My PlayStation 3 is currently seeing active service playing Tweenies DVDs in my daughter’s bedroom. But as soon as I can ween her off them, it’ll be recommissioned to run Assassin’s Creed II.
This article, from the Wall Street Journal, reads the game rather seriously, as the closest thing to time-travel into fifteenth-century Italy. The official trailer looks stunning, albeit pretty hammy in terms of storyline and dialogue. One hopes that the gameplay has improved from the gorgeous but repetitive Assassin’s Creed I, which was set during the crusades.
I don’t know many historians who take video games seriously - with the exception of Second World War nuts who tend to go beserk for games like ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′. But they attract huge audiences to worlds that are rendered increasingly faithfully to their supposed models. Maybe it’s time we paid them the attention they deserve?
Assassin’s Creed II gameplay trailer is here:
