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# Does all that AC3 prelude help or hurt?
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/does-all-ac3-prelude-help-or-hurt/
- Published: 2012-11-13T17:30:13.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:50:01.000Z
- Description: The promotions for Assassin’s Creed III made much of its Native American protagonist, but the game starts with a lengthy (and as our reviewer found, intolerable) prelude playing his British father. While a few applauded this contextual approach as necessary in hindsight, most players found it slow,
- Author: Rachel Helps
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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The promotions for Assassin’s *Creed III* made much of its Native American protagonist, but the game starts with a lengthy (and[ as our reviewer found, intolerable](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/reviews/kill-screen-review-assassins-creed-3-your-punishment-enjoying-assassins-creed-2-too-much/?ref=killscreen.com)) prelude playing his British father. While a few applauded this contextual approach as necessary in hindsight, most players found it slow, to say the least. Dr. B at [Not Your Mama’s Gamer](http://www.samanthablackmon.net/notyourmamasgamer/?p=1844&ref=killscreen.com) found the emphasis on Conner’s white lineage harmful.

> He \[Conner\] is the personification of the infamous letter of authenticity that precedes every slave narrative. Yes, I recognize that Connor is neither African (American) nor a slave, but the feeling is still the same. Connor, as Ratonhnhaké:ton, is unworthy of being an assassin. He is tainted. He can only be an assassin (and avenge the deaths of his Native people?) as Connor Kenway, the son of a white man and not the son of a Native American woman. While Ubisoft tries to play up his Native heritage he is another instance of the great White savior coming in to save/avenge the lowly savage.

Dr. B hasn’t yet finished the game, and hopes that Conner’s portrayal will improve. Is her reaction too extreme?