Assassin's Creed 2017: 10 Time Periods We Want To See

8. The Modern Day

At this point, it’s hard to argue that the modern-day storyline isn’t stagnating. You might say that the recent developments in Syndicate and Unity are interesting to a degree, but they add literally nothing to the overall lovableness of the game. They are incredibly forgettable, and while the rest of the modern-day storyline portions are easily the duller parts of the experience, they had a degree of interactivity that made them memorable.

And let's be honest, across those earlier games, Ubisoft sewed the seeds of a brilliant story: Corrupt corporate superpowers hell bent on corrupting the perception of the public and dominating the earth with an evil demi-god from the dawn of time lurking in the background - it has all the possibility of actually being a truly great story. And there is no need to mention that literally any major city in the world could hold host to the game, Paris being the most obvious, considering the modern portions of the games that feature there.

On top of all the possibility of a great world-threatening story, some of the characters in the modern-day are the deepest and most interesting. Having replayed Syndicate and seeing the emotion that Shaun actually feels about Desmond’s death behind the sarcastic quippy persona, is one of the most touching moments of the series, and holds light to the possibility of having a main character in Shaun.

In the wake of Desmond’s death, there was no one even remotely close to serving as a main character until Shaun stepped into the limelight. He could be the protagonist that we need, with depth and actual character motivation.

There's still a lot of ground to cover in this newer timeline, and considering it forms a key part of the franchise's identity, we should at least want to see more of it at some point.