AC3 Connor's outfit = pretty ridiculous

[WolfThomas]

So I've been gorging myself on Assassins Creed 3 and I've been thinking about Connor's Assassin outfit and while it looks badass and very practical...it's not very inconspicuous.

I mean at least Altair sort of blended in with monks and Ezio could pass as an Italian noble or mercenary (later when covered in armour). But someone isn't going to notice a huge Native American covered in weapons wearing a distinctive white coat with a hood is following them?

There's that offhand remark that he could be mistaken for an Italian or Spaniard which is completely defeated by what he wears. I know it's difficult to make a tricorn hat look cool but I think the hood looks very obvious.

What do you think?

 

[notanaccount]

It's assassin logic, stand out the most and you're the least likely suspect.

 

[DementedSheep]

Altair had a bright red sash around his waist (in fact I think all the assassins did) and weapons strapped to his back. That?s not exactly inconspicuous to me even if he better than his successors.
Ezio outfit was very distinct and flashy. His style of clothes wasn't worn by anyone else and he didn't really look any other mercenaries.

So yeah, inconspicuous outfits is not a strong suit of the assassins it seems.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

You would have thought that after a few hundred years the Templars would be used to spotting dudes in white with silly hoods, it's not like it was ever common clothing, unless the next game is set on a Liverpool council estate.

 

[darron13]

Yeah, oddly enough the only one who could conceivably blend in to a crowd was Desmond, and his sections didn't even require him to do it!

 

[Maeshone]

The best part about the outfits is that it seems like the other Assassins get that they kind of stand out. With the exception of the Assassins in the first one and the Recruits in Brotherhood and Revelations, every single Assassin just wears regular clothing. Except for Ezio and Connor. Maybe Desmonds ancestors just really like dressing in flashy clothes?

 

[Playful Pony]

It's one of the silly little things my friends and I like to rant about when we hang out. Their assassin outfits make NO sense from any kind of stealth standpoint. They stick out in any crowd (I mean seriously, Altair the monk with a thousand knives?!) and in any terrain, and even a lot of your "assassinations" are not very assassin like at all! Their basically really badass warriors, but make terrible murderers for hire.

 

[Sexy Devil]

It's assassin logic, stand out the most and you're the least likely suspect.

Now I want an Assassin's Creed games where you "blend" by jumping around on buildings and throwing rocks at your target.

 

[The Lunatic]

Just wait for the next game in the series, it'll take place in the Arctic Circle, it'll all make sense then.

 

[WanderingFool]

The best part about the outfits is that it seems like the other Assassins get that they kind of stand out. With the exception of the Assassins in the first one and the Recruits in Brotherhood and Revelations, every single Assassin just wears regular clothing. Except for Ezio and Connor. Maybe Desmonds ancestors just really like dressing in flashy clothes?

I refer to their clothing as Pimp suits. As Im assuming, with at least Ezio, due to owning a dozen or more brothels, he was a master.

 

[Scow2]

The best part about the outfits is that it seems like the other Assassins get that they kind of stand out. With the exception of the Assassins in the first one and the Recruits in Brotherhood and Revelations, every single Assassin just wears regular clothing. Except for Ezio and Connor. Maybe Desmonds ancestors just really like dressing in flashy clothes?

Or maybe Ezio and Connor wear regular clothes on duty, but the Animus dresses them up in the distinctive white outfit to make them recognizable to the user?

 

[RJ 17]

You would have thought that after a few hundred years the Templars would be used to spotting dudes in white with silly hoods, it's not like it was ever common clothing, unless the next game is set on a Liverpool council estate.

This was along the lines of what I was going to mention. Particularly in Brotherhood...they KNOW what Ezio looks like, they know what he wears. If the Templars have the city guard in their pocket, shouldn't every guard be told from day one "Alright, you know how everyone around here wears clothes in shades of brown and red? Look for the person wearing white.

Altair did look like the roving bands of monks in his time, everyone else sticks out like a soar thumb.

What's fun is using the UPlay points to unlock Ezio's costume for Connor. Since it's a special costume, the hood is always up, leading to a number of cutscenes where Connor goes through the motion of pulling up his hood when it's already there.

 

[hermes]

The only one being relatively inconspicuous is Altair because there are NPC that dress similarly to him, so blending in a crowd is an believable option.

However, Connor's outfit is not as bad as Ezio... by the time you got to Brotherhood you could dress up with a suit made of wolves heads and nobody would raise a eyebrow at the prospect of being chased by a hobo with a sword.

 

[hazabaza1]

What I want is a way to wear that fuckin' awesome pirate outfit thing he gets in the naval missions in any other situation.
Is that possible?

 

[Maeshone]

The best part about the outfits is that it seems like the other Assassins get that they kind of stand out. With the exception of the Assassins in the first one and the Recruits in Brotherhood and Revelations, every single Assassin just wears regular clothing. Except for Ezio and Connor. Maybe Desmonds ancestors just really like dressing in flashy clothes?

Or maybe Ezio and Connor wear regular clothes on duty, but the Animus dresses them up in the distinctive white outfit to make them recognizable to the user?

You know, I didn't actually consider that, but since the Animus is apparently capable of all manner of things that is actually a possibility. I still think it's a genetic predisposition for flashy clothing though

 

[CommanderL]

I think all assassins just try to look as cool as as possible while assassing so they dress in badass clothes and make everything baddass

 

[Jodah]

It's the same logic that lets you tear down 3 posters to become anonymous...never mind the 643 others, the newspapers, and the criers still telling people you need to be shot twice in the testicles.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Its
a Freakin
Video game

Since when have video games ever made any sense what so ever?

It's a very fine line what screws up the players suspension of disbelief, especially in this shiny new(ish) generation. If something isn't consistent in the game world, it'll stand out more. Like snow white robes in a green forest.

OT: This is yet another reason I enjoyed the first couple of hours more than the rest of the game. At least the character looked like he belonged.

 

[Radoh]

Yeah, all assassins seem to have that problem, I choose to view it as the Animus spicing things up a bit by adding some aesthetic value to what they are actually wearing. I mean, every game past the first one (I think) allows you to change Ezio's costume to whatever the hell you want, including wearing a Desmond suit, so I feel it works.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I think Altair's excuse is that he could be mistaken for a priest or something, as shown in that one assassination where the paranoid bastard was killing them off for their hoods.

With Ezio, I think flamboyance would have been more in-context, and he may blend in by virtue of the surroundings being generally colourful as well. Which is fair enough. You'd still notice him in real life but my suspension of disbelief allows it.

With Connor, you see absolutely no-one else wearing a white hood, let alone the rest. He's dintinctive even among military dress. What's more, he's massive, the people he's walking with are plain, the streets are open and the colours are dull. He wouldn't even be that hard to spot in the forest. With some alternate outfits, like Boston, it's a bit better. But still, no-one outside of the military is dressed in that kind of attire, and on top of that he's a native Indian.