It's rather rare that fiction that is based on historical fact with such a subtle insertion of patently fictional aspects is as good as AC.
So, I just read Assassin's Creed: the Fall yesterday (at long last), and was quite impressed. Virtually everything to do with the AC mythos is (from the historical story perspective) very well done, sure Guilhem ed Monfra was the wrong age (or the wrong person entirely, I still think it should've been Conrad) in AC, and the Pazzi & Borgia Families were slightly misrepresented (but hey, dramatic licence and all that) in AC2/B, but I'll ask the question now: who actually looked up Tsar Alexander III's biography just to see if that train crash tallied with what really happened?![footnote]I was grinning as I read that scene, not because I was amused by it, but I was impressed by the fidelity of it all.[/footnote]
As a side note, I think that AC could've been improved by making the hit sequence more linear like AC2 to allow timelapses with each death (since the main figures died between a period of 1187-1194... or something).
So, I just read Assassin's Creed: the Fall yesterday (at long last), and was quite impressed. Virtually everything to do with the AC mythos is (from the historical story perspective) very well done, sure Guilhem ed Monfra was the wrong age (or the wrong person entirely, I still think it should've been Conrad) in AC, and the Pazzi & Borgia Families were slightly misrepresented (but hey, dramatic licence and all that) in AC2/B, but I'll ask the question now: who actually looked up Tsar Alexander III's biography just to see if that train crash tallied with what really happened?![footnote]I was grinning as I read that scene, not because I was amused by it, but I was impressed by the fidelity of it all.[/footnote]
Yes, that train crash really did happen, the roof of the Tsar's carriage was sheered off, and being the bear of a man that he was, held it up while his family escaped. And that scene is entirely plausible... Piece of Eden notwithstanding, as there is still speculation that it could've been an assassination attempt.
As a side note, I think that AC could've been improved by making the hit sequence more linear like AC2 to allow timelapses with each death (since the main figures died between a period of 1187-1194... or something).
