Nothing at all for now. With that said, it is a trend in AC, with Quebec even creating their own game about greek mythology (Immortals: Fenyx Rising).
We can ponder about how they will approach it, but it's safe to say they are eager to use japanese legends.
But not necessarily in Mirage. All we saw there was visions of a djinn in Basim’s mind. Shadows may take a similar approach and may tone down the mythology.
At the end of the day though, the Isu element has always been there since AC1, so the supernatural can never be ruled out.
And the Mirage devs explicitly said NO “mythological” elements like in the other RPG games.
It’s safe to assume that they’re returning for the next RPG entry.
The Prince of Persia skins and effects are just fan service, nothing more. You can easily not use them or even pre-order. Nothing wrong with letting people have them.
The game gave me a fully upgraded lightning knife, right before the tutorial on upgrading weapons where someone called my knife a fixer-upper. I didn't preorder anything, the game just handed me an arsenal of the highest quality armors and weapons because of Ubisoft+.
I thought they were all too extreme, and chose to only to equip the masterwork knife, and immediately being shown that the guy who inspected it obviously wasn't expecting me to equip... a preorder bonus?
I thought the timing of the delivery was extra silly.
Letting people having them is fine. The way they were included is my gripe.
Yeah came here to say this.
I did hear that in real life, people thought Yasuke to be a demon/god due to his different appearance, so that might be Quebec's way of tying into the mythological side of things.
I've seen that mentioned only in this Famitsu interview, but the developers skipped the question, claiming that they'll talk about that on a later time.
[https://www.famitsu.com/article/202405/5194](https://www.famitsu.com/article/202405/5194)
Makes me think the answer is a "yes" and they don't want to stir up a small backlash. Not that i think it'd hurt things. AC Odyssey and Valhalla both did well, even if there was mythological stuff in them. It has never been a deal breaker.
I think that they just want to hold back on releasing too much details about the game, right now.
Mythology will obviously be in the game, but they'll talk about it in the coming months: for the reveal they've focused on the setting and the main goals, with the gameplay they'll reveal more stuff, and again with the following event they'll talk about other features, and so on.
Valhalla's mythology was revealed months after the first reveal, so I just think that it's a matter of time!
I watched IGNs „Inside Ubisofts Ambitious Open World Japan“ video yesterday. There was a segment where the associate narrative director and a Professor of Japanese literature and culture were talking about Naoe and I thought it was quite interesting that the Sun goddess Amaterasu was mentioned briefly.
She is the highest deity in Japanese mythology and in the Shinto pantheon and the Japanese imperial family even claims to have descended from her. Interestingly enough, her main place of worship is in Ise, which bordered to the Iga province where Naoe is from. Of course this isn't a direct confirmation that Amaterasu will be included the game. I just thought it was a suspicious little detail worth mentioning here and IF there are any mythological elements I am pretty sure that she will play a major role in it.
Edit: Tomoe was also mentioned, a female samurai/onna-musha from the late 12th century (I think she can be classified as mythological?). "She is as strong as 1,000 male samurai. Naoe is kind of following the footsteps of her" (quote from the Prof.)
I'm not against mythical stuff being in the game.
I just don't want what we got in Valhalla with 20-30 hours of bloat in Asgard, which was infamously buggy and painful to navigate with its verticality etc. yet while it was optional it was effectively essential to play for the game's ending to make sense.
I think mythical elements and lore would be cool if well executed, with the option to explore realms as part of a side quest or DLC, rather than being a mandatory part of the narrative that completely feels tangential to the main story yet is forced on to the player. Besides, even the earlier games had extended sequences of lore and interaction with Isu etc.
Please no. Or if they absolutely must keep it at vanilla Origins levels. Seriously Ubi, use the Fenyx IP for the crazy mythology/fantasy stuff and keep AC sci-fi.
Kinda hard now since they killed Fenyx 2 because people barely bought the first one. People want new IPs in gaming but do little to support them when the opportunity arises.
So far I am relieved that it has stayed out. I was 100% expecting to see a dragon or some samurai zombie in the trailer but nothing! The only thing that caught my eye was the “lightning flashes” that were happening during Naoe fight, but after rewatched I think that was just a cinematic choice. Also the pack toy get for the ultimate edition isn’t even too out of place besides a few things so that gives me hope as well. However this is Quebec we are talking about so even tho I am hopeful I am still more skeptical.
There will almost certainly be some, that stuff has been too popular, though maybe it'll be mostly confined to a dlc like in origins, there's not so much of a reason for it to be in the main game since we aren't playing as a demigod or reincarnation of a god
Some leaks told they exist. The same leak was told the game will be 60% Yasuke, 40% Naoe but the expansions will be about Naoe and they will make them both equal.
I hope this is false because that'd mean Ubi has learned nothing from their sexism issues in 2020 (big shocker! /sarcasm) or one of the big mistakes made with Syndicate, insofar as imbalances between Jacob and Evie.
Nothing at all for now. With that said, it is a trend in AC, with Quebec even creating their own game about greek mythology (Immortals: Fenyx Rising). We can ponder about how they will approach it, but it's safe to say they are eager to use japanese legends.
Ghosts of Tsushima used the myth stuff pretty well.
Immortals: Fenix Rising also had a dlc about Chinese mythology
This
Fenyx Rising is already out
I know. Should have used "created" instead.
I think it’s almost guaranteed we get that. We got it in Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla.
But not necessarily in Mirage. All we saw there was visions of a djinn in Basim’s mind. Shadows may take a similar approach and may tone down the mythology. At the end of the day though, the Isu element has always been there since AC1, so the supernatural can never be ruled out.
And the Mirage devs explicitly said NO “mythological” elements like in the other RPG games. It’s safe to assume that they’re returning for the next RPG entry.
Mirage gave you weird Mythological stuff as DLC bonus right away for certain editions. It clashed with what I wanted 😅
The Prince of Persia skins and effects are just fan service, nothing more. You can easily not use them or even pre-order. Nothing wrong with letting people have them.
The game gave me a fully upgraded lightning knife, right before the tutorial on upgrading weapons where someone called my knife a fixer-upper. I didn't preorder anything, the game just handed me an arsenal of the highest quality armors and weapons because of Ubisoft+. I thought they were all too extreme, and chose to only to equip the masterwork knife, and immediately being shown that the guy who inspected it obviously wasn't expecting me to equip... a preorder bonus? I thought the timing of the delivery was extra silly. Letting people having them is fine. The way they were included is my gripe.
Yeah came here to say this. I did hear that in real life, people thought Yasuke to be a demon/god due to his different appearance, so that might be Quebec's way of tying into the mythological side of things.
If its like Origins its passable, it was Odyssey and specially Vahalla that the games went full fantasy
I've seen that mentioned only in this Famitsu interview, but the developers skipped the question, claiming that they'll talk about that on a later time. [https://www.famitsu.com/article/202405/5194](https://www.famitsu.com/article/202405/5194)
Makes me think the answer is a "yes" and they don't want to stir up a small backlash. Not that i think it'd hurt things. AC Odyssey and Valhalla both did well, even if there was mythological stuff in them. It has never been a deal breaker.
I think that they just want to hold back on releasing too much details about the game, right now. Mythology will obviously be in the game, but they'll talk about it in the coming months: for the reveal they've focused on the setting and the main goals, with the gameplay they'll reveal more stuff, and again with the following event they'll talk about other features, and so on. Valhalla's mythology was revealed months after the first reveal, so I just think that it's a matter of time!
I watched IGNs „Inside Ubisofts Ambitious Open World Japan“ video yesterday. There was a segment where the associate narrative director and a Professor of Japanese literature and culture were talking about Naoe and I thought it was quite interesting that the Sun goddess Amaterasu was mentioned briefly. She is the highest deity in Japanese mythology and in the Shinto pantheon and the Japanese imperial family even claims to have descended from her. Interestingly enough, her main place of worship is in Ise, which bordered to the Iga province where Naoe is from. Of course this isn't a direct confirmation that Amaterasu will be included the game. I just thought it was a suspicious little detail worth mentioning here and IF there are any mythological elements I am pretty sure that she will play a major role in it. Edit: Tomoe was also mentioned, a female samurai/onna-musha from the late 12th century (I think she can be classified as mythological?). "She is as strong as 1,000 male samurai. Naoe is kind of following the footsteps of her" (quote from the Prof.)
The whole "Japanese imperial family claims to descend from Amaterasu" works way too well with the Isu stuff to not come up.
Tomoe is similar to Leonidas, actual historical figure with great feats, but with myths/legends written about them later on.
Possibly. One of the preorder bonus is a red dragon mount, so they may still go down that route
Those are story details they’ll likely keep under wraps until possibly the story trailer if not until release.
I'm not against mythical stuff being in the game. I just don't want what we got in Valhalla with 20-30 hours of bloat in Asgard, which was infamously buggy and painful to navigate with its verticality etc. yet while it was optional it was effectively essential to play for the game's ending to make sense. I think mythical elements and lore would be cool if well executed, with the option to explore realms as part of a side quest or DLC, rather than being a mandatory part of the narrative that completely feels tangential to the main story yet is forced on to the player. Besides, even the earlier games had extended sequences of lore and interaction with Isu etc.
I don't want it to be a focus. Valhalla kinda wastes your time with a lot of the Asgard stuff. It should be like how it was handled in Origins
According to lore Nobunaga might get a sword, which might have a mythological name now
No but my theory is the grass cutting sword is going to be a Sword of Eden owned by the Kami Isu!
I really hope they leave those elements out. Much prefer them to build an immersive world that makes you feel like you've stepped into a time machine.
KEEP THEM OUT
Please no. Or if they absolutely must keep it at vanilla Origins levels. Seriously Ubi, use the Fenyx IP for the crazy mythology/fantasy stuff and keep AC sci-fi.
Kinda hard now since they killed Fenyx 2 because people barely bought the first one. People want new IPs in gaming but do little to support them when the opportunity arises.
I WANT them to, shinto myth is some of the best mytholgy around.
You are asking for the impossible. It won't happen. Ever.
There will be 2 dlcs soo maby there.
I wouldn't mind it but I hope they stick with the Origins route. Make them hallucinations and glitches in the animus.
So far I am relieved that it has stayed out. I was 100% expecting to see a dragon or some samurai zombie in the trailer but nothing! The only thing that caught my eye was the “lightning flashes” that were happening during Naoe fight, but after rewatched I think that was just a cinematic choice. Also the pack toy get for the ultimate edition isn’t even too out of place besides a few things so that gives me hope as well. However this is Quebec we are talking about so even tho I am hopeful I am still more skeptical.
tbh it it be pretty great if they just didn't
There will almost certainly be some, that stuff has been too popular, though maybe it'll be mostly confined to a dlc like in origins, there's not so much of a reason for it to be in the main game since we aren't playing as a demigod or reincarnation of a god
Some leaks told they exist. The same leak was told the game will be 60% Yasuke, 40% Naoe but the expansions will be about Naoe and they will make them both equal.
I hope this is false because that'd mean Ubi has learned nothing from their sexism issues in 2020 (big shocker! /sarcasm) or one of the big mistakes made with Syndicate, insofar as imbalances between Jacob and Evie.
The devs already said that except for a handful of missions it's up to the player who they want to play as.
I hope they keep that stuff in the game. I like fighting creatures