Assassin's Creed V: Messiah

Assassin's Creed V: Messiah is a 2013 historical action-adventure open world video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is planned for release in mid-2014

It is the seventh main installment in the Assassin's Creed series. The story is set in Israel during the birth and life of Jesus Christ, and follows Yehoshua Hershel, a solitary Jewish Rabbi Assassin who is tasked with keeping Jesus Christ safe from Templars who seek to kill him throughout his life. The game focuses on exploration in an open world, this time through a desert map, where reaching oases is the main objective. Stealth, combat, and multiplayer are also key aspects in the game.

Gameplay
There are four main cities in the game; Nazareth, Jerusalem, Jericho, and Bethlehem. These cities are set in a large, desert covered map, with the cities of Shechem, Cana, Hebron, Sephorris, Masada, and the ruins of Scythopolis spread out across the map. The River Jordan and Dead Sea serve as borders to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. The map is also set into two regions, Judea and Gallilee. Some areas of the map are arid desert, some mountainous, and some temperate grassland. Small villages and nomad settlements can also be found throughout the map. Nomad settlements spawn randomly and can be found in many different places across the map, and can be used for selling goods or escaping the harsh desert...for a price.

The game introduces a new feature: Exposure. If the player is out in the open desert too long, their exposure meter will go up, rendering the player slower and more groggy with impaired vision. The exposure level can be lowered by visiting cities or findning oases before the player dies from exposure. Sandstorms are also a danger in the open desert, as well as bandits.

Transportation across the vast desert is mainly by camel, although horses are mounts in the game as well. Fast Travel is also implemented in the game as well, as is a boat system on the River Jordan. Mounts also suffer from exposure. Camels are more hardy mounts and will last longer in the desert, while horses will not last very long and are good mostly for short distances. The player can also choose to travel with caravans to prevent attacks by bandits.

There are more than 50 oases spread out across the map, and are the primary source of hunting in the game. The animals available for hunting include: leopards, onyxes, foxes, crocodiles, lynxes, gazelles, honey badgers, and scorpions. Leopards, crocodiles, honey badgers, and scorpions are predators, and will attempt to attack the player. Crafting is also in the game, including craftable campsites and water canteens for larger exposure meters. Poison arrows can also be crafted from killing scorpions.

The weapons in the game include many types of swords and bows. The player starts with dual-wield scimitars, and can upgrade or buy new swords as the game progresses and the player gains more money. Bows are also available as long-range weapons. NPC enemies mainly carry scimitars, shortswords, maces, or crossbows, all of which the player can pick up.

The game is similar to the last in the fact that the player is working at Abstergo Industries. Hacking and puzzle-solving are also included in the present-day.

Multiplayer is also included in this game, and is similar to the other versions.

Protagonists

 * Yehoshua Hershel (Assassin, main protagonist)
 * Saul Simon (Assassin friend of Yehoshua)
 * Joseph of Nazareth (Assassin)
 * John the Baptist (Friend of Yehoshua)

Antagonists

 * Bakr Hamam Ahmed (Killer of Yehoshua's wife, right hand man of Emmanuhel)
 * Emmanuhel (Mysterious Templar Warlord)
 * Judas (Former Assassin turned Templar)
 * Pontius Pilate (Templar)

Setting
Assassin's Creed V: Messiah is based in around 2 BCE to 35 CE in Israel and Palestine. Two main regions comprise the map, Judea and Gallilee. Numerous cities, oases, settlements, and forts are sprawled out throughout the map. The Mediterranean Sea borders the map on the west, while the River Jordan and the Dead Sea border the map on the east.

Sequence 1

 * Homecoming-Yehoshua returns home after a successful contract to find his home abandoned
 * Search Party-Yehoshua heads out into the desert near his home, to find his wife dead, and a note from Bakr Hamam Ahmed announcing that he had done the deed

Sequence 2

 * Help a Friend-After years of solitude, Joseph of Nazareth requests Yehoshua's help to protect the Virgin Mary and her unborn son, as Mary's father was a well known Assassin
 * Follow the Star-Yehoshua sets out to Bethlehem to protect Mary by camel
 * Three Wise Men-Yehoshua arrives at the manger, and watches from a distance as the wise men come and go
 * Joseph-Yehoshua must go and find Joseph, who has gone missing after the birth of Jesus. Yehoshua finds him in the desert, and Joseph whispers "Emmanehel" to Yehoshua before dying

Sequence 3

 * Follow Up-Yehoshua travels to Jerusalem to research Emmanuhel
 * Thief!-Chase after the thief that steals your coin purse
 * Contact-Meet with your contact for information on Emmanuhel