Future Assassin’s Creed games could completely abandon the modern sections that regularly appear in the series so far.
Speaking to Game Rant (opens in a new tab) in a new interview, Assassin’s Creed Mirage creative director Stephane Boudon revealed that there will be no modern section in the new game. “No, we decided not to put any current or future playable missions in Assassin’s Creed Mirage because we wanted to really focus on Basim’s story when he was in Baghdad in the 9th century,” Boudon told the outlet.
Boudon went on to reveal that the player is still very much in the Animus for all of Assassin’s Creed Mirage. The creative director revealed that “we start with [the] Animus,” but Mirage won’t feature gameplay sections entirely during the new game’s current setup.
The situation surrounding future games, such as Assassin’s Creed Infinity, becomes a little murkier. Speaking to IGN (opens in new tab), Assassin’s Creed Infinity project leader Marc-Alexis Côté said that “people who like to dive into the past will be able to jump right in there and never be interrupted or need to know who Desmond and Layla is.”
Côté never actually confirms throughout the interview that there won’t be full game segments set in the current world, but the implication that players can only play full games in Infinity without being interrupted by the present certainly it is there
If you’re not familiar with Infinity, it basically functions as a hub for new games, rather than a game in itself. The likes of Codename Red and Codename Hexe will launch through Infinity, for example, so it’s only natural to wonder if the basic foundation for new experiences would feature a modern setup.
Check out our guide to everything announced at Ubisoft Forward 2022 for a full recap of the event.