Thunderous Cacophony said:
That's why you always leave a note.
Also, can we talk about the fact that Arno works what is obviously a fairly basic job but still wears a sabre? Seems like a bit much, even (spoiler) for someone who was adopted by the Templar Grand Master.
I get the impression he's basically considered to be a minor noble, the equivalent of a bastard son who doesn't have full access to the monies or titles but has certain rights such as that to be armed, after all he does still live in his adopted father's estate, even if he gets crap from the servants. What's more it can be argued the revolution is in swing through most of the game in one way or another, you have mobs, and bands of armed men (many of whom attack you) everywhere, law and order are breaking down, so it probably doesn't stick out quite as much. Then again it might also explain some of the wonkier aggression mechanics where people attack you for no good reason.
It's fantasy, so allowances need to be made to an extent, that's one of the easier things to explain though. The general wardrobe of an Assassin blending in somehow is a bit harder. It's more difficult in my mind to justify the way some of the female characters act, dress, and carry themselves, especially in public. Trained by the Templars or Assassin's they might be, but acting like that in public wouldn't fly, you'd expect the female characters to look a lot more normal and be acting as covert and deep cover agents, not chasing down their own leads, or walking around with a sword and pistol in public. I understand the whole PC aspect of this, but there is a point where it can be quite jarring in a game that otherwise goes out of the way to try and convey the period obviously my character thinks "oh well, I guess she must be important because she's wearing pants and has a gun and yet nobody seems to notice how she stands out even more than I do... obviously we must be in the same business as we have identical concepts of subtle, stealth, and covert operations" of course he is also the only one in the world who runs around with a hood who isn't a violent marauder, and carrying a giant spear over his back, which of course convincingly blends perfectly.
In my opinion Ubisoft REALLY needs to drop Watchdogs and just flat out make a near future "Assassin's Creed" title or something. Then they don't have to worry about women being too assertive, can justify walking around with a hood up in some places, and if they go outright cyberpunk even get flashy with the wardrobes as they tend to want to do and still say it blends (since old school cyberpunk is all about the crazy looks). Of course then again looking at watch dogs once they had a setting that could justify wearing a hood, they had to give the guy a bandanna/cap/collar combo that manages to be entirely ubsubtle again, looking less "covert hacker" and more like some idiot who watches too many music videos about to rob a convenience store, rather than ignore him, I figure every bloody cop in the world would profile him laws be damned because frankly anyone who dresses like that pretty much screams "about to be involved in trouble and too stupid to conceal it" which accurately defines the character come to think of it since he really is walking around with guns and periodically shooting his way into places like some cut rate Rambo.
In one of the recent games they had a faux-entry for "Assassin's Creed: Summer Of Love" that probably comes closest to an environment that could justify what they want to do in general, of course I'd imagine somehow Ubisoft would even find a way to make the protagonist too flamboyant to even pass as a parody of the era (Austin Powers would probably ask him to chill it out a bit...).