From 2009 to 2015, a new assassin's creed canon was released every year. In recent years, Ubisoft has extended the life of these games, with Multiple Expansions of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey released in 2018 and Assassin's Creed: Temple of Heroes released in 2020. In 2021, both Odyssey and The Temple of Heroes have launched new chapters, and thanks to Hermes's double snake staff, the two generations of protagonists meet in the same time and space. The Hall of Heroes will also launch a third large-scale DLC, "Dawn of Doom" in 2022.
Dawn of Doom takes 35 hours to complete, and it's one of the largest DLC in the Assassin's Creed series, and it's basically a brand new game. This begs the question, why is Doomsday just a DLC extension? In the past, Ubisoft would make this kind of content into a new standalone game, such as Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's DLC Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry.
Ubisoft Montreal Extension Experience producer Jose Araiza answered this question. "Honestly, we're thinking about it too. Ubisoft has adopted a theme park-like strategy to produce the latest Assassin's Creed game, with a new world with each expansion. This park has gotten bigger, but it's only part of the park. ”
Araiza said: "For the whole team, this is the most cohesive way to give this service to the players. The team strives to make it easy for players to play everything, including extended content, so they can explore the world of the Hall of Heroes, just like a theme park. We want players to be able to choose the beginning of the saga, whether it's in England, Ireland, Frank, or now Swarthal Fahheim.
Ubisoft's Montreal studio also felt that the "dawn of doom" was a reflection of "the wrath of the Druids" and "the siege of Paris". The first year of expansion of the Temple of Valle focuses on Evel, while the second year fleshes out Odin's story of the Isu people reincarnated as Irvor.
Araiza said: "The first two expansions focus more on the Vikings in The Temple of Heroes and explore Evol as a character in different situations. Now, "Doomsday Dawn" feels like the other side of the coin. Here we delve deeper into Norwegian mythology and more deeply into the backstory of Odin, the father of the gods. While we've always worked to enable players to play everything in the order they like, we also believe it's important to connect it. Given the importance of Norse mythology to the daily lives of the Vikings, we feel that the "dawn of doom" should be included in Assassin's Creed: The Temple of Heroes. "