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[LiTos456]

Brotherhood, being a game that we don't seem to want but are getting anyway, brought a lot of worries to many Assassin's Creed fans around the globe. Is Ubisoft going to milk the franchise? Is this the beginning of the end of the series?

It doesn't look like it. Like the beloved creative director, Patrice Desilets, himself, the game seems to be slated to take a break after Brotherhood.

"I don't think there's going to be an Assassin's Creed in 2011. I think we're going to let it breathe a bit and really focus on bringing something new and exciting for the next time around" says the game's associate producer, Jean-Francois Boivin.

"You want to keep people excited. You gotta make people miss it a bit. It's like, 'Oh man! I'm so happy it's back!' But if you keep force-feeding to people then people are like, 'Yeah, enough of your Assassin's Creed'."

What he's saying is completely true, and really does put our worries to an end. As long as what he says will happen, I'll stick with Ubisoft on this one, and forgive Brotherhood even though it still seems a bit like a half-assed accident that came out of Ubisoft's uncomfortable relationship with the creative director.

Speaking of which, it seems like Patrice decided to leave purely out of the fact that he was tired, not Ubisoft's decision to release a game yearly (about which all the google news have suspiciously disappeared and searches of it have been replaced with the fact that there will be no game in 2011).

"I totally got where he was coming from because he's been talking about taking a break for a long time," says Jean, again, his friend and colleague.
In addition, he mentioned that Patrice did everything he needed to do for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Which is good, because we know that the team wouldn't go astray in the project and make it bad because of Patrice's absence.

"In regards to Brotherhood, he did everything that he needed to do; he was at the recording sessions, he did the script, he did the casting with me, and he just said 'here's the port, bring it home,'" he states.

Although that seems like good news, it doesn't justify the same concern for Assassin's Creed 3. Assuming the game will be out in 2012, freakishly the year that the whole game seems to be about (in terms of Desmond's situation, and Abstergo's plans to place the piece of Eden into orbit on 12/21/2012), it seems like enough time for Patrice to take a break. But nobody knows if he will be back, and according to Boivin, "I don't know. He doesn't even know himself."

Oh, and here is some action figures.

[Schloby]

well, maybe I'm a bit obsessed but I would love it if an assassin's creed came out every year, as long as they didnt start getting lazy with it and make a crappy spin-off that wouldnt be much different from the last (much like EA Sports does every year).

[Marka Marquez de...]

Mmm, I want that figure

(yay! I've reached over 500 posts! )

[LiTos456]

See thats the thing, EA sports are easy to make. Its all the same thing with a bunch of interface changes. Obviously they will get lazy and thery will be crappy spin offs and such.

[SH4D0WZ0MB1E]

Glad to hear that even though it's a spinoff ACB got treated like any other AC game.

@Schloby
I don't think having an AC game come out on a yearly basis would be a good idea. To rush and make a game in a year would not only disappoint/annoy the fans, but also ruin the series as a whole. As the initial post said, got to let the fans miss the game and then bring it back.

That action figure looks awesome.