so who's the new "desmond" ?

[Crispyhardt]

as most of us know desmond dies at the end of AC3. in black flag you play as a obstergo employee and obstergo used desmond's corpse to get his DNA.

so can someone fill me in on who the character you play as after AC4 is and how he or she ties into the story?

[Shouvanik]

In rogue you play as an abstergo employee (or helix research analyst, as they call it) again. But he sides with templers in the end.

In unity, you play as a random gamer who is contacted by the assassins and get inducted as an Initiate. In syndicate, you play as initiate once again, but this time he is affiliated with assassins right from the start. Unity ans syndicate has only cutscenes for modern day, no playable portion.

Also after Edward Kenway, none of the newer protagonists(Shay, Arno, Jacob, Evie) are Desmond's ancestors. I don't know if you are already aware or not, but the animus is replaced by helix console now. Helix console connects to the helix cloud and allows anyone to play anyone else's genetic memories.

[Nate]

Sorry there is only one Desmond but he is dead.Btw AC series is DEAD

[Crispyhardt]

Originally posted by Shouvanik:

In rogue you play as an abstergo employee (or helix research analyst, as they call it) again. But he sides with templers in the end.

In unity, you play as a random gamer who is contacted by the assassins and get inducted as an Initiate. In syndicate, you play as initiate once again, but this time he is affiliated with assassins right from the start. Unity ans syndicate has only cutscenes for modern day, no playable portion.

Also after Edward Kenway, none of the newer protagonists(Shay, Arno, Jacob, Evie) are Desmond's ancestors. I don't know if you are already aware or not, but the animus is replaced by helix console now. Helix console connects to the helix cloud and allows anyone to play anyone else's genetic memories.

ah ok.

so is helix owned by obstergo?

[Shouvanik]

Yeah. They are marketing helix console as gaming devices which simulate real history(obviously censored by abstergo). People are buying them and through the headsets of the machine, abstego is acquiring genetic memory of the users. Currently abstergo's goal is to rebuild a full precursor( so triple helix) DNA. They are calling it Project Phoenix.

[Crispyhardt]

Originally posted by Shouvanik:

Yeah. They are marketing helix console as gaming devices which simulate real history(obviously censored by abstergo). People are buying them and through the headsets of the machine, abstego is acquiring genetic memory of the users. Currently abstergo's goal is to rebuild a full precursor( so triple helix) DNA. They are calling it Project Phoenix.

ah!

well if i wanted to enslave mankind selling video game devices that simulate real history but are something far more sinister would be one of my first attempts

i'm not a templar i promise

[ronesscones]

*abstergo. Not obstergo

[Crispyhardt]

Originally posted by ronesscones:

*abstergo. Not obstergo

ok

[Crispyhardt]

i honestly hope we get a AC game with co-op thats not a buggy mess like unity

[WeissRook]

Originally posted by Shouvanik:

In rogue you play as an abstergo employee (or helix research analyst, as they call it) again. But he sides with templers in the end.

In unity, you play as a random gamer who is contacted by the assassins and get inducted as an Initiate. In syndicate, you play as initiate once again, but this time he is affiliated with assassins right from the start. Unity ans syndicate has only cutscenes for modern day, no playable portion.

Also after Edward Kenway, none of the newer protagonists(Shay, Arno, Jacob, Evie) are Desmond's ancestors. I don't know if you are already aware or not, but the animus is replaced by helix console now. Helix console connects to the helix cloud and allows anyone to play anyone else's genetic memories.

Did the present protagonist join the Templars?
I thought it left off after he was "offered" the "choice" to either join or die right there like a dog. I mean, even if I wasn't going to join, at that point I'd say yes anyway :p

[Shouvanik]

Originally posted by WeissRook:

Originally posted by Shouvanik:

In rogue you play as an abstergo employee (or helix research analyst, as they call it) again. But he sides with templers in the end.

In unity, you play as a random gamer who is contacted by the assassins and get inducted as an Initiate. In syndicate, you play as initiate once again, but this time he is affiliated with assassins right from the start. Unity ans syndicate has only cutscenes for modern day, no playable portion.

Also after Edward Kenway, none of the newer protagonists(Shay, Arno, Jacob, Evie) are Desmond's ancestors. I don't know if you are already aware or not, but the animus is replaced by helix console now. Helix console connects to the helix cloud and allows anyone to play anyone else's genetic memories.

Did the present protagonist join the Templars?
I thought it left off after he was "offered" the "choice" to either join or die right there like a dog. I mean, even if I wasn't going to join, at that point I'd say yes anyway :p

Obviously. Anyone would say yes at that point. I was hoping they would give an action packed sequence where we will kick the pistol off Otso's hands and then run and escape the abstergo building. Too bad that didn't happen.

[Holden Ennis]

Originally posted by Shouvanik:

Originally posted by WeissRook:

Did the present protagonist join the Templars?
I thought it left off after he was "offered" the "choice" to either join or die right there like a dog. I mean, even if I wasn't going to join, at that point I'd say yes anyway :p

Obviously. Anyone would say yes at that point. I was hoping they would give an action packed sequence where we will kick the pistol off Otso's hands and then run and escape the abstergo building. Too bad that didn't happen.

Lol, I just finished that two days ago, that would have been so badass if you had a choice.

[KDS-MCIG]

Originally posted by Nat:

Sorry there is only one Desmond but he is dead.Btw AC series is DEAD

...so sad but true. Good job Ubisoft. Your not as evil as EA. Almost but not quite/