Calum Petrie reviews Assassin’s Creed Last Descendants – Locus #1…
Brand new story set in the stunning world of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate! Dive into the sordid underworld of Victorian London, and the memories of New Yorker, Tommy Greyling, as he teams up with Evie Frye and Henry Green to search for a Piece of Eden that has the potential to change the world!
The first issue of Locus is probably an extremely accessible comic for long time fans of the series to dive in to. The story is very much a by-the-numbers Assassin’s Creed formula, Templars and Assassins are fighting a hidden war for the fate of humanity’s free will.
The different spin this story undertakes is that the person stumbling across a Templar plot is not an Assassin but rather an 1870’s Pinkerton detective. Tommy Greyling is the focus of the story and at the request of a long time friend he grants the dying wish of a man who once saved his life. He decides to humour the bed ridden elderly gentleman before quickly discovering that the man was telling some kind of truth.
The focus of the story then switches to the “present day” and the test subject comes out of the Animus, a device that is almost as crucial to the Assassin’s Creed lore as the Assassins or Templars.
The story takes an interesting turn when the test subject they are using appears to have recently lost the use of his legs. Worries start to surround the boy as they suspect that using the Animus will make him want to ignore the real life situation where his legs do not work. Instead he will choose to throw himself into the Animus and use his ancestors memories to remember the simple act of walking and having full use of his body.
The story quickly returns to the 19th century; though we are no longer in New York but instead located in merry old London. The final act of the story is a rooftop chase between the mysterious Templar hit-woman and the local police force. When the Templar lady comes face to face with the Pinkerton agent she cross paths with in New York a short altercation occurs before she gets the better of him and once again makes an escape.
The issue ends with the return of familiar Assassins in the shape of Evie Frye and Henry Green (Assassin’s Creed Syndicate).
The overall art style used within the issue was a more child-like representation of the world compared the more mature art style used within the Black Cross series. The adventure of the issue had pace, with a nice twist on the present day story, but the dispute between the Assassins and the Templars has not provided anything new from the stale motivation for the gaming series.
Rating: 6/10
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Originally published September 29, 2016. Updated April 16, 2018.
