This review contains spoilers
Note- played as part of the Ezio Collection
Link to my Brotherhood review: https://backloggd.com/u/RedBackLoggd/review/535532/
There honestly isn’t much to say about the Copernicus Conspiracy. It’s a series of side missions added to the base Brotherhood game wherein you encounter and help out the famed astronomer.
The thing is, this depiction of Copernicus is very boring. He comes across as a standard anti-establishment character, which we’ve seen a dime-a-dozen in other AC games. A shame too considering he says he was a former Templar, an aspect that had a lot of potential for unique storytelling (to date, I don’t think we’ve ever seen a Templar defect to become an Assassin/Assassin-ally in the franchise). To add salt to the wounds, his dialogues with Ezio aren’t vivid in the slightest, with his voice actor being a rehired seiyū from one of the numerous NPC civs.
That aside, the worst aspect is how the bulk of these missions simmer down to playing mailman for Copernicus. That’s right, you’re going to spend most of your time delivering a series of letters to friends of his, warning them about the plans of the Templars. Throw in a couple of big brawls wherein the mathematician is somehow able to go toe-to-toe with armed guardsmen, and it’s no wonder that this DLC has been forgotten by AC fans.
Link to my Brotherhood review: https://backloggd.com/u/RedBackLoggd/review/535532/
There honestly isn’t much to say about the Copernicus Conspiracy. It’s a series of side missions added to the base Brotherhood game wherein you encounter and help out the famed astronomer.
The thing is, this depiction of Copernicus is very boring. He comes across as a standard anti-establishment character, which we’ve seen a dime-a-dozen in other AC games. A shame too considering he says he was a former Templar, an aspect that had a lot of potential for unique storytelling (to date, I don’t think we’ve ever seen a Templar defect to become an Assassin/Assassin-ally in the franchise). To add salt to the wounds, his dialogues with Ezio aren’t vivid in the slightest, with his voice actor being a rehired seiyū from one of the numerous NPC civs.
That aside, the worst aspect is how the bulk of these missions simmer down to playing mailman for Copernicus. That’s right, you’re going to spend most of your time delivering a series of letters to friends of his, warning them about the plans of the Templars. Throw in a couple of big brawls wherein the mathematician is somehow able to go toe-to-toe with armed guardsmen, and it’s no wonder that this DLC has been forgotten by AC fans.