Undoubtedly, McDevitt is both well-read in piracy lore and interested in his subject. This was after I had done about four or five months of my own research with the team.' 'We sent people down to the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. 'We went on research trips,' said Darby McDevitt, the game's writer.

Compared to most 'historical' games, Assassin's Creed is a Gibbon-esque monument to curiosity and research. During our visit, it was dressed up by Ubisoft as a pirate ship, for the purposes of throwing a Comic-Con party. Polygon sat down with the writer of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, as well as an actor who researched and played central character Edward Kenway, and an historian seconded to the project.Īppropriately, the interview took place around an old table in a 19th Century wooden sailing ship, a museum-piece. N o-one seriously expects genuine history in a franchise that has managed to tether itself to a daffy plot device about the Animus, and pseudo t ime-traveling tech-wizards.Įven so, the game's makers are at pains to point out the noble verisimilitude of their endeavor. Vaguely-approximately, sorta-kinda, the old days. This is historical fiction, video game style. He moves in time from the Renaissance to the War of Independence to the Age of Piracy, always in search of that wrong to right, that swash to buckle. Using a variety of dashing weapons, he sneaks around, dispatching those unfortunate goons born on the wrong side of history to shameful eternity.

It demands a flinty central character who clambers across architecture and arching boughs. History is doomed to repeat itself, especially if you're the sort of person who likes to play Assassin's Creed games.

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