Assassin'S Creed 3 Video Game

[TheOfficialBren]

Kilted soldiers during a mission involving General Edward Braddock.

[TheOfficialBren]

Which Highland regiments (if any) were posted and saw action in Colonial America? If memory serves correctly the Blackwatch participated in the French and Indian War and the Revolution and I seem to recall a unit of Frasers. Am I off base? Many thanks.

[Chas]

Are those three at the front wearing gas-masks?

[BCAC]

I never thought to see a post about video games on XMarks (especially not in the Weapons as kilt accessories sub-forum).

Is this a traditional video game or a contemporary video game?

Seriously, though, are these things supposed to be historically correct???

[Sir Didymous]

I'm not big into the AmRev, I have dabbled but that has been years ago and I portrayed a loyalist civilian. So some of the history escapes me. I can check with some of my buddies on the LHW forum, they might know since they do mostly Early American.

As to the accuracy, as a reenactor I can't stand the Assassin's Creed games. My wife drug me to an anime convention a while back and I agreed to go only if I was in my parade armor (I find the fact that my kit looks better than most of the costumes amusing). What irritated me though is that I kept getting asked if I was a Templar (the first game in that line takes place in the crusades), even though anyone could see that my heraldry is nothing like theirs. So I blame those games for increasing the misinformation on history that has been circulating. But what I like isn't what others like and that's the way it should be.

[TheOfficialBren]

Sir Did, that is exactly why I choose not to attend most "Rennaissance Faires." The archaeology student in me gets his dander up.

As to the game, "Assassin's Creed" is a franchise of fantasy video games based around the premise that the player is playing the avatar's ancestors through various time-travelling/telepathis means.

This third installment is based during the French and Indian War through the American Revolution. My nephew is a fan of them. He's a competition gamer (yes, people compete playing video games). He was playing it and I snapped a photo.

No, they are supposed to be beards but my photo is a bit fuzzy.

Historical accuracy is certainly to-be-desired with this franchise. Arms, armour, heraldry (where applicable), costumes, and characters are a bit anachronistic. If you want period-correct video games, then let me knkw when you've made one. I haven't ever seen one that was spot on but would like to.


I am not sure why it was moved, either. Video games would seem to count as media...and asking a question about the various units during an historical period would seem to be more of a history question than a weapon-related question. Oh, well. No biggie. I'm still curious about which Highland units were statined in America during the late colonial period. I would love to learn more of the history.