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Date of upload: Apr 20, 2024 ^^
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The fact that the franchise has shifted to the point where the core themes and conflicts have completely changed. It's no longer about Desmond uncovering the mystery of the Isu era. It's not about the Templar conflict. Each new release is a stand alone project flexing the beauty of the historical setting. I can see Isu as a fiction addition, but I can never digest all the Minotaurs and other mythical elements woven into the story. Never worked for me.
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damn man the whole stunt at 0:45
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I don't think the franchise needs to end so long as every game is made with narrative intent. History and Order vs Freedom are tools you can use to make infinite stories, and I'd be happy to get new AC games forever. All I ask is that the games serve a purpose to the overall franchise.
However, I do think the modern day needs a conclusion, because it's technically the main story, which needs a clear beginning and end.
Since AC4, the modern day has only existed because it needed to. While Valhalla did finally do something relevant with it, that doesn't change the fact that overall, the modern day is an irrelevant mess. There are just too many teams of writers working on a single story across all the games. "Too many chefs spoil the broth" if you will.
Looking to the near future, the Infinity Hub being our own Animus is Ubisoft quietly concluding the modern day. It's lazy, but safe. And I'm cool with that honestly.
I'd rather they silently kill this dead horse than have a single team of writers try to conclude the collective work of thousands of writers over 15+ years.
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The thing is I agree that narratives NEED an ending, but with AC in particular its literally the only consistent and reliable franchise that Ubisoft has outside of maybe Far Cry (which in itself is falling apart and not selling as well) and maybe Just Dance (isn't as sustainable as it is only available on Switch and not as popular as the Kinect Era). The games still sell well and still are massive profit incentives for Ubisoft and if it wasn't for AC, Ubisoft may have very well sold themselves to Tencent or another major company.
The games will most likely expand well into the next couple of decades, maybe as far as the next 3-5 console generations, covering settings that are still heavily requested (India, Spain, Aztecs, China, Mongols, Russia, Persia, Rome etc) before people are finally burnt out. The games still sell incredibly well, even better than previous instalments in fact because it draws international audiences by exploring history, but once interesting world history runs out, I think it may be time for AC to end as well.
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I absolutely agree with your point about stand alone stories continuing within the universe they've created.
To be completely honest, as a long time fan and frequent player of the series, i lost the plot a long time ago. I have no idea what the overarching story is trying to do with pretty much any game past revelations.
But those with more patience than me deserve a satisfying end to everything they've created so far and i would love to see them continue with more stand-alone assassin stories.
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In my opinion, the Assassin's Creed series peaked with AC: Revelations, and I've considered each game since then as a standalone experience that I've enjoyed playing. However, I have a concern with the developers listening too much to players feedback. While I understand the value of engaging with the community, it feels like they are bending over backward to please players, which has led to a loss of originality and unpredictability in the games. Additionally, Ubisoft's tendency to leak information doesn't help. I wish developers would focus more on their own creative vision rather than frequently reacting to fan demands regardless how much paradoxical this might sound.
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Modern day is the main story and that's how it should be. Without it these are just a bunch of one off games with only a title to share.
Having said that, it should be rebooted. The whole series needs to go back to the start.
Desmond but with more active modern day segments. Start with the sneaking of the original but ramp it up to more parkour and takedowns as the bleeding effect progresses.
In reboot AC3, desmond should let the planet be demolished and then we get a workable full modern day with very few guns.
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Well
We already lost the track on that.
It needed to end with its original story with its original creators.
Ubisoft got hungry tried to milk Ezio
Og Creators left.
And well AC3 sealed the deal. Even if it does at this point there is no point in ending the franchise. It already lost the chance to make it impactful.
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They needed to focus on the story we all cared about. Desmond was the character we all rooted for. In the game up until 3 we all expect at some point to take over Desmond and become and assassin. And we get small sections of that in 3 but I was expecting a full on game. We wanted to see what would happen to Shaun, Rebecca and Desmond’s dad. They got too lost in the past assassins. We needed an actual protagonist, not a new face every game with no real modern day to bridge it all together. I haven’t played after odyssey but i would hope to get back into it soon
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I have been watching your vids for a few days now, just started my journey with Origins. I have to say I pretty much agree with every point you made during the video. I especially found it interesting when you said that "maybe the guys you thought were good are not so". Thinking about it now, in Valhalla the vikings are the absolute bad guys. Being related to the Aesir aside. Imagine you're a chap in England, chilling with the goats, living your silly life in peace and then a bunch of bearded brutes show up at your doorstep, murder you because you decided to pick up that security guard job at the local church, then they steal your food, possibly a holy relic and then loot a few more vases and go on with their day as usual. Absolutely horrid.
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@TheSpaniardAssassin
1 week ago
What do you think?
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