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When a game’s back story needs an encyclopedia to be understood, it’s either really bad or really good. Since the game in question is Assassin’s Creed, I’ll place my bet on “really good.” Here’s the story: Ubisoft originally wanted to make a book that featured all the great art from every Assassin’s Creed game in order to build up hype for the release of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Pieces of art would be accompanied by short story blurbs. However, the back story for Assassin’s Creed is so complicated—and, more importantly, so interesting—that the book just kept growing and growing beyond the scope of an art book into a full-fledged encyclopedia. 
Caution, this encyclopedia does contain spoilers… By Angelo M. D’Argenio |