Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - 8 Reasons Why The Modern Day Story Has To Go
3. The Past Is Always Better
The past is the best element of the franchise - that is absolutely indisputable. There's a real reason why the modern day barely factors into Ubisoft's marketing onslaught prior to an AC release, and that's because it pales in comparison to the bulk of what makes the saga so special - history. No other series can offer what Assassin's Creed does, and that is giving players an authentic historical experience across a multitude of eras. In terms of just sheer immersion, very few rivals can boast the levels the AC series strives for and often succeeds in achieving. Annoyingly, the focus of these amazing set-pieces are often distracted by modern day interruptions - something barely any players are invested in at all. If demos and trailers were enough to gage a developer's interest in a particular gameplay element, it'd be fair to say that Ubisoft are just as disinterested in the modern day as the majority of players are as well.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
