In Assassin's Creed Odyssey players will visit ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War, meeting historical characters like Sokrates and Hippocrates. AC games are about experiencing a key moment in history, a place and time that were host to major historical events. Can you speak to how Odyssey will fit into the universe as an Assassin's Creed game, as opposed to just a quasi-RPG with parkour movements in an historical setting? I was a bit worried after watching the E3 gameplay trailer for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, as I didn't understand how this game could have any relation to the Assassin's Creed universe when the events seem to take place before the Assassins' inception in Origins. I've been a big fan of the franchise for some time, and have always particularly enjoyed how the Assassin's Creed universe turns historical events and settings we think we know into behind-the-scenes struggles between Assassins and Templars. ![]() Sejisoylam: Hi Jonathan! Thanks for coming to answer questions today. We also hired on a historical specialist of ancient Greece, Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta, who has been instrumental in helping us recreate ancient Greece, and who we run our decisions past to make sure they are as historically accurate as possible. We studied up on archaeological research and read ancient and contemporary authors of the classical period. Jonathan Dumont: We visited Greece to see the country first-hand, understand the topography and get a feel for the culture. ![]() Artschoolreject15: What source material did you look at when creating the game environment? Obviously some of the historical stuff is common knowledge, but what did you do in attempt to recreate the culture, formation of cities, etc?
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