No problem. I watched the cutscenes movie from Gamer’s Little Playground shortly after Mirage dropped and remember the comments being full of confusion about the ending.
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Yeah, but you still make decisions though, there is still a ‘canon’ way the story unfolds.
I do like that when you let the Animus choose that it switches to male Eivor when they are ‘being Odin’.
I also think the Odin stuff is pretty cleverly written, because you can make out what would have actually happened in ‘the real world’ to the Isu
I don’t get the hate Valhalla gets, I liked it way more than Odyssey.
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Don’t get me started on that… even if he wasn’t all that, even if he was just a man that lived during those times he still would have been more real than any other Assassin’s Creed protagonist.
Never have I ever heard that Ezio wasn’t real and Leonardo DaVinci didn’t do all that, therefore ‘game woke and bad’.
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I had it pre-ordered and everything, now I am not sure anymore. I am worried it’s going to turn out messy, because they wanted to please both crowds.
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The movie isn’t terrible. It had some good bits and some interesting ideas. I liked they way they portrayed the Animus. Just having The character lay on a table wouldn’t have worked for a movie. The two main issues I have with it are: A. It’s trying to be both for existing fans and new viewers and thus fails at both. And B. It ends on a cliffhanger of sorts. I would’ve had a definitive ending and waited to see how it performed before moving on with a sequel. I find it annoying that studios are so eager for cinematic universes and everything having sequels that they build that into their movies and everyone is disappointed with the results if the film fails. The filmmakers are disappointed because they have to abandon their plans, the viewing public because the film ends up with a lackluster ending.
I don’t think the story is as good as a movie. To me it works when I play it but not when watching it like that. But good that you enjoy it.
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I’ve played AC II and tried some of the newer ones. The only game I’ve played, beaten, and thoroughly enjoyed is Black Flag.
I’ve gotten pretty far into Origins and have mostly enjoyed it, from what I’ve gotten out the Greece, Viking one they’re pretty fun too. Nothing has ever even come close to my Black Flag experience though.
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I mean, it’s not great. But it’s not terrible. I think the stuff in the past was the most fun. And Jeremy Irons makes a decent villain. I think I’ve only seen it twice all the way through. Once in theaters and once on DVD after finding lots of references in Layla’s files in Origins.
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I meant the cut scenes. Never watched the movie.
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For those interested, there’s also an Audible exclusive audio drama titled Gold featuring Riz Ahmed as the main assassin and Anthony Stuart Head as Issac Newton that was pretty good.
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For me, the story in these games is one of the least appealing aspects. Exploring and jumping like an eagle are a big part of what makes these games worth even thinking about. Plus, the ability to just walk through history a bit. The guided historical tour you can go on in Origins is 
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Ah, I see. I’m a person who tends to play video games for the story and less for the game play itself. So, the cutscene movie edits are a great way for me to experience the story, especially after I get stuck on a certain puzzle or just can’t master the timing of a certain spot. In Black Flag, I also got stuck in the Yucatan mission where Edward’s sneaking into the Assassin’s base and has to sneak through without detection or killing anyone.
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There’s also one for Odyssey and Valhalla.
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This thread must be what reading stuff about Doctor Who is like for non-fans! Not a clue what anyone is going on about 
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I can do the same. It is just I don’t think that the story is that good when you don’t play in between. Then I find it better to just watch a movie.
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Here’s the first half to a brief guide for those who are interested in getting into the series:
Assassin’s Creed (1191 Holy Land - 3rd Crusade) - This one features Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad and starts the Desmond arc for the modern day segments. It’s a decent story but does get bogged down a bit in repetition.
Assassin’s Creed II (1476-1499 - Renaissance Italy) - This is the start of the Ezio trilogy and continues the Desmond arc. One of the fan favorites.
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (1500–1507 - Renaissance Rome) - Middle part of the Ezio trilogy and continues the Desmond arc.
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (1511-1512 - Ottoman Constantinople) - Wraps up the Ezio trilogy and also ties into Altaïr’s life post-Crusades. Continues the Desmond arc.
Assassin’s Creed III (1754-1783 - American Revolution) - Follows Haytham Kenway and his son Connor (the half-Mohawk Ratonhnhaké:ton). Concludes the Desmond arc in the modern day.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (1715-1722 - Golden Age of Caribbean Piracy) - Follows Edward Kenway (Haytham’s father) as he grows from pirate to master assassin. Possibly the best story in the series. Modern day scenes are less important. In this, they form a loose coda to the Desmond arc, but you’ll probably be fine if you haven’t experienced that.
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Here’s the second half to a brief guide for those who are interested in getting into the series:
Assassin’s Creed Rogue (1752-1760 - French and Indian War/Seven Years War) - Focuses on Shay Patrick Cormac who leaves the Assassins and joins the Templars. Acts as a prequel to Assassin’s Creed III, showing how the Brotherhood came to be in the state Connor finds it, and a prequel to Unity. Modern day story isn’t really tied into any others.
Assassin’s Creed Unity (1789-1794 - French Revolution) - Follows Arno Dorian through the French Revolution.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (1868 - Second Industrial Revolution London) - Focuses on twins Jacob and Evie Frye as they systematically liberate the various buroughs of London from the Templars. Features several british historical figures such as Darwin, Dickens, Alexander Graham Bell and others.
Assassin’s Creed Origins (49-44 BC - Ptolemaic Egypt) - This is the start of RPG era and the Layla trilogy. The main game focuses on the Medjay Bayek of Siwa and his quest to avenge the death of his son at the hands of The Order of the Ancients (what would become the Templars). As he does, he becomes embroiled in the fued between Ptolomy XIII and Cleopatra with Julius Caesar making an appearance before creating The Hidden Ones who will eventually become the Assassins. The modern day introduces us to Layla Hassaan who works for Abstergo but has gone rogue because she wants to prove herself. Bayek’s story is one of the best in the series.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (431-422 BC - Peloponnesian War) - The second entry in the Layla trilogy sees the journey of Kassandra of Sparta as she criss-crosses the Greek world to find her family while at the same time battling the Cult of Kosmos. This introduced the ability to choose a male or female player character, though the canon protagonist is the female option.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (872–878 - Viking Conquest of England) - This one concludes the Layla trilogy and follows the Viking warrior Eivor. Again, you get choose whether you play male or female, or you can let the Animus choose. The canon choice is female, but also both and there is a story reason for that which I won’t spoil here. This also sees the evolution from the Order of the Ancients into the Templar Order.
Finally, for now, we have Assassin’s Creed Mirage (861 - Baghdad during the Anarchy at Samarra) - This is the most recent game and follows the character of Basim Ibn Ishaq as he discovers himself in Baghdad at its prime. Basim is a character from Valhalla so this acts as a prequel (it originally began life as a Valhalla DLC before becoming a separate game). It has no modern day segments and was a somewhat return to the more stealth based gameplay of the original games.
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