Story inconsistencies (spoilers kept in spoiler tags)
So far I've encountered two significant inconsistencies that make me feel like I completely missed some cutscenes or something. Perhaps we're to just assume that certain things happened during the time gaps between sequences, but it still feels wrong for such important plot points to be glossed over.
I'm labeling them by sequence for those who have made it that far and want to share without fear of spoiling things for later parts of the game. I just made it to Sequence 10 myself so I'd like to avoid spoilers beyond that point. Feel free to discuss other story inconsistencies you find as well, but please label them by sequence and place in spoiler tags.
Sequence 6
Sequence 9
Is there a novel for AC3? Perhaps that might fill in some gaps.
I know exactly what you mean for both sequences.
Niandra and I also discovered (or more like remembered) a story inconsistency in Modern Times, for the
End of the Game
yes! the one for sequence 9 threw me a bit and i wondered if i fell asleep while playing last night. i must have missed the cutscene for sequence 6, however ... i've never met him as connor.
Yeah, I never met him either.
As for the other one, I find it highly unlikely that none of the
It was clear from the dialogue in those scenes that they didn't know. CL didn't even catch on to who he was until later.
I have a feeling that some things suffered during story draft revisions, because it just feels unfinished. And not just that part but a number of parts allude to things that we never saw happen but seem important enough to have actual scenes for. Instead we get extended scenes with things that don't matter at all to history or the plot, like all the homestead crap. I'm just finishing up all that post-game and it's boring as hell. Feels really 'dropped in'.
I don't find it boring. I find it involving and interesting. It makes more sense if you do it parallel to the main story. I loved how the separate quest chains cross-polinated, and I loved especially the last few ones involving Achilles
I think this game's story started out well, slowed down a bit after Connor met Achilles, and ramped up from there on out. Again, about the name thing, they didn't know WHO he was. Lee didn't know that he was that boy from all those years ago, but Haytham first talks to Connor LONG after that is finished and after Lee learns who he is. It would have been easy to learn the name Connor from one of the decent amount of people who know it, or someone they told it to. Much of the higher up colonials knew his name, and the Templars have eyes everywhere.
There ARE inconsistencies and things that could have been done a bit better. But I thought the writing was great, every character was interesting, the twists were fantastic, and the wide variety of themes that were explored were done very well.