User blog comment:Kabutsu/The Crimson Polls II: 32 (Final Edition)/@comment-27202257-20131215191443

1. Hmm, it seems like an amazing gig, but after reading that contract? I'd be conflicted.

2. I don't wanna be a sap here, but I feel like the single best thing about Assassin's Creed is the games' emotional impact. It's not really what I go into the games for, since I really love the gameplay structure and all the fun and cool historical info, but something always sneaks in and gets me nonetheless. For a AAA title that is obstensibly about running around and stabbing people because FREEDOM, a lot of the relationships and plotlines that develop are shockingly mature and interesting, and usually at least one thing happens in each game where I feel like someone has punched me in the chest. So yeah, there's that.

Though, it might tie with the way the games integrate their historical info. I think my love for AC increased about tenfold when I started finding the glitches and AC2 and it was like, "Oh yeah, Tesla had an Apple of Eden and the Assassin's killed Hitler." Perf.