Assassin's Creed Comet: Set in America, More Pirates!

Yesterday, the French website GameBlog reported a number of details surrounding Comet and its story. A Redditor named GalakFyarr translated the article here. (Kotaku's Evan Narcisse used his French skills to verify GalakFyarr's translation, which looks about right.)

GameBlog's report claims that Comet will take place in and around 1758; that it will star a sailor named Shay who betrays the captain of his ship; and that it's set on the Atlantic Ocean. Comet, GameBlog says, will continue the nautical theme established in last year's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

We haven't been able to confirm all of those plot details, and some of it appears to be speculation by GameBlog. But people familiar with Comet tell us that this fall's last-gen Assassin's Creed will indeed be set in North America and star a protagonist named Shay, who is a member of the Templars, the assassin-hating order that has traditionally served as primary antagonist in the Assassin's Creed games.

We also hear that Comet will let you go to New York and do a great deal of sailing along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. One source describes the game as a cross between Assassin's Creed III and the Freedom Cry DLC for Assassin's Creed IV. Sources also say that Haytham Kenway and Adewalé will make appearances, among other returning AC characters.

(Haytham, fans will remember, was the surprise character who players controlled in the early hours of Assassin's Creed III before assuming control of the lead character, the assassin Connor, Haytham's son. Haytham is himself the son of ACIV protagonist Edward Kenway, whose first mate, Adewalé, would eventually become an assassin himself. Haytham, notably, was a Templar.)

So it sounds like Assassin's Creed Comet (this is the game being released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3; Unity is for the Xbox One, PS4, and PC) will be set in the same era as Assassin's Creed III and IV: Black Flag; it notably seems to continue the nautical theme, and seems to have the same characters and story arc. Depending on how good it turns out, it might actually be worth it to get both the major Assassin's Creed releases this year. The playing as a Templar part sounds intriguing to me too. Still, Unity takes precedence, if I have to pick.

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really more sailing?

So it looks like they are really releasing 2 AC games this year...

Perhaps they'll release an HD version for PS4/Xbone and PC like they did with AC: Liberation

Yup, two Assassin's Creed games in one year is exactly what this franchise needed to get me interested again.

I imagine they can re-use a lot of the same shit form AC4 in this game, keeping the cost down? I'm all aboard unity for PS4 though.

Two major Assassin's Creed games in one year can only mean the end of the franchise is near.

But of course.

It will be just like AC4 you can beat on that

Good, because otherwise Ubisoft had to make 3 AC games next year.

Soon it will be 3 AC games in a year then 4 then 5 and someday there will be 10 AC games in a year.

the joy!

Booty pirates!

It's the new trend.

There will also be 2 FIFAs this year and there will be another BF too !!!

Yes, because there totally weren't two Ass Creeds released in 2012 or anything.

> north america

Fucking dropped

Ubi really needs to give this franchise a year or two break. Because I have a feeling this year will be the straw that breaks the camels back.

Ehhh, I honestly don't think so. Unity is the main game, and all the marketing and focus will clearly be on that one, with Comet being relegated to the status of a side entry (think World at War: Pacific Fronts on PS2, or Assassin's Creed: Liberation on PS Vita). As for Unity, it looks fucking amazing, so I am not sure that people will really care there.

1 game per year is not enough milking

So they're rehashing assets and game mechanics from a couple of their previous ACs to double down on the milkage. GG Ubi.

Yeah. They really need to come up with some new content to put into these games. They are already beyond stale. The game that is set in France looks better than this one, but I really doubt it's any better than Revelations.

ew ew and more ew.

No thanks Ubi, you keep it.

I Honestly disagree. Now they're producing TWO. TWO AC games a year. No way Ubi will be able to keep up with consumers after this. This is when franchises start to kinda fall apart or fall stale. Ohh Comet didn't sell well? Luckily we have unity or vice versa. Also the games despite how good Black flag was are getting stale. This has literally become worse than activision with cod.

Maybe. I think I am willing to wait and give them the benefit of the doubt to see how good Unity is. If Unity is as much of a disaster as Assassin's Creed III was, for example, I'd be more than willing to call for a franchise hiatus. As it is right now, Unity looks great, Black Flag was amazing, so I am willing to give them a little leeway for now =)

I dunno. I do come around and say the same thing every year and end up buyin the game anyways. This year despite what i'm saying now, write this down for the record. I will not be buying assassins creed unity.,

Alrighty lol, I'll try to hold you to it :p

@tonitorsi said:

Worst execution possible to try to spike interest on the franchise and keep the profits on high margins.

They are really walking on thin stuff here.

But lets talk real here, as long as Unity turns out to be legit...from a customer-benefit-point-of-view....they can keep quality f*ck-ups coming left and right.

Exactly!

Worst execution possible to try to spike interest on the franchise and keep the profits on high margins.

They are really walking on thin stuff here.

But lets talk real here, as long as Unity turns out to be legit...from a customer-benefit-point-of-view....they can keep quality f*ck-ups coming left and right.

why on earth make a game for last gen consoles only and release it next to your major next gen title?

Returns on investment. It's a low risk venture, they're reusing assets and stuff, and this gives them buffer with the much risker Assassin's Creed Unity, as well as other potential high risk projects such as The Division.

Well then for your sake, I'll be triple dipping with both games this year. Don't say I never took one for the team.

I'll pass.. I've grown pretty tired of it already. If anything I'll just rent it through Gamefly.

I might pick up Unity. It will be the first AC game I will have bought if I do.

Boooooo.

The ship stuff was fun for one game, it didn't need to be in every single one. It's going to be in Unity as well, it's set during the French Revolution so clearly Napoleon and the Navy will be involved in some way. I just hate how they seem to constantly add ideas on top of ideas until you just end up with a bloated mess like Assassins Creed 3.

Hopefully they actually restructure and redefine, but with such short periods between games it seems unlikely they'll do that.

I guess it'll go the same way GH\RB went.

That couldn't sound less exciting if it tried.

America, the greatest country. And only two games in a year? Give me more.

Do not want. Series died after AC2.

An Assassin Creed set in feudal era Japan would be freaking awesome.

Only if they retooled the combat completely. Playing as a ninja assassin with the same old AC combat would kind of blow. A game with the same parkour controls and a complex combat system like Ninja Gaiden or Bayonetta would be amazing.

Still no word of a wii u version!

That's a lot of AC games. Good thing I like the franchise even if it is mostly the same core gameplay.

Meh.. the yearly releases were already killing my interest in the series

Casual games aren't selling well at all on that platform, so I can't say I blame Ubisoft.

still waiting for an assassin's creed game set on the sea of tranquility.

Another one?

The milking is so transparent with it too. Another pirate story and more ship battles. Give Ubisoft the money while they make the bare minimum requirements to rewrite history.

People acting all surprised that there's two assassin's creeds for the holiday season but forget Liberations cane out the same year 3 (and 4 for HD version) did.

i know the series has its ups and downs but this is just stupid, brotherhood was a great game and so was ac4. Even ac3 was not THAT BAD.