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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Wasn't the original premise that you were a dude in the present using a time machine to explore "genetic memory" in a real time simulation in order to find the ark of the covenant or spear of destiny or someshit for the Illuminati?

[–] SpaceNoodle 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think they crammed "becuz aliens" in there a few games later to explain away all the magic.

[–] VindictiveJudge 2 points 5 months ago

They did that in the first game, actually. The apple and other artifacts were always tech left behind by an extinct "first civilization," later named the Isu. Part of the series' problem is that the actually interesting ideological conflict between the Assassins and the Templars was put on hold to explore increasingly elaborate Isu junk after Desmond was killed off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes, this was carried until Syndicate, which is the sixth game in the mainline series I believe. That was then changed in Origins.