With the last of the mad monk’s forces dealt with, it’s time to make a move against Savonarola himself, reclaim the Apple, and end The Bonfire of the Vanities.
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While this DLC provides a strong closure for Ezio’s character arc, one that likely should have been in the base game, it is also very awkwardly placed because it comes directly before the game’s actual finale, delaying it while Ezio goes on a side quest that lasts a decade. That feeling is exacerbated by the fact that it’s a mandatory part of the game as per The Ezio Collection.
It makes me wonder how it came into being in the first place. I imagine that since both The Siege of Forli and The Bonfire of the Vanities were famous events in Italian history, sections dedicated to them were already in the works (like the one with Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machine), and were originally cut for either story or pacing reasons. Then, later they were finished and added back in as DLC, but I can’t be sure of that. It would be an interesting topic to ask someone on the development team about.
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