No problem... I couldn't help it. Lol and I have neither of those. You should make a tumblr. It's actually pretty addictive if you're following the right people. And there's lots of people from FS on there.
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While i do agree that AC has TONS of great historical information in them, it also has lots of made up things built into those historical facts so they look real too. An adult can take that information and filter out the made up bits (or they should be able to) to understand that while that particular little bit is made up, the general info about the building, culture, people, whatever was true. A child is going to have a much harder time filtering those fake bits out, so they are going to think they know fake facts about history. Its like all of those fake "fun facts" things you see on the internet. Smart people see them and realize its somebody playing a prank, dumb people see them and think "wow is this true?! I better tell the world!"
AC also has quite a bit of murdering (no crap right? Assassin is in the name of it) which isn't really suited for a younger audience.
With all that in mind, there is no way in hell I would just buy the game for my kid and tell em have at it
The only way they'd be getting to play it is if I knew they were old enough to understand things like killing in video games is much different than real life, and I was in the room with them while they played it so we could stop occasionally and talk about what they are learning (whats real, whats fake, what other effects this part of the story had on the real world) The game could be an absolutely AMAZING way to learn about history, but it DOES need guidance with it so people aren't "learning" the wrong facts. If the parent doesn't have the time to be watching em play, they probably are right in not getting it for the kid
The Assassin's Creed games are VERY historically accurate. Every person you kill for missions died in that exact place, time, and by the same method as they did in the games.
Uh... uh. Uhhhh... POTATO.
AC also has quite a bit of murdering (no crap right? Assassin is in the name of it) which isn't really suited for a younger audience.
With all that in mind, there is no way in hell I would just buy the game for my kid and tell em have at it