Hi all,

This week's Community Discussion is about the importance of historical accuracy. Please share your thoughts!

As part of a set of new Community Initiatives, we'd like to give opportunities to the community to give more direct feedback, and will now host weekly discussion on specific topics that relate the Assassin's Creed Franchise. These community discussions will take place on the AC subreddit, the Official Ubisoft Forums, and on the Mentors Guild Twitter. These discussions will be open for 1 week. The threads and responses will be shared directly with the Assassin's Creed Community Development team, who will then pass that info on to concerned parties within Ubisoft itself.

While the Mentors get opportunities to speak directly with the creators of Assassin’s Creed and frequently communicate with the Community Development Team, this is not the case for every fan. We want to change that. We want fans to have their voices heard directly, in the same ways the Mentors do. These activities are a step towards meeting this goal. If you want Ubisoft to see what you have to say, this is the place to do it.

Topic: Historical Accuracy

Info: One of Assassin's Creed's most enduring features is so-called "historical tourism": being able to freely explore historically accurate environments, reading database entries to learn more about famous monuments, taking selfies with the Sphinx and blending in with people who dress and speak according to the social conventions of their time. The Animus exists to allow Modern Day protagonists like Desmond Miles or Layla Hassan to hunt down powerful artifacts that could still have relevance in today's world, connecting with their ancestors to learn important lessons, so that past mistakes may be avoided. Occasionally developers have stretched historical accuracy to, for example, add in monuments that were, in reality, still non-existent or under construction, to give players the chance to parkour around the Sistine Chapel, for example, or meet historical figures who technically should not have crossed paths with the protagonist. Starting with Origins and Odyssey, the games also began adding in more elements from mythology, in a series that traditionally had remained secular.