User blog comment:AgentG231/What specifically is the bug in the Animus 1.28 that made Altair can't swim?/@comment-3251634-20130426230122/@comment-1888015-20130427175031

From Ubisoft's viewpoint, removing armor supposedly breaks the game because "statistics of completion".

To me, that just sounds like a bullshit excuse. After all, since when does taking armor off affect memory progress or other factors? It seems like they're trying to say that by buying every single piece of armor and forcing the player to keep it on, that means they've completed more of the game than others.

And yet, the Armory from AC2 onwards would always let you equip other stuff if you fancied a change, so I fail to see how the ability to go kill people with just the Hidden Blades and your fists is unattainable.