1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comGreg Tito Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/gregtito/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XqcRW93bWI"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/assassins-creed-ii-was-almost-set-in-mayan-times/"><i>Assassin’s Creed II</i> Was Almost Set in Mayan Times</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/assassins-creed-ii-was-almost-set-in-mayan-times/embed/#?secret=XqcRW93bWI" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>Assassin’s Creed II</i> Was Almost Set in Mayan Times” — The Escapist" data-secret="XqcRW93bWI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> According to a former art director at Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed II was almost set on the Yucatan peninsula when the Mayans were in power. Talk about Montezuma’s revenge. Instead of the iconic church roofs and gondolas of Renaissance era Italy, Ezio could have been running around the lush jungles and step pyramids of the Yucatan Peninsula. For all we know, the protagonist wouldn’t have been named Ezio at all. All of this is up for speculation because Jonathan Jacques-Belletête, the art director for Deus Ex Revolution and formerly of Ubisoft, revealed that Ubisoft Montreal had originally planned to set Assassin’s […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/galleries/display/62/62051.jpg