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9. Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Ezio Vs. The Templars

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A fitting bookend to Ezio's crusade against the Templars for their murder of his family, Assassin's Creed: Revelations is the last in the franchise to deliver anything approaching a worthwhile story. Ubisoft's saga went off the deep end with each subsequent installment without Desmond serving as a universal anchor for all the historic escapades players are sent on, the result being a newfound adherence to gameplay first, story later.

But! We're here to talk about Ezio and how he's not just AC's shining star but one of gaming's most charismatic creations full stop. The Italian playboy-turned-staunch defender of free will travels to his inherited ancestral home of Masyaf in Revelations following the events of Brotherhood, only to find some of those pesky Templars squatting in the fortress.

And so, ever the optimist, Ezio takes it upon himself to drive out Masyaf's unwelcome guests in a mesmerising, dance-like opening cinematic. Without so much as a line of spoken dialogue, the sequence tells us everything we need to know. Our hero lays waste to an entire posse of grunts with effortless grace before feigning defeat and allowing himself to be captured for easier access to their leader.

Tl;dr: Ezio is the Middle Ages equivalent of John Wick.

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Joe is a freelance games journalist who, while not spending every waking minute selling himself to websites around the world, spends his free time writing. Most of it makes no sense, but when it does, he treats each article as if it were his Magnum Opus - with varying results.