Danish TV channel apologises for mistaking Assassin's Creed for Syria

It validates the graphic designers job, they should get a nice bonus.

You can.....you can see the unnaturall wooden plank jutting out of the side of the tower where Altair synched and jumped......how could you even think Syrians build things like that???? -_-

I'm not sure whether I should be surprised and happy about how advanced game graphics are nowadays or sad about the fact that news people cannot distinguish the difference between video games and not...

Some of these games graphics are at a level of detail for some people who dont play video games could mistake it for it being the real thing.

the graphics aren't even that good.

LOL, That's stupid and unprofessional, the BBC part as well. These channels need to do more work, they aren't entertainment or just showing people anything, they are telling people about things that happen in reality, that are affecting real people, and they should be careful about it.

Before you know it, they will be looking for a murder suspect from GTA.

Its not really a big deal though, its still damascus whether virtual or not. Search it up on google images its like the 6th picture, so if anything, the guy who searched it up is just lazy. Either way assassins creed is either as popular as the actual city, or you have a lazy journalist.

It would be so easy to troll these networks.

Note like free advertising.

Ashamed to be danish right now :-/

This is actually pretty hilarious, but Ubisoft must feel proud to have created something realistic enough that it fooled some reporters

Probably didn't catch on the the centuries gap between architecture designs.

Bet Ubisoft staff are high fiving their way round the office, the news reporter may look like a dipshit but that must secretly make the AC developers proud of their work

uhmm... Hehehe. I'll like to apologize on behalf of my country. (:

now thats FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i like it that we're approaching believable simulation with graphics. when we finally reach foto-realism, we won't have to buy new games or upgrade pc's anymore. it'll only be about the quality of the games. i hope it comes soon.

@Suikogaiden @BrunstigElg I´m talking about the cities in AC... They´re so well made and well researched! :P
And no, because they were talking about Syria in ancient and middle age times.. So a present-day real picture wouldn´t be as good if they were talking about middle age damascus...

Finally when Denmark gets some attention it is because we fucked up. Good job fellow danes. Good job.

@Suikogaiden It was actually about Damascus (and Syria) as one of the cradles of civilization and how alot of historical world heritage was in danger of being destroyed... So it was also about Syria in the middle ages - therefore it was actually a pretty good image to use in that context.. afterall, AC is known for its historically accurate depictions of cities throughout history....

@i_like_pie223 Oh right I think I read about it somewhere.

It was actually about Damascus (and Syria) as one of the cradles of civilization and how alot of historical world heritage was in danger of being destroyed... So it was also about Syria in the middle ages - therefore it was actually a pretty good image to use in that context.. afterall, AC is known for its historically accurate depictions of cities throughout history....

wow, if only the current graphic level/data can cause be mistaken by reality.... I was considering if the movies are not totally wrong and our reality is really some kind of simulation and if we are actually NPCs in this sim, how the sense of immersion is created ? Any suggestions ?

Lmao, look at her facial expression, it's priceless. xD

She's like "ergggg yeahhhh we totally dropped the ball on this one"...

I knew this would go viral

This article genuinely made me laugh out loud. Fantastic.

However, does highlight the incompetence of someone working there.

Facepalm. I know video game visuals are getting more and more realistic but come on... really?

what a joke

lol hahah haha. They need schedule eye exams

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Danish television reported unconfirmed sightseeing of a hooded person travelling through the rooftops in the residential area. person believed to be jumping from the rooftops straight to the pile of hay.

BBC flashback. Do you remember when BBC used UNSC from Halo. Similar situation like this one. xD

If you didn't see it just search on youtube: BBC FAIL - UNSC from Halo

Syria attacks Israel because of Assassin's Creed

Games are Evil.

This is one of the reasons I played Assassin's Creed in the first place, the epic environment.

Ohh lordy lord -_-

Rofl, I facepalmed, that's how bad the news media in general has become xDDD

Do they know that this game is 5 years old?