Assassins Creed Flashcards
Aveline
- mixed race woman
- frees slaves
Uses and Gratifications within AC
Information - self education, satisfying curiosity
Social Interaction - identifying with others
Entertainment - escapism, relaxation
Familiar pleasures within AC3: Liberation
- Recurring narrative situations
- Recurring genre conventions
Developer
Ubisoft
Sony capitalised on…
- changing patterns of consumption
- drawing in new customers from other platforms to purchase new hardware and adopt new gaming habits
Why was there a simultaneous global release?
- Ensured less spoilers
- “hype”
- Social interaction of talking about game release
Hesmondhalgh
established franchise with large fanbase,
producers attempting to harness popularity of the franchise
TO encourage sales of game and PS Vita
- Minimises risk
Synergy
Between Sony and Ubisoft
Negotiated reading
maximises profit
Oppositional reading
rejection of the female protagonist
Pros of game
- Innovative features
- Beautiful scenery
- Open world
- Personas
Cons of game
- Loose plot
- Requires PS Vita
- Little details of story
- Poor frame rate
Jenkins
FANDOM
- textual poaching - fan art/fiction, cosplay
- Construction of social/ cultural identities (Gauntlett) - fan theories/ wikis
Stuart Hall
- Aveline goes against stereotyprs
- But inequalities of power are still present since the first female protagonist is on a completely different console
- Less players will be able to access this console and by extension, game
Clay Shirky
END OF AUDIENCE
- Consumers are more active and criticising AC for it’s faults
