If you want to dive in and actually live out history, there’s no better place to do it. My love for the series mainly stems from my love for world history, as Ubisoft pays pinpoint attention to the most minute details about culture, architecture, language and historical figures. Each story is relatively standalone outside of The Ezio Collection, which must be played in order. Each game sees a person in the modern age using a machine called the Animus to relive their ancestors’ memories, unlock secrets about the past, and use that knowledge to fight the Templar threat in the present. They move in the shadows, kill those who would oppress the common people, and never seek fame or fortune. In one sense, the Assassins have caused their fair share of strife as well, because their whole thing is disrupting imperial systems, but overall are presented as arbiters of justice. It’s not as simple as good and evil, though – in effect, the Assassins fight for the good of the individual while the Templars fight for the good of the whole.

Likewise, most of history’s major wars have been manufactured by an opposing brotherhood called the Templars.Īll of history for the past 2000 years has just been a back and forth battle between the Templars and Assassins. The assassins have been fighting for the common people against the empires of the world since 49 BC.

If you’re not familiar with the games, they’re historical fiction pieces that insert a two thousand-year-old brotherhood, the Assassin’s Creed, into major world history events. This summer we’ll be getting the thirteenth mainline instalment, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which takes us to 9th century Baghdad. In addition to being one of the biggest game franchises in history with over 200 million sales, Ubisoft’s action-adventure blockbuster has spawned dozens of spin-off mobile games, a feature length movie, a ton of crossovers, uncountable merch, and an upcoming live-action Netflix series. Even if you’re not neck deep in the world of video games every day, it’s pretty likely you know about Assassin’s Creed.

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