Gallery: 10 games set in London: who got it right, who made a mess of the capital?

By James O’Malley

Introduction

After sneaking through Jerusalem and leaping across the rooftops of Constantinople by way of Florence and Paris, this week the Assassin’s Creed franchise lands in London, with the launch of AC: Syndicate. The game, set at the tail end of the Industrial Revolution, sees you hanging out with the likes of Dickens, Darwin, Nightingale and Marx, but what has really caught our attention is the map. Ubisoft has created a sprawling and busy London to join together many of the capital’s famous buildings. And while it’s not a 1:1 recreation of the 19th century city map, geography-wise the key landmarks will still be where you might expect them to be.

And this got us thinking: London has been the setting for several games over the years, but which have got the geography right? And which have taken a little more… artistic license?

Grand Theft Auto: London 1969

Off the back of the success of the original Grand Theft Auto, back when the game was a cartoonish, top-down affair, Rockstar (which was based in Scotland) cashed in by releasing an “expansion pack” for the original game set in 1969 London.

The game was essentially a re-skin …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming