User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 01/17 -- ACW New Admin, key Ubisoft figure leaves AC/@comment-184.146.171.241-20120204203728/@comment-1625914-20120210005718

No way in hell. We have comparisons shots from the first AC on Randez face, and Altair was freaking identical. BEsides that, Desmond looked EXACTLY like ALtair both in AC and ACBH -- a little less in AC2, but in AC2 all character models where kinda weird looking (like Lucy), but at still they still vaguely resembled the originals.