Ubisoft Should Remove The Animus and Abstergo From The Assassin’s Creed Series

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The Assassin’s Creed franchise has changed a lot since its beginnings, focusing now on historical events and adding in the classic formula of the competing Assassins and Templars, while still having the Animus as the device that fuels this competition. Since the start, many fans complained that the storyline taking place in the modern world was unnecessary, and as a result, with the launch of Origins, this storyline of Assassin's Creed has taken a back seat. Yet, the Animus and Abstergo still play a role in the story, with the new plot following a group of scientists attempting to prevent the end of the world.

This new plot is stuck in the same boat as the Desmond storyline, with fans feeling little to no connection with the protagonist, and most players skipping through this section. With Assassin’s Creed now heavily focusing on the historical protagonist, like Eivor in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, many are hoping that future titles will remove the Animus and Abstergo and instead give fans a game that completely showcases the historical era the next game is set in.

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One of the biggest problems with having a modern-day plot and a historical age plot is that neither plotline gets the focus it needs to be captivating and interesting. With the Animus and Abstergo ever-present, the historical age plot which should be the focus of all Assassin’s Creed games is broken up as players are ripped away from that world to play through drawn-out missions in the modern-day. This break can often cause players to lose interest and forces Ubisoft to divert attention away from the game’s main concept.

Removing the modern-day events from future titles would let Ubisoft maintain its