Assassin's Creed: Lineage

Released in time to coincide with the release of Assassin's Creed 2, Lineage sets the scene for what happens in the storyline before Desmond Miles jumps into the Animus again and relive the story of Ezio Auditore da Firenze in number two. In 15th century Firezne, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze uncovers a plot to assassinate the Duke of Milano. From this he discovers a conspiracy that reaches as far as Rodrigo Borgia, the future Pope Alexander VI, and with the help of Lorenzo di Medici Il Magnifico, attempts to stop them in their tracks. This for me is a brilliant short film, not least for the fact that I'm a personal Assassin's Creed fan, but the way they use green screen effects with rendered environments of 15th century Firenze and how the darking lighting effects fits in with the mise-en-scene, as well as it's fictionalisation of true historic effects, such as the Duke of Milano conspiracy, along with, as Giovanni's son Ezio finds out in Assassin's Creed 2, a conspiracy to murder Lorenzo di Medici. This short film however cannot, and does not, prepare the viewer, and indeed the player, for how Assassin's Creed 2 ultimately ends however...