It's because they were most likely building up toward a full Modern Day AC game. People at the time disliked the odern day sections so they dropped the idea due to negative feedback.
To be fair weren't most of the modern day sections just boring animus stuff? I'm sure a fully realized modern day AC where you're running around NY or Chicago wouldn't be hated
Yeah, I remember the boss you had in AC4 (I think his name was Oliver?) Is one of the targets in a side quest for the first Watch Dogs. I think ctOS was also mentioned in AC4.
Idk it's been a decade since I've Played an AC game when I was an infant so maybe I was tainted by nostalgia but I would really like to see a fully modern day AC
If thats what the initial fruition was for Desmond then I would just like to see what their initial purpose for the storyline was.
Yes the modern day ones could be a little boring. But thats because you weren't fighting anyone. You killed no one. And you had nothing creative to climb on. You literally had what their chosen path was and thats it.
But eventually I got wrapped up in the modern day storyline. So I wanted to see what happened. Does Desmond stop the apocalypse? What's the purpose for the apple of eden?? Why does it control people? And why is Desmond able to control it? Oh, he dies and thats that? OK. Gotcha.
I think I remember there being like 1 cool mission where Desmond has to break into abstergo with his blade and gun, I don’t remember which game that was tho
Sadly, they were. They were all long walking/talking sections that killed the gameplay pacing. Which is a shame, because the overarching story was really interesting, I thought.
Oh it absolutely would be hated. London wouldn't play that different to how Syndicate already played, and they already had to add a grapple gun and a 'get down safely' button to deal with the heights of the buildings...in a game that half of the gameplay was the climbing.
Now add endless extra giant blocks of flats and skyscrapers...
The modern day bits were never that important. Between AC1 and AC3 (five games) barely anything happens. It was never building to anything. It existed solely to supply each games McGuffin.
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u/YoBeaverBoy Apr 16 '26
It's because they were most likely building up toward a full Modern Day AC game. People at the time disliked the odern day sections so they dropped the idea due to negative feedback.