Assassin’s Creed – Part 3-2
So we’ve had some complications while conducting our investigation, but it’s still proceeding apace. Soon, we’ll be able to go after our 4th target.
Thank you YouTube, for giving me a copyright strike on this video for daring to not talk for a few seconds over in-game music.
I have criticized Far Cry 5 for a plot whose premise is “What if the Doomsday Cult was actually right all along?”. Many have criticized works from well-known industry veterans like Ken Levine’s Bioshock: Infinite for the way they like to “both sides” whatever conflict is central to their game’s lore and fiction.
What I didn’t understand when that form of criticism was taking shape, was that this “plot structure” was always there. I just didn’t see it because at the time I had put almost no thought whatsoever into my beliefs and where I stand morally and ethically. This of “both sides” ethical thinking goes as far back as Thief or System Shock 2.
I point this out because the more we listen to our targets in their final moments, the more I realize that this is exactly what happened with Assassin’s Creed 1, and I was too naive to notice. At the time, I believe the pivot towards the Templars being cartoon-villains in the Ezio trilogy was an abomination. However, if anything it was more of a correction.
Thus far, the only substantive arguments the Templars have in support of their cause amount to the sheer force of raw charisma and little else.
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