The 10 Most Historically ACCURATE Missions in Assassin's Creed Games

The Olympic Games

Assassins Creed Odyssey (2018)

Assassins Creed Odyssey is one of the most historically accurate Assassins Creed titles, even its map very closely resembles Greece in real life. But one fun thing the game lets us do is actually participate in The Olympic Games. While details may vary, The Olympic Games did take place in Elis just like in the game. Furthermore, women and men werent allowed to compete against each other, so theres that. With that said, Assassins Creed has always taken a bit of creative license with history, so its not much of a surprise. We actually meet several characters that were very much real Olympic champions, like the Spartan pankratiast Testikles. Thanks to their new discovery tour feature, we know the minor inaccuracies are intentional, considering they expand more on them in the tour! This is important to keep in mind when discussing Assassins Creed's historical accuracy.

The Siege of Acre

Assassins Creed (2007)

The first Assassins Creed game is set during the Third Crusade in 1191, and we can visit many historical locations in Israel such as Acre. While we dont get to see the full Siege of Acre and actually play through it, the game takes place only shortly after Acre was captured by the Crusaders. Furthermore, the characters that are our assassination targets are very much real historical figures related to the Crusader presence there, like Garnier de Nablus who was the tenth Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller. And while its less so a single mission, the entirety of Acres memory block is filled with historical characters, like Sibrand and William de Montferrat, although the latter actually died in Tyre and not in Acre. But with that aside, the years match perfectly so you gotta applaud Assassins Creed for getting their numbers right!

The Midnight Ride

Assassins Creed III (2012)

As many of you probably know, Paul Revere played a vital part in the American Revolution with his midnight ride. Well, this is actually a side mission in Assassins Creed III. In it, Connor joins up with Revere on his ride to warn all the colonies. Hilariously enough, the game makes it seem as if Connor was the one to take Paul Revere around, and were made to follow his directions by going left or right whenever he tells us. Like with every Assassins Creed game, it does depict a historical event, but it includes a few artistic liberties for the sake of entertainment. You gotta admit that its a bit funny to have a massive Connor take a much smaller Paul Revere around on his ride!

Abandoned By the Gods

Assassins Creed Odyssey (2018)

The Plague of Athens was an epidemic in 430 BC during the Peloponnesian War that is estimated to have killed between 75,000 and 100,000 people. And sure enough, Assassins Creed Odyssey takes place in this exact time period between 422 and 431 BC, also depicting the Peloponnesian War. In-game, we can actually see this plague in Athens depicted in the quest called Abandoned By The Gods. In it, the usually colorful and busy city has turned lifeless and grey. While its somewhat of a morbid part of Greek history, you gotta give them points for accuracy!

The Fall of Robespierre

Assassins Creed Unity (2014)

Assassins Creed Unity is one of the more historically accurate titles, and the developers even went a few painstaking extra miles to make the city of Paris even more accurate than their usual otherwise high standards. The Fall of Robespierre is Ubisofts spin on a historical event, but with their added signature twists, changing just enough to actually involve Assassins and Templars. Its largely a very historically accurate mission, and is based on the Thermidorian Reaction of July 1794, which led to Robespierres arrest and attempted execution. However, the Paris Commune wasnt as violent against the National Guard. But he did suffer a gunshot wound to his jaw in real life, where the game makes it seem as if Elise was the one to shoot him which is a very neat twist of a historical detail.

Nobunagas Assault on Iga

Assassins Creed Shadows (2025)

Assassins Creed Shadows is full of amazingly depicted historical events, and Ubisoft even gets the smaller unexpected details right. We get this right off the bat in the game starting with Oda Nobunagas assault on Iga, which would actually be the second invasion of Iga in a short span of time, since his son failed the first one. This detail is even included in the game, as the story will later reveal that Iga has defended itself from a first invasion earlier. In Nobunagas final invasion, they attacked from every direction to systematically burn the villages, shrines, and temples down in an attempt to exterminate the Iga ninja. Not only is the history well documented and perfectly depicted, but its such a good angle for an Assassins Creed game!

The Tea Party

Assassins Creed III (2012)

In the end of year 1773 in Boston in Colonial Massachusetts, a massive protest erupted against the British Government residing there. As Assassins Creed usually does, it depicts this historical event in a mission of the name The Tea Party, but with a few liberties taken with smaller details like the inclusion of William Johnson, who was very much friendly with the real life Mohawk tribes. With that said, theyre careful enough to mostly only change details that we dont have evidence of, which is great. But with all that said, the Boston Tea Party was a very real event, and Samuel Adams was a real person. Whether he planned it or not is still disputed to this day, so its difficult to say for sure, but its an awesome inclusion in Assassins Creed III!

The Battle of Thermopylae

Assassins Creed Odyssey (2018)

The Battle of Thermopylae was a pivotal battle fought during the second Persian invasion of Greece, led by King Leonidas I of Sparta versus the gargantuan army of King Xerxes I. Timewise, it takes place about 50 years prior to the events of Assassins Creed Odyssey, and we play through it during the games opening. It takes a very similar angle to the movie 300 however, while still doing their own thing by making Leonidas kind of a super hero. But thats not to take away from his amazing feat of heroically defending the narrow Thermopylae pass. All things considered, its still a pretty historically accurate mission, save for the later revealed detail that Xerxes got assassinated by Darius.

The Assassination of Julius Caesar

Assassins Creed Origins (2017)

Assassins Creed Origins version of the assassination of Julius Caesar is probably the best example weve had so far of how Ubisoft blends together history with their own fictional details. It gets the majority of the event entirely accurate but still wants to incorporate the Assassins, or in this case the earlier version of them, the Hidden Ones. As many of you might know, Caesar wasnt assassinated by a single person, but rather an entire group of approximately 60 to 70 Roman senators conspiring against him. But we still get the broad strokes right, with the correct time, location, and the conspirators are instead depicted as fellow Hidden Ones themselves.

Royal Misfortune

Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)

Bartholomew Roberts, or Black Bart, was a Welsh pirate who was considered to be the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He was a feared pirate, and was famous for his strict code and very elaborate flags. While he wasnt taken out by a ship named Jackdaw and rather the HMS Swallow, Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag depicts his end pretty well. A lot of the details of his death align with what we see in the game, outside the existence of Edward. Roberts even takes his costume from his fallen captain Howell Davis just like in real life. In fact, Black Bart is depicted very accurately in Black Flag, except for the Sage part of course.

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