More Games Should Explore Historical Settings
Besides story and gameplay, one of the biggest draws to video games are the fantastical settings that are created for the player to explore. Video game settings tend to range from dystopian futures, entire galaxies, zombie apocalypses, fantasy lands, or even alternate realities. Except for a few large franchises and indie games, seldom do these settings involve historical settings, and when they do, it is usually during a time of war.
Some of the largest franchises whisk players off to historical events. Call of Duty, Battlefield, Total War, and Assassin's Creed love exploring history in the majority of their entries. However, the majority of other franchises and games decide to instead bring players to fictional settings, and that leaves much of history untapped by the gaming industry. Human history is a vast and interesting locale that movies choose to explore all the time, and maybe it is time for video games to do the same.
The Assassin's Creed Chronicles Protagonists Deserve Their Own Mainline Game
When players think of video game franchises that explore history, the majority of the time Assassin's Creed will come to mind. Ever since its inception in 2007, Assassin's Creed has been bringing players across history to participate in the fictional war between Assassins and Templars. The series has brought players to the Third Crusade, Renaissance Italy, the American Revolution, The Golden Age of Piracy, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution in London, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and most recently, the Viking age. Almost every game has explored a new time period and allowed players to meet famous historical figures in said period.
The Call of Duty franchise has also explored history throughout some titles. As
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