hard to work in. i just don't full understand that reasoning. @40 i don't think its about being politically correct i think its about the ladies out there who want to emerse themselves in a character. kind of hard unless you're a manly looking girl with a deep voice. games i play live are mostly dudes. its not wierd when a girl joins in. especially if she's a badass. |
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Forum Posts: 273 | Comment #44 by WartyHogger Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 03:49:36 PM | |
| I don't see them creating a female lead in the franchise of "Assassin's Creed" but could be another series with a whole nother story. |
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Forum Posts: 33 | Comment #45 by Kroesis Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 04:00:55 PM | |
| So they're suggesting a woman, with the right attire and an appropriate hair style to the period cannot maskerade as a man? Or is it that they do not want a female character who is un feminine? |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #46 by pittbull42 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 04:24:10 PM | |
| hope the new ac has more up to date gameplay! |
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Forum Posts: 63 | Comment #47 by Dlark17 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:38:42 PM | |
I understand the idea of not having a female protagonist; that really wouldn't work, for the given reasons, even though it would be nice to see the *direct* line to Desmond (since, ya know, women have a part in making a lineage, too).
If they're completely ruling out having major female side-characters, recruits, or even multiplayer characters, than I, as a 20-something American male, would be a little offended. Yeah, ours is a history of dudes, but that doesn't mean you can't throw a dog a bone when you're already making an alternate history storyline, anyhow. |
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Forum Posts: 57 | Comment #48 by aclover Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:48:38 PM | |
| EVERYONE THAT'S COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SHUT UP! Ubisoft tries to be as historically accurate as possible, and back then it just doesn't work. Ubisoft has already said they could make a female lead in the game but just didn't here... Just can't here. It's not about standing out in a crowd (because look at ezio and Altair in their clothes.... God you're all stupid who said that)(the female assassin recruits stand put as much, as males) its not about pride (seriously women are working on this too you idiots) it's not about the fact that some women actually did help fight the war (all the women willing to already were) ITS ABOUT ACCURACY AND BELIEVABLENESS (I don't think that's a word...) I don't know about you but a woman wearing a bonnet and all the other clothes they wore running and cutting someone's throat doesn't seem believable or historically accurate to me. |
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Forum Posts: 472 | Comment #49 by BackerMan Wednesday, March 28, 2012 @ 05:57:30 PM | |
| maybe a female character will play major role in assiassins creed 4. |
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Forum Posts: 1227 | Comment #50 by Nitnoid Thursday, March 29, 2012 @ 02:08:22 AM | |
| Or maybe the women's breasts looked too blocky? Is this a trend I'm sensing? |
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Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #51 by HVAC Techie Thursday, March 29, 2012 @ 06:10:13 AM | |
| Can we have a cheat that makes all assassins female, or some such, after finishing the game or something? Just for kicks. |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #52 by FuriousAli007 Thursday, March 29, 2012 @ 12:45:11 PM | |
| Anyone remember Jade Raymond who worked for Ubisoft ? |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #53 by CompanyOfWolves Thursday, March 29, 2012 @ 09:52:52 PM | |
When I read the article I thought they might have been referring to notable assassin characters, not random recruits. Key historical figures who wielded some measure of power and influence like Caterina Sforza from Ezio’s trilogy. Off-hand I can’t think of many famous, female political figures of that time who could also be an assassin or associate. So I guess we won’t be learning what button does what as Connor gets some ’action’… and I so loved Ezio’s womanising ways…
I don’t think they’re setting out to be purposefully sexist. Connor’s mother sounds like a strong female influence. |
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Forum Posts: 195 | Comment #54 by TigerII Friday, March 30, 2012 @ 10:02:02 AM | |
| Who cares? Since it is the US the women will all be whales anyways. Who wants ugly fat chicks? |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #55 by xX ii BoMBSHoCK Saturday, March 31, 2012 @ 05:14:08 PM | |
@20 even from the first sentence, i can tell your a feminist. *COUGH* LESBIAN *COUGH*
i don't understand a word of what your saying, all i'm seeing is period blood all over my screen. this is why men are better and if you disagree you need to realise. they fucking are. |
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Forum Posts: 198 | Comment #56 by Insane Sugar Rush Saturday, March 31, 2012 @ 10:01:28 PM | |
| #26, instant win |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #57 by xX Langer14 Xx Sunday, April 01, 2012 @ 05:33:40 PM | |
| @20 I have no problem with women, in fact I love the ladies, but honestly if your disappointed that a game set in a time where women would never fight in a war like this and are disappointed with how historical events transpired, and that game developers try to stay historically accurate then either don't play the game or go play an RPG. A game like this isn't supposed to be you playing the role of someone, that's an RPG. This is a game that is telling a story, and they are trying to keep it as historically accurate as possible. |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #58 by wickedclowns95 Monday, April 02, 2012 @ 03:29:57 PM | |
@26 Well said. I too support woman in leading rolls(when it fits).
@55 You aren't helping anyone, stop being a dick. |
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Forum Posts: 379 | Comment #59 by Bloodrune Saturday, April 14, 2012 @ 08:09:08 PM | |
| the only way a woman assassin would be believable is if she played a whore. because lets face it, that's all women are good for, and back then they knew it. who wants to play as a woman sucking a guy off and then slitting his throat after he splooges all over your face. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #60 by Dos Equis Monday, May 07, 2012 @ 06:03:01 PM | |
| @59 I'm sorry to point this out but your second sentence had no thought put into it and was completely ignorant. |
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Forum Posts: 250 | Comment #61 by 1 up Wednesday, May 09, 2012 @ 08:17:23 PM | |
| thats why they have the animus after desmonds story ends there will be another one you never know.people will argue over anything. =0 |
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