Cavorting through fairly accurate depictions of places like Cyprus, or going sword-to-sword during the Siege of Acre Celian, players will uncover a conspiracy inside the church that will lead the protagonist to the Holy Grail.Ĭonsidering that there’s something of a war going on, Celian will need to be prepared with sword, shield and dirk to defend him and whoever needs the hand of God. Ubisoft has already demonstrated in their franchise how the Templars can been seen as malicious and advantageous, so here we see more of the morality and pragmatism of the order through our hero, Celian. While all of that makes for a rather interesting story, the delivery and interpretation of these historical events in The First Templar leaves a little more to be desired. Though being that gamers like to live in a factual universe, Haemimont Games ( Tropico 3) figured it would be wise to bring a little historic accuracy to the world with their latest title, The First Templar.Set during the time of the First Crusade, where the church is beginning to lose its already-tenuous grip in the Middle East, the Inquisition is beginning to rise and make its face known. It’s somewhat unfortunate that this really isn’t how it happened back in the 14 th Century, but it’s nice to pretend every now and again. He fell in love with Cecilia Algotsdotter, but their love made them victims in a battle between spiritual and secular power.Game Rant's William Case reviews The First TemplarĪfter the immense success of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series, to throw in the name “Templar” anywhere in another video game tends to bring the image of men bounding over rooftops, silent kills and church intrigue. “In the 12th century, the young Arn Magnusson became a skilled warrior. Swedish with some English, Arabic, Norwegian, French, Danish, Latin. ARN: THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR (2010) is a Swedish miniseries available on Prime U.K., Aus, Netflix in many other countries.

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