You're telling me this idea is actually explored in Assasin Creed? :o. I guess I need to finally start playing it.

That's the entire backstory and the connecting over-arcing story for AC (and also somewhat Watch Dogs because it's apparently the same universe), and for the most part it's much more interesting than the game with allot of very cool ideas and premises.

Basically modern humans and neanderthals were bred by a more advanced and ancient form of humans (physically similar to AMH) we were all designed to have a naturally occurring fractal antennas in our brains that allowed them to mind control us to be used as slave/servants (humans) and soldiers (neanderthals). Some humans had a mutation (either naturally occurring, or a case of sleeping with the help which was also implied in the game, basically seraphim doing earthling hot chicks > flood recap) that made them immune to the mind control tech. There was a rebellion and a catastrophe (solar eruption) the ancients mostly have died out, some organizations know about them and some parts of the mind control tech have survived (pieces of eden in the game). The templars are after that tech to control the entire world, the assassins want to stop them.

PSA: That's pretty much spoiler free you can probably find a whole recap of the premise online.

> and also somewhat Watch Dogs because it's apparently the same universe

Wait what?! Ok, my mind is officially blown here. Thanks for telling me that, I'll check it out.