I would gladly pay good money for re-released AC games without any of the modern day Abstergo stuff. Am I the only one? I mean, at the time it was interesting, but the modern day missions now just detract from immersion and are usually crap.
Just me or anyone else?
[Just started replaying Revelations!]
Dude, AC3 is the culmination of the modern-day plot you are looking for. It is still historic-focused, but has Desmond go on modern-day missions periodically. Desmond’s death is a sacrifice related to the plot about aliens.
AC Black Flag is the first game where they ditched the modern game plot in favor of focusing on the historic plot.