Desmond is dead and Juno will rule the world now. The way they presented the story was pretty bad but there is plenty of closure for Desmond and Connor. I found it quite interesting that Desmond almost turned fully Templar by the end it seems (obviously spouting more assassin bullshit "Oh we will stop her in the end."), choosing the Juno solution to avoid another cycle.

The ending is really simple actually, and quite excellent I might say. The only unknown thing is what are they going to do with Desmond. There are 2 possibilities:

1) Desmond is actually dead- they will introduce a new hero in AC4. However when you finish the game, he still talks to you introducing the pivots- that means that his conciousness is preserved in the Animus- just like Subject 16's.
2) Desmond was taken over by Juno- they might be a way to free him somehow, but I doubt it.

On a sidenote- remember when in Brotherhood Minerva said to Desmond "she's not who you think she is?" I think she might actually have been talking about Juno, not Lucy.


The entire ending is very well done IMO. The reason behind Desmond's choice is quite clear- when he watched Connor and his life with Haytham, he realized that both Templars and Assassins want the same thing- peace in all things.

Remember that Haytham actually once was an Assassin, but he was recruited by the Templars. That's why he has the hidden blade.The situation is analoguous to Desmond- he too is a master assassin in the present time, but he sees that the Templar way is right as well. Desmond realized that Assassins always fought templars throughout the centuries and knew that the Assassins would prevail, regardless if the Templars were stronger or not. That's why he made a decision to sacrifice his life (probably) and free Juno. For me it was an excellent ending to the Desmond's storyline.

First, Desmond's story did not end in any way since they left it wide open. I expect a full return for him, either by some magic resurrection or via the animus. Second, "Iuno will now rule the world, there is your ending" is nowhere near enough to justify all that shit we (and Desmond) went through. It was simply a twist with nothing leading to it. Third, Iuno turning bad or whatever you want to call it was handled in a ridiculous way. IN the emails she called humans animals, but that is not how you tell a story in a game. Fourth, there are a lot of plotholes left wide open which I'd need some time to write down. And last, this ending was total lackluster for me since it's not how you end a story (look how they handled Ezio in Revelations and Embers for example, that's how you end it). It's obviously wide open since notjhing is exactly resolved. I was hoping the next series were going to be set in the time of the first civilization (since what's his face mentioned it) and so I was hoping for a proper ending.