Do you like the story of Assassins Creed? *spoilers*
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No, not particularly. They give me a mystery without any clues. That is the most boring kind of mystery to be handed. I have no idea where they're going with the whole thing and, quite honestly, I stopped caring after the second game when I decided the particular combination of rather boring gameplay and utterly unengaging story was not buoyed by excellent world building enough to be worth my time any longer.
I think she was a double agent for the Templars, if I remember right there was a red trail around the hideout in Monteriggioni suggesting someone was spying on the Assassins.thmz said:
I love mysteries so, yes. I like the story. I like Ezio's storyline better than Desmond's and Altair's story, but Desmond's story adds another great layer to an already great existing storyline. I really can't wait to see how it unfolds. And I actually like Desmond. He didn't get a chance to be a well developed character. We don't really know much about him yet. That's why I don't mind if AC3 turns out to be all about Desmond.
Nope.
It was okay up until ACII. Nothing special, but basically functional.
Then I unlocked the first "Truth" video.
"Hm, two naked humans, male and female, displaying unusual agility while running through what I think was a futuristic garden of some sort. Well, they're clearly Adam and Eve, but why the futuristic stuff?"
"Oh hell, they're going to pull the whole humans-are-an-alien-science-experiment thing. Well, crap."
"Nah, have some faith. They're better than that. The story has been alright so far. Maybe this is a red herring."
*many hours pass*
"Son of a *****."
And Brotherhood added bugger all. I barely remember what happened in that game. Just Ezio seeing the sights in Rome and Desmond royally screwing the pooch. It's like they had a level that they didn't manage to fit into ACII, then decided to stuff it with filler and turn it into its own game. (EDIT: I just realised that I'm very nearly quoting Yahtzee there. Still true though.)
It was okay up until ACII. Nothing special, but basically functional.
Then I unlocked the first "Truth" video.
"Hm, two naked humans, male and female, displaying unusual agility while running through what I think was a futuristic garden of some sort. Well, they're clearly Adam and Eve, but why the futuristic stuff?"
"Oh hell, they're going to pull the whole humans-are-an-alien-science-experiment thing. Well, crap."
"Nah, have some faith. They're better than that. The story has been alright so far. Maybe this is a red herring."
*many hours pass*
"Son of a *****."
And Brotherhood added bugger all. I barely remember what happened in that game. Just Ezio seeing the sights in Rome and Desmond royally screwing the pooch. It's like they had a level that they didn't manage to fit into ACII, then decided to stuff it with filler and turn it into its own game. (EDIT: I just realised that I'm very nearly quoting Yahtzee there. Still true though.)
I think the story is fine. I don't really like Desmond, but I think the present-day story itself is fine and the interweaving of the past stories is interesting, though I wish they mixed it up a bit more.
What I don't like is the fact that none of the games, not even the first one, had any semblance of being self-contained. A single story stretched over at least 5 total games all (I'm assuming ScreedRev will) ending with bullshit cliffhangers is pushing it for me. We'll see if I give any time to ScreedRev or Screed3 because of that.
What I don't like is the fact that none of the games, not even the first one, had any semblance of being self-contained. A single story stretched over at least 5 total games all (I'm assuming ScreedRev will) ending with bullshit cliffhangers is pushing it for me. We'll see if I give any time to ScreedRev or Screed3 because of that.
