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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Assassin's Creed 3 to take place during the American Revolution.

    Assassin's Creed 3 has been announced in name only. While unconfirmed, a series of leaked images reveal the new setting: the American Revolution.
    Mar 01, 2012 6:30am PST
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Assassin's Creed 3 to take place during the American Revolution.

    Assassin's Creed 3 has been announced in name only. While unconfirmed, a series of leaked images reveal the new setting: the American Revolution. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • yawnnnnnn : mwasher
    • I'm on board now. Love concept. Guess i better play all the other AC games I have in my steam backlog. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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      Which of the founding fathers will Ubisoft turn into secret Templar Agents? I'm personally hoping for ... : snubble100
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        Thomas Paine is an Assassin, i reckon. : dirge23
        • That's a very safe bet. Given that Paine and Franklin were both deists, it's easy to assume that they'll... : OzzieMejia
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        Can't see the founding fathers being Templars. I'd imagine they'd make the British into Templars in this... : OzzieMejia
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          hey, they made the pope a templar and nobody got into a twist. : dirge23
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            I still love that a major triple A game ended with getting into a fistfight with the pope. I'm surpris... : ConanThis person is cool!
            • yeah, i am surprised this didn't make fox news or something. : dirge23
          • Well...the pope they chose to make a Templar was Alexander VI (a.k.a. Rodrigo Borgia) and he didn't leave... : OzzieMejia
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        Didn't they already implicate George Washington in AC2 or ASSBRO? : IazuThis person is cool!
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          ahh, yeah, forgot about that. he had one of the apples : dirge23
          • Just look at a list of Founding Fathers that were Freemasons - pretty easy to pull from. James Madiso... : Donborvio
      • Hamilton was kind of an asshole...but a glorious asshole! : VorlonesqueThis person is cool!
    • Awesome choice. I love it. : Sexpansion PackThis person is cool!
    • you know the DLC is going to take it into the French Revolution, too. : dirge23
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      * Visit Ben Franklin's house in Philadelphia to repair your lightning gauntlets : netshadeThis person is cool!
      • hahahaha yesssssssssss. needs eagle vision bifocals. : dirge23
    • This is a time period that I haven't played much games placed in. Not an especially interesting one for m... : ramshot
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      Love it! Expect more from the Tower Defense minigame, and ship-to-ship warfare. http://fineartamerica.... : MatthewPhillipsThis person is cool!
      • i better be able to bang Sally Hemings : dirge23
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        That didn't stop them with Lucrecia from ASSBRO Real http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_02... : IazuThis person is cool!
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          2nd link's busted, here's a good one http://images.wikia.com/assassinscreed/images/4/4e/Lucrezia.png : IazuThis person is cool!
          • Haha WOW : MatthewPhillipsThis person is cool!
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      I've always thought that early American time... Colonial etc.. is a time period which games (or even movi... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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        that's definitely one of the best things about the AC series, the unique historical settings. not a lot o... : dirge23
        • Yup, and it ended up being extremely cool. I loved just looking over Damascus etc and seeing these old c... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
    • how's he gonna blend in if nobody wears capes and shit : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
    • sounds good. where religious freedom went to expand... and religious control of course followed. pre : DownforceThis person is cool!
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      White Guilt: The Game : Godhatesfatpeople
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        The end boss is a blanket with smallpox. : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
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          It's the "N-Word" and you have to kill it by getting angry about it. Like really angry. : Godhatesfatpeople
          • The bad ending has it raining during your symbolic funeral where they bury the word in a KISS casket. : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
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        wrong war? : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
        • Hahahah : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
        • Different war, same guilt. : GreggD
        • It was the Origins of White Guilt : Sailor of Fortune
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      I wonder how they'll handle the costume design. It's one thing to portray clothing of the Dark Ages or R... : Jobos
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        Tri-corner hats and long blue capes FTW. For a cool concept of what this might look like, check out ... : mopic42
        • i totally forgot I wanted to watch this movie! : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
        • I thought for sure the sone was going to turn into this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pCv7k_Hzvg W... : jakeThis person is cool!
        • i loved that fight scene so much. : waxthirteen
        • haha whoa old school : bolneze
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        Fable style I guess. It's weird they're promo'ng a dude in that out of place costume though. No way he co... : thebigbeefsandwich
        • it was always pretty absurdly conspicuous anyway. like Agent 47's bald-head-with-barcode : dirge23
      • yeah the guy looks weird with the backdrop : bolneze
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        18th century. : ghostdad
        • Oh, right. I meant the "1700's" : Jobos
    • That Game Informer banner is entitled, "Smell My Finger, George." : Jobos
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      WTF AMERICAN REVOLUTION????!!!!??!?!?! So does that mean there'll be guns (muskets being used) and a As... : hijacker02
      • there have already been guns... : GloriousCowThis person is cool!
      • The last few games had both guns and crossbows. : snot3353This person is cool!
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        Have you even played any of the games? : Sailor of Fortune
        • Guy I have all of them (games) : hijacker02
    • They just debuted the box art: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150594293448068.391304.6119163... : MatthewPhillipsThis person is cool!
    • This is awesome, there aren't enough games set in this period. : at0micgardenThis person is cool!
    • I think the potential for this time period is huge. : TripsThis person is cool!
    • Awesome, I was hoping for this. Hopefully it also means you travel to multiple cities, unlike the last 2 ... : JumperusThis person is cool!
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      I guess Benjamin Franklin is replacing Leonardo Da Vinci as the inventor. The Freemasons are with the As... : akiratea
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        Unless they want to risk pissing off people they'll have to be with the assasins, given how many founding... : ConanThis person is cool!
        • Then again, they've been willing to make figures like Roosevelt and the current Chief Justice Templar col... : ConanThis person is cool!
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      Not a very good choice imo. As has been mentioned before, Revolutionary France would have been better. : Mr. Goodwrench
      • if it's anything like the previous games, the protagonist of AC3 will survive into that time period in su... : dirge23
    • So sneaky, in that all-white cloak thing. SNEAKY ASSASSIN. : brickmatt
    • colonial philadelphia? that would be a trip. : wvuongThis person is cool!
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      a friend of mine pointed out that there weren't a lot of tall buildings to climb on in colonial america. : dirge23
      • Personally I was hoping for late 19th/early 20th century New York. Got some sorta tall buildings and some... : MaxPete82
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        Maybe they will have you climbing trees. : byorn
        • that would be pretty awesome. : dirge23
        • Mario 64 already did it. : at0micgardenThis person is cool!
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        we're going underground, brosef. assrev showed us templars will hollow out a mountain. :D : DownforceThis person is cool!
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          is AC3 going to make any sense if we just played AC2 and skipped the side games? I really didn't feel dra... : thebigbeefsandwich
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            probably not. ASSBRO and ASSREV directly continue the storyline. i haven't finished REV yet but ASSBRO ce... : dirge23
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              there is a risk we're about to jump the shark with AC3. but it's been a really good run. : DownforceThis person is cool!
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                totally. i liked AC2 and ASSBRO so much i don't know how they'll match it. that's most of why i haven't p... : dirge23
                • Rev's alright, the introduction of tower defense (optional) and a single smaller city to play by don't re... : supaLink
          • I thought the plot of these games is you are some dude from the future playing a VR game in a lab where y... : invisible_kid
        • So did National Treasure... I bet there's going to be some homages to those movies in the game. : mopic42
      • Yup, I wondered this too. : nodeThis person is cool!
      • Climbing the Liberty Bell would be the money shot. : OzzieMejia
      • There were a few, but I think the bigger what-are-they-gonna-do-about-it, I think, is density. Maybe they... : drhazard
      • True, but there were lots of tall trees! : Home Nugget
      • Maybe big naval battles with lots of rigging and shit to climb? : ghostdad
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      i only finished 1 - the games looks cool but theyre kinda boring to actually play : bolneze
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        The mistake you made was finishing the shit one. 2 and AssBro are awesome. Rev, not great but still way b... : nodeThis person is cool!
        • i also tried the one with Ezio and the "its a me Mario" line but didnt finish it : bolneze
      • The first one is very boring and repetetive. AC2 and Brotherhood are fantastic. : Mr. Goodwrench
      • ass2 and assbro are incredibly good games. gamer card material in my opinion. : DownforceThis person is cool!
      • Yeah, 1 was like "proof-of-concept" almost. A prologue. Play AC2 and AssBro and you should be pleasantl... : Donborvio
    • AWESOME! :D : thetangentThis person is cool!
    • love the john lennon reference on the pic! : Damann66
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      I was hoping for London. It's hard to imagine how they're going to make this work. : peanut-This person is cool!
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        I would love that team to make Victorian London. Shame all we've got so far with a sandbox London is The ... : nodeThis person is cool!
        • Victorian London with Jack the Ripper could be fucking amazing...that should be the next one maybe! : VorlonesqueThis person is cool!
    • Sigh, enough AssCreed. Splinter Cell info please. : thejm4n
    • I like the sound of this! I always assumed it would be Victorian England, but this will make for a more ... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
    • so will this be more or less historically accurate than "The Patriot "? at the very least can Francis ... : BillPaxtonator