Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag references Desmond Miles as part of a "consistent mythology"

The first three Assassin's Creed games are about Desmond Miles. Oh, you don't remember? That's fine. It's easy to forget such a bubbling font of personality, even though we wouldn't have controlled his way cooler ancestors and their Templar-slaying skills if they hadn't sprung from the mind of the world's most vegetative assassin. He's no longer the center of attention in the upcoming Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, but Ubisoft isn't entirely ignoring Mr. Miles in the context of the franchise's meta-arc. In a self-published Q&A (via All Games Beta ), Creative Director Jean Guesdon says the character constitutes "a very important legacy" for Black Flag and beyond.

Ubisoft promised " more Desmond than you've ever had before " during the development of Assassin's Creed 3, and that game's culminating events wrapped up his saga in a clunky yet more engaging way beyond having him eternally lounge around in the Animus. It'll be interesting to see how the modern-day storyline progresses alongside the virtual assassinating we all know and love going forward.

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