Kind of a downer ending! Assassin’s Creed II (2009)įortunately, not all hope is lost, thanks to the follow-up to the original game, Assassin’s Creed II. The game ends with Desmond trapped in the Abstergo lab, surrounded by secret messages that he doesn’t understand, portending the end of the world. Yeah, shocking absolutely no one, it turns out that Abstergo isn’t just evil–they’re actually a front for the Templars, the sworn enemies of the Assassin Brotherhood, who had been trying to save Desmond this whole time. Desmond must parkour his way through the Middle East, assassinating targets, diving off of improbably tall buildings, and discovering the truth of Abstergo’s sinister machinations. Abstergo forces Desmond to use their Animus Machine, which allows Desmond to walk in the shoes of his ancestors–in this case, 12th century assassin Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad. The bare-bones first entry to one the most iconic game series of all time demanded gamers take a leap of faith right into a straw pile below–and leap they did.Īssassin’s Creed followed modern-day bartender Desmond Miles, who’s been kidnapped by the shadiest organization in literally all of history: Abstergo Industries. Assassin’s Creed (2007)Īh, Assassin’s Creed. With our guide to the lore of Assassin’s Creed, you, too, can expertly hack and slash your way through 9th-century Norway–without ever having to stop and wonder who Ezio is and why everyone keeps talking about him. However, series newbies now face a difficult choice - do they play every single previous Assassin’s Creed game in order to fully understand all the crazy stuff they’re about to encounter, or do they go in blind, hoping they don’t miss anything too important?įortunately, there’s a third option. One of the most hotly anticipated games releasing in 2020 is Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla.
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