The Modern Day Leaks and What You Might Have Missed (AC Mirage Cut Ending, Ties to Hexe & Infinity)

[@craftingranger7552]

Getting rid of Rebecca, Shaun and William would be the worst decision they could possibly make

[@Meanfeen]

Rightt as of rn they r single handily carrying modern day But it could be the actors 2 they probably dont wanna do dis back to back stil meed a main character like layla or basim to replace

[@pandacozumelable]

I am with you, I played Mirage and I was expecting an interaction between Basim/Loki and Williams that lead us to the the future big game.

[@enenrax]

*Best There are several other brotherhood cells in other locations, Charlotte's comics show that it works without them

[@Kaweebo]

@@MeanfeenI mean, it’s easy money 😅

[@65firered]

And Basim we just had two games setting him up as the new main character.

[@REV-TEP]

Isn’t it crazy that 11 YEARS LATER after they killed Desmond they still have no idea what to do with modern day?

[@enman009]

Ever since they dropped the creator of AC, right in Brotherhood, the modern day dropped its quality nearly as much as Game of Thrones S7. They might as well do something as unintrusive as in Origins or Mirage.

[@astronotics531]

another bot, there is so many bots on KZbin.

[@MrRaxicorniopholus]

Darby did good with Valhalla’s MD. But sadly I think that was the best we will get nowadays

[@damndatscrazyyy940]

@@enman009the part a lot of people blend out

[@enman009]

@@damndatscrazyyy940 Yeah. Thankfully the newer games don't waste our time like previous AC games since Brotherhood. Unity is also non existent, but the story and characters in that game are a disaster.

[@SpaceMarine2004]

I really want a straightforward modern day story again! And please Ubi use the potential more

[@Arday60]

When they say "one of the last before the great shift" it is quite probable that they mean to say that William was a mentor shortly before the Shift and that he was followed by maybe another 2 or 3 others. This kind of wording doesn't, in this context, imply that anything bad happened.

[@SomasAcademy]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, like we could say Achilles Davenport was "one of the last Assassin Mentors before the American Revolution" without meaning that the American Revolution marked the end of Assassin Mentors. It could easily just be a historical event that they're using to contextualize when William was Mentor.

[@siamesegazer]

@@SomasAcademyI just read that as a potential cataclysmic or world-changing event, I mean... In Valhalla they do mention something like that, besides covid-19. It brings me to mind how in Peripherals (by William Gibson) the world altering event is called "Jackpot"

[@themiddrift938]

“The great shift” referring to a shift in reality. Maybe the where Desmond and Layla fix the timeline? Or an alternate time line where Desmond doesn’t sacrifice himself and it leads to a restart in reality.

[@darksister96]

if they dont use Basim/Alethea in the modern day im gonna be so disappointed, like they brought two isu into the modern day and if that isnt expanded on like wtf was the point 🤦like Basim has the staff that makes him immortal so i get they can propel the story into the future but what about William, Shaun and Rebecca they just gonna make their work irrelevant 🤦

[@SanTM]

Ubi don't know what they're doing basically

[@filiperiksson3259]

I think this is good for the MD story as a whole, to properly start anew, as long as it's done well. If Darby's behind it then I trust it will be good. The MD hasn't been very compelling for a long time, and I think it should stray further away from our own world and the real-time story, and dare to do something brave and new. A jump to a (post-apocalyptic?) future is a good start. Kind of like how AC1 was supposed to be before the emails got retconned. Shame if we don't get to see Shaun or Becks again, but the quality of the storytelling is what matters, not retaining old characters just because they're fan favorites. Also - Desmond and Layla are seemingly immortal now, and so is Basim because he has Aletheia's staff. I wonder if we'll see them again.

[@Feniksds]

honestly the assassins creed universe is a shared universe with watch dogs. And since they've stopped making watch dogs but some of its gameplay is similar i really see it possible that a next installment might feature abstergo abusing people with dedsec going against them and rediscovering the brotherhood through samples etc. The only problems is that the Basim/Loki is still around in modern day and desmond and layla's consciousness are still in the grey. So my thoughts on the whole thing is: AC infinity will be a live service having multiplayer and singleplayer. I think it will revolve around dedsec fighting against abstergo team up with bloom. Controlling the world and discovering memories of the creed. Assassin's creed hexe is being made by the guy who made mirage i feel like Basim's story isn't finished and that they still wanna make more "neo-classic" ac games so hexe might be about Basim. Considering he is searching for Odin to take revenge. He organises operations from constantinopel in foreign lands. The thing is he did travel to these nations its mentioned in the wiki which is based on games and source material. In other words if the creed spread to Europe someone must have done so and old high german that was seen in the trailer was spoken from the 6th century till 1050. The Basim travels and gets active in Constantinopel in 867. In 870 he deals with the snake Eaters in turkey. And in 872 he goes to Norway. Later on he gets trapped in Yggdrasil. Now he went on travels and he had connections to Francia. So either its a different character overall. But Basim did travel to alot of places. So my bet is either he did travel to Europe before he went to Norway learning about more templars in the north. Thus later on deciding to go to Norway. Or during the travel to Norway they made a stop in The holy roman empire where they did speak old German. Not only that Mepehisto is the devil from the faust legend that was made in Germany but is based upon a demon Mephistoles who doesn't search for men to corrupt, but comes to serve (we know this word) and ultimately collect the souls of those who are already damned sounds alot like a assassin coming to serve the light taking lifes of the order of the ancients. Witchcraft does not exist irl but pieces of eden might explain it. If Basim hears about that he will know its pieces of eden and he knows it has to do with Isu so he will want to know. And he can't be controlled by the pieces. It would make sense. Those three years that he is in Constantinopel and he also aparantly travels nothing is said about that but like al the other stuff is filled with lore. Its weird. So yea this is what i think will happen.

[@jeffreyramsaur796]

​@@Feniksdsinteresting but no

[@shdw787]

To me, "The Great Shift" sounds like Pole Shift Hypothesis. Basically, rapid shifts in the axis of rotation of Earth, causing floods and tectonic events or relatively rapid climate changes.

[@JoshB100]

Yea I was thinking it could also mean that, especially with the environment in the video

[@lavin214]

They have completely butchered the modern day since ac3. Black flag and rogue was different yes but still made sense. They left us with a cliff hanger there and now it seems like theyre abandoning what thet started with odyssey. We have no ending yo the Odin story that actually shows where he has Loki's son locked away. After all the entire point of basim going through eivors memories is so he can find out where he is. Now it seems they are abandoning that. Shame Ubisoft.

[@FEAST4]

Absolutely not they fcn nailed it its flawless

[@jeffreyramsaur796]

​@@FEAST4they nailed what now ?

[@FEAST4]

@@jeffreyramsaur796 ?

[@indedgames4359]

Fun fact German voice actors voiced the cut ending. In it the Shifzt is translatet to Purge

[@volpe7436]

Idk the fact they even mentioned william miles by name i can't see the templars acknowledging the assassin's in anyway let alone have it be part of a mandatory history test and that they mention william had gotten multiple samples Also i think the fact it says "animus operators" and not abstergo employees maybe the "Great shift" was the complete reversal of things maybe the assassin's won and the templars are either now the ones in hiding or are completely eliminated and the assassin's are more or less disbanded in the future

[@ethanlee2835]

Remember how Layla and The Reader decided to calculate what would have happened if Desmond had not stopped the solar flare? What if this non-canon AC comic is actually a look into a future simulation they are running to find a solution to the recurring solar flares?

[@samuelj5890]

Memory Ghost could also refer to the way in which the Norse Isu reincarnate into their host forms. Looking at Derby's description you've quoted at 6:37, unlike Aita its more the extracted or "un-physical" information which reincarnates as opposed to a more physical materialisation like the traditional sage. So its the memory's of the Isu which take on a sort of second consciousness or "sprit" within the host. Hence, Memory Ghost.

[@Manuel-21]

Not gonna lie. I'm very concerned about modern day story. Cutting the present day story with Shaun, Rebecca, Basim, William, LAYLA (AND DESMOND!!!!!!) in favor of a story set in the future could truly be the death of this franchise. The present day story, and its evolution, is the reason why I played all the Assassin's Creed games. It is the common thread that connects everything and gives meaning to living adventures in the past. I really hope they changed their mind, for a hardcore fan it would be death. I understand that setting the storyline in the future would open a lot of possibilities but I don't care. They have a lot going on in the current present day story, why blow up everything?

[@ANIMA_illuminat]

Basim could still be present in the future because of the staff, and Desmond would probably still be in the grey reading the calculations tho.

[@enzoamore8971]

They did not develop the present day enough to go the future imo

[@William93ITA]

In my opinion, the modern day I grew up and fell in love with ended with Blackflag. It wasn't as close to Desmond as up to Assassin's Creed III but it made some sense continuity wise. After that I lost all my hopes year after year with every new release of AC. I don't think it will ever get back to the golden days

[@FEAST4]

Assassins creed is was and always will be about desmond and layla etc

[@enzoamore8971]

​@@FEAST4Ubisoft doesn't like that. It gets in the way of their historical simulator money machine

[@AdmiralHellShot]

Heres Hoping Red is good

[@FEAST4]

@@AdmiralHellShot its not just good its fcn insane yall not ready dude

[@xzxasxadxas]

@@FEAST4 how do you know?

[@JoshB100]

13:00 I wonder if the German witch trials would have a double meaning with the tie in? Obviously historically but maybe also in the future with Abstergo making sure there’s nobody who might want to follow the Assassin’s Creed because of what they’ve seen or learned from doing their work?

[@MateoAbadia]

I always thought it would be cool if an ending had the modern day revealed to be a memory someone is revealing in the future. Hopefully when they officially reveal the new setting it's something that cool. This is the best way to move the story forward in a way it hasn't in years... But it's a real shame it won't be playable tho, I'm still very disappointed about it... I trust Darby, but still.

[@VaporWalrus]

Does anyone else think that the voices in the secret ending sound like AI? Like not on purpose like they're supposed to be machines in an animus but like Ubisoft cheating out and using AI for the cut ending.

[@titularhero]

It would be normal to use text to speech as a placeholder in game dev.

[@user-zp8kj2cl9g]

They really are just going to throw Basim's modern storyline into the fucking trash can, aren't they?

[@Master00788]

Wouldn't be the first time. Sadly this is very much a possibility. Not that I'm particularly invested. Any investment I had in the story of AC died with Juno at the latest.

[@stubblytuna4068]

That would be really frustrating' they have been building this up for the best part of 5 years just to throw it out would actually make me not care about the modern day anymore.

[@KingPractice]

I always thought the Great Shift was most of the modern day Assassins aligning with Templar views and eventually converting so to speak. Its a topic Otso Berg talks about extensively when he mentions the Assassins turned Templar that he admired. I firmly believe the brotherhood was fully abolished by the time this new cutscene was taking place. I also think that Abstergo during this time succeeds in making a precursor from scratch. P.S. The fact that the modern day will not be in the games anymore is a joke. The only thing that matters about AC is the modern day. Most real fans know this.

[@Grandtemplar305]

If the animus hub don’t have basim as the main protagonist an we gotta make own character I will definitely drop the ac franchise I play this game for the mystery an going through the modern day an trying stop the Templar the modern day is the core part of the game

[@LotanLevant]

We can all write decent stories that lead into this fate, but Ubisoft will somehow make an even worse story than any of the fans could.

[@Bjoern_1897]

I just want a good modern day story again :( it's why i fell in love with AC. I'm just still here because of hope it comes back...

[@Chloethepomsky]

Nice video not one other video I found of anyone explaining this so thank you

[@megalolo5427]

God damn a lot of people in comments forgot what franchise is about. History, remembering about anyone's lifes through Animus. You didn't really acknowledge the fact how setting the modern day in future would be good for franchise and the modern day characters we know. Every modern day plot in AC was ALWAYS tied to the past through memories about Isu, Eden Pieces or various conflicts. That always took something from modern day, the characters there was always highlily involved in the past, not in the modern day. Taking plot to the future lets explore memories of such characters as Rebecca, Shaun, Elijah, Daniel Cross, Lucy Stillman, Otso Berg and SO MUCH MORE! Damn, people are really overlooking all that.

[@65firered]

If they put the modern day in the future then what the hell was all this setup of Basim being the main character for!? Wasting all this time, money, and audience investment in a character only to immediately drop him. That would be a terrible idea.

[@m3rl1on]

juno: first time?

[@edwardguest1404]

Basim is immortal now so could still be there

[@65firered]

@@edwardguest1404 Sure, but the likelihood is quite a bit lower. And even then we'd still have a significant gap.

[@edwardguest1404]

@@65firered very true is frustrating. I hope they continue it tbh!

[@ekosovic]

wouldnt be the first time :’-)

[@DaimaGokuedits]

This is such a very odd decision because by this point everyone will be dead Basim would be the only survivor in 2090s.

[@Smokerates]

While i agree on most of your theories, i would not necessary agree on the "Great Shift". For one, as of now it has to be seen as "cut content", thus with a pinch of salt anyways and i would (as of now, december 23) not really read anything into it, mainly because it feels like something we saw happen previously, also with similar personel: In Unity there were mentions of Juno (and i think "the ten") which originally was intended as a hint by a certain narrative director towards Origins, but that just did not work out at all. With this being a seeming "Last minute cut" it may still be on the table, but my initial thought was this would be a similar situation as it was with Unity, only that it got cut from the game and is only accessible via datamining and modding. Apart from that, a concept of a "Great Shift" within the assassins to me would sound rather like something that was a internal struggle and the outcome of it led to the scenario the modern take will take place in. But i´d think rather along the lines that William, Rebecca and Shaun would be on one side and Basim would gather modern day assassins as well, since he can offer something that "the tradtiional assassins" cannot: Knowledge and a better understanding of it. Thus rather a "internal shift" within the assasins, so significant that it had implications on the modern day as a whole. Thus would also allow to approach historical settings from a new angle and maybe even somehow tie "the intrsuments of the first will" back into the story.

[@SomasAcademy]

I kind of hate this. Like, 10 years ago the concept of AC going into the future would have seemed cool to me, but at this point I'd rather they just stick to basics, give us an interesting modern day set during the actual modern day where Abstergo is a shady corporation with hidden Templar goals and the Assassins are a small underground group trying to get ahead of them by looking into the past.

[@gadingprakasa]

the thing is, classic AC had surprise effect. we experienced everything for the first time, the eagle vision, bleeding effect, artifacts. heck, even when Isu was called "Those who came before" made it more interesting and mysterious.

[@SomasAcademy]

@@gadingprakasa Yeah, very true. Part of that was also how they presented information, though; like, finding out about PoEs or TOWCB/Isu for the first time would always involve some level of surprise, but the fact they didn't show what PoEs could do and only hinted at TOWCB/Isu until the last missions of AC1 and AC2 respectively added to the impact of both. They can still get some of that impact with newer games, by introducing new PoEs we haven't seen in action before and saving the reveals for the right time (I think AC Odyssey and Valhalla, despite being one of my least favorite games in the series, do that pretty well, Odyssey by having a completely batshit Isu twist and Valhalla by heavily hinting at its Isu stuff throughout but only hitting you with the full reveal toward the end)

[@gadingprakasa]

@@SomasAcademy storywise, mirage is the weakest one for me. it only serves as the means of why basim becomes basim. no furthering the grand plot whatsoever, not even mentioning the modern day is a huge L. especially when we have modern day basim ready to be use as an MC. And alamut? they had the nerve to put alamut castle as a playable area in the trailer, yet we can visit ONLY EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE CASTLE, FOR ONLY TWO TIMES.

[@SomasAcademy]

@@gadingprakasa Lol yeah Mirage has good vibes but unfortunately not the best story. It also relies way too much on the players having already played AC Valhalla IMO, like if you didn't already know everything established about Basim in that game I feel like the ending of Mirage would just be super confusing instead of explaining the mystery they set up.

[@gadingprakasa]

@@SomasAcademy I agree, it really is a supposedly Valhalla DLC. What do you think about Infinity Hub and the lack of modern day story in the future?

[@l0u13__3]

What if the Great Shift is the swapping of Templar and Abstergo control with assassins controlling abstergo

[@mrz3062]

I think changing the timeline setting of AC to the future would make “modern day” missions more interesting.

[@alexalachan6952]

Ever since they killed Desmond they were like screw the modern day story. Hey you remember Juno big threat that we let out into the world oh she dead yea we killed her in the comics and oh hey Desmond has a son omg what ttttt. When I first learned about that I was wait really that happened booooo. I only find out about the modern stuff through channels like these.

[@aidan6285]

Surely they won’t abandon the Basim modern day storyline right 😅 (I’m coping)

[@JM-X0304]

I’m not gonna lie it’s literally like Ubisoft do everything possible to ruin this series.

[@gonzalosanchez8162]

Man... I really wanted Basim to be the new MD protagonist, but I guess Ubisoft will always be Ubisoft. I'm not surprised they're not taking an opportunity for a compelling narative. Always crossing and redoing instead of actually building. They're like toddlers playing with their cousin's toys, making a story on the go and going back when they realize they are not creative enough to keep going with what they just said. Oh well, bummer. Fingers crossed tho

[@Asram5]

I'm sure I've said it in some other video, but I really care about the modern day and I really don't want them to go with this route. Not just because I love characters like Shaun and Rebecca but also because Ubisoft has tossed the modern day around so much but at least it still has those connections and characters that matter to the ongoing story so far. Jumping to the future could end up backfiring and they abandon it as they have stuffed around with the modern day so far. And then if people don't like the modern day in the future and they abandon it, isn't that the final nail in the coffin? They would have abandoned everything that came before. I also just doubt they would create very compelling characters or ones who would stick around. Layla was so exciting for me because I thought Ubisoft had abandoned a real modern day character for good. And I was one of her few supporters because I was terrified if they killed her off we would go right back to a faceless avatar, aka 'You'. The Odyssey DLC definitely made me strongly dislike her for killing off one of the best transmedia characters and then seriously wounding Otso. I really hope he lives and returns because he is so interesting and compelling. But I think Valhalla's ending elegantly wrapped up her story, whilst also bringing back Desmond and tying their stories together. And that was OK because Basim being the new protagonist was so exciting. An actual ISU is such a cool angle. Just please don't abandon Basim, Rebecca, Shaun, William, and all of the transmedia characters. I really want them to stick with it and if it can't be a major focus in the main games, just make it compelling and consistent as optional content in Infinite. If a future modern day ended up being awful that would seriously kill part of what I love so much about AC.

[@baltazarosilva]

Make a video explaining how Nehal is Loki and how can we connect them.

[@Desmond17]

Where do you find the Visionaries comic ? When i've looked for it on Amazon, it says it'll be available mid-2024...

[@JoshB100]

Hexe/Neo could mean the game set in history & Neo or new storyline in the future, maybe with similar themes 👀

[@gigaman9548]

Thats such a shame. Desmond's son is still out there with a piece of eden

[@oscarisaac3989]

AKA the chosen one

[@nymous-bq6ns]

And not just any piece of eden. The most powerful one at that

[@titularhero]

If they want to have actual events to have happend in the mdoern day, why not put it in a game??? Why time skip when they could instead have us play those events? Actually have stuff happen in the modern day for the first time in ages.

[@enzoamore8971]

Because that gets in the way of the historical parts. Plus you'll hear the modern day haters whine.

[@ekosovic]

I think today, just like 11 years ago, the problem is that they don’t want a cohesive modern story that everyone is invested in, because continuous stories have a climax and ending, and they’re not really ever interested in actually ending the story because it’ll end the purpose of churning out a halfhearted game every year. so we’ll keep getting half baked loose thread plot lines that go nowhere

[@ArdyIRL]

I think when the guy says "Ancient history" Hes joking, i dont think its supposed to be interpreted seriously. but instead as a way to show that it is indeed in the past without sounding too corny.

[@Growmetheus]

Why does the video feel like .75 speed?

[@lj_wolfe]

This may have already come up, buried in the comments, but there are people now who refer to the 1980s or '90s as "ancient history" so it's not unbelievable that someone in the 2090s could consider the 2010s-2020s as "ancient."

[@SteelZerough]

Maybe it was a shift that gave the assassins an upper hand?

[@vikrantsingh4257]

may be they can revive Desmond miles from reader

[@georgevirtus]

I just hope humans wont be as technologically advanced as the isu, otherwise why fight for the artifacts?

[@UKKOVP]

So we continue desmonds bloodline in the animus through his father, genius!

[@BXtremP]

Not pursuing the modern days story in the next (at least 2) coming IP is such a shame. We didn't really get anything new on this part with Mirage, which was already a big disappointment, so it's really not interesting if they don't make it up and move forward like they always did in the next IP, most likely Red. It really feels like it's more out of lazyness than of a narrative decision. Most likely because the meta story has been going in each directions in a messy way since the end of Desmond's arc, and I suspect they don't really know what they're doing, where and how they're going to end the modern storyline.

[@LeBron121]

I will accept if they go in the futur, not a fan but.. not my decision. But first of all, plz finish the story with Basim, William, Shaun, Rebecca, Desmond & Layla...

[@titularhero]

The ancient history line sounds like hes joking. He laughs afterwards. Its probably 2100 or something.

[@BashDaGoat47]

Drop another video you got me like a crackhead fr

[@AccessAnimus]

We got a new one coming up in the next few days! (it's been quite some time, I know!)

[@BashDaGoat47]

@@AccessAnimus this boosted mine lmao that’s great and I’m looking forward to it and appreciate the hard work you put into this

[@youssefkharbosh1469]

i have quite a perfect story with a perfect ending

[@leonidaswilson9023]

Maybe we need a reboot now..

[@baltazarosilva]

I love Assassin's Creed , but I would like to see an Isu Game too withot the veil, or some scenes, something like that. Sorry by my bad English.

[@JoshB100]

You’re fine, your comment is understandable! I would like to see that also

[@nocontactwarrior2993]

That’s a good idea.

[@Bsketches]

I swear, every time I start getting invested in the modern day story they abandon it for something else. Killing Desmond and doing the weird abstergo studio thing they in black flag and rogue. Then they introduce Layla and I don't really care for her at first, but by the ending of Odyssey she started to win me over, only to get screwed over in Valhalla... but at least the Loki twist is interesting, but now they've abandoned that too. Why even bother?

[@mrenigma1564]

why we are discussing this with potential theories !? if they CUT that ending that means there is a reason for that so that mean that last cut scene did not happen because they CUT it

[@douglasfreer]

Because it gives us an idea of where the franchise is going or was planned to go before it was cut altogether

[@mrenigma1564]

@@douglasfreer yeah just an idea of that the present day in ac franchise will be in the far future THATS IT we will know more in ac red and hexe

[@stubblytuna4068]

I think thats a shame, basim looked to be a really interesting modern day protagonist. AC has to sotp thorwing story lines out the minute they go slighty wrong, thats far more annoying to me then them being slightly shit.

[@GRH_Roadhouse]

Honestly ubsoft should just commit to the modern day or just remove it I'm getting sick and tired of they're bs Roadhouse

[@stubblytuna4068]

Same they need to either dive in or dive out not this halfway Shitshow

[@neofulcrum5013]

Ubisoft what are you doing?

[@enzoamore8971]

Panache buy out Assassin's Creed please

[@frankavilla5601]

Modern day was so boring. I love going back in history and seeing how the world looked

[@TerraWindVampire]

Still nothing on Assassin creed Jade.

[@enenrax]

It's amazing how the Brotherhood gets exterminated twice in a century 😂😂

[@hunterodwyer2626]

Throw it all in the bin

[@fvidal9856]

Ugh. It sounds very AI GENERATED. Both in the actual voice and writing. Which I suspect that the story in the actual game was as well

[@ANIMA_illuminat]

Even the ISU armor in AC Mirage looks like what ai would generate

[@Ewbie]

More than a month late to this but it’s super common for games in production to use text-to-speech voices as placeholders for dialogue before the actual voice acting is produced/mixed into the game. And it being mid-production, with pretty varying lines from different languages, just goes to show it wasn’t fully written/complete yet, hence the overall lack of quality in sound/writing

[@hiddenone2763]

Bro will ac end before I die 💀

[@65firered]

Probably not. They are writing as they go and don't seem to have a long-term plan or ending.

[@enzoamore8971]

I want Panache to buy Assassin's Creed from Ubisoft at this point

[@poofnimgone]

Ubisoft is gonna fist William Miles with no KY 😆 lazy ass writers

[@titularhero]

God its so bad

[@ilovemacncheez]

I hate futuristic games.