I was actually glad that they chose a setting where the line between good and bad was blurred. I get pretty tired of bad guys who are Darth Vader evil. Not even that, because Darth Vader turned good in the end. More like Andross evil, just being complete dicks all the time about everything and instead of telling you how they were just trying to help when they die they?re all ?YOU?LL NEVER DEFEAT ANDROOOOSSSSSSSS!? I enjoy moral gray areas. Makes for deeper thoughts.
The plot still fell flat, though. They should have fleshed out Connor?s confusion over the colonials vs. the British way more. I would have liked him to totally say fuck it to the patriots in the end instead of just whining at them. I mean, George Washington is partially responsible for the death of Connor?s best friend. He should have tried to kill George Washington too, and of course failed (for the sake of historical accuracy), and then that would explain why your supposed best buds the Patriots try to kill you all the time after the British are gone. That would have been a WAY better epilogue than Connor seeing some black people being sold into slavery and shaking his head with a little smile like ?Oh, you silly whiteys, claiming to love freedom while slaving at the same time.? Fuck that, he should have been ?fuck all you whiteys!? and actually made effort to drive them away and protect his people.
I do massively agree that the American Revolution is BORING. You can?t even imagine how boring it is to American kids who have to learn about it 13 years in a row in school. I mean, battles, ok sure dodging cannon fire is pretty fun. But the Declaration of Independence? So boring. Oh yay, you made up a piece of paper whining about how you don?t have to listen to the British anymore, and one guy signed it really big. Can I please KILL SOMEONE? French Revolution would have been awesome, and wouldn?t have made me feel all that white guilt. Sorry, Native Americans.
As for the Templars vs. Assassins, I got the sense that Assassins have been trying to stop the Templars from controlling everyone?s minds with the apples like the precursors did, completely taking away their free will. I don?t think the Assassins are straight up anarchists (I hope not, because anarchists are stupid assholes), just some people who are like ?uh, well, maybe let people make decisions.? The way the plot seems to be going now, though, I?m worried that this is going to end in Templars and Assassins joining hands and skipping merrily through the streets in eternal friendship. Gagging noise.