刺客教條4：康納應該要出現的五個理由(5-1)

原文出自：http://whatculture.com/gaming/assassins-creed-4-5-reasons-it-should-have-been-about-connor.php/6

(譯注：原文從第五個理由講起，為了閱讀順暢，將第一個理由置於文首)

ssassin’s Creed 4: 5 Reasons It Should Have Been About Connor

刺客教條4：康納應該出現的五個理由

August 2, 2013 C.J.

2013年8月2日，作者C.J

1. The Native American Culture

第一個理由：美國原住民文化

One of the many reasons I was excited for AC3 was because our protagonist was of Native American descent. I thought this would allow us to see the lives of  a very unique race along with its culture. While Ubisoft didn’t do a diservice to the culture-in fact when then they did make nods towards it they were spot on-they didn’t really go in depth with the Connor’s people as much as I wanted it to.

最令人興奮的理由，我認為是AC3的主角設定為美國原住民。透過遊戲我們能看見這個非常獨特的民族是如何生活、而他們的文化又是什麼樣。令我覺得最遺憾的是，育碧並未深究他們的文化內容－他們只把焦點放在他們要的東西上－他們並沒有深入了解康納、以及康納的族人，而這是我最想看到的。

Now granted, none of the games focused on the culture of the people so why should have AC3 do what the others didn’t? Well, if we take AC1, AC2 and ACB, their settings were unique enough to not need a focus on the cultures of the people. We witnessed the Third Crusade and the Italian Renaissance. Only Revelations and AC3 were dull in comparison but given the rather close timeline and location of Constantinople, there probably wasn’t too many differences to note. Even if there was, the game had Masyaf after 300 years of abandonment which is unique in its own way.

假定現在沒有任何一部作品聚焦在原住民文化，這正是育碧在AC3要做的，不是嗎？如果我們把AC1、AC2以及ACB(兄弟會)放在一起看，他們的背景都很特殊，不論是第三次十字軍東征或是義大利文藝復興，光這點就足以吸引人而不需要費心再打造群落。相較之下啟示錄和AC3就常拿來與前三者比較，不是「太貼近歷史而喪失了想像空間」，就是「只在君士坦丁堡取景」，兩者似乎差別不大。就算如此，若有一部作品可以讓我們看見300年後棄置的馬西亞夫，我認為那也是獨特的。

While the birth of America brought something different to offer, most people were very familiar with the setting which in turn made it lose some of its spark. This is where the Native Americans should have came into play. Most American history classes never go into depth about America’s first inhabitants(quite ironic) and unless you took a class only focused on them, the Natives’ histroy is relatively unknown to the public. With Ubisoft’s knack for making learning fun, it would’ve been interesting to see them dive deeper into the culture of Connor’s people, but sadly, we will never get that chance.

美國的誕生帶了一些改變，許多人都會同意：帶來轉變的同時，同時也失去某些閃耀的事物。這就是為什麼美國原住民應該納入遊戲之中。許多美國歷史課程壓根兒沒提到美國的「原始居民」(真諷刺)，至少我們可以上一堂課，和「正統」的歷史課不同，把重心放在原住民歷史。育碧的發明讓歷史課變好玩，而探索康納的文化根源可能不會有趣，但我們從來沒有機會接觸，那才是最可惜的地方。