Assassin's Creed Origins: Egyptological Impressions

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Assassin's Creed Origins sees video-game players visiting ancient Egypt (c.50 BCE). From the desert oases to the city of Alexandria, the Faiyum to the Pyramids, you can now explore a fully-realised version of ancient Egypt. But how does the game play, and is it historical enough? Today I explore some of the history behind it, and what the game does right. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Music by Brandon and Derek Fiechter https://dbfiechter.bandcamp.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by ITVX.
0:03.0	Whatever is you're looking for from hard-hitting drama to side-splitting comedy, ITBX marks the spot.
0:11.0	There's so much to discover like the total comedy genius show
0:15.0	Changing Ends starring little old me Alan Carr or the groundbreaking new
0:20.1	relationship show my mom your dad hosted by Devina McCall. Stream free with ITBX, the UK's
0:27.7	freshest streaming service. You're going to be. Hello and welcome to the History of Egypt podcast. Today we take a break from the story to look at a new
0:55.7	piece of media, the Yubesoft video game Assassin's Creed origins. Today I want to give
1:02.1	you a brief look at this new video game and how its depiction of ancient
1:05.8	Egypt stacks up with what we know from history and archaeology.
1:10.7	Part review, part impressions, part historical analysis.
1:14.5	I give you my thoughts on this new game.
1:17.0	Is it any good?
1:18.0	Well, let's find out.
1:20.0	Before we begin, let me just introduce the basic premise of the game.
1:27.0	Assassin's Creed is a video game series spanning about 10 major installments and a variety of smaller games.
1:35.0	It is one of the biggest selling game franchises in history,
1:39.0	with more than a hundred million games sold.
1:42.0	Players take on the role of the Assassins, a fictional order
1:46.7	locked in a centuries old battle with the Knights Templar. This war and the games which
1:52.4	explore it traverse different continents and errors from
1:55.8	crusader Jerusalem to Renaissance Florence to revolutionary France and Victorian England.
2:01.9	Now the franchise has come to ancient Egypt.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dominic Perry, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dominic Perry and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.