User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassin's Creed: Revelations (PC) - Official Assassin's Creed Wiki Review/@comment-1153722-20111203081348

"For fans of the AC and defenders of the original premisses and philosophy of the game, it was Terrible. They ruined the character and everything it standed for. I curse that Bowden guy and I feel it's a offense to call him a writer -- it's a blow to the head of people like Stephen King, Tymoth Zahn, Dan Brown, Tolkien, Drew Karpyshyn, and hell, even Shakeaspeare and J.K. Rowling. How I wish that Steven Barnes, the first writer they approached when the first AC was in development, had stayed in production. That guy is awesome. Bowden writes worse than me, and I make typos every two lines."

Jesus Christ, for fuck's sake! How many times do I have to tell you that Bowden did not write that storyline, he just formulated the book! And there's nothing wrong with the story itself. What you're angry about is Altaïr's character changing, and that's unrelated to the direct story. And really? I love every AC game with all my heart, but you're angry about them changing the story of the original game four years later? It was inevitable. And I prefer this way, Altaïr's character has developed and so has his biography. Altaïr couldn't have been that emotionless and arrogant man while being the leader of the Assassins; it just, wouldn't, work.