Ancient Greece as a setting for an Assassin’s Creed game sounds like a dream come true. It would be filled with story opportunities, especially given the pantheon of gods, mythical heroes, and creatures. We’d never look a gift horse in the mouth. However, we can’t help but wonder why Ubisoft Quebec has chosen Greece for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Creative Director Jonathan Dumont revealed what made Greece the best option in a recent interview.
During the interview with DualShockers, Dumont explained that the world’s cultural familiarity with Ancient Greece, because of schooling, made the choice an easy one. Furthermore, the warring nature of Grecian society at the time allowed the creative team to delve deeper into Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s RPG mechanics. Dumont said, Greece was good for multiple reasons. It is a world that we can relate to easily because we all know some parts of the myths and legends along with a lot of historical facts and philosophers. It?s something we?re taught in school that the way that we speak, the stories that we tell, the things that we refer to, they all find their origin in Greece. It was a match made in heaven from a cultural point of view because we?re always looking for these settings that offer a little bit more of a teaching. A place where something important happened culturally.
It was great because there are many wars in Greek history and we wanted a setting that allowed us to express a litt...