Assassin’s Creed: Revelations: These Games Still Have a Women Problem

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After the previous game, I was a bit hesitant to start on Revelations, the fourth game in the Assassin’s Creed series. But as it was the only installment in the main storyline left separating me from Assassin’s Creed III, the game I originally wanted to play all along, I decided to push my way on through. Revelations is the final game in the Ezio Trilogy, only this time around, Ezio has left Italy behind for Constantinople. I was a little sad that this was the last time I’d get to play Ezio’s character, but even though I love playing games where I get to explore different parts of history, I couldn’t work my way through this story fast enough in order to move on.

Trigger warning for discussions of sexual assault ahead.

Assassin’s Creed: A Game Done Mostly Right

Recently, I saw that an Assassin’s Creed movie is in the works, and while I’m hopeful for its success, I can’t say I’d be surprised if it did poorly, considering how bad other game-to-movie adaptations are. Nevertheless, the trailer reminded me that I had an unplayed copy of Assassin’s Creed III lying around. I put it into my PS3 and sat down with the intention of enjoying what I’d heard was a great game. Unfortunately, starting with the third game made me realize that I had no idea what the hell was happening, and I had to know, because the movie looks awesome.

As such, I found a wonderful walkthrough video series of the first game on YouTube, watched it to the very end, realized I needed the game for myself, and dove head first into yet another fandom.

Spoilers for the first Assassin’s Creed up ahead.