NEWS
by Mark Barley
AC3's Setting Prohibited A Female Protagonist
Assassin's Creed III's creative director Alex Hutchinson has stated that the upcoming game's American Revolution setting prohibited the inclusion of a female protagonist.
Speaking with Kotaku Hutchinson stated that Ubisoft had given some thought to the idea.
“It’s always up in the air. I think lots of people want it,” he said.
“In this period it’s been a bit of a pain. The history of the American Revolution is the history of men,” he said.
“There are a few people, like John Adams’ wife. They tried very hard in the TV series to not make it look like a bunch of dudes, but it really is a bunch of dudes.”
However Ubisoft Montreal wanted to stay historically accurate by having a male lead in a such a male-dictated time period. “In this period it’s been a bit of a pain. The history of the American Revolution is the history of men,” he said.
“There are a few people, like John Adams’ wife. They tried very hard in the TV series to not make it look like a bunch of dudes, but it really is a bunch of dudes.”
“It felt like, if you had all these men in every scene and [a female assassin is] secretly, stealthily in crowds of dudes, it starts to feel kind of wrong. People would stop believing it,” Hutchison said.
Assassin's Creed has never had a female playable character. Assassin's Creed III is out in October for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.