For a series of games like "Assassin's Creed" with a grand world view and complex plot settings, many new players who want to get into the trap often ask this question, "I have never played my previous work. Now I start playing a certain work. Will you not understand the plot?" At this time, many people will tell you, "It doesn't matter, although the plot of each game has some connections, it is basically independent and does not affect the game experience at all." In fact, there is nothing wrong with this answer. After all, as a series of games, I certainly hope to attract more players, not just old players in this series. Even from the perspective of game production, it is necessary to ensure the independence and completeness of a game experience. But at the same time, as a series of games, there will always be a certain relationship between each generation of games. If new players can understand the relationship between the plot that happened before playing a new game and this game, it is always a good thing and can also enhance the fun of many games. Today we will briefly introduce the connections between each generation of the "Assassin's Creed" series to you to help you better understand and enter the world of "Assassin's Creed".

1. Preface

The Assassin's Creed series uses a plot narrative method that coexists with two lines of modern plot and ancient plot, and coupled with the continuous expansion and supplement of the plots of each generation by novels, extrinsic games, live-action dramas and CG animations, the plots of each game can always be connected together. However, the game is different from TV series after all, and the plot is not that rigorous. In addition, in order to speed up the development of the game, Ubisoft often develops two or even more "Assassin's Creed" games at the same time by several different studios, which makes the relationship between the plots of each generation of game are generally loose, and some are even contradictory. So, just understand the connection between the plots, and don’t be too serious. If there is a more detailed plot connection that is not mentioned, everyone is welcome to leave a message and communicate.

2. Introduction to the plot of the first generation of "Assassin's Creed"

As the pioneering work of the "Assassin's Creed" series, the first generation "Assassin's Creed" released in 2007 officially opened the curtain of "Assassin's World". The plot and many game settings of the first generation almost laid the foundation for the entire "Assassin's Creed" series, and set the overall direction and game mode for the later "Assassin's Creed" games. Therefore, we must first introduce the plot of the first generation.

A bar waiter named Desmond Miles was kidnapped by an international pharmaceutical group called Abstergo one day. The other party's researcher told Desmond that he was actually a direct descendant of the ancient assassin master and needed to analyze his DNA to extract the memories of his ancestors, because his ancestor Altair knew the whereabouts of the fragments of the Garden of Eden.Through this method, Absteiger can find clues to this artifact. Although Miles was very angry about his kidnapping, he was forced to push into an "Animus" device that can read genes and virtual reality.

So our protagonist Desmon followed the memories in his DNA to the Middle East at the end of the 12th century and transformed into his ancestor Altaire. The Middle East during this historical period is facing the Third European Crusade. Altay is affiliated with Assassin, and his master Mualim is always looking for fragments of the Garden of Eden. The power of this artifact is to give people an illusion and thus control people's minds.

Ataire killed nine Knights Templars one after another in the name of his master in order to stop the Third Crusade and maintain peace. Finally, Altayr discovered that his master was the leader of the assassin at that time and was also a Templar. Finally, Altayr returned to Massiaf and killed his master, broke the curse of the Golden Apple, and indicated the location of all the fragments of the Garden of Eden through the Golden Apple.

Returning to modern Desmon, he also learned that the purpose of Absteiger's company is basically the same as that of Mualim at that time. At the same time, they already possessed some fragments of the Garden of Eden, and kidnapped Desmon here only to find the fragments buried by Altaïr through him. At this time, Absteiger's researcher Lucy also revealed her identity to Desmon. It turned out that she was a spy lurking in the company. Her real identity was also a member of the Assassin Alliance, just to help Desmon escape here. It turned out that before he came here, 16 descendants of assassins had been kidnapped here one after another and were brutally killed after the experiment. After it all is over, Desmon tries to escape from the lab with Lucy's help.

The above is the general plot of the first generation of Assassin's Creed.

3. The first trilogy of "Assassin's Creed" and "Assassin's Creed 2"

From 2009 to 2011, Ubisoft released three works: Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed: Apocalypse, which fully tells the ups and downs of a generation of assassin master Ezio. This series is a classic work in the game "Assassin's Creed", also known as the "Egio Trilogy", and its connection with the generation of Assassin's Creed is connected by the modern plot.

After Desmon and Lucy successfully escaped from the laboratory, they came to a hiding place, where there was an Animus 2.0 virtual machine, Desmon entered it, hoping to continue to obtain clues of the fragments of the Garden of Eden through the memories of their ancestors, and to explore unknown memories, they gained the assassin skills of their ancestors. This time he returned to the Renaissance in Italy and obtained the memory of another ancestor, Egio, and the plot of the ancient part of "Assassin's Creed 2" unfolded.

In Assassin's Creed: RevelationBased on the clues left by his father, Egio found the key to a secret library built by the first protagonist Altaïr, and finally clarified the relationship between Ezio and Altaïr. In the modern part, Desmon came to Rome in "The Brotherhood", in order to obtain the Golden Apple, his body was controlled and he killed Lucy. In "Revelation", because of a coma, the spirit entered the island of Animus and met the last assassin descendant experimenter No. 16 kidnapped by Absteiger, and finally solved the puzzle.

IV. "Kenway Family Trilogy" "Assassin's Creed 3", "Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag", "Assassin's Creed: Rebellion"

From Assassin's Creed 3, the story of Altaïr and Egio has come to an end for the time being. The setting of ancient plots in the game also moved from the Middle East and Europe in the medieval period to the Americas in the 18th century. However, unlike the close integration and one-stop plot between the "Egio Trilogy", the "Kenway Family Trilogy" does not continuate in time setting, but instead shows the historical style of the 18th century America through the special experiences of different family members in specific historical periods.

The opening work of the trilogy, "Assassin's Creed 3", takes over the Desmon part of "Assassin's Creed: Apocalypse" in the modern plot. After Desmon woke up, he began to search for the Grand Temple based on the clues learned, thus leading to the story of his other ancestor, Connor Kenway. Desmon's story will also usher in the finale in this work.

The protagonist of "Assassin's Creed 4: The Black Flag" was replaced by Connor Kenway's grandfather Edward Kenway, the third generation, and the background was set in the Caribbean in 1715. Blood ties are of course the most obvious connection between the two works. In addition, the official novel "Absolute" of the "Assassin's Creed" series, "Abandoned", as a prequel novel of "Assassin's Creed 3", can also play a role in enriching the plot in terms of the connection between the 3rd and 4th generations. It is recommended that players who have not watched it can take time to watch it.

Whether "Assassin's Creed: Rebellion" is considered the main work of the "Assassin's Creed" series has always been controversial among players, but the role of this work in the series' plot is indeed obvious to all. The game's background is set during the Seven Years of Britain and France from 1752 to 1761. In terms of time, it is not only a sequel to "Assassin's Creed 4: The Black Flag" and a time period parallel to the early third generation. The protagonist of this work, Shay Cormack, is a traitor who betrayed the Assassin's Order and defected to the Templars. There will be a large number of characters in the 3rd and 4th generations of games, such as Connor's teacher Achilles, Adleva, the protagonist of "The Scream of Freedom", etc. In particular, the father of the 3rd generation protagonist Connor Kenway, will have a lot of scenes in it.

5. "Assassin's Creed: The Great Revolution" without numbers

From this work, the title of the Assassin's Creed series no longer contains numbers. Perhaps Ubisoft hopes that players will not start from this work.We must also worry about the connection between each generation of games, but regard it as an independent game. In fact, the relationship between the "Assassin's Creed" games after this work is far less than that of the early works.

However, the plot of "Assassin's Creed: The Revolution" is still related to the previous work "The Rebellion". In the finale of "The Rebellion", the protagonist Shay killed a French Brotherhood member, Charle Dorian, who is the father of the protagonist Yano Dorian, the protagonist of "The Rebellion". At that time, Yano was only 8 years old. On the day when Shay assassinated Charles, Yano first met Alice de Lasser, the only daughter of François de Lasser, the commander of the French Knights Templar. After Charles was assassinated, François adopted Yano as his adopted son and raised him based on his respect for Charles.

6. "Assassin's Creed: The Hero" from Ubisoft Quebec

This work was not produced by Ubisoft Montreal Studios, which has been responsible for the development of the Assassin's Creed series of games, but by another product developed by Ubisoft Studio Quebec in Canada.

The background of this game is set in Victorian London. The game has almost no connection with previous works in terms of ancient plots, but the story of the modern plot is related to the previous work, with Sean and Rebecca in the previous work, and of course, Absteiger is indispensable.

7. "Assassin's Creed: Origin" that pursues the origin

Assassin's Creed: Origins, as a transformative work of the "Assassin's Creed" series, the gameplay has undergone considerable changes, and the plot part is directly set at the beginning of the establishment of the Assassin Organization, which is almost equivalent to a restart of the series.

The Origins has basically no connection with the previous works in terms of ancient plots. Although modern plots account for a small proportion of the game, they still revolve around the Absteg Company, which is closely related to the previous works.

8. "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" earlier than "Original"

No one expected that the historical background of "Odyssey" was set in ancient Greece 400 years earlier than "Origin", and the plot connection still depends on the modern plot part. The modern plot of this work directly continues the part in "Origin", the protagonist is still Layla Hassan, and the plot has developed quite a bit, but here I will be spoiled by friends who have never played it.

The above is a brief introduction to the plot relationship between the various generations of the "Assassin's Creed" series so far. I hope it will be helpful to players who have doubts about this aspect. Finally, the same sentence: the plot is relatively independent, please feel free to get into the trap!