http://www.techradar.com/news/how-assassins-creed-origins-tech-is-finally-catching-up-to-the-vision

Assassin’s Creed has always been a franchise with a grand vision both in terms of the scale of its worlds and its narratives. Telling a story that has a foot in our present while making history an accurately and respectfully recreated playground is no small task but the team behind Assassin’s Creed has been doing so for over 10 years.

Over that decade it has, however, sometimes felt like the development team’s vision was slightly ahead of its time – like they wanted to deliver more than they were able to in the time they had with the tools they were using.