History WMG / AssassinsCreed

[[WMG: The Animus is the basis for the "Nerv-Gear" Virtual Reality Tech of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline]]
[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey By 2018, the Animus as refined by Layla Hassan, with but a drop of blood or strand of hair, is not only able to re-create decades-long and fully-accurate simulations of entire lands and eras down to the last blade of grass, but populate it with a cast of artificial intelligence that are able to intuitively and accordingly react to the user's choices, even if it contradict actual historical events (much like how Kirito and Asuna's adopted Artificial-Intelligence daughter Yui is able to become self-aware through persistent interaction with others)]]. One can surmise that stealing a unit and reverse engineering it to simulate a world thematically structured around a rough set of European Fantasy cultural-and-linguistic-templates (much like how Aletheia the Isu scientist created interactive "memories" of Elisium, Hades and Atlantis that Alexios the Eagle Bearer can understand by using a Greek Cultural "template") is what allowed a disgruntled young Templar called Akihiko Kayaba to so quickly develop the massive 100-Level HeroicFantasy world of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline by 2022, so soon in his mid-20's after graduating from university. In fact, it can be surmised that [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla the simulations of Asgard and Jotunheim extracted from the genetic memories of Eivor Varinson in 2020]] is the template that allowed RECT to so quickly develop the mythical and distinctly Norse epic world of Alfheim online by 2023.

** Secret Characters: [[VideoGame/WatchDogs Aiden Pearce and T-Bone Grady]] (using the ctOS to hack the battlefield), [[VideoGame/FarCry3 Jason Brody and Vaas]], [[VideoGame/FarCry4 AJ Ghale and Pagan Min]], all of whom can only be unlocked by completing Arcade Mode with certain characters. Now adding [[VideoGame/FarCryPrimal Takkar and Ull]].

Now the latter sounds a lot like what CtOS can do, and the former is similar to Bellwether. It would make sense if the idea was that while Abstergo try to find the Pieces of Eden, Blume attempt to build substitutes for them, and yes the CtOS and Bellwether are not as all powerful as the Pieces of Eden, but they are not hidden in temples the Templars cannot find without a lot of additional work.

* First, there's the provenance of the crazy relics Abstergo is interested in, needless to say; they mention a "Christ-figure." My guess is that this is probably Jesus Christ, obviously; he wasn't so much miraculous or the Son of God as in control of these items. So...alien relics, perhaps? Also, maybe someone can submit the text pyramid and text rectangle to cryptanalysis; I didn't get the rectangle, or the square, but the pyramid...

* As heavily implied by [[http://www.cracked.com/article_15699_the-9-most-badass-bible-verses_p2.html this Cracked article]], Ehud of [[Literature/TheBible The Book of Judges]].

Well, let’s start coming up with plausible historical Templars. I'll start: UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln (assassinated by the assassin JWB, perhaps the Top Hat was a Piece of Eden), BillGates (Still Alive, POE: Unknown), Creator/TimBurton, meant to keep the masses entertained, stopped but not killed by the Assassin JS (killer of Batman Movie Franchise, Note, Burton fan, but this is WMG), The Founder Of Wiki/TVTropes (not sure of his name). His POE is this website (the effects are... similar).

Considering how the mythological Zeus/Jupiter liked to mess around with [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal mortal women]], that his wife Hera/Juno was known to be a bitch towards said mortal women (and their offspring -- think Heracles/Hercules and his reason for starting the Twelve Labors), and how one of his motifs was the eagle, and it makes a lot of sense.

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[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey By 2018, the Animus as refined by Layla Hassan, with but a drop of blood or strand of hair, is not only able to re-create decades-long and fully-accurate simulations of entire lands and eras down to the last blade of grass, but populate it with a cast of artificial intelligence that are able to intuitively and accordingly react to the user's choices, even if it contradict actual historical events (much like how Kirito and Asuna's adopted Artificial-Intelligence daughter Yui is able to become self-aware through persistent interaction with others)]]. One can surmise that stealing a unit and reverse engineering it to simulate a world thematically structured around a rough set of European Fantasy cultural-and-linguistic-templates (much like how Aletheia the Isu scientist created interactive "memories" of Elisium, Hades and Atlantis that Alexios the Eagle Bearer can understand by using a Greek Cultural "template") is what allowed a disgruntled young Templar called Akihiko Kayaba to so quickly develop the massive 100-Level HeroicFantasy world of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline by 2022, so soon in his mid-20's after graduating from university.

By 2018, the Animus as refined by Layla Hassan, with but a drop of blood or strand of hair, is not only able to re-create decades-long and fully-accurate simulations of entire lands and eras down to the last blade of grass, but populate it with a cast of artificial intelligence that are able to intuitively and accordingly react to the user's choices, even if it contradict actual historical events (much like how Kirito and Asuna's adopted Artificial-Intelligence daughter Yui is able to become self-aware through persistent interaction with others). One can surmise that stealing a unit and reverse engineering it to simulate a world thematically structured around a rough set of European Fantasy cultural-and-linguistic-templates (much like how Aletheia the Isu scientist created interactive "memories" of Elisium, Hades and Atlantis that Alexios the Eagle Bearer can understand by using a Greek Cultural "template") is what allowed a disgruntled young Templar called Akihiko Kayaba to so quickly develop the massive 100-Level HeroicFantasy world of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline by 2022, so soon in his mid-20's after graduating from university.

By 2018, the Animus as refined by Layla Hassan, with but a drop of blood or strand of hair, is not only able to re-create decades-long and fully-accurate simulations of entire lands and eras down to the last blade of grass, but populate it with a cast of artificial intelligence that are able to intuitively and accordingly react to the user's choices, even if it contradict actual historical events (much like how Kirito and Asuna's adopted Artificial-Intelligence daughter Yui is able to become self-aware through persistent interaction with others). One can surmise that stealing a unit and reverse engineering it to simulate a world thematically structured around a rough set of cultural-and-linguistic-templates (much like how Aletheia the Isu scientist created interactive "memories" of Elisium, Hades and Atlantis that Alexios the Eagle Bearer can understand by using a Greek Cultural "template") is what allowed a disgruntled young Templar called Akihiko Kayaba to so quickly develop the massive 100-Level HeroicFantasy world of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline by 2022, so soon in his mid-20's after graduating from university.

By 2018, the Animus as refined by Layla Hassan, with but a drop of blood or strand of hair, is not only able to re-create decades-long and fully-accurate simulations of entire lands and eras down to the last blade of grass, but populate it with a cast of artificial intelligence that are able to intuitively and accordingly react to the user's choices, even if it contradict actual historical events (much like how Kirito and Asuna's adopted Artificial-Intelligence daughter Yui is able to become self-aware through persistent interaction with others). One can surmise that stealing a unit and reverse engineering it to simulate a world thematically structured around a rough set of cultural-and-linguistic-templates (as Aletheia created interactive "memories" of Elisium, Hades and Atlantis for Alexios the Eagle Bearer can understand by using a Greek Cultural "template") is what allowed a disgruntled young Templar called Akihiko Kayaba to so quickly develop the massive 100-Level HeroicFantasy world of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline by 2022, so soon in his mid-20's after graduating from university.

By 2018, the Animus as refined by Layla Hassan, with but a drop of blood or strand of hair, is not only able to re-create decades-long and fully-accurate simulations of entire lands and eras down to the last blade of grass, but populate it with a cast of artificial intelligence that are able to intuitively and accordingly react to the user's choices, even if it contradict actual historical events. One can surmise that stealing a unit and reverse engineering it to simulate a world thematically structured around a rough set of cultural-and-linguistic-templates (as Aletheia created interactive "memories" of Elisium, Hades and Atlantis for Alexios the Eagle Bearer can understand by using a Greek Cultural "template") is what allowed a disgruntled young Templar called Akihiko Kayaba to so quickly develop the massive 100-Level HeroicFantasy world of LightNovel/SwordArtOnline by 2022, so soon in his mid-20's after graduating from university.

[[WMG: The Animus is the basis for the "Nerv-Gear" Virtual Reality Tech of [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline]]]]

[[WMG: The Animus is the basis for the "Nerv-Gear" Virtual Reality Tech of [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline]]

* If this WMG is true, does that mean that our propensity toward gaming is due to [[InTheBlood genetic memory]]?

Abstergo Entertainment is notorious for being the Templars' OrwellianEditor of history, producing media that reflects the politically correct versions of events, and as a caricature of Ubisoft itself (certain easter egg documents in the game actually imply Ubisoft was one of the companies it purchased). Meanwhile, Ubisoft does just about the same thing by producing games about ancient conspiracies and a laughably implausible fictional history that is not meant to deceive anyone - unless it serves to hide another conspiracy which may or may not be similar to the Templars', and because of the Assassin's Creed games, any leaks of it will be dismissed on the grounds of being too similar to fiction.

* Alternatively, Desmond is a gamer and when he heard the name "Mario" in what is a video game he [[OneMarioLimit immediately thought of one thing]]. The Animus is known to convert language into a form that will be familiar to the user, and as a side-effect of this changed Mario's introduction into the very thing Desmond was thinking of.

** Mostly Jossed with ''Unity'' having a brief sequence set in 1944 Paris and ''Origins'' explicitly confirmed to be set in Ptolemaic era Egypt especially with Amunet/[[spoiler:Aya]] making an appearance as a statue in ''II''. If the voice-only cameo of Kiyoshi Takakura and the mention of the Japanese Assassins in ''Odyssey'' are any indication then it's likely that Japan will be the setting for the next ''Assassin's Creed'' game.

** Mostly Jossed with ''Unity'' having a brief sequence set in 1944 Paris and ''Origins'' explicitly confirmed to be set in Ptolemaic era Egypt. If the voice-only cameo of Kiyoshi Takakura and the mention of the Japanese Assassins in ''Odyssey'' are any indication then it's likely that Japan will be the setting for the next ''Assassin's Creed'' game.

** To add to this: The Fall of Judea. The Real Life Game of Thrones is a fascinating mess of factions. It’s also the birth of Christianity. You’d play as one of the younger children of High Priest Yishmael Ben Elisha, who are believed to have died in Roman captivity. Whether you are an Assassin or Templar equivalent is less important than which faction you are a part of as the city destroys itself around you.

* Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto. Because he's been running the video game industry from behind the scenes since VideoGame/DonkeyKong came out. POE: The UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. [[MemeticMutation The money it prints?]] IT'S AN ILLUSION! And he's able to pry into the POE and change its appearance every few years, leading up to it now being the prototype UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. Its visions also inspire his games: he doesn't need Super Mushrooms to make the next ''SuperMarioBros'', he has a Piece of Eden!

[[WMG:[[SuperMarioBros Mario]] is related to Desmond]]

* Alternatively, it could simply be a self-contained non-canon fighting game based on Abstergo's video game engine (e.g., the Assassin's Creed multiplayer mode) with the player characters and key Templar targets as playable fighters, with a few different costumes for each depending on what was available in the game or for how long the character was around (for example, Young Ezio and Old Ezio). It would probably work best like ''MortalKombat'', with Fatalities as super moves. Destined Battles like in ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' would be a must.