History VideoGame / AssassinsCreedRevelations

* HeroesWantRedheads: Ezio isn't picky but his LoveInterest [[spoiler:and ultimately, his wife]], Sofia Sartor, is a redhead.

''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' is the fourth entry in the main ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series, released in 2011 on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 (playable on Xbox One via backward compatibility) and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], as well as in 2016 on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne via The Ezio Collection.

* ChristmasCake: If Ezio wasn't this in ''Brotherhood'', he certainly is now. Yusuf provides the jokes.
--> '''Yusuf''': You fight like a man late for his own wedding.\\
'''Ezio''': ''Si'', by about 25 years.
** And another gem from Yusuf, after Ezio mentions learning to play the lute when he was young: "When were you ever young?"

* AnachronismStew:
** The main antagonists are frequently referred to as Byzantines. However, the term "Byzantine" is a modern invention used to describe the society and culture of the Eastern Roman Empire and was never used by contemporaries. The Byzantines insisted until their last days that they were Romans, or Hellenes, or Greeks. Even during the War of Greek Independence centuries later, many Greeks ''still'' considered themselves to be Romans. Then again, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d as another of the Animus's oversimplifications for the subject's sake, like the convenient subtitles.
** While singing the tale of Cesare Borgia's death, Ezio makes a reference to gravity a hundred years before Newton's time.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The historical Shahkulu rebellion took place in the Taurus Mountains in southern Anatolia, not Cappadocia.
** During Ezio's TheVillainSucksSong he mentions Cesare meeting his match with gravity, despite taking place long before Sir Isaac Newton's birth.

* AscendedExtra: Abbas appeared as early as the very first memory sequence of the original game, but was unimportant to the story. Then in ''Revelations'' he gets a backstory, more extensive characterization, and even [[spoiler:becomes the BigBad of Altair's part of the story]].

** The Altair Memory Seals likewise shows that the chief conflict of his later years wasn't against the Templars or the Mongols but an Assassin vs Assassin CivilWar between him and Abbas Sofian. Under the latter's rule the Brotherhood decayed, becoming highly corrupt and hated.

* InjuredPlayerCharacterStage: Ezio falls off a speeding carriage down a cliff. Until he finds a HealingPotion towards the end of the mission, his injuries prevent him from performing most of his [[LeParkour fancy acrobatics]], so he has to rely on basic moves and environmental shortcuts. A similar situation happens when [[spoiler:old Altair returns to Masyaf -- he can't run, jump or climb stuff anymore due to his age]].

** Altaïr's gives a portion of his MacGuffin books to Niccolo Polo, which form {{Plot Coupon}}s for this game. Altaïr also gave part of his books to his son to take to Alexandria -- they are never heard from again.

* PassingTheTorch: From Altaïr to Ezio to Desmond, complete with pat on the shoulder. And a minor example with Altaïr and Niccolo Polo by passing on the keys. Even the soundtrack has one track named this, as well as one of Altaïr's sequences.

* OpenSecret: Lots of people know about Ezio's Eagle Vision. He'd prefer if they kept it quiet.

* MoralDissonance:
** Of course, Ezio probably didn't know or intend for the consequences of setting an armory on fire, however, his lack of remorse for [[spoiler:burning down an entire underground city and choking most of the civilians]] is a little jarring.
** The Ottoman vs Byzantine plot has this in accordance with the GreyAndGreyMorality of the setting. First, the Ottomans are warmongers, especially the Janissaries, who bully smaller countries and are responsible for the origin story of some of the Templar Agents that Ezio kills, such as Vali cel Tradat, who was an Wallachian ex-Assassin and admired Vlad Dracul for protecting their country, and Shahkulu, who came from a village the Ottomans razed and was raised by the Templars. Lots of civilians complain about the Ottoman occupation and are oppressed by the Janissaries. None of that seems to matter to Ezio and the Assassins, who are focused on their war with the Templars and the seeking for the Masyaf Keys because they see the Templars as the greater threat. The Janissaries don't want Ahmet on the throne because he's not interested in territorial expansion and they want Selim on the throne so he can lead them in a holy war against the other nations. Ahmet himself, [[spoiler:while the Big Bad behind the Byzantine Templars, is not corrupt like the Borgias but more in line with Templar doctrine of peace-through-security and puts up a good ShutUpKirk speech to Ezio, but he is still a manipulative guy who provided Manuel and the Byzantines with the means to revolt against his father and intended to let Sophia die even after Ezio paid the ransom he demanded]].

The game, alongside ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Brotherhood'', were re-relased in November 2016 for 8th generation consoles as part of the "Ezio Collection". And in February of 2022, this trilogy-compilation will also be released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* TheRemnant: The Byzantine Templars are the last of the previous regime before the Ottoman conquest and wish to take the city back for their ruler.

The game, alongside ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Brotherhood'', were re-relased in November 2016 for 8th generation consoles as part of the "Ezio Collection". And in February of 2022, this trilogy-compilation will also be released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch

** In the last of Altaïr's memories, among the possible stories he instructs the Assassins to spread about the fate of his Apple, he suggests claiming that he dropped it in the sea, in the "Tyranny of King Washington" DLC of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' this is exactly what Connor does to the apple responsible for the events the DLC.

* In the last of Altaïr's memories, among the possible stories he instructs the Assassins to spread about the fate of his Apple, he suggests claiming that he dropped it in the sea, in the "Tyranny of King Washington" DLC of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' this is exactly what Connor does to the apple responsible for the events the DLC.

''Revelations'' is unique in that it places you in control of the three primary characters in the Assassin's Creed story thus far: Ezio Auditore from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', Altaïr ibn La-Ahad from the [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI first game]], and Desmond Miles -- the descendant that links the aforementioned Assassins together. Ezio and Altaïr have their stories concluded in this game.

** The main antagonists are frequently referred to as Byzantines. However, the term "Byzantine" is a modern invention used to describe the society and culture of the Eastern Roman Empire, and was never used by contemporaries. The Byzantines insisted until their last days that they were Romans, or Hellenes, or Greeks. Even during the War of Greek Independence centuries later, many Greeks ''still'' considered themselves to be Romans. Then again, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d as another of the Animus's oversimplifications for the subject's sake, like the convenient subtitles.

* AnachronismStew: The main antagonists are frequently referred to as Byzantines. However, the term "Byzantine" is a modern invention used to describe the society and culture of the Eastern Roman Empire, and was never used by contemporaries. The Byzantines insisted until their last days that they were Romans, or Hellenes, or Greeks. Even during the War of Greek Independence centuries later, many Greeks STILL considered themselves to be Romans. Then again, this can be {{Hand Wave}}d as another of the Animus's oversimplifications for the subject's sake, like the convenient subtitles.

* * EleventhHourSuperpower: In both Altaïr and Ezio's penultimate missions:

* EleventhHourSuperpower: In both Altaïr and Ezio's penultimate missions:
** In Memory Sequence Eight, Ezio leads the Assassins in a siege on the Arsenal, where he enjoys permanently maxed Assassin Signals that let him call upon an unlimited number of Assassins or Arrow Storms.
** Altaïr, at 92, fights off waves of Mongols attacking Masyaf by using the Apple of Eden to summon spectral Assassins. Unlike Ezio's use of a different Apple in ''Brotherhood'', this one isn't CastFromHitPoints; it just works. Granted, Altaïr has also had nearly seventy years to master it by this time.