2/19/2023 0 Comments Valhalla hills wallpaper![]() ![]() It really was the last outpost of the “civilized” world, with the unknown of what lay beyond a daunting prospect. That very sentiment is part of what makes Hadrian’s Wall so awe-inspiring - Roman soldiers posted to watch Britain’s cold far north would have been a hardy bunch, but the biting winds would have proved only a temporary distraction from the fear of raiding Picts. For the Romans back in the second century, it would have felt like the edge of the earth. As a point of interest for a hiker like me, it’s a spectacular sight. It sits atop a large stretch of hills in a commanding position that looks north toward Scotland. Of particular note is a Roman Fort about halfway along the walk called Housesteads. I’ve actually visited the wall several times most recently, in 2018 during the winter, when I walked nearly the entirety of its length from Carlisle to Newcastle. It was the project of the Roman Emporer Hadrian back in 122 AD, who commissioned its construction in an attempt to stop raiding parties of Pictish warriors wreaking havoc from their tribal homelands in Scotland. Hadrian’s Wall is an iconic British landmark that has stood for over 1,500 years and still exists today in remarkably good condition, running for nearly 75 miles across England’s central northern belt. The latter has me particularly excited as a keen enthusiast of British history, and there’s one location in particular that I can already see has huge potential as an educational tool. Good thing, then, that Assassin’s Creed Discovery Tour proved a big success and has since made its return in Odyssey and, soon, Valhalla. ![]() Hell, I remember watching Troy as part of my Ancient Classics class at highschool! Looking back, I think even the local amateur dramatics theatre would have provided a better insight into life during the 12th century BC than Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. This was the first time the series had thought to turn the game’s sandbox into a scholastic platform, which in hindsight seems like an obvious and effective way to help illuminate history for students.Īfter all, if you remove all the fantasy stuff from sandboxes like Assassin’s Creed Origins’ then you’re essentially left with an enormous showcase of life in ancient Egypt, all to a level of interactivity and a degree of visual fidelity that far and away exceeds most of the educational documentaries many students are shown at school today. In fact, it actually manifested itself into something educational back in 2017 with the release of Odyssey’s Discovery Tour mode. ![]() ![]() And despite the series’ evolution into ever-more fantastical stories over the years, this attention to detail from an architectural perspective hasn’t really changed. This has, of course, been a key aspect of the series’ development from its inception the idea of digitally remodeling ancient cities as an interactive 3D space was novel and exciting back in the early 2010s. Assassin’s Creed games have never pretended to be anything more than theatrical alternate history fiction, but over the years Ubisoft has certainly invested a significant amount of effort into accurately recreating the aesthetics of various historical time periods.įrom the beautiful detailing of Italian renaissance buildings to the dingy, cobbled streets of Victorian London, taking a stroll through many of Assassin’s Creed’s many different settings often feels like history brought to life. ![]()
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