

The issue was that they never got the screen time that they deserved. Many of the characters in the series were robust, smart, strong, and gripping. Updated on October 28th, 2021 by Hodey Johns: Just because the executives had issues with female characters doesn't mean the entire development team did. Without getting too deep into the controversy currently surrounding Ubisoft and its executives, here are ten female characters that deserved more screen time and some who should have been playable in the Assassin’s Creed series.

It was also revealed that several playable female characters in Assassin’s Creed games had their screen time reduced or were outright omitted because certain higher-ups claimed that female-centric games wouldn’t sell, among many other controversial reasons. Recently, Bloomberg’s investigative story revealed several allegations and instances of sexual misconduct and sexism in Ubisoft's workplaces. RELATED: Games Franchises That Killed Off Their Protagonist (& Kept Going) However, the truth of the matter has finally been uncovered and it's anything but reasonable or acceptable. Ubisoft replied, saying that adding female characters would have been labor-intensive, which many fans found unacceptable. When Assassin’s Creed Unity launched with four male protagonists, fans demanded to know why they couldn’t have even one playable female character. Not helping is the astonishing lack of women of color, with Shao Jun ( Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China) and Aveline de Grandpré (Assassin's Creed III: Liberation) so far being the only playable women in the series. Ubisoft has been under fire for its lack of female representation in the Assassin’s Creed series.
