I know I had.

That’s not the actual distant past you’re parkouring through.

That isn’t actual Renaissance architecture you’re clambering on.

Desmond Miles from Assassin’s Creed, looking at the camera being all moody

If the ledge-mantling animations are glitchy, that’s simply because you have bad genes.

We can both be forgiven for losing sight of Assassin’s Creed’s modern day narrative frame.

you’re able to expect a “meaningful contrast between past and present”.

It all sounds very grand.

I wascautiously enthusiasticabout the 30 minutes of choreographed Shadows footage I saw at Summer Games Fest this year.

I tend to be cautiously enthusiastic about anything that whiffs of Tenchu, mind.

Just hey don’t bring back Desmond.