Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag director Ashraf Ismail has told The Examiner that he would like to see a future game in the franchise being set in Ancient Egypt.
He began by commenting that history is "rooted" in all of us and that there's many interesting periods that Ubisoft has not yet touched on but that he would like to see in an Assassin's Creed game.
"I'm not saying we are going there, but one day I would love to explore Egypt as a setting for this game. Ancient Egypt could be a really cool place. We have a really cool explanation for how we can do this, and it is with this Animus device that allows us to go to anytime in history.
"People are really surprised with where we took Assassin's Creed 4 because it was back in time from Connor's time. But we've never outright said that we are always moving forward. It just happened to be that way because we went from Altair to Ezio, then Ezio to Connor and there was a lot of hype about the American Revolution.
"However, it was never a set rule that we always get closer to the present day. We were a bit surprised by people who saying, 'how do you go back in time, how's that possible?' It's that Animus device we have. But again, I'm not saying Egypt is where the next one is going, it's just where I would like it to go."
There's some reason to believed that Ubisoft might be considering a Wild West setting for a future Assassin's Creed while a forthcoming comic series is set in 18th Century India possibly suggesting a game will follow.
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is set for release later this month on current-gen consoles and on November 22nd for PC and next-gen systems.
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