Assassin's Creed: Empire - 9 Settings That Would Be Way Better Than Ancient Egypt

6. 16th Century China

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China
Ubisoft

Every die hard AC fan knows who Shao Jun is, and for good reason too. She first made her debut in the Embers animated short (an absolute tearjerker of a project, it must be said), before going on to star in a title of her own... albeit in a 2D spin-off.

My main point is that Jun is a wonderful character who occupies a magnificent era in the Assassin's Creed mythos. To have that setting wasted on a mediocre side-scroller is beyond infuriating, but there could be hope yet. After all, Jun's costume appearance in Syndicate couldn't have been for nothing, right?

Regardless of wherever Chronicles: China ended, it would be an absolute travesty if the country's most famous Assassin was unable to embrace the limelight in a fully-fledged title of her own. Get on it, Ubisoft. Pretty please?

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