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Dongfang.com reporter Bian Yinghao

Wearing a hood, agile, and breaking into the famous city. At about 1:30 am on July 27th, Beijing time, the scene of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics shocked gamers all over the world. An Olympic torchbearer dressed in French Revolutionary costume and a white cloak shuttled through the city of Paris and became the focus of the world.

Obviously, this is a perfect reproduction of Arno, the protagonist of the game "Assassin's Creed Unity". As the main clue of the entire opening ceremony, this "assassin" played by a parkour athlete kept flashing in different corners of Paris. Under his guidance, the artistic atmosphere of this city was fully displayed.

This may be the first time in Olympic history that a game is used as the main thread to connect the opening ceremony. Paris is a romantic and relaxed city, so why did it give this game enough face in this global event?

Players may not be unfamiliar with this. Before becoming the focus of global traffic, "Assassin's Creed" did "make great contributions" to Paris.

At 18:30 local time on April 15, 2019, Notre Dame de Paris, a landmark building in Paris, France, was hit by a fire. Although the main structure survived, the wooden frame was basically burned, the spire collapsed, and the rose window was damaged. Due to its long history and complex internal structure, how to rebuild Notre Dame de Paris has become a century-old problem.

At this time, Assassin's Creed: Unity became an unexpected "hero". The game background of Assassin's Creed: Unity is set during the French Revolution in 1789. In order to restore Paris at that time, the designers conducted a lot of field visits. They spent two years studying the structure of Notre Dame de Paris, down to every stone, and worked with historians to accurately digitally restore the appearance of Notre Dame de Paris.

Therefore, "Assassin's Creed: Unity" not only restored Notre Dame de Paris 1:1 in the game, but also provided important reference materials in the process of rebuilding Notre Dame de Paris.

Of course, from a scientific point of view, Assassin's Creed: Unity only provides auxiliary references for reconstruction work. But for Paris, there seems to be no more logical theme than following Arno to see the historical city.

Some domestic players speculated that there must be loyal Assassin's Creed players among those involved in planning the opening ceremony of the Olympics, because there were many "easter eggs" in the opening ceremony that were closely related to this game.

For example, when the "Assassin Torchbearer" came to the Louvre, the sculpture "Goddess of the Hunt Artemis" flashed in the Hall of Caryatids. This scene coincided with the sculpture of the same name "Goddess of the Hunt Artemis" hidden in the "Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece" series of "Assassin's Creed".

For example, during the opening ceremony, the torchbearer flew over the Seine River on a zipline. This was almost a high-level reproduction of the game scene. Netizens said that the whole performance was just missing a leap of faith.

Although the image of the "masked" assassin is widely seen in French literature, Paris officials have not given further explanations on these ideas. But for the majority of game players, this cool idea is undoubtedly exciting.

As a Ubisoft spokesperson said after the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, "We were deeply impressed by the opening ceremony and were very proud to see Assassin's Creed as one of the inspirations for the creators. This is a true testament to the influence of video games on pop culture."