The creative director of the game, Alex Hutchinson, even admitted in an interview with Time Magazine that most of their team are early to middle-aged white men. For Connor's story, Ubisoft was aware that it could be opening a can of worms in terms of falling into misinformation and stereotypes about Native Americans and their diverse tribes and customs.
How Ubisoft Dedicated Itself To Truthful Representationĭespite obviously being a work of historical fiction, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed games have always strived to be as accurate as possible in their details, ranging from the historical characters down to their clothes and weapons. RELATED: Why Assassin's Creed 3 is an Underrated Gem However, Assassin's Creed is unique in the fact that it is a huge franchise and reached the eyes and ears of millions of gamers.
The only game to stand above Assassin's Creed 3 in terms of Native American representation is Never Alone, which was made by the first indigenous-owned video game publisher and developer. Games before it have done a lot wrong by portraying old damaging stereotypes such as the character Nightwolf from Mortal Kombat, and general characters from the Oregan Trail, Beyond Two Souls, and Civilization 6. The representation was a risk for stereotypes and factual error, but Ubisoft did its homework by hiring a Mohawk cultural consultant to help make their game.Īssassin's Creed 3came out in 2012 and still stands above most other games in terms of well-done Native American representation. In the game, players got to play as a half-British and half-Mohawk man named Connor as he fights off Templars that are trying to gain control over American colonies in the mid-1700s. November is Native American Heritage Month, making it is a perfect time to review games that got Native American representation right - and one such game is Assassin's Creed 3.
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