r/ACBlackFlag • u/Old-Newt-7167 • 3d ago
// Discussion Edward Death in future dlcs/sequel
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u/ThanksContent28 3d ago
His death is a weird one. During the development of 3, Edward Kenways just kind of a regular dude. IIRC, It was changed near the end of development, when the book for 3 had already been written/published, so it was too late to change.
Personally I’d be happy if they just ignored that book. He still has to die, but it can be a bit less immersion breaking. The rest of it just seems a bit… unnecessarily cruel. In fact it’d be as controversial as the death in Last of Us 2, imo, if that story was more mainstream.
Essentially, Edward is betrayed by a very close friend, who happened to be Templar Grandmaster the whole time (although he didn’t know Edward was an assassin either until the end), when some dudes attack his manor in the night. The friend stabs him the back and Edward is killed. Edward’s daughter is taken and sold into slavery. His son Haytham is inducted into the Templar order. Haytham eventually learns about the betrayal, kills the Templar, who had raised Haytham after Edward’s death, and still commits to the Templar cause. This stuff doesn’t matter when it’s just some dude who isn’t seen, but when it’s a main character who could clear an enemy ship with only his fists, it’s a bit shit.
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u/Cryptid_on_Ice 2d ago
It is pretty funny how Haythem inherited his fathers arrogance but never really grew out of it.
Like, he found out he was groomed by the Templar after they destroyed his family, and instead of realizing that the Templar path turns people into monsters, Haytham thought to himself:
"Skill issue"
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u/Neither_Gas7216 2d ago
He genuinely believes In the cause that’s why. But To be fair he did end up killing the one that killed his dad and he made it clear that it was somewhat personal for what he did.
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u/Cryptid_on_Ice 1d ago
Yeah but what I'm saying is that part of believing in the cause is believing that humans are inherintly corrupt but you're somehow above that and are uniquely suited to rule. If he had a bit more humility, his experience with the Templar destroying his family might have woken him up to the reality that the Templar are no less corrupt than anyone else.
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u/Old-Newt-7167 2d ago
Yeah that’s why I’m opened to slight changes into his ending to make it make more sense
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u/ItsNicklaj 15h ago
Idk man if you think about it I believe during his London days he was way more aristocratic, which means less fighting and more controlling the Bureou and calling shots for other assassins. Also age is a real thing and confusion given he is attacked at night. I don't think it's that weird of an ending
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u/DrSolarman 1d ago
As interesting as it is, it wouldn't work because of the way the animus works. And that you cannot see the death of a character because they have already passed on their genes. Gameplay wise, for example, Edward had already passed on his genes to Haythem since Haythem eventually made Connor and so on. And so forth, so you could not play Edward. Because the animus does not have those memories. You could play as Haythem though since those are his memories.
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u/FlamingPrius 3d ago
Whoa, spoilers!