According to Eurogamer, the former Assassin’s Creed developer said that the series was originally planned to end in a trilogy, with the story ending with the destruction of the world and Desmond and Lucy going elsewhere to start a new human civilization.
The details of this ending were originally published by Lars de Wildt, a researcher at the University of Leuven in Belgium who studies conspiracy theories, religions and other beliefs in digital media culture. details of the story gleaned from these interviews.
Lars de Wildt wrote: The original plan was cobbled together based on interviews I had with original Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets and Assassin’s Creed III creative director Alex Hutchinson, to put it simply, a third game will end in the form of a resolution of the current conflict, where Desmond will use the knowledge and skills of all his ancestors (including Altaïr from Assassin’s Creed 1 and Ezio from Assassin’s Creed 2) to defeat Abstergo.
In an interview with Eurogamer on January 21, Assassin’s Creed 3 creative director Alex Hutchinson recalled discussing the matter with his students and said that the early game plan was indeed focused on a modern-day featuring Desmond as the protagonist. Big showdown.
Lars de Wildt continued: Furthermore, 2012 is the end of the world and Desmond and Lucy will go elsewhere to start a new civilization, just like Adam and Eve. Patrice Désilets told Lars de Wildt: This is The reason why she was called Lucy after Australopithecus alpha.
As for where Desmond and Lucy were going, Patrice Désilets said, Boom! It’s a spaceship! Of course, plans changed a lot when Assassin’s Creed 3 was released in 2012, and while it still ended Desmond’s story and the current conflict, many other details changed a lot.
The success of the series saw Ezio extend his own trilogy of games, while Patrice Désilets left Ubisoft after a public fallout with company boss Yves Guillemot. The character Lucy has also dropped out of Assassin’s Creed. Additionally, Abstergo remained the villain of the series in many subsequent games.