I'm not the only one who hated the story am I?

[Winifridal]

I thought this was the worst story of any AC game honestly. What are everyone elses thoughts?

[CryKitty]

Well, it certainly wasn't the best, but it was not the worst. It was pretty similar to AC2 in a lot of ways. I think Black Flag's was far less interesting.

The issue is that Ubisoft saw everyone's disinterest with Connor, so decided to make a carbon-copy of Ezio in hopes that the familiarity of a beloved character could cushion any disinterest from other new features.

What this did, however, is feel very same-y for a lot of people, making Arno kinda... not special. He's likeable, sure, but he's nothing new like Connor or even Edward. Almost every other character was forgettable or unlikeable, which ultimately meant that the story in its entirety was just kind of a let-down, since it's a very character-driven story.

The story was also far too short, for my liking. I'm sure Ubisoft was hoping the side-activities and Co-Op missions would tie people over for a long while, but the Murder Mysteries were kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and not executed well, and the Co-Op missions rarely worked properly for the first couple of months of the game's release, which soured a lot of people to it entirely.

I love the game, don't get me wrong, but I can definitely say the story is the weakest aspect.

[Winifridal]

The issue I had is that he wasn't an assassin. He was just using them. He admited that he was using them for "revenge", and they saw that too. He didn't care about the whole assassins vs templar thing, which for me really detracted from the experience of the game. I remember playing AC2 and thinking wow this game is brilliant because of the story line. I loved the AC2 story (and brotherhood to that extent). Arno is just some guy trying to "fix" his mistake of not delivering the letter to de la serre in time.

[Code Classified]

Originally posted by Shonda:

The issue I had is that he wasn't an assassin. He was just using them. He admited that he was using them for "revenge", and they saw that too. He didn't care about the whole assassins vs templar thing, which for me really detracted from the experience of the game. I remember playing AC2 and thinking wow this game is brilliant because of the story line. I loved the AC2 story (and brotherhood to that extent). Arno is just some guy trying to "fix" his mistake of not delivering the letter to de la serre in time.

i second that, that is why i hate shay cormac so much in rogue, dat filthy traitor omg :p i also loved ezio but my all time favorite assassin got to be Captain Edward James Kenway, cause he is just like me, prepared to leave all behind to find that gr8 prize.

[Nidhoggr]

The story was terrible. It felt like a poor romance story with an Assassin's Creed twist. And in the end, you're no longer an assassin because you decided to chase a girl instead.

[I AM NELSON]

Originally posted by Shonda:

I thought this was the worst story of any AC game honestly. What are everyone elses thoughts?

It was terrible.

[Taiwan Number One]

The story could've been good, but there wasn't enough setup for it to work. Your father is dead in five seconds, and your step-father is dead in ten seconds.