As Desmond continues to trawl through Ezio’s memories, we periodically take some time to trawl through his.
Streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/newdarkcloud
By and large I have been a defender of the Desmond segments so far in Assassin’s Creed. I find that it helpful to have a main plot that connects the games together, giving us a reason to keep traversing through history. Still is still true, but these sections where we explore Desmond’s backstory are the least interesting parts of the game, both mechanically and narratively.
There were clear inspirations taken from Portal (notably Portal 2 came out six months earlier in the same year). And yet, two of the strength of Portal are most the cleverness of its puzzle design and the dry, humorous wit that permeates the script. These Desmond section lack both, with puzzles that require almost no thought whatsoever and bland monologues accompanying them. I could begin to discuss the ways in which it contradicts established lore, but ultimately that doesn’t matter because if there something more important to say I wouldn’t be focused on such trivial details.
And besides, the best is yet to come in Assassin’s Creed: Revelations.
Leave a Reply