Why are templars evil

However, barring the fact that most Templars found in the AC franchise are pricks, their methods strip humanity of Humans wouldn't be humans anymore.

They'll be puppets. Mindless ones at that. Look at what Altair's mentor did to his people at the end of the game in AC1. I could even argue that it's worse than slavery, because at least the slave's minds are still their own, in part. Not to say the Assassin Order is perfect either, but I think it's a far cry in the right direction compared to the Templars.

Rogue is a good game though. Per page: 15 30 Date Posted: 26 Aug, am. Posts: 1. Discussions Rules and Guidelines. Arguably the saddest story of the franchise, Daniel Cross is a character that has had it incredibly rough. After climbing the ranks and meeting the mentor of the modern-day Assassin Brotherhood, however, Daniel Cross is revealed to have been a Templar sleeper agent and kills the mentor - an act that ultimately leads to the Brotherhood going even deeper into hiding. While it may seem par for the course, the effect that the Templar experiences that were conducted on Cross made him an instrument against his will.

Ruining someone's life to further your own goals? Pretty sure that's generally frowned upon regardless of where you're from. While other games dabble in that grey area, Rogue gives players the chance to truly experience the other side of the conflict as Shay Patrick Cormac, an Assassin that defects to the Templars.

Rogue sees the Colonial Brotherhood on the hunt for precursor sites and artifacts. Shay successfully locates one such site in Lisbon, but at a serious price: a resulting earthquake results in many deaths and Shay losing faith in the Assassin cause.

This may be one of the evilest things the Assassins have done and as a result, Shay was personally responsible for almost completely destroying the Colonial Brotherhood becoming one of the greatest Assassin hunters in Templar history. A writer based just outside of Chicago, Kaycee Jackson has been gaming for as long as he can remember. From crowding around a tiny TV with his siblings playing the NES to growing up willing to be enthralled with every story that video games have to share, he is well versed in the art and culture of gaming.

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Some religious people tend to be like that butthurt about everything. They were never portrayed as the bad guys. Its just we see things from the Assassin perspective. Assassins and Templars are both trying to achieve worldwide peace but there ideology to achieve that is different. Assassins believe that humans should be given freedom and that eventually that will lead to peace. While Templars believe that humans should be controlled because freedom is the reason there is no world peace.

I personally agree with Templars but don't agree with their methods. Templars want to rule the world. This will make peace in their opinion. The assassins think that everyone should have free-will and that will make peace.

They have the same goal but very different methods. Originally Posted by rileypoole Go to original post. He did not ask about why we were having a fist fight with the Pope? I mean.. Just show him the message at the beginning of the Load Screen. He is not anymore devout than those working on the game, which include Christians..

Honestly, AC makes everyone look bad. The Templars are the bad guys because the first game was specifically about the Third Crusade and because they are the source of a bazillion conspiracy theories. They didn't make them bad guys because there was anything inherently evil about them, simply that they were a good way to open up the series to all kinds of conspiracy hijinx without having to invent a fictional group.

Assassins are atheist, Templars are atheist, and both predate religion itself in the ACverse. Religion is just flavor text for the Templars. Having said all that, as a Catholic, I am a teensy bit annoyed seeing my faith be the root of all evil in human history Originally Posted by GreatBeyonder Go to original post.