I have been noticing a recent trend in the Assassin's Creed franchise where Ubisoft has been setting the recent Assassin's Creed games in questionable and often times nonsensical time periods that nobody really cares about or wants to play in. In my opinion, some of the recent Assassin's Creed time periods in recent games like Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Assassin's Creed Mirage and Assassin's Creed Shadows and recently the upcoming Assassin's Creed Hexe which is set in Europe in the 16th century that's said to include freaking outlandish things like witchcraft and witches have been completely nonsensical and non engaging. Why did Ubisoft feel the need to set an Assassin's Creed game in the Viking Age of history in England and Norway? Nobody gives a crap about Vikings.
That's not an interesting or a immersive time period. Who wants to play a game where you run around England pillaging villages and raiding monasteries while sailing the rivers of England in the 9th century? That shit is boring. What's the point of setting an Assassin's Creed game in the Viking Age when there is virtually very few historical figures from that time period to really care about and it's just nothing but forests and mountains? It's mind boggling why Ubisoft felt that the Viking Age would be an acceptable time period to set an Assassin's Creed game in. They should've tooken a look at the setting and they should've been like: "I don't know if anyone wants to play a video game where you play as a Viking". No. That time period of the Viking Age in Assassin's Creed Valhalla should have never have been made.
Another Assassin's Creed time period that I think is nonsensical is the setting of Assassin's Creed Mirage in the Islamic Golden Age that features that one character from Assassin's Creed Valhalla that wasn't really all that interesting: Basim. That time period is not interesting. Nobody cares about that time period. Nobody talks about that time period. They say they set AC Mirage in 9th century Baghdad as a "homage" to Assassin's Creed 1 in 2007 when I'd argue that Assassin's Creed Revelations as well as the Assassin's Creed novel The Secret Crusade by Oliver Bowden is more of a homage to Assassin's Creed 1 that Mirage is as it made it feel like you were playing the original Assassin's Creed game with Altair whereas Assassin's Creed Mirage is basically a boring rehash of Aladdin and One Thousand and One Nights that really isn't all that good. Basim is literally just Aladdin. I wouldn't be surprised if the team at Ubisoft took one look at Disney's Aladdin and decided to make their own version of it that's not engaging at all. The time period of that game makes no sense whatsoever and it feels more suitable for an Aladdin or a Prince of Persia game than it is for an Assassin's Creed game. No. The Islamic Golden Age is a time period that nobody cares about which was probably more violent and more barbaric than a Mortal Kombat game in real life. I don't think that particular time period is acceptable for an Assassin's Creed game.
The most recent Assassin's Creed game Assassin's Creed Shadows is set in Feudal Japan in the time of ninjas and Shinobi and samurais which features some black guy as a samurai and another generic Japanese woman as a ninja who's name sounds like it was ripped out an anime. That time period of Feudal Japan is quite frankly the worst time periods that an Assassin's Creed game has ever been set in. I mean Jesus f**king Christ, stop making games set in Feudal Japan. I'm not trying to be xenophobic, but I am getting sick and tired of this trend of setting video games in Feudal Japan with ninjas and samurais. It has been done to death in other video games like Ghost of Tsushima, Ninja Garden, Rise of the Ronin, Sly Cooper Thieves in Time and Ghost of Yotei. It needs to stop. Enough is enough. Ninjas and samurai have done to death in various forms of media and I don't get why that particular time period is so popular. It befuddles me. People need to take a break from setting games in Ancient Japan. It's getting to be oversaturation at this point. I guess Ubisoft doesn't give a shit about it being oversaturated. That time period isn't really all that interesting to begin with. It needs to die down. It's getting tiring at this point. The only reason why Ubisoft decided to make an Assassin's Creed game set in Feudal Japan was because Ghost of Tsushima made a crap ton of money in 2020 and Ubisoft wanted to jump on the bandwagon. I refuse to accept the fact that it has been one of the most requested time periods for Ubisoft to set an Assassin's Creed game in. People couldn't have been that eager to play an Assassin's Creed game where you get to play as a ninja. The demand for it couldn't have been that high.
And now the upcoming Assassin's Creed game: Assassin's Creed Hexe is set in yet another boring ass, nonsensical time period, this time 16th century Germany that involves the occult and magic. Why? Ubisoft needs to set the Assassin's Creed games in better, more engaging time periods that people actually want to play in that are more popular and historically engaging instead of being boring and not engaging or immersive like the settings of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Mirage, Shadows and now Hexe. There are countless other historical time periods that Ubisoft can set an Assassin's Creed game in that are better than the recent time periods that Ubisoft has decided to set their modern Assassin's Creed games in. In fact, I'm going to list off some historical time periods that would make perfect sense to set an Assassin's Creed game in that will be more engaging and more immersive than the drab time periods that the modern Assassin's Creed games have been set in.
These are the historical eras that I would like Ubisoft to set an Assassin's Creed game in instead of these boring, nonsensical and non engaging time periods that nobody in the universe wants to play in:
A Western Assassin's Creed game: That historical time period is tailor made for an Assassin's Creed game. You've got a lot of historical people that Ubisoft can implement into the game like Jesse James, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Annie Oakley, Calamity Jane, Pecos Bill and Billy the Kid. There can be a plethora of different weapons you can choose from, lots of different cities to explore, and a lot of other things like riding a train to get to point A to point B like in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. There should be no reason why Ubisoft cannot create an Assassin's Creed game set in the Wild West with that much potential. That's mind boggling that they refuse to make an Assassin's Creed game set in the Wild West where players can live out their fantasy of being an outlaw. And don't give me the excuse of it's going to face competition from Red Dead Redemption. So what if it receives competition from Red Dead Redemption. As long as it's an engaging game all around, Ubisoft shouldn't have to worry about competing with Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption series. That game needs to happen. It's practically begging for Ubisoft to turn it into an Assassin's Creed game. Playing as an outlaw in the Wild West is a hell of a lot more exciting and engaging than playing as a Viking or as a ninja. Westerns used to be insanely popular back in the day. A Assassin's Creed game set in the Wild West could reinvigorate interest in the Western genre. It needs to happen. Give it to me.
A Assassin's Creed game set during the Russian Revolution: That's another historical time period that's tailor made for an Assassin's Creed game. The Russian Revolution is such an interesting time period for an Assassin's Creed game to cover. Imagine playing in Russia and the surrounding countries in the late 1910s where you go up against the Bolsheveks trying to take over Russia where you get to meet Rasputin as well as the Romanav family before they get horrifically executed by the Bolsheveks. What if you could prevent that from happening? What if you could start a rebellion against the Russian empire? An Assassin's Creed game has never been set in Russia before and that would be an engaging experience for an Assassin's Creed game. Why hasn't Ubisoft considered setting an Assassin's Creed game in that time period? That would be a perfect time to set an Assassin's Creed game in. It needs to happen. Give that game to me.
An Assassin's Creed Prohibition game: That would be a phenomenal choice to set an Assassin's Creed game in. Imagine facing off against Al Capone and his cartel or infiltrating a speakeasy to bust a bootlegging operation. That would be phenomenal. That could be an engaging setting for an Assassin's Creed game. Imagine playing as a gangster rebelling against Prohibition in the 1920s. That would be amazing. That's 100% engaging. You can drive a car to get places instead of being forced to go on foot through environments. I want an Assassin's Creed game where you get to fight gangsters and organized crime in the 1920s.
And the last time period that I'd like Ubisoft to set an Assassin's Creed game in is: The 1960s. Do I need to say anything? That was a turbulent time in history. You've got the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the JFK assassination, counterculture revolution, British Invasion and other things. That time period is a no brainer for an Assassin's Creed game to be set in. It's mind boggling that so few video games are set in that time period.
Those time periods that I just listed would be better and more engaging time periods for Ubisoft to set a future Assassin's Creed game in than the Viking Age, The Islamic Golden Age, Feudal Japan and 16th century Germany. Those time periods are more logical and more sensical for an Assassin's Creed game to be set in than the time periods that the recent Assassin's Creed games have covered. The fans would be jumping up and down in anticipation and jubilation to want to play in those settings such as the Wild West, the Russian Revolution, The Prohibition Era and the 1960s. I hope Ubisoft sees this Reddit post and takes my suggestions to set a time period that's engaging and immersive and that people want to play that people actually care about instead of boring time periods that no one in their right mind would set an Assassin's Creed game in or want to play. Ubisoft needs to stop picking these random nonsensical and boring time periods for their Assassin's Creed games. At this rate, the fans are going to be less interested in playing future Assassins Creed games because they're set in drab historical time periods. People are eventually are going to be like: "Are you freaking kidding me? Another boring time period for an Assassin's Creed game. Yeah, I'm not interested in playing that. I want something more engaging."