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  1. #21
    Originally Posted by Aloninor Go to original post
    As yallaswag already states, the MD comes into the animus (at least some parts of it).

    So this means that you - just like any other wealth, mysteries and secrets - simply encounter it in the world. The advantage of that is, that these elements will be voluntary, meaning you can just skip them if you don't like them and don't mind missing out on AC Lore
    If you mean the Isu being incorporated into the historical setting in the form of God(s)/legends/myths of the old world people's beliefs (due to an Animus glitch or any other explanation they give us) I'm all for it. I wouldn't want to skip those parts because I think it's a smart, cohesive and really cool way to bind the MD sci-fi story to the historical story.

    It's not the same as, for example, injecting jeans and Uggs wearing, kitchen knife duct taped to her forearm Layla into the historical setting and having us call our Jomsvikings on her cell phone xD lol

    Originally Posted by Infinite_Gnosis Go to original post
    "I really hope Insomniac games will patch Spider-man, so we can skip the lab sequences and the sequences playing as Mary Jane, it's so immersion breaking. I just wanna play as Spider-man".

    The story wouldn't make sense, and it's the same with Assassin's Creed, or they need to make the story really pointless and shallow first, perhaps then it would be possible.
    There are already lots of familydrama and fantasy games out there, let us also have a game with a decent sci-fi story.

    Please just open your mind a bit more. I agree that the modern day story hasn't been really interesting since AC3, but it's part of what makes AC so unique. Having the advanced ancient past, more recent past and modern day all intertwined is what makes the story much more interesting than most other games out there, if done right ofcourse.
    Sorry I don't get the Spider-man analogy having never played that game but I'll take your word for it if it's funny. lol

    btw I am very open minded (and a general sci-fi nerd myself) so I'm not/would not ask or advocate for the MD story in AC to be removed from the game. My apologies if my post came off that way as it was not my intent.

    I just prefer an option to skip it because I like AC for its historical aspect and don't like being pulled out. But it's not game breaking for me by any means nor has it deterred me from playing every AC game since it was created.
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    Maybe there is a good idea to put a flag into settings: Animus story breaker ON/OFF. Then all gamers can play as they want.
    I know this will never happen, we are forced to tolerate the immortal, never aging supergirl Layla.
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    Spider-Man isn’t a good analogy. Those scenes are part of the narrative. They’re not part of anything in AC, If you ditched the modern world in AC you would never notice or be left with any questions or feelings of missing content, it adds nothing but a random scene where annoying characters ‘splain the last 5 minutes of play to you as if you didn’t just play it yourself in the last 5 minutes...

    ”oh hey Kassandra just found out she can power up her spear”
    ”wow that’s fascinating, now I’m not going to let you back in till you’ve slow walked around for 5 minutes”
    ”ok doc, that’s great, but like did I mention I can’t believe it, like her spear, glowy thing, leveled up?”
    ”you did you gormless idiot, but tell me again in case the player missed it”
    ”...”

    That’s got nothing to do with the story you’re actually playing. It’s maybe some extra context at best, but honestly. It’s sole purpose is to remind you that you are playing a meta simulation. Something you do not need reminding of.

    I think they should maybe add the modern day story into some flash card lore, like they do with destiny and other rpg lite games. Then you could have a more rich narrative for it beyond trying to be clever with a gag that’s twenty years old, and without injecting the fundamentally unlikable characters into the players vision to break the flow of the game itself.
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    Originally Posted by MissM16 Go to original post
    If you mean the Isu being incorporated into the historical setting in the form of God(s)/legends/myths of the old world people's beliefs (due to an Animus glitch or any other explanation they give us) I'm all for it. I wouldn't want to skip those parts because I think it's a smart, cohesive and really cool way to bind the MD sci-fi story to the historical story.

    It's not the same as, for example, injecting jeans and Uggs wearing, kitchen knife duct taped to her forearm Layla into the historical setting and having us call our Jomsvikings on her cell phone xD lol
    You will encounter Animus Anomalis within the Animus. When encountering them you will get pieces of MD content WITHIN the Animus. So Layla is being transported to England. The Animus Anomalis reveal a small piece of MD story each, very much inspired by the truth video in AC2, so I for one think it has the potential to be awesome.
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    Originally Posted by MissM16 Go to original post
    I've read that the MD story is back and even though I'm aware a lot of people are fans of it... I'm not one of them.

    I've always hated being pulled out of the assassin's story to play the MD story that I don't care about at all. It's so immersion breaking for me.

    Do we know if we can skip MD in Valhalla? Even if we can just pop back in the Animus as soon as we're pulled out without having to play as the MD character?
    There is no Assassin's Creed without the modern day. There is no reason to go search for answers in the past except to solve some problem in the future.
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    Originally Posted by TaleraRis Go to original post
    There is no Assassin's Creed without the modern day. There is no reason to go search for answers in the past except to solve some problem in the future.
    Which is not represented or a part of the 99% of actual gameplay is it, if it wasn't there it wouldn't change anything, you would still play an assassin or as in the last 2 games not an assassin, from the past in historical settings and wouldn't notice the difference, and could just read a few pieces of paper about the md story, most of the md story is pointless for a lot of AC fans now. me included.
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    Originally Posted by larrykop1967 Go to original post
    Which is not represented or a part of the 99% of actual gameplay is it, if it wasn't there it wouldn't change anything, you would still play an assassin or as in the last 2 games not an assassin, from the past in historical settings and wouldn't notice the difference, and could just read a few pieces of paper about the md story, most of the md story is pointless for a lot of AC fans now. me included.
    The current modern day story sucks, yes. That means they need to refine it and make it just as important as it was in the Desmond era games. Not shunt it just because people want a soulless historical time period simulator. It's part of the lore and narrative and is the catalyst for all actions in the Animus.
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    Originally Posted by pesto. Go to original post

    ”oh hey Kassandra just found out she can power up her spear”
    ”wow that’s fascinating, now I’m not going to let you back in till you’ve slow walked around for 5 minutes”
    ”ok doc, that’s great, but like did I mention I can’t believe it, like her spear, glowy thing, leveled up?”
    ”you did you gormless idiot, but tell me again in case the player missed it”
    ”...”
    LOL spot on.

    Originally Posted by Aloninor Go to original post
    You will encounter Animus Anomalis within the Animus. When encountering them you will get pieces of MD content WITHIN the Animus. So Layla is being transported to England. The Animus Anomalis reveal a small piece of MD story each, very much inspired by the truth video in AC2, so I for one think it has the potential to be awesome.
    Can we chop her with our axe?

    If so, I think I can get on board with this.

    j/k I looked up Animus Anomalies and I see what you mean now. I don't want to give any spoilers but you're right, non-MD fans can skip MD parts : D

    It doesn't look like we'll be pulled out of the main game against our will but rather choose to "exit" the Animus through these anomalies and play as Layla... or not.

    As Marcos would say "Everybody benefits."
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    Originally Posted by TaleraRis Go to original post
    The current modern day story sucks, yes. That means they need to refine it and make it just as important as it was in the Desmond era games. Not shunt it just because people want a soulless historical time period simulator. It's part of the lore and narrative and is the catalyst for all actions in the Animus.
    And yet these new souless historical time period simulators are far more popular than your narrative lore driven ones, which is just your opinion, no more valid than mine or anyone else's, and they stopped selling that's why Ubisoft changed direction, i played them and i still didn't care about the MD story or the lore and it was still only 1 percent of the gameplay, and it got in the way for me, i guess you won't be getting Valhalla then or have played Origin's and Odyssey either.
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    Originally Posted by MissM16 Go to original post
    Can we chop her with our axe?

    If so, I think I can get on board with this.

    j/k I looked up Animus Anomalies and I see what you mean now. I don't want to give any spoilers but you're right, non-MD fans can skip MD parts : D

    It doesn't look like we'll be pulled out of the main game against our will but rather choose to "exit" the Animus through these anomalies and play as Layla... or not.

    As Marcos would say "Everybody benefits."
    Exactly - that seems to be the idea - making (most) MD optional and skipable.

    I assume that, at a few points, we will actually (story-wise) have to leave the animus. But I do not know this and it might just be wishful thinking from my part :P
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