"Usually we're trying to be truthful. And we like it--I should say we don't mind it--if the truth is uncomfortable, if we can back it up with facts. When we were dealing with the Borgias [in Assassin's Creed II], we were saying the Pope is a really bad guy. But if you do any amount of research, it's pretty clear we didn't make this up and it's pretty well documented. And it's the same with the Founding Fathers. These are real people; they have their ups and downs, their opinions. And when we can find documented evidence of an opinion they had or something they asked for and it was just true, then we were happy to put that in the game. But we tried not to have our subjective layer come into it; we saved that for the fictional storyline and the fictional characters." - creative director Alex Hutchinson
There will indeed be some heavy topics in Assassin's Creed III. Let's hope they are handled well. It's important to see games doing things like this.
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There will indeed be some heavy topics in Assassin's Creed III. Let's hope they are handled well. It's important to see games doing things like this.
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I do enjoy when a game can make me uncomfortable...
Because of heavy subject matter, not because it's a piece of garbage that makes me embarrassed to play it.
As a history major in College I am very interested to see what issues they put into the game. It seems as though they have really thought things out and have the documentation to back up what is going in.
Like Benjamin Franklin's sexual escapades? Hamilton being shot in a duel with Thomas Jefferson's vice president? Most of the founding father's racism?
That Hulk Hogan is really an Indian but still fought on America's side anyway? Finally the greatest American hero will be entered into the history books.
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