Such ideas continued to be further refined and built upon in every subsequent sequel until Assassin's Creed: Unity in 2014, when the assassin-versus-assassin template was eventually replaced by four-player co-op. This perfectly fed into the multiplayer's built-in progression system, which rewarded players with improved skills and abilities the more they ranked up. Once again set entirely in the Animus, each match is framed as a training session where players take on the roles of Templars at an Abstergo facility who are using the memories of their ancestors to acquire new skills – courtesy of the 'bleeding effect'.

Ubisoft poured a lot of effort into Brotherhood's multiplayer portion, going so far as to even provide an in-universe explanation for its inclusion. 'As Ubisoft looks to significantly step up its free-to-play focus, it'd be wise to reinvest in Assassin's Creed's original competitive multiplayer template' This made playing defensively using smoke bombs, a decoy and such, just as important as knowing when to break cover. Even the act of getting away after pulling off a kill yourself incurred its own risk, as for a brief moment your true nature would be made clear to any onlookers. You never knew when your own sneaky efforts were compromised, which made getting suddenly assassinated from either behind or above feel shocking. A lot of the time the most successful players were the ones who played the game the stealthiest, learning the various maps' layouts so as to utilise hiding spots effectively. Was dashing closer towards a target worth giving away your own position? Not always. This chessboard-like setup allowed for several tense games of cat and mouse, especially since you knew that, as well as having a target on your own back, you were also always prey to someone else's pursuit, too.

From here, it'd be a simple case of tracking your victim using the on-screen radar beacon to follow your victim's direction, harnessing your character's specific perks and any accrued streak bonuses to spot unnatural movements before moving in for the kill. The only information you'd have to go on, though, was that the target would be in one of 21 different guises.

Your ultimate goal was to score the highest number of points by taking down as many targets as possible in quick succession.

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