With that tedious DLC out of the way, the Ezio collection is complete. Now, Acharky and I are free to start the final game in Desmond’s story: Assassin’s Creed 3.
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So to correct myself, the original pitch for Assassin’s Creed 3 was that after beating Abstergo, Desmond and Lucy would go off into space to start a new civilization as Adam and Eve while the world burned in the Mayan Apocalypse. This is why Adam and Eve were depicted in THE TRUTH back in Assassin’s Creed 2, thematically introducing that parallel.
As I said in the episode, I don’t think this ending is good. However, it is consistent with what they established in all the games before, including Revelations. With all the hype surrounding Desmond in-universe, not making him the star of the show is extremely anticlimactic. It’s a problem that the change in plans never really addressed.
And plans did change when the series was restructured into a yearly franchise, as they needed to make sure there was room for future games set in this world. This is one reason why I dislike Assassin’s Creed 3, especially as someone who defends Desmond’s role in the games fairly often. I suspect if it had been given the time and resources, as Assassin’s Creed game set in the modern day could’ve been fun.
But alas, that is merely a hypothetical, and not the game we received. It would be unfair to judge the real Assassin’s Creed 3 based on those merits. Thus, I doubt I will find myself discussing this again until we reach the end of the game.
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