Stalk Templars from rooftops, crowds of people, and haystacks to ensure their throats get the recommended dose of steel. The gameplay between all three games is basically the same. He hardly sees and character development at all despite being around for four games. Ezio has nothing interesting or new about them, so a story was crafted for Altair to make the game have an overall arc.Īs for Desmond well… his story goes off the rails hard. The only new aspect of Revelations is that the story tries to tie together Ezio’s epilogue with Altair’s. Once again, the Templars and assassins are trying to find the keys to this door. The story revolves around Altair’s old library that contains ancient knowledge. In Revelations, Ezio is a legend, but must once again trot around in a new town setting up shop with a new assassin order. There is also a side romance involved, but it is largely arbitrary and is only really there so Ezio can rescue the damsel in distress. Soon after, a guy named Cesare invades town, kills Ezio’s uncle, and basically acts as a cookie cutter villain the entire game. The game starts out with Ezio returning to his Uncle’s hometown.
This all wraps around the discovery of the apple of eden, which both the Templars and assassins want to get their hands on.Įzio talking to his sister after getting revengeīy Brotherhood, Ezio is a bonified hero and seeks to spread his influence and rebuild the assassin order in Rome while chasing down the Borgias.
In the first game, Ezio’s family gets killed and he seeks revenge, meeting a few historical figures along the way like Leonardo da Vinci. That is why Ubisoft decided to stretch out his character for three games, and release The Ezio Collection for the Xbox One, which contains Assassin’s Creed 2, Brotherhood, and Revelations. He’s intelligent, cunning, and great with the ladies. But despite the pitfalls, Ezio is a great character.
Despite how much the series has fallen from grace, I still find myself clinging to a splinter of hope that it will get better.
Assassin’s Creed is one of those series that has started to feel like an abusive parent.