7. Ezio Meets Altair - Assassin's Creed Revelations
One of the best ways to flesh out your character's impact on the world is to force the player to see them from someone else's eyes,
Metal Gear Solid 2 style. For AC II as soon as you realised you wouldn't be reprising the role of Altair, instead he'd gone on to essentially be the most respected and influential assassin of them all, providing Ubisoft with a fantastic PR spin to suddenly reintroduce him again in Revelations. Seeing as his life was coming to an end and AC II's then-newbie Ezio was getting into his late age, playing as both characters helped craft a scene where they both ended up in the same place geographically - albeit at drastically different times in history. As Altair accepts his final resting place the camera then spins around to Ezio discovering him, finally tying the two stories together at a key point in the narrative and making for one of the most standout moments in the entire franchise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpBkYZvWxg4