I totally agree with your points about the leaving Animus, and this in the end was the main reason that I quit the game after reaching about 67% completion... I lost interrest! and this "a complete loss of immersion."
The loss of immersion started the first time I had to play the modern day part and only grew bigger every time I had to leave my swashbuckling ways to run through halls, hack various systems, ride elevators and other boring stuff that didn't hold my interrest. And it served as a reminder that I was kind of playing a game about "playing a game" and that all my upgrades and possessions weren't "real" and that really sucked.
It was the same reason I NEVER got hooked on the first one and shunned the series all together untill Black Flag came out. And it is a DAMN shame cos the pirate part of the game works and it works very well. I found myself sometimes foregoing the main storyline quests, just to sail arround listening to the pirate songs (like I would with cars in GTA San Andreas) and boarding ships, destroying fortresses and hunting animals of the sea all because it was very enjoyable and so I wouldn't be "pulled" from the game.
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Re: Soapbox: Assassin's Creed's Modern Day Component Is Holding the Series Back
I totally agree with your points about the leaving Animus, and this in the end was the main reason that I quit the game after reaching about 67% completion... I lost interrest! and this "a complete loss of immersion."
The loss of immersion started the first time I had to play the modern day part and only grew bigger every time I had to leave my swashbuckling ways to run through halls, hack various systems, ride elevators and other boring stuff that didn't hold my interrest. And it served as a reminder that I was kind of playing a game about "playing a game" and that all my upgrades and possessions weren't "real" and that really sucked.
It was the same reason I NEVER got hooked on the first one and shunned the series all together untill Black Flag came out. And it is a DAMN shame cos the pirate part of the game works and it works very well. I found myself sometimes foregoing the main storyline quests, just to sail arround listening to the pirate songs (like I would with cars in GTA San Andreas) and boarding ships, destroying fortresses and hunting animals of the sea all because it was very enjoyable and so I wouldn't be "pulled" from the game.