The whole plot of the AC series looks a bit stupid to me. In AC1,(I didn't play it really,but I heard that)the plot wasn't revealed trully - What is the Apple? What is it's full potential? What does it do? And finally,who made it?
The answer - Aliens.
Oh wait,it wasn't aliens,but very advanced human-like creatures that are lived on earth way before us,and that created us in their own image. Why?
Well,they needed slaves,and we later on rebelled and this somehow blew up the whole planet.So yeah,it is kinda like the stuff you usually expect to hear from this guy:
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But,by far,the best part of the ACR plot is when Ezio infiltrates that underground Byzantine town in Cappadocia. You know,when he makes a whole town full of innocent people die from suffocation? And after that,he isn't like "Oh crap,I shouldn't have done that...",instead,he is totally cool & continues on his epic quest to save his love (was that thing happening between Ezio and Sofia really a romance? Really?!?!!?),and to save the Ottoman empire (yay?). In fact,one (or was it two?) sequences before that,Ezio cries when he finds out that he killed a man who was in fact trying to eliminate the Byzantines,and was doing quite well. But now,he willingly blows up a gunpowder deposit in the middle of a city built in a cave? This is the most likable main character I have ever seen in a video game.
Also,is it just me,or does the interface of the Animus only get worse and with less features with it's every new release? What,was it created by Opera Software?