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[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 66 points 1 month ago

I beat an ancient Egyptian god to death with a Q-tip. Any claim Assassin's Creed might have had to approximating historical accuracy died several games ago even if we ignore the Ancient Aliens bullshit that's been around since the begining.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wasn't the original premise that you were a dude in the present using a time machine to explore "genetic memory" in a real time simulation in order to find the ark of the covenant or spear of destiny or someshit for the Illuminati?

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Correct, they were looking for the "apple of eden" (golden orb from the first few games). It gets revealed by the end of the Renaissance arc that objects they are looking for are technological remnants of an ancient civilization that created humans as a slave race by stripping out parts of their own genetic code. It's a bastardized version Sichin's Ancient Aliens "theory".

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I think they crammed "becuz aliens" in there a few games later to explain away all the magic.

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They did that in the first game, actually. The apple and other artifacts were always tech left behind by an extinct "first civilization," later named the Isu. Part of the series' problem is that the actually interesting ideological conflict between the Assassins and the Templars was put on hold to explore increasingly elaborate Isu junk after Desmond was killed off.

[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, this was carried until Syndicate, which is the sixth game in the mainline series I believe. That was then changed in Origins.

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I was guessing this was about Ghost of Tsushima since it just released on PC. Is his an assassin creed thing?

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's for the new AC Shadows trailer, one of the main characters is a black samurai.

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Ah ok thanks. Good on Ubisoft I guess? Black people are part of the world and deserve to be represented. I'm sad that this is a fucking point of contention.

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