Recent rumors and leaks surrounding Ubisoft’sAssassin’s Creed Codename Nebulamight suggest that, out of all the franchise’s games currently in development, it may be the most ambitious, spanning multiple regions and potentially even time periods. Based on Insider Gaming’s report about many upcomingAssassin’s Creedprojects,AC Nebulamay take place across the Aztec Empire, the Mediterranean, and India. Though Ubisoft has not yet confirmed this, a larger global backdrop inAC Nebulacould help distinguish it alongside otherAssassin’s Creedprojects likeACRed,ACHexe, andACJade.
But if these rumors are true, this raises new questions about how Ubisoft plans to explore and utilizeAC Nebula’s multiple settings in terms of both gameplay and story. Even while recentAssassin’s Creedgames have varied between RPG and stealth approaches, the franchise has traditionally limited each game to one historical period, with its latest examples includingACValhalla’s Viking time frame orACMirage’s Islamic Golden Age backdrop. However, withAC Nebula’s three rumored locations in mind, this could point to Ubisoft’s potential direction for the game and when it will fit intoAssassin’s Creed’s expanding timeline.
Exploring Where and When Assassin’s Creed Nebula Could Take Place
As one ofAssassin’s Creed’s most recently released games,AC Valhallademonstrates how far Ubisoft will go when it comes to in-game exploration across multiple areas, such as Norway, England, Ireland, and more. Therefore, it shouldn’t be too much of a stretch forAC Nebulato achieve its goal of various international locations, ranging from South America to South Asia. But unlike previous games,AC Nebulawill have two options for where itfits intoAssassin’s Creed’s expanding timeline, one where each region is set within its own time period or another that links all three locations together in a chronological, interconnected narrative.
Breaking Assassin’s Creed Nebula Up Would Be Simpler
Though it might be the less interesting option forAC Nebula’s historical setting, separating each specific region of the game into its own time frame would give the game’s story room to breathe while avoiding any issues with real-world and in-universe accuracy. It would also allow the game to more effectively explore and take advantage of each region’s distinct cultures, style, and history, especially when fans have long been interested in anAssassin’s Creedgame set during the Aztec Empire. Moreover, this multifaceted structure might reflect themeaning behindAC Nebula’s codenamewith an expanded scope of multiple settings, time periods, and characters.
Hidden Links Between Assassin’s Creed Nebula’s Settings Hint to a Potential Timeline
Yet despite the challengeAC Nebulafaces if Ubisoft wanted to create a large, interconnected story, it doesn’t mean it isn’t a possibility, especially when the history of all three rumored settings appears to converge at a key point in theAssassin’s Creedtimeline. Specifically, each setting has significant coinciding historical events from around the early sixteenth century, ranging from the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire to the Portuguese colonization of India. Alongside oldergames likeAssassin’s Creed Revelationsset during this same period, the list below offers potential historical events thatAC Nebulacan thread together.
While Ubisoft may need to take some creative liberty when plotting a story between these various years, it seems there are multiple connections thatAC Nebulacould capitalize on if it is set during the sixteenth century. In contrast to previousAssassin’s Creedgames that arguably had a Eurocentric focus on world history,AC Nebulacould feature a globe-trotting story exploring how history impacted places beyond the European powers. With each potential setting inAC Nebula, players could follow one or more protagonists during the sixteenth century who were drawn intoAssassin’s Creed’s ever-evolving Assassin-Templar Warthrough conquest, colonization, and war.
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