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A Misunderstood Epic: The Modern Day Story of Assassin’s Creed Part 3

A Misunderstood
Epic: The Modern
Day Story of
Assassin’s Creed
Part 3

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nd so we arrive at Assassin’s Creed III.
This time around, the modern plot is far
more critical to the game and a lot of the
questions and mysteries are answered over the
course of the story. When the game begins, the
team, which now includes Desmond’s father
William, have already located the grand vault
which is based in a cave beneath New York. Once
in the vault, Juno re-appears and sends Desmond
back to view a small part of one of his ancestor’s
memories, those of Haytham Kenway. Through
this trip Desmond realises that a key is needed to
access a secret chamber within the vault and that
this man has a link with its location. Aware that the
key passed to Haytham’s son, Ratonhnhaké:ton (or
Connor), Desmond sets out to use the Animus to
locate the missing key. At the same time, he needs
to find a collection of higher being ‘batteries’ in
order to power the vault. These fetch quests and
the resulting cutscenes are some of the most
revealing segments of the entire Assassin’s Creed
series.
The first battery mission features the first meeting
between Desmond and Templar top-gun Daniel
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