Some people may not know that Assassin's Creed is actually adapted from the game. Even if they know it, they may not have played this game. So, if anyone who has never played the game can understand the plot and background settings? This may be the confusion of some people who have not bought tickets to watch. In fact, everyone does not have to worry about this. This is a question that screenwriters and directors should consider, not a question that our audience should consider. Since it is decided to make the game a movie, screenwriters and directors will definitely work hard on the plot so that people who have played and have never played the game can understand it, otherwise it will affect their commercial interests.
The most obvious example is the domestic "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series, which is also adapted from the game, but most viewers who have never played the game will still be deeply obsessed with it.
You should be familiar with the movies adapted from the game. The classics include the Tomb Raider series and the Resident Evil series. The newer ones are the Warcraft that has been flooded with the screen before. At the end of 2016, "Assassin's Creed" produced by Ubisoft was finally brought to the screen.
1. The difference between movies and games
First let many people who don't play games publicize the background of the "Assassin's Creed" series in the game world:
Assassin's Creed game mainly revolves around two hostile ancient secret organizations, namely the Brotherhood of Assassin and the Knights Templar, and indirectly implicates an ancient prehistoric civilization destroyed by the sun's flashing flames - the First Civilization. The game background was set in 2012. The protagonist Desmond Miles is a bartender with several ancient top assassins. He received training from modern assassins since childhood but chose to leave his home for freedom. He was eventually kidnapped by the multinational pharmaceutical company Abstergo - Modern Knights Templars.
Abstergo forces Desmon to use the genetic memory traceability machine "Animus" to enter the memory of the assassin's ancestors, and then obtain the location of the Piece of Eden, the relic of the first civilization hidden around the world. The fragments of Eden have huge powers that can control the human mind and produce a variety of supernatural effects. Desmon escaped with the assistance of Lucy, an undercover assassin of Abstergo, and joined the modern assassin organization. Instead, he used Animus on the assassin's side to continue looking for other fragments. He also triggered the "Bleeding Effect" due to his long-term entry into the memory of his ancestors, and possessed the skills of the assassin's ancestors.
In the game series, there are 9 story versions in the main series from 2007 to the present. The Extended Series has a total of 14 story versions since 2008. But from this data. Assassin's Creed's ambition is also to open up the movie market for the World of Warcraft game series. Then whether it can succeed or not, just wait and see.
In the movie "Assassin's Creed", a new role is opened, namely Carl played by Farshark. The name is not the Myers in the game. The story changes are also huge, you canTalking about new characters and new stories does not follow the character settings of the game, but the theme and background of the movie's game are still there, such as the Leap of Faith, such as the Animus gene traceability machine. For the sake of visual appearance, the Animus machine can be holographically imaged, and the game is just lying down.
For someone who has never played a game, the story background of the movie is still taking some time. If the movie was placed more than ten years ago, it might take more time to popularize the audience with a lot of scientific and technological background knowledge, etc. But after more than a decade of bombardment of movie special effects, it is no surprise that we can enter another world by inserting a machine behind our heads.
2. The flaws of the movie
In the movie, there are many fantasy bugs and plot jumps. This may be the biggest flaw of the Hollywood routine. How many plot twists a movie must be inserted, how many fights it must be inserted, and how many minutes it must be entered into.
The whole movie feels like it is time to catch up on the progress. The director will suddenly think, Oh, the movie time is almost halfway, stop talking quickly, hurry up and go to Animus and go back to 1492 for a chase and fight scene, otherwise the audience will fall asleep! Start a fight quickly!
According to rumors, in the second half of the film, the time is not long, the budget is not enough, the actors can't get scheduled, but the ending is strong, the suspense must be sufficient, and the final ending can only be overwhelmed! No matter how big the bug is, you should die quickly and dig the holes you dig. This caused the whole film to be hasty at the end of the video.
Overall, "Assassin's Creed" is like Warcraft, trying its best to be close to the spirit of the game, highly restore the game story background, and develop a multi-episode movie story series in the long-term development of the pit fishing series. The music is not as good as everyone said, especially when the Magic Shark travels through time and into the assassin role, the soundtrack is mysterious, tense and grand, and very touching.
In short, even if you haven't played the game and have free wallet, you can consider going to take a look. After all, Western blockbusters, at least the stunts and special effects will never disappoint you