E3 2018: Assassin's Creed Odyssey - 7 Ways It Changes The Franchise Forever
6. It Takes Place 400 Years Before Assassin's Creed: Origins
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Huh, bet Ubisoft are pinching themselves over that title now...
Though yes, Ancient Egypt did originally look to be the entry that would tell the story of how the Assassins came to be, it later transpired that there were some that came before. Ancient Greece should, barring Ubisoft somehow finding a way to travel even further back in time, represent the start of how the Order came to be.
That's an exciting prospect for fans eager to leave their own mark on the order. If this truly is the place where it begins as well, then the RPG elements only make even more sense.
It might represent a massive departure in terms of era, but if they find a way to make the formation of the Assassins interesting, combined with all the transnational elements Ubi included in Origins, it could be one of the best AC stories yet.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
