Board Thread:Assassin's Creed general discussion/@comment-5174994-20150710183750/@comment-4950493-20150718005928

I definitely agree with all those points, the only other thing I would say AC needs is less one-off protagonists, who only have the one game devoted to them and then their story is just left unfinished and forgotten (Connor, Aveline, Arno). People loved Ezio so much because they saw his character develop over three entire games, it's hard to connect with a character you only play as for one game. Even if they don't have a direct sequel they still need closure in some way, either through a novel that doesn't just recount the events of the game or through a spin-off title.

I guess the reason they keep creating new protagonists is because each game is in a new time period, but they don't have to be. What we need is a long era of history to explore over multiple games with the same character as the protagonist, like we did with the Crusades and Renaissance, because that's how fans truly connect with the series. AC doesn't necessarily need to keep jumping to big historical events that only lasted for a decade or so.