Ubisoft's Tragic Mishandling of Desmond Miles
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2024
- Desmond Miles was the Assassin's Creed Modern Day protagonist from the original game all the way until Assassin's Creed 3. Yet it was clear as the games went on that Ubisoft did not have a plan for Desmond's character and that led to one of the more controversial story decisions in Assassin's Creed with how Assassin's Creed 3s modern day ended. In this video I explain how the characterization of Desmond Miles changed throughout the games and why Ubisoft poorly handled the character in the last couple of games...
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Saw a Desmond video and had to watch, can't stand what they did to my boy
Ikr he was a badass
I still have as a head cannon that Desmond is still alive and used the apple of Eden to make illusions to even trick Juno and the Templars to think he is dead, and now just waits in the shadows to serve the Creed if necessary in the direst of situations, in a next game
Its been 12 years and I'm still not over it.
Amen to that brother.
I just played AC:BH and was so excited about the story but turns out it's a complete mess.
I'll never ever forgive them for it.
well original plan by co-creator of Ac for Desmond was to become the ultimate assasin and take down Abstergo once and for all,but was eventually fired by Ubisoft
+ if you collected all clusters in brotherhood you would know why Desmond killed Lucy, since explained more once you collected, that she was a double agent
lol why they fire him ?
@@space.pirate481 Lol Kirsten Bell had contract for 3 games that's why story was changed,original ending was Desmond and Lucy ending in that shuttle mentioned throughout the games,but greed took over and the rest is history 😢
@@radekbejbl1 idk about that ,ik only about Desmond original plan, e well
@@space.pirate481which is really stupid and feels like it comes out of nowhere. it’s not a developed plotline at all. killing lucy off was a stupid decision
No, lucy's death was not the original plan. The only reason they killed her off is because her voice actor, Kristen Bell, demanded a higher pay, so they killed off her character so that they wouldn't have to hire Bell anymore. Whether it was penny pinching or just being unable to meet her demand is kind of up in the air.
Damn 💀
Ubisoft didn't care about Desmond. Once Patrice fully left, they were already desperately trying to get rid of him. They knew where the money was actually coming from, it was coming from being immersed in historical settings. They listened to those people, the ones who hate the modern day sections. The people who already hated the idea they were in a machine, and not fully immersed in a historical setting. They've been here since AC1 by the way.
I'd argue that Desmond never got the spotlight he deserved like his ancestors. He was the main character, yet Ezio was the poster boy. All of his ancestors were merely supposed to be stepping stones for him to learn from, but they kept trying to hide him in the marketing. Ezio got three games, which i think he should've never had. Giving Ezio three games made had him replace Desmond in a way. It doesnt matter though, who cares about Desmond anyway?
They didn't kill him off because they were bold and wanted to add to the writing, they killed him off because the modern day was getting in the way of their historical tour simulator money maker. To Ubisoft, the publisher company, killing off Desmond was the best decision they ever made. Now you can see they're trying to completly wipe away the animus now too. They don't want to be reminded that they're in a animus, or that they're really not in the past.
I wish he took the other option in the end of AC 3.
You changed your pfp? Thus is the best one ive ever seen
I though this was someone else until I heard the voice😂
Thank god he changed it
The last one was better it was so cute
@@Tony-rh2lpme tio
I prefer his old Ezio profile pic
ive been mad about this for like a decade
all they had to do was bring him back at the right time - the apple let al mualim make copies, they could have written that it was one of desmonds copies that was killed
Al Mualim says that all the apple does is conjure illusions, so i dont know if his copy could actually interact with objects? I always thought that it was all in altairs mind (when al Mualim copies himself) and in Rodrigo’s head when ezio copies himself? I could be wrong safety and peace brother
@@mattbettcher7439 maybe i dont fully remember those details tbh - anything would be better than what they did by just killing him off and then trying to recycle the idea with that light entity
@@STRmw2 yeah fair enough i dont know man, its a little disappointing knowing where they were originally going to take him
Honestly I think we should get a new character. Desmond had a descent "ending" with Layla at the end of Valhalla (the best thing that game gave us was Layla's ending and Basim). Killing Desmond wasn't the problem imo, not been able to create a new modern day protagonist is.
to quote one of the best films ever made "look at how they massacred my boy 😢"
Ubisofts sad mishandling of every Ubisoft game
One reason why AC3's ending is so unsatisfying might be the fact that the story of the entire Desmond Saga takes place in 2012 and hinges on this idea that the world is going to end that year. It's possible the devs really wanted to wrap up the saga before December 21st 2012 happened in real life.
Welcome back 🎉
Bro the pfp goes crazy, when i saw it i thought it was someone else
Love the new pfp and glad you are back from your break and feeling refreshed my friend!!
Thank you so much for finally addressing this glaring issue with the franchise. I feel like you read one of my comments on your previous videos and I just feel like due to how mishandled yet important Desmond is to the foundation of everything. That nobodys top farvorite assassins in these games list can be truly complete without mention this in my opinion criminally underrated guy
Nice pfp, looks nice. Desmond is just amazing, so sad what they did to him, he was the reason i continued to play AC after AC 1, which made me fall in love with the series. Anyway, are you gonna talk about xDefiant btw?
Desmonds face model was actually the same all way through if you look at the guy modeling it compared to the games they all have similarities, i think they just made him look ugly in revelations cuz they tried something new, the same way ezios face suddenly looked completely different and in ac3 it was just new technology which gave them the ability to make him look closer to the face model which is Francisco Randez btw
Love your video and a new logo nice, and yes, I agree I miss him ngl
Welcome back man, nice pfp btw
Hello,
I’m new to this channel, don’t know where to start.
1. Love the name of your channel
2. Love your new cover
3. Love how you keep the video simple, no ads, no extravagant special effects or so
Now my thoughts 💭
Everything you said is true and I couldn’t agree more with you.
I personally also love the modern days, and especially Desmond’s character.
As you said - at the beginning his story was so interesting and eye catching.
I remember way back when AC2 was released how people were complaining about the modern days, that they don’t fit in the game and similar nonsense.
I can feel that it’s just part of the game, plain and simple.
Soundtrack of each of the title is like from another world = absolutely epic
Revelations was very emotional, could have felt it right from the beginning in the menu, to this day I get goosebumps whenever I hear the music. The composer deserves all awards that are out there.
Next thing I need to mention, as you also said it in the video, is how emotionless was Desmond’s story in AC3. I felt the same way. It was good, but it felt like it was added there BECAUSE it MUST be there and also to close Desmond’s storyline.
Personally I also feel like there was way more potential to his story. I enjoyed every single moment with him.
Not even mentioning his facial changes, like even in Revelations he already looked different, which I attributed to the fact that it was taking place some longer time after the events in AC: Brotherhood.
In AC3 the change was so significant, but he honestly looked like neanderthal 😅
Ubisoft wanted/needed to created another AC game, yet there is always so much going on behind the scenes, so we can only speculate what was what and why cutting Demond off.
Another potential theory is that they thought that there has been enough of Desmond, so “let’s end it here”.
I also didn’t expect such “quick” end of his story. Your example with a book in the video is as precise as a sun in the sky when it is clear.
Personally I played an finished almost all titles, but Odyssey, Valhalla and Mirage are on my list, yet will need 100+ hours to finish them 😂
Back to this video: I also thought that they deepen the soft romance between Desmond and Lucy. They would have been a great couple, honestly. The problem is, as we learn it in one AC title, don’t remember which one exactly, that Lucy was, to my big shock, a traitor.
I despise traitor and I feel so sorry the creators wrote it like this. She was given orders by Vidic. When I first saw it, I couldn’t believe it. I wasn’t crying, but I was so shocked and disappointed that she was a traitor. Well, I guess things can’t be always perfect, although Ubisoft could have made it absolutely perfect. I assume they had their reasons.
There is no single moment where I’d not agree with what you said in the video.
Thank you so much for it and can’t wait for your other projects.
Will also check your other videos.
Stay safe, stay blessed.
And glad you’re recovered.
😇🙏
Ac ended in me when they didn't let Desmond continue as the main character. When I'm playing AC4, I just feel like missing something, yes without Desmond. Years later until last year I finally got the time to try Rogue first, but it's not the same again anymore... no to mention the other ACs that came out in this decade.
Requiescat in pace Desmond.
All these years later and I am still salty about Desmond's mishandling.
This storyline had so much potential and they just dropped the ball so bad. Playing as him while going through his ancestors' memories gave me a sense of legacy, actually made me feel the weight of history that was once carried by the likes of Altaïr and Ezio, and that now was Desmond's duty to see things through to the end. Only for him to be killed and sidelined for the rest of the series.
First time I got so engaged in a story as well, as if it wasn't bad enough. Other than Game of Thrones S8, I had never been so let down by a work of fiction storywise.
Damn! The new pfp looks sick!! My favorite one yet
You have made me realise ASSASINS CREED SERIES GOT NO PROTAGONIST AT ALL THE ANTAGONISTS APPEARED IN MORE GAMES THAN HIM
New pfp is going fire 🔥
AFAIK, Ubisoft only concluded a 3 year contract with Francisco Randez (Desmond's Face Model), so they couldn't use his face after 2010.
A poor choice, since they already should've known that AC3 won't be finished before 2010, so...
I just don't understand why Ubisoft didn't make a longer lasting contract with him...
Great Video Master Assassin and love the New pfp!!!👍👍👍
Profile pic lookin fresh, assassin. But man the whole thing of Desmond becoming this ultimate assassin and stopping abstergo would’ve been so badass
I kinda like what they did with him in Valhalla as the Reader, but it remains to be seen if anything good comes from it.
But if the rumors are true that they're jumping ahead to the future for the modern day, they'll probably abandon the storyline like they did with Juno in Origins.
It will most likely be abandoned unless Darby chooses to build upon it in hexe
I ain't holding my breath with Ubisoft. Nothing probably won't happen. You already seen what they did with him in AC3
The ac3 soundtrack is so so good especially Desmond’s destiny will always hit so hard for me
I was so hype to see at some point some concrete form of a relationship between Desmond and Lucy and always hoped Desmond was gonna come back in some godly form. Ubisoft not only brought upon the contagion known as MTX to modern gaming but baited the fuck out of us who genuinely liked the story between AC - AC3. I wanted a series that stretched all the way through. I didn’t like black flag initially because it was some random mc who was going in the animus.
I want the old profile picture back with Ezio black rops
Awesome pfp, really nice keep it up👌🏻
I remember as a kid, i was so interested in the modern day mystery from ac2, especially with the cliff hanger and the talk of him having to track down temples, that were originally the keys to stop the end, sucks they never did that, could have had an uncharted style modern day with puzzles and some stealth sections, fighting abstergo.
Ngl i liked the old PFP it looked more goofy
love the new channel logo
Totally agree Desmond deserved better, and if I remember, to add insult to injury Ubisoft actually made us see Desmond's autopsy photos in Black Flag or Rogue (don't remember well anymore) and the contents of his phone with photos and basically showing what a sweet guy he was. We worked at Abstergo so we sent those files to William Miles and the poor man had a mental breakdown and went AWOL on the Brotherhood.
Btw awesome new profile picture!
I didn't know you were on hiatus but I just found out Mirage is getting a sequel so I'm waiting for you to post a video about that :D (On the flip side they announced Watch Dogs is cancelled forever so... feeling gutted about that.)
mirage is getting a sequal?
The way Ubnisoft got rid off of Desmond reminded me of how in Need for Speed you don't have a backstory anymore like in Most Wanted and Carbon. As if the devs stopped caring of a good part of what made those games even more interesting.
He's back🙌🏻
Desmond is my favourite AC protag, and I actually enjoy his character a lot even in the last few games he appeared in. As it made sense to me, as he didnt ask for any of this and its obvious they were making stuff up on the fly lol. I really hate that they killed him off, especially since in the next game we follow Edward who's still related to Desmond. Its obvious that his death was kinda last minute and that they kinda regret it. I hope they revive him or hell even give us a soft or hard reboot of the franchise following Desmond and going with the OG plan for his character.
It was never really expanded on that desmond is literally a sage, I mean if you think about it, Altair and Ezio have the exact same face as desmond.
I love how this video comes out the day after I replayed AC3
New pfp suits you ❤ can u make a video of ghost of tsuhima for pc
New pfp? I really like this new one tbh, 👍!
Yo the new profile pic looks clean!
I always skip all cut scenes, so I had no idea Desmond was dead ! 😀
Just as bad when they killed off Juno Not in a game, but in a comic. All set up after AC3 with zero pay off.
Imagine Thanos finally collecting all the infinity stones and that’s a wrap. Series over. Close up shop.
Bro your new profile picture is so good
Ever since he died this game has gotten more and more ridiculous
oh you changed your profile love'it🙂
oh new vid AND the new drip, Mentor?
DAMN BRO YOUR PFP LOOKIN FIRE
Are you able to do playthroughs from the first game up to Mirage
Your back 💖
And new profile pic
What is they made Assassins Creed: Alternative Roots where Demond isn't killed and some other things to re-build the peak
It was indeed really cool to play in the modern day, and actually do active missions in AC3 as Desmond. Wish we had to do an actual assassination too. The assault on Abstergo HQ at the end was really cool. But if there were a secondary modern villain, we could've kill stealthily before that, now that'd have been nice. Also Modern Assassin is one of my favourite track on the AC3 OST
I literally stopped playing assassin's Creed when this happened, I am only following up to see what game should I play now that most of the assassin's creeds are on the PlayStation for download
Missinh old Profile Picture this is looking really vibrant
gonna miss tiny ezio but the new logo goes hard !
I once thought we will have the last ac game that we really play as desmond that became master assassin to go against modern day templar or isu after he accumulated skill from his ancestors😢
Time to rewatch desmond scenes...
Love the new pfp
Love the new pfp man it's so freaking awesome
Nice new pfp my man
Badass new pfp
I was one of those people who immediately felt a loss in the modern game story after desmonds death, I liked black flag game mechanics, but felt disconnected with story due to desmond
Later games in the series have choices and dialogue options. Not saying AC3 should be like that, but it’s the one game that (at the very least) would’ve benefited from giving a choice at the end. Would’ve been interesting if the other option for Desmond was actually a proper alternate ending and not just a cutscene.
Agree. a new AC fan myself n going back to AC2 after playing Odyssey to learn more on Desmond n modern day story, it feels kinda to sudden the ending for the man. Should've done it properly imo
I didnt even know this was your channel cause of ur changed pfp 😅
New pfp goes hard
I also hate that Lucy's story came to a close so quickly. It felt like the start of the decline of the modern day. Such a shame there had to be drama with Kristen Bell's pay.
Honestly, this title could be the cast for most of the AC franchise.
The ending of AC 3 was my first real, actual gaming disappointing LMAO
The one thing is that it wasent desmond's character, it was those around him that built desmond's character and how they viewed desmond as this test subject. Making use be more attached to desmond. I would much rather have desmond back. Desmond is much more memorable then layla. But i did actually like desmonds model in AC 3.
Imagine that, killing off a character becoz of their face model
Ubisoft: Oh sorry desmond we have to let you go
Everyone: why
Ubisoft: face
pfp change suits the theme of Codename red to me. At least sort of, was that the idea?
One thing I'd like to say, despite the fact that I really like your stuff and this video specifically, is that you mentioned you were going to spoil the early games but then at the end spoiled Valhalla out of nowhere.
"Desmond is basically us in this situation"
Proceeds to show exactly what we were all looking at 💀
i also really don’t like that they killed off lucy in brotherhood either. the revelation that lucy is a double agent comes out of nowhere and is barely developed. it feels like they wanted to do more with her and desmond but kirsten bell didn’t want anything to do with the series after brotherhood so they did this instead. it’s a very stupid and rushed plotline. while i love brotherhood, the ending is easily the worst part of the game
It'd be cool to see desmond come back and fight basim or something
The new pfp is sick
Desmond Miles is the heart and soul of Assassin's Creed modern-day story. The modern-day storyline line after ac 3 had become inconsistent, meaningless, and used as a plot device. The modern day was supposed to be about lineage and learning from the past for knowledge that would help the 21st century. Desmond should have remained alive, leading the fight against Abstergo and helping the Modern Day Assassins win. Without Desmond, the modern-day storyline won't make any sense. I hope Desmond comes back and his son helps him and follows in his footsteps.
They should've at least made the gang, the main focus in 4, instead of 1st pov of someone we dont know.
At least that way, they could've continue the storyline without desmond. They just put the gang in the background again after.
From what I heard, Desmond and Clay's consciousness are still alive at Abstergo and they still have Desmonds body, so there could be a possibility that they could bring him back to life but we will see what happens cause the modern day matters.
Cool pfp master👍
Another pivotal character who's story was shafted and was reaching an important point in the plot until unity came out and she was just never brought up again. Juno.
As far as I know she's never mentioned once except for 1 scene in syndicate and her big story was dealt with in the comics
Edit: I've not read any of the comics at all, and haven't fully played the ww2 segment in syndicate
I feel like his death kinda felt to me like they would never resolve the modern day part of the timeline.
The pfp goes hard
I remember me and my friends discussing his death and believing it was "fake" because we believed him to be still alive. Something like him using a clone with the Apple or that his body is only in a paralyzed state and he'll wake up. Either way, we believed he'll be back in the next game or the game after... or the game after that... and then after that. Of course, he never showed up again. That's why I was SO hyped of the not-so subtle fact that he's back in Valhalla. I really wish we could get him and Nolan North back in the main series, maybe not as the main protagonist again, but make him an integral part of the modern day Assassins. And for the love of God, I HOPE we get to see Elijah in the games. He's "kinda" a big deal considering who and what he is, right?
New rebrand is 🔥🔥🔥
Hey Master Assassin how are you feeling about AC red? Personally I can’t wait, but I’m not getting my hopes up because it’s made by the same people who made odyssey. But it’s a samurai game, so maybe it’ll be great. What’re your thoughts?
Odyssey wasn’t it was pretty good it was being compared to rdr2 an god of war I heard rumors that ac red plays better then the last recent game and parkour is similar to unity and there’s more building for us and the play tester say this might be the one so let’s wait on June 10tj
@@jojocasimir1118 that’s what they said about mirage with “unity” parkour. I’m using past evidence to make my hopes and dreams
babe wake up new masterassassin logo dropped
Original plan was trilogy,and actress for lucy signed for 3 games,soo that's why they killed her off
I read somewhere that Kristen Bell stepped away from voice acting Lucy and that is why Desmond killed Lucy in AC Brotherhood. It could be true and it could be not honestly idk.
I really hope Desmond gets resurrected. I was wholly unsatisfied with the way he went out and left the story in AC3. I always felt his death was a huge waste.
Gonna miss the Facebook mom tier pfp 😢😢
The new pfp slaps
Only a remake/reboot of the classic games by those from Bordeaux may bring Desilets' vision to fruition
Nice pfp i bet it will be iconic