Ubisoft's new upcoming installment of the Assassin's Creed games continues the series' historical entanglements. This time the game reaches revolutionary France; however, many fans have complained that the game itself is not revolutionary enough.

While other video games allow players to use female characters, Ubisoft has not introduced that option to its Assassin's Creed games. According to Tech Times, Ubisoft is now providing a sort of compromise in the game's new installment.

The female character Elise, while not playable, is crucial to the game's storyline. As the game's main character, Arno looks down on the massacre of nobles. During the Terror, he sees Elise, a noblewoman and Templar, being brought to the guillotine.

If Elise is meant to be crucial to the plot, Tech Times agrees with Ubisoft that having the game from a female character's perspective would make the storyline confusing, as the two will likely become each other's love interest.

In June, the video game developer answered concerns about a female playable character in a statement sent to Kotaku.

"We recognize the valid concern around diversity in video game narrative. Assassin's Creed is developed by a multicultural team of various faiths and beliefs and we hope this attention to diversity is reflected in the settings of our games and our characters," the statement read but continued to explain that Arno is the game's protagonist. "We look forward to introducing you to some of the strong female characters in Assassin's Creed Unity."

That "strong female character" is Elise.

Meanwhile, the game's trailers have been released including a blood-filled one by horror filmmaker Rob Zombie. The Guardian reports that Ubisoft commissioned Zombie as well as Tony Moore, the artist behind "The Walking Dead," to create the gory trailer.

Ubisoft wanted to show "the gory details, bloody battles and terrifying events of the revolution," reports the Guardian.

Well, they did it pretty well. Watch the trailer:

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