Si ci avevo fatto caso, ma pensavo fossero errori dovuti a una versione incompleta del gioco. Anche se effettivamente in alcuni momenti si possono notare delle "cell texture" che di medievale hanno ben poco e certamente non potevano essere degli "errori". E' probabile che N3uro abbia centrato il motivo di queste bizzarrie. Mi torna alla mente un certo MGS2.
Edit: Yermi il discorso del "rapace" viene spiegato dalla bellissima Jade Raymond in un filmato. Altàir in arabico significa propio "Aquila volante"; mentre la veste del nostro caro Hashshashin è stata creata di modo che mentre piomba dall'alto la sua ombra proietti l'immagine stilizzata di un'aquila (non so se questa particolarità si rilfetta anche nel gioco). Insomma è una semplice metafora che vede l'assassino nei panni del predatore rapace che piomba dall'alto ghermendo l' inerme preda.
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Dando un'occhiata a wikipedia si trova qualcosina a riguardo. E' un "pochettino" lunga, leggete solo se la cosa vi interessa veramente dato che a parte la rivelazione finale sono per lo più speculazioni (e anche nel commento finale non so quanta verità vi sia, taggo spoiler giusto per sicurezza)
News has also circulated about a "sci-fi twist", due to information from developer interviews, and some effects visible in trailers of the game. It is theorized that the historical setting may be a simulation, or perhaps some sort of genetic memory, for purposes of training or other gain, being undertaken by an unknown group in the present or near future. During a trailer shown at E3, the screen would glitch and go fuzzy at times, and at one point where Altaïr is killed, the screen fades to black and then shows a head's up display with the words "computer offline" with a woman in a labcoat behind the display. Trailers shown at E3 07 reveal further evidence of this, such as a futuristic looking health bar, effects resembling readouts surrounding locked-on enemies and a rather lengthy conversation with a dying enemy surrounded by a white background. Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin's Creed will be part of a trilogy, and has also stated that one or both of the sequels may have a futuristic setting.
On September 28, 2006, in an interview with IGN, producer Jade Raymond confirmed that Altaïr is "a medieval hitman with a mysterious past" and that he is not a time traveler.
This is consistent with this particular design team, as in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, death was interpreted as a mistake in the Prince of Persia's recounting of his story to Farah. In an Xbox 360 gameplay demo at X06, a screen appears with the words "memories /01" in the center with "hard drive" on the left and "options" on the right after the character dies. Above "memories" it says "animus", Latin for "soul/life/spirit" (and where the word "animate" comes from) and under it are the words "access your genetic memory". The word "shutdown" can be seen in the lower right-hand corner, and the outline of a person can be seen past the words, almost as if the person was standing over someone on their back, and the player can also see on the right-hand side a light bulb and a grate on the ceiling. Also, in the upper-left hand corner on the screenshot, it reads "in progress" so this may be something involved in the development.
On December 13, 2006, in an interview with IGN, Kristen Bell (who will have her voice and likeness lent to the game) talked about the plot.
Spoiler
According to the interview, the plot centers on genetic memory and a corporation looking for descendants of an assassin.
“It's actually really interesting to me. It's sort of based on the research that's sort of happening now, about the fact that your genes might be able to hold memory. And you could argue semantics and say it's instinct, but how does a baby bird know to eat a worm, as opposed to a cockroach, if its parents don't show it? And it's about this science company trying to, Matrix-style, go into people's brains and find out an ancestor who used to be an assassin, and sort of locate who that person is.”
, poi nn so se hai fatto caso a quella specie di interfaccia neurale che ogni tanto si vede, un po come se qualcuno si conenttessse in stile matrix nel passato per assassinare delle persone 