Assassin's Creed is an open-world, action-adventure, and stealth game franchise published by Ubisoft. The series depicts a millennia-old struggle between the Order of Assassins and the Knights Templar. Main games in the series are set in an open world and played from the third-person view. Gameplay revolves around combat, stealth, and exploration, including the use of parkour to navigate the environment. A new story and occasionally new time periods are introduced in each entry, with the gameplay elements evolving.
The Assassin's Creed games revolve around the rivalry and conflict between the Order of Assassins and the Knights Templar. The Assassins seek to stop the Templars from gaining control of Pieces of Eden, artifacts that can override free will to control people. The first five main games in the series focus on Desmond Miles, a bartender who learns he is a descendant of several important Assassins throughout history. The series takes place in the modern era in which the Templar have established the mega-corporation Abstergo Industries.