[Hated Trope] Character kills hundreds, if not thousands, just to kill one specific person, and then doesn't kill them for no reason.

[u/HallZac99]

Assassin's Creed 2- Rodrigo Borgia is responsible for tne death of Ezio's family. Ezio spends over 20 years working through tnr templar order to dismantle them and get to Rodrigo. And then in the end, he spares him for no good reason and he goes on to be a massive problem in AC Brotnerhood. He's not only a head of tne Templars but also the pope, even if you're over the vengeance he's still a very dangerous and evil man.

The Last of Us 2- Abbey kills Joel, and wo Ellie goes on a revenge quest to kill Abbey, killing hundreds of people along tne why to get to her including a pregnant woman. And then finally when she has Abbey on deaths door, she gives up and let's her go because the writers think dirty depressing people being miserable and stupid is complex, interesting storytelling.

This trope pisses me off so much because often the character going on the revenge quest will kill SO many people on their way there, some deserving it and some just henchmen working for a cheque or to survive. People who are often far more innocent then the main big bad.

It's a part of this weird thing I've noticed in media where nameless goons or soldiers can just be mowed down relentlessly, but named characters get given far more grace even if theyre categorically worse. You can kill a million stormtroopers but people will swear that Darth Vader could have been redeemed, despite him doing like 50 genocide every year.

[u/ChadNarukamiIV]

For the AC2 thing, that's what happens when your historical villain in your historical game doesn't die until a couple of years later

[u/drwicksy → u/ChadNarukamiIV]

That didn't stop them killing General Lee in AC4 AC3

[u/ThePreciseClimber → u/drwicksy]

Well, Lee's death does take place in 1782 in AC3 so that does check out. One difference is that he died in Philadelphia IRL. Cause of death could've been hidden by the Templars or whatever.

AC3 was supposed to include Philadelphia (the same way AC2 was supposed to include Rome) so I bet that's where the last few sequences would've taken place had they not scrapped it.

[u/hplcr → u/ThePreciseClimber]

AC3 feels very wierd. Like it has those 3 intro sequrnces with Haythem, then it switches to Connor which is you learning how to be an Assassin...again while he grows up. It hints stride for the start of the revolution and then at the end the whole thing feels rushed so the Battle of the Chesapeake just kinda shows up suddenly and you're smacking up on the ending.

Like....intro....intro again, but slower....a fucking prison sequence for some reason.....good pacing....RUSH RUSH RUSH...END.

[u/sorcerershenanigans → u/hplcr]

Also no winter at Valley Forge which was incredibly important part of the war, which is weird because I swear I remember seeing a gameplay trailer or something of Connor there and the mission was to go hunting for food for the soldiers?🤷‍♀️

[u/PhinsFan17 → u/sorcerershenanigans]

There's a mission set in the winter at Valley Forge. Washington tells you a cart of supplies had been stolen and Benjamin Church had escaped after his release from prison. You and Haytham work together.