Viewpoint
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A View Point is a structure high enough for an observer positioned on its highest point to view surrounding terrain. View Points individually reveal portions of a map to the protagonists of Assassin's Creed. They range from church towers and city mansion roof beams, to watchtowers and guard posts.
Assassin's Creed
In Assassin's Creed, View Points are found in all the cities Damascus, Jerusalem and Acre, and in the Kingdom, but not in Masyaf. Each map contains 10 to 12 view points located on the highest buildings, such as a cross on top of a Catholic Cathedral, the top of a lighthouse in the port-city of Acre, or a palace guard tower in the city of Damascus. View Points can be located by watching the skies for the eagles that nest there. Climbing atop one of these structures allows Altaïr to Synchronize the View Point using the Head Button.
View Points allow Altaïr to observe the layout of the terrain around him and watch the movement of its people. After the first View Point in a map is "activated," it reveals the location of the remaining points and missions within a certain radius.
Some View Points have archers defending the position, or guards set around and below it. They can either fire arrows or throw rocks to prevent a climber from reaching the top. All the View Points have carts or piles of hay on the ground at the very bottom, providing perfect and spectacular locations for the performance of an incredible-but-potentially-fatal Leap of Faith.
Achievement
On the Xbox 360 version you can get an achievement by synchronizing with all View Points.
| Icon | Name | Description | Points | Secret? |
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Fearless | Scale, and Synchronize atop, all view points. | 25
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Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed II's View Points function much the same and some are located on famous land marks of Italy. Ezio Auditore will not only be able to dive into carts and stacks of hay such as in the first game, but also into carts of flower petals, leaves and bodies of water.
There are 73 View Points in the game (66 not including DLC's) and you get an achievement/trophy called "I like the view" by synchronizing with ten View Points. You can also get the achievement "High Dive" where you perform a Leap of Faith on top of Giotto's Campanile in Florence.
Note: The map will remain devoid of structures until the player has ascended a View Point in the area and synchronized with it.
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
View points function in the same way as in Assassin's Creed II, and there are 24 of them scattered around Rome, half of them being Borgia towers, and some of them are located on famous monuments, such as the Colosseum and Pantheon.
Trivia
- In the achievements for Assassin's Creed, the "Fearless" achievement refers to View Points as "Reach High Points". In other areas of the game they are also referred to as "Eagle Points".
- In Assassin's Creed, you may activate Eagle Vision once you have Synchronized the View Point. However in Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood, attempting to hold "Y" or triangle will simply have Ezio "Interact" with the View Point, showing the camera spin cutscene. But it is possible to move off the View Point, activate Eagle Vision, and then move back onto the beam.
- In each game the highest point is either inaccessible or not a viewpoint: in Assassin's Creed it's the fortress of Masyaf, in Assassin's Creed II it's the Basilica Santa Maria del Fiore, and in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood it's the Castel Sant'Angelo.
- You can be on the viewpoint the same time the eagle is, causing the eagle to "noclip" through the protagonist.
thumb|left|300px|Synchronizing viewpoint
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