Assassin’s Creed Nexus Ending Explained

Assassin’s Creed Nexus is the first game of its kind in the now classic Assassin’s Creed franchise. Taking the series to VR for the first time, Nexus features unique gameplay that allows players to experience the feeling of being an assassin in a way not previously possible. Available for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest 3, and Meta Quest Pro, this Assassin’s Creed VR experience includes everything one would expect from an AC game, including parkour, hidden blades, stealth kills, and much more. Fortunately for fans of the series, Nexus is not just an assassin simulator but a unique AC game with an original story and characters.

Assassin’s Creed Nexus allows players to become three classic assassins from the AC franchise. These include Ezio Auditore, Kassandra, and Connor Kenway. Each of these characters features their own unique weapons and gear from their respective games in the series. Each character also inhabits open environments inspired by the settings of their games that players can explore freely. In Assassin’s Creed Nexus players have the freedom to interact with crowds, move through maps however they please, and experience the original cinematic story that concludes with an interesting moment suggesting future plotlines in the series.

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Assassin’s Creed Nexus and the Future of the Series

How Nexus’ Story Fits In

In the story of Assassin’s Creed Nexus, players are brought into the lore of the series by taking on the role of an anonymous hacker who is hired by series regulars Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings to infiltrate an Abstergo project called the “Nexus Eye”. The Nexus Eye project is led by Dominika Wilk, who seeks to retrieve the code of an Isu machine and combine it with the Animus into a computer capable of predicting and influencing human behavior. The hacker is successfully hired by Abstergo to locate the fragments of the code but secretly plans to plant logic bombs in the Animus memories to prevent the Templar organization from retrieving them.

Ezio’s memory takes place in Venice and Monteriggioni in 1509, a story after AC Brotherhood, as he seeks to recover his lost relics; Connor’s memories are set in Boston and Newport, Rhode Island in 1775 as Connor assists Achilles in various missions to aid the cause of the Sons of Liberty; and Kassandra’s missions take place in 405 BC in Delos as she aids the Spartan army and Athens as she seeks to liberate the city from corruption. As the hacker gets deeper into the conflict between the assassins and the Templars, things get interesting.

What Nexus’ Story Sets Up

As the hacker continues moving through the memories of history’s greatest assassins, they are eventually discovered by Dominika Wilk. Now outed as a spy, it is up to Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings to rescue them. Players then continue until the final mission, which is a corrupted memory that houses the final fragment. Pursued by Dominika’s hunters, the hacker plants the last of the logic bombs and detonates them to destroy the memories of Assassin’s Creed‘s greatest assassins.

Though the bombs are detonated and Abstergo’s Nexus Eye is ended, the assassins don’t walk away completely unscathed. Dominika discovers the location of the hacker and, in one of the game’s immersive cutscenes, captures them. She gives an ominous speech that alludes to the return of the Templars in future entries.

As Assassin’s Creed Nexus 2 has already been announced, it is likely the assassins will strike back at Dominika either to rescue the hacker or to prevent another Templar plan. Dominika could also be suggesting a plan that will appear in a mainline game like Hexe or Red. Either way, Nexus‘ open-ended conclusion will likely be continued in the future.

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is the third game in the mainline Assassin’s Creed franchise and is the second release to feature Ezio Auditore da Firenze. In this release, players hop into the shoes of a seasoned Ezio as he battles against foe Cesare Borgia.

Released

November 16, 2010

How Long To Beat

16 Hours

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence

How Long To Beat (Completionist Runs)

42 Hours