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“Because the game starts outside London, you reach London on the train with the characters and you see it with them for the first time. So that is a nice moment of revelation and kind of seeing the city through their eyes as well. [From a narrative standpoint] it allows us then to grow their experiences, grow their relationship. They discover the city and at the same time the player is doing all those things, too. They're not starting from the point of view of being locals or experts,” Andrew said.
“When Jacob and Evie arrive in London, the Templars are winning. They control all the key aspects of London. You have to remember back then London was the biggest center of humanity, with a quarter of the world's population living there, and the Templars were on top of every part of that city,” Pelland said.