My interest in history was catalysed by videogames. Thanks to Age of Empires, I was able to explain the etymology of the word 'hoplite' to my granny when I was ten years old. A dedicated edu-tainment experience has always seemed like a natural and worthy use of this medium, and especially of the meticulously researched worlds of Assassin's Creed.
I wasn't exactly sure what I expected from the Assassin's Creed Discovery Tours, but I still expected a lot. Perhaps that's why, in the event, I felt there was a touch of unrealised potential about them.
Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt played like a digital museum exhibit. A slick-voiced narrator would simply talk at you while you walked around the pyramids or the port of Alexandria, like the audio blurbs that talk at you from display cases of ancient coins or rusted iron swords. It didn't leave much scope for meaningful interaction with the world, which rather misses the point of being an interactive experience. Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece bookended these walks with appearances by period celebrities, such as Socrates or King Leonidas, who would discuss their lives in a slightly creepy past tense before wrapping things up with an easy pop quiz. It was better, but not much.
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