User blog comment:Pseudobread/Assassins Creed Unity at E3 2014/@comment-1888015-20140521233712

When it comes to the narrative aspect of Unity's development, has the Creed been adopted as a more focal element into the Assassins' representation? Through the previous installments (i.e. AC3, AC4), it has given to me the impression that the theology behind the Assassins has been diluted somewhat due to diminishment in the Assassins' forces.

AC3 had Connor as a singular Colonial Assassin, for whom the tenets of the Creed didn't really stick until it was too late for him to avoid misfortune, and he became a tutor to others without - as I feel - having the full set of skills to teach others until much later in life.

AC4 had Edward who used the shield of a disillusioned interpretation of the Creed's maxim as an excuse to cause unfettered mayham, but not willing to accept that the karma of that very mayham would bite him in the ass, as well as just chilling with pirates and tagging along to their problems being better than discovering who he is as a person until they've all kicked the bucket.

Both of these games had an Assassin (Achilles in a cutscene which skips, Mary with Eagle Sense and after the Tulum raid) who explain the very elements of their Order to a protagonist who didn't actively make an effort to care until their worlds came tumbling down.

It would be nice to see the Creed stressed in the next iteration of the series, to a more responsible Assassin who absorbs more of the Creed's true meaning, and exerts themselves to change the social situation around them in the belief it would be for the betterment of all people, although their expectations are much greater than the actual resolution.

Connor and Edward are evident of protagonists who initially use the Creed as an accessory for their somewhat selfish aims - Connor through hoping that his tribe would be safe by being a lapdog for the Founding Fathers, with the strong focus that he only does what he does since it's all for the tribe, while Edward's hopes of a better life steering him to piracy will inevitably be forgiven since part of the Assassins' maxim is "everything is permitted" - accompanied with the excuse that by taking out Templars, they're essentially 'doing the world a favour'.

I would perhaps like to see the inclusion of some Templars who do good for their subjects - be it a community or an ethical business - just that they are too rigid in their justifications or need guidance to be a good, non-Templar paragon. For example, more cases of a Niccolo Copernico or Maria Thorpe.

My goodness I like to analyze into these things.