All the best Assassin Creed games are about family.
The Ezio trio has long been considered the peak of the series, built on the tragic loss of the Ezio family and his basic loneliness. The most iconic song of the game – Songs with patterns known as well as the topic Assassin’s Creed – titled Ezio’s family. Origin of Assassin Creed It is a story about parents seeking revenge after the death of their son. Similarly, the main character of Yssey Coming from a broken family: Alexios or Kassandra grew up after being ignored by their father, who chose to loyalty to Sparta about protecting their children.
Latest game in Se -ri, Assassin’s Creed Shadowsalso revolves around the family. From the beginning, the player will take the player through a long series, where we see the family life of the young Nao Naoe before – as always happened in this series – her world was driven by violence.
I am not far enough in the game to see where Naoe’s story will be (perhaps!) Interface with the second main character of the game, Yasuke. The two started the story on the opposite side of the Warpath of Lord Oda Nobunaga through Japan in the 16th century, and they shared the same real estate in the marketing documents of the game. But start Assassin’s Creed Shadows Remind me about the first time Ubisoft Neo an Assassin Creed game with the main characters – and how much I love it.
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Most may have followed the detailed franchise plan, but it did a number of different things that it was calculated. I am very happy to call it my favorite game in Se -Ri. Here in Polygon, it reviewed well, and Metacritic agreed. But its success is never guaranteed, and looking back at it now, I still think it is a miracle.
The bad time of Syndicate
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Introduced players with Assassins Twin Jacob and Evie Frye. They are young and have opinions, ready to make leaps from celebrities to the bustling Victoria London.
This is the first time Assassin Creed has a double main character, and for the first time a Assassin Creed game of Mainline Assassin will be fame a female character.
Assassin’s Creed 3 And its Spinoffs was joking with both concepts in limited ways. Assassin’s Creed 3 Featured with a preamble in the player who resides Haytham Kenway, before changing with his son, the son for the rest of the game. And Spinoff Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation Maited by Slave Ductiating’s Assassin Aveline de Grandpré-a bold, really cool move even when the game is predefined to the low-selling PlayStation Vita.
It was the right time for Ubisoft to shake everything in a main game, and the worst thing. Syndicate Launched in 2015, and it was annoying between a toxic debate around the female characters who could play and the Gamergate harassment campaign.
At that time, Ubisoft was still launching an Assassin Creed game basically every year. In spite of Syndicate Will be developed for many years, it directly monitors a lot The unity of Assassin Creed. Unite There was a rough launch from a technical perspective, but was also blown away when a developer told Polygon that a female character model was cut from Co-op mode, because the additional work created it would require.
In short, many people have crazy in different directions and pressure Syndicate ARRIVE Do better high.
Ubisoft also has to argue with a question that fewer and fewer people ask these days: What about the legend? In previous games, the animation that the assassins used to revive history requires a genetic relationship between the main character of modern and their historical partners. At that time Unite Rolling, obviously this concept retained the series. Fortunately, it’s quite easy to remove it: technology becomes better! The following versions of Animus are advanced enough to simulate history just by using DNA of historical characters.
But in 2014 and 2015, players still catch up with new things. Questions about where and whether Arno Dorian, the main character of UniteSuitable for the vast family tree of Desmond Miles was emerged by fans before Reddit before releasing that game. The fact is SyndicateJacob and Evie are twins seem to bring this concern. The double main character is possible – because their DNA is very similar. The legend may remain intact, and the historical time is not disturbed.
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Obviously, later games will make hand waves even more about science. IN Assassin Creed OdysseyPlayers can decide whether they are Kassandra or Alexios as a mercenary against the worship of Kosmos or not. Historical records are cursed!
But Syndicate There is a smaller sand box to play. And in that sand box, it created some magic.
A story about two twins
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Pioneering for the model Dark Now follow: The two main characters with different play styles and completely different personalities.
Jacob Frye is rude and bold – the type of assassin ran into the burning orphanage without thinking first. He was an argument, and bronze knuckles were his weapons. Evie is a planner, and like Naoe, she became close. Her footsteps are lighter, and she carries a sword of sugarcane.
As clear DarkJacob and Evie are both introduced in prepaid game missions. But in the meantime Dark After that, hide Yasuke after hours of story development, Syndicate Immediately allow players to swap between Jacob and Evie in the open world of Victoria London.
However, each character has its own story and it is here SyndicateThe narrower range is really beneficial.
The twins have very different priorities. Evie is working with Assassin Henry Green to find an Eden piece, a valuable antiques that must be kept from templar. Meanwhile, Jacob found it more effective when it was simply assassinating the powerful temples that control the city.
The privileges of the twins put them into conflict. In one mission, Jacob assassinated the Governor of the British Bank – a templar also had a habit rob British bank. For Jacob, the solution is very simple! See Templar, kill Templar.
Unfortunately, this sent England into a financial crisis.
It is here that Evie has to enter, in a mission that players recover the currency prints. In this way, two stories are constantly countering each other. Players can cause chaos in Jacob, but then see how careless actions of his world are ripple and modified. It makes London feel like it is really shaped and controlled by the efforts of the twins (and players).
Evie is disappointed by Jacob’s Move fast and break everything The approach, and Jacob felt like Evie was wasting his time pursuing McGuffins. They pass each other, clean up each other’s mess and make each other tense – like siblings.
And when sure the goals of Jacob and Evie are united, all are more satisfied.
All in the family
Like the rest of the orphans and abuse of Assassin Creed, Jacob and Evie’s luggage. Their story began right after their father, the assassin trained them, died. It was not a dramatic death and no one was blamed, except it could be Victoria’s environmental standard: Ethan Frye died of pleura, a painful lung disease.
The game started when these two young and ambitious assassins were first launched in the world. They are discovering who they are without instructions – and often important – their father.
The relationship of twins with Ethan emphasizes all their conflicts. Evie has always been a golden child who excelled in Ethan’s teaching and put his philosophy on his heart. Jacob Chafed before the limitations and want to do everything in his own way.
But then, something very special happened.
[Ed. note: This rest of this story contains spoilers for the ending of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and the Jack the Ripper DLC.]
Unlike a lot of Assassin Creed games that appear before it, Syndicate Is a happy story.
Jacob and Evie developed through their differences and learned how to work together. Evie and Henry Green love. They all were ordained by Queen Victoria. And everyone lives! Instead of going down to Maudlin tragedy, Syndicate It’s about learning how to love and live with your family – even if you don’t always agree with them.
It is sweet, funny and refreshing.
Shortly thereafter Syndicate Appears, Ubisoft has released Jack The Ripper DLC. In the weeks leading to it, I remember existed in a vague anxiety.
Jack The Ripper is a much darker story. It took place decades later SyndicateAnd the story mainly tells about Evie Frye, who returned to London because Jacob was missing and Jack The Ripper was continuing his legendary murder. Before release, Ubisoft announced that in some chains, players will play as Ripper himself.
Knowing that the DLC’s double main characters are Evie and Jack, not Evie and Jacob, led some players to hypothesize that Jack is Actually Jacob. It doesn’t seem possible, but even considered it to get me sick. I could not stand the idea that Jacob Frye could be a historic meat seller of women. For me, it will be the final betrayal of the character, and the story Syndicate said.
But I don’t need to worry.
Jack The Ripper Ends with a died serial killer, and the twins reunited. Jacob was injured – both physically and psychologically – by his experience. But when you hug each other, DLC fulfilled the promise that Syndicate make.
This story is about family. Assassin Creed games are always like that, but Syndicate Still doing it best.
