Highlights

  • Assassin's Creed Hexe may focus on Germanic folklore and the occult, featuring Isu technology as a major plot device.
  • Isu technology, such as the Pieces of Eden, could explain the "magic" in Assassin's Creed Hexe, offering a unique gameplay experience.
  • While Isu involvement in the game is likely, Assassin's Creed Hexe should balance their role carefully to avoid narrative issues.

There are a ton of Assassin's Creed projects in the works right now at Ubisoft, but Assassin's Creed Hexe has the potential to be the most promising of the lot. Announced alongside Assassin's Creed Red, Infinity, and Jade back in September 2022, there still isn't a lot of official information available for Assassin's Creed Hexe, but its 30-second announcement trailer had plenty to keep fans speculating on over these last few years, despite only really showing the game's logo.

A logo made of sticks and twine, Assassin's Creed Hexe's insignia already evoked images of the occult, something that was reinforced by the trailer's final screen that depicted an inverted pentagram slowly appearing behind the logo, featuring lettering that spelled out "Mephisto avenge the house" in German, heavily suggesting that the game would lean into Germanic folklore and themes of the occult. It seems very likely that Assassin's Creed Hexe is going to revolve around some kind of magical force, and where there's magic in the Assassin's Creed universe, the Isu aren't usually too far behind.

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The Isu Could Take the Spotlight in Assassin's Creed Hexe

Assassin's Creed Hexe's Magic Could Be Isu Technology

Whenever something otherworldly occurs in the Assassin's Creed universe, the Isu are usually the explanation. An ancient, technologically-advanced civilization that lived 70,000 years ago, the Isu are essentially the root cause of every major event in the Assassin's Creed timeline. The Isu's imminent death at the hands of a solar flare is what led to their DNA being filtered through countless human generations, eventually leading to many of the game's protagonists encountering them tens of thousands of years later. There's a lot of pretty convoluted lore associated with the Isu - including them being the basis of some civilizations' mythology - but all that fans need to know is that their technology is usually used as a major plot device in most Assassin's Creed games.

The most prevalent items of Isu technology in the Assassin's Creed series are the Pieces of Eden, highly advanced pieces of tech that have varying purposes. The Apples of Eden - which appear throughout the series in the hands of protagonists like Ezio and Arno - were designed to control the minds of men, and physically manipulate their movements, while the Staff of Hermes grants the wielder eternal life.

If Assassin's Creed Hexe is centered around themes of the occult and witchcraft, then it seems highly likely that the Isu are going to play a major role in the game, likely being the source of whatever "magic" the protagonist and some of the game's cast are using. This also functions as a good excuse for Assassin's Creed Hexe to deliver a slightly more unconventional gameplay experience for the series, with fans being more likely to accept big changes to combat and abilities if it's explained to be the result of Isu technology.

Assassin's Creed Hexe Would Need to Balance its Isu Carefully

But while it would make complete sense for the Isu to play a role in Assassin's Creed Hexe, that role needs to be carefully balanced with the rest of the game's narrative. The more the Isu have played a role in Assassin's Creed's story, the less generally well-received the narrative has been, with Assassin's Creed Valhalla's confusing Aesir/Norse Mythology plot being the perfect example. While Isu technology can be behind the magic in Hexe, it might be best if the Isu themselves don't make much of an appearance in the game, instead allowing the story to focus on the historical characters and setting.