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outlawauron on 25 August 2009

I agree. Italy will most like be a more popular setting than Jerusalem.



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izaaz101 on 25 August 2009

It may or may not sell more, but if it does, I don't think I would attribute it to the setting being Italy. If people wanted to see Italy digitally (say that 5 times quickly!), they could use google earth or something of that ilk.



Garnett on 25 August 2009

This game isnt gonna be anywhere near the 9 million.

 

The first was boring,casual gamers are not gonna return to a boring game.



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FaRmLaNd on 25 August 2009

It'll sell better in Italy, thats for sure.



sguy78 on 25 August 2009

I don't think it's going to happen.



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AdventWolf on 26 August 2009

I admit the setting of the first game drew me in, but the setting in #2 seems a lot more alive and entertaining.



--OkeyDokey-- on 26 August 2009

Exploring the world in AC was more fun than doing the actual missions. They really nailed that part of the game.

ACII will be GOTY if they do everything else right.



Alby_da_Wolf on 26 August 2009
izaaz101 said:
It may or may not sell more, but if it does, I don't think I would attribute it to the setting being Italy. If people wanted to see Italy digitally (say that 5 times quickly!), they could use google earth or something of that ilk.

The difference is that in a game you can act in that setting and pretend you are in another age.

A medieval setting would work well set in a lot of countries, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Middle East, etc, but for a Renaissance setting Italy is almost a must, France and England could be good second choices, but more for late Renaissance - Mannerism era, when enough time had passed for the new ideas to spread, for example in France when Leonardo da Vinci and others were called there.



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izaaz101 on 26 August 2009
Alby_da_Wolf said:
izaaz101 said:
It may or may not sell more, but if it does, I don't think I would attribute it to the setting being Italy. If people wanted to see Italy digitally (say that 5 times quickly!), they could use google earth or something of that ilk.

The difference is that in a game you can act in that setting and pretend you are in another age.

A medieval setting would work well set in a lot of countries, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Middle East, etc, but for a Renaissance setting Italy is almost a must, France and England could be good second choices, but more for late Renaissance - Mannerism era, when enough time had passed for the new ideas to spread, for example in France when Leonardo da Vinci and others were called there.

That's true perfectly true, but that's not the dev boss's reason for an increase in sales.



Lolcislaw on 26 August 2009

Crusades are pretty popular anyways so i doubt that setting the second game in other period would make that much of a difference. I still cant believe that AC sold so much, it was a promising game but it was executed really badly in the end, i hope Ubisoft Montreal will learn of their mistakes and deliver a good game.