{"id":106627,"date":"2020-10-29T00:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T00:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/assassins-creed-sisterhood-valhalla-future-games-female-assassins\/"},"modified":"2020-10-29T00:30:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T00:30:53","slug":"assassins-creed-sisterhood-founder-talks-past-present-and-future-of-the-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/10\/29\/assassins-creed-sisterhood-founder-talks-past-present-and-future-of-the-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin’s Creed Sisterhood Founder Talks Past, Present, and Future of the Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/i><\/b> franchise is gearing up for its twelfth main game release in November with <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla<\/span><\/i><\/a>. The months leading up to its release, however, has brought to light how Ubisoft has mistreated its female characters and employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enter the Assassin\u2019s Creed Sisterhood, founded by <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> fan Kulpreet Virdi. The Sisterhood\u00a0is a safe space for women in gaming who are fans of the franchise and want to see things at Ubisoft improve in the future. In an interview with Game Rant, Virdi spoke about her experiences with the <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> games and what changes she hopes to see in the franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>Assassin\u2019s Creed Sisterhood Explained<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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When speaking about the very first <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> game in the series<\/span><\/a>, Virdi mentioned not enjoying the first installment in the series.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c…it was so repetitive. I just thought, right, a master assassin can’t even swim!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She\u2019s not alone in this opinion though, as many players, including Virdi, didn\u2019t find their footing and solid enjoyment in the franchise until <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed 2<\/span><\/i>. The introduction of Italy and fan-favorite Ezio Auditore da Firenze set the sequel apart from the original game, so much so that Virdi said, \u201cit\u2019s one of my favorite games, I think ever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding how far the games have come and improved since the first title, Virdi calls it a \u201cmassive jump\u201d\u2014one that\u2019s even clear when switching between <\/span>Origins<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Odyssey<\/span><\/i>. Besides her <\/span>playthrough of <\/span>Origins<\/span><\/i><\/a>, she\u2019s also been playing <\/span>Black Flag<\/span><\/i> on her Switch. She describes it as a \u201cgood port,\u201d but even playing those titles at the same time can really show how much the games have changed with each installment.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for her favorite character, besides Ezio, Virdi adores <\/span>Syndicate<\/span><\/i>\u2019s Evie Frye. She calls her \u201cthe woman assassin of dreams\u201d and enjoyed Evie\u2019s witty, funny personality and interactions with Jacob throughout the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/b>The 10 Most Historically Accurate Video Games Ever Made, Ranked<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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As much as the graphics and controls have improved in the <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> games, there\u2019s still a lot of work to be done as far as equality goes. It\u2019s recently come to light that female assassin protagonists have not been introduced in main franchise games because of <\/span>the belief that \u201cwomen don\u2019t sell,\u201d<\/span><\/a> a\u00a0clearly offensive and sexist notion.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Virdi, there are a few ways Ubisoft can improve its treatment of female characters in the <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> universe. Releasing a game that introduces a female assassin as the protagonist, without the RPG choice introduced in <\/span>Odyssey<\/span><\/i>, would be a great step in the right direction. Again, the Sisterhood doesn\u2019t want to replace male assassins with females, they just want an equal representation of both.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201c…it’s always been a choice, it’s never been like, we’ve never had a female version of Ezio. And it’s not until you kind of like, break down the facts and only in two of them the woman is a choice. Just a choice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Having a female-centered assassin story would also provide unique storytelling that players haven\u2019t gotten to see so far <\/span>in the <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> games<\/span><\/a>. In <\/span>Origins<\/span><\/i>, Virdi points out that having the game centered on Aya could have led to an in-depth, incredibly interesting narrative of a mother mourning the loss of her child and becoming the Mother of the Creed. But that\u2019s not what players got.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd I just really hope that one day they do commit to a woman and explore her character development, explore themes you maybe wouldn’t explore when you played as a male.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If Ubisoft did decide to release a game with <\/span>Aya as its protagonist<\/span><\/a>, Virdi says she\u2019d love to see Aya in Rome. Much of Aya and Cleopatra\u2019s work in Rome has only been disclosed in the companion comics and novels, which was \u201ca bit of a cop out\u201d as not everyone devotes time to items outside of the main games.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s especially frustrating <\/span>to see Aya diminished<\/span><\/a> in such a fashion because, in <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed 2,<\/span><\/i> there was a statue of Amunet\/Aya in the basement of the Monteriggioni Villa. She was the mother and founder of The Hidden Ones, which later became the Brotherhood and lead to the Creed, and yet players don\u2019t get to see her work. Aya\u2019s \u201cnarrative was quite choppy\u201d to Virdi, and now with everything that\u2019s come out, \u201cit probably explains quite a lot,\u201d including the disconnect she felt from Aya.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another way the <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> franchise can improve in its treatment of female characters lies in their marketing campaigns. Even when <\/span>Syndicate<\/span><\/i> was released, Evie Frye<\/span><\/a> got significantly less marketing than Jacob\u2014and for a game with dual protagonists, got significantly less playtime than her counterpart. Kassandra, who was originally supposed to be the only protagonist in <\/span>Odyssey<\/span><\/i>, was largely left out of the marketing for the game, and it seems Lady Eivor has unfortunately seen a similar trend. Even her reveal trailer was the same as the launch trailer for <\/span>Valhalla<\/span><\/i>, with little marketing since then.<\/span><\/p>\n

To its credit, however, Virdi knows that the marketing for <\/span>Valhalla<\/span><\/i> was \u201cprobably all sorted and done prior to the Sisterhood movement and months in advance,\u201d so hopefully Ubisoft improves its marketing for female characters come the next <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> release. However, this didn\u2019t stop devs from showing <\/span>support for the Sisterhood movement by adding its logo to <\/span>Valhalla<\/span><\/i><\/a> as a tattoo for Eivor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI was hoping to see more of her throughout the marketing campaign, because I think that it was the same mistake they made with Odyssey where they didn’t showcase Kassandra as much as Alexios.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Assassin\u2019s Creed Sisterhood hopes to be around for a long time. It has started to bring attention to the treatment of employees within Ubisoft and advocates for justice for female assassins and characters within the <\/span>Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/span><\/i> universe, but it also acts as a safe space for new or returning fans of the franchise. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to use the hashtag #ACSisterhood to keep the movement alive and help it grow even more than it already has.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla<\/i><\/b> is available for pre-order now and releases on November 10 for PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X\/S. It releases on November 12 for PlayStation 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

MORE: Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla Theory: Eivor May Not Be Human<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Credit: Original Assassin’s Creed Sisterhood Logo Created by Sebastian Dell’Aria<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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