When it was confirmed that Assassin’s Creed 3 was to take place in America’s history, the Freemason conspiracy theories by Dan Brown were sure to be mentioned by someone sometime.
When asked about the subject in an interview with CVG, the series’ lead writer Matt Turner confirmed that the Templars’ stories will be the developer’s version, and not that of author Dan Brown.
“We have a different pace and way of telling it and I think that’s important for us, that we differentiate from that a lot. Dan Brown’s books are great and obviously very popular but we focus on making our Assassin’s Creed narrative to have its own identity,” explained Turner.
Turner explains that the writing team “intentionally” took different paths with the Templars.
“There are all these conflicting versions on what these people do, with The Illuminati and stuff. So there are a lot of different options on how you can tell that story and select different things to be your truth, and I think we have lots of options. We have tonnes of room to exist in the same space but be our own thing.”
