<P> The multiplayer, exclusive to the original Vita version, consists of players tapping nodes on a map, using characters (represented with static portraits) to capture bases and collect supplies, among other things . This differs from the series usual competitive multiplayer which had players assassinating each other for sport . </P> <P> In the modern day, Abstergo Entertainment, a subsidiary of Abstergo which is in charge of producing multimedia goods, releases their first major product, Liberation, a video game about the life of the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré . The game, however, is heavily censored, with any details regarding the Assassins--Templar war being omitted, in an attempt to portray the Assassins as the villainous force . As the player progresses through the game, they are greeted by messages from a group of hackers known as Erudito, giving them access to the full story hidden behind Abstergo's censoring attempts . </P> <P> The main portion of the game takes place in Louisiana near the end of the French and Indian War, where France's defeat caused the city of New Orleans to be taken over by the Spanish government . The citizens were upset over the transition from French to Spanish control and Spain's new occupation within the city . However, in 1765, the French governor Jean - Jacques Blaise d'Abbadie made a negotiation with Templar Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer to stay as governor of New Orleans . This plot was later uncovered by Aveline, who infiltrated the governor's mansion and assassinated him . </P> <P> Following this, de Ferrer made another deal with a man named Baptiste, who was hoping to defect from the Assassins to the Templar Order . Baptiste took on the identity of the recently deceased François Mackandal, as a ruse to attract followers to his cause . His plan was to poison New Orleans' nobles and take control of smuggling operations within the Louisiana Bayou, although his sole purpose was actually to force Agaté, Assassin and mentor to Aveline, out of hiding in the bayou . His plot failed however, as Aveline tracked Baptiste down, killed his followers and assassinated the false Mackandal . </P>

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