A Walk Through Time

As I have mentioned more than once, I am spectacularly inept at video games and have been since Pong came on the scene. However I can appreciate the look of some of the video games from an NPC perspective. The world, or worlds, as the series covers a number of different eras would definitely be Assassin’s Creed.

It is famous for the incredible attention to historical detail. While the suggestion that the game’s French Republic simulation helped with the rebuilding of Notre Dame is an Internet rumour with no basis in fact, the games are as historically accurate as they can possibly be. There’s even a Discovery Tour mode which removes the game playing element and allows you to tour the world of the game as either an observer or a character. The Egyptian world of Assassin’s Creed Origins was developed in close collaboration with architects and is apparently a superbly accurate reconstruction. However, I would probably choose Assassin’s Creed Valhalla which is set in 9th Century Norway and England. The Anglo Saxon and Viking era is one I have always been interested in studying so I would love to have a Discovery Tour through that world to get a real appreciation of what it might have looked like from the point of view of a person who lived at that time.