Assassin’s Creed is a video game series that combines action and history. The main storylines and characters a fictional. However, each game contains real life historical figures and historical events. For example, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is set in Victorian Era London. Famous historical figures that you interact with are Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Alexander Graham Bell, and Queen Victoria. A game like this is an example of the way a player can learn from a video game. Players get to enjoy the action and adventure of the main storyline and topic. The side missions focus on true historical events with true historical figures. Games like this allow its players to play through while also learning about history. For example, in one side mission, the player has to track the victims of Jack the Reaper. In another, the player has to collect pieces for Alexander Graham Bell, and Bell uses the pieces to build the telegraph. The story also has an accurate map of London and includes all the major landmarks which allows the players to learn the geography of a location they may have never been in. For example, the player needs to climb Big Ben and gets to go inside Westminster Abbey.
