Conclusion

Assassin’s Creed Unity does a good job overall in its portrayal of the French Revolution. While some events and facts are altered slightly, as a whole, the revolution is portrayed fairly accurately. The game has been criticized by some as portraying the revolution inaccurately and pushing a certain viewpoint. In an interview with Time, the game’s artistic director, Alex Amancio stated that “What we actually try to do, and I think this is just a personal belief that we have, is to avoid reducing history… We try very hard to portray things as factually as possible” (Peckham, 2014). This effort can be seen in the development of the game as historians were consulted. Laurent Turcot, professor at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, was consulted for the portrayal of the daily life of 18th century Paris and Jean Clement Martin professor at the Sorbonne, was consulted to revise the script to make it adhere to the time period. Ultimately however, it must be noted that Assassin’s Creed Unity is a mainstream video game title of the 21st century. It was created with the main purpose of entertainment, it is not a complete in-depth history lesson of the French Revolution and it should not be treated as such. Assassin’s Creed Unity and the entire Assassin’s Creed franchise as a whole can however, be used as a way to foster interest in history from the younger generation.