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[Valhelm]

Quite a few games are set in the past, but most play hard and loose with historicity.

The Assassin's Creed games do show that lots of research has done, but enormous liberties are taken that have nothing to do with the science fiction aspects of the story.

Discluding grand strategy titles, what videogame is the most historically accurate?

 

[cafemomo]

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

 

[Omega]

Halo

 

[Mugatu]

Madden

 

[Dead Man Typing]

Shenmue has actual weather data from 1986 for its world. However the rest of the game didn't really happen. Probably.

 

[McDougles]

Madden 25. Roster reflects real life depth charts and stat changes for players every week.

 

[sphagnum]

Europa Universalis or Total War?

Spoiler

I've never played either of these

edit: woops nevermind, didn't even see that in the OP. Let's go with...Custer's Revenge.

 

[diggler41]

Darkest of Days

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Genji

 

[Bishop89]

Genji: Days of the Blade

Spoiler

giant enemy crabs attacking japan for real

^^^^ god damn beaten

 

[peaceiscloser]

Europa Univers-- oh

\Discluding grand strategy titles, what videogame is the most historically accurate?

Most sports games just copy paste player/team info so they get an auto-victory here.

For actual history...
War of the Roses?

 

[leroidys]

Red Orchestra

 

[cj_iwakura]

Operation Darkness.

 

[Orochinagis]

Oregon trail ?

DIsenteria for everyone

 

[Sephzilla]

Metal Gear

 

[GloriousBagel]

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand

 

[mr2xxx]

Metal Gear 4: PMC, Vampires & cyborg ninjas.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Call of Duty: Black Ops

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Civilization. America had jets in the 1600s cuz we're #1!

edit: really though, I don't think any of them are that accurate, just like movies.

 

[foxtrot3d]

Call of Duty 2

 

[novenD]

The Last Express

 

[Shengar]

Victoria 2

Spoiler

lol of course no

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, especially X providing you managed to trigger the events.

 

[Velcro Fly]

Dynasty Warriors 8

 

[model13]

Call of Duty 2

That opening scene... loved it.

 

[Eaten By A Grue]

 

[fallagin]

Uhhhh, Genji 2 of course.

 

[KnightAttack]

My initial response was Brother in Arms: Road to Hill 30. I'm sure there's more, but I'm coming up with nothing at the moment.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

Uhhhh, Genji 2 of course.

I was so excited to come in and make this joke.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Discluding grand strategy titles,

Booooo

 

[Aureon]

Do megamods count?
RTW: Europa Universalis. Shit's GOLD.

 

[adamantypants]

Madden

At first I laughed. Then I realized this is the only answer.

Genji

Was expecting this as first post.

 

[terrisus]

Liberty or Death.

 

[Valhelm]

Why the fuck aren't there more historical action-adventure games? And was The Saboteur very accurate?

 

[vireland]

Well, I don't know about *most*, but Tengai Makyo 4th Apocalypse is in the running for hilarious LEAST. Far more liberties taken than the AC series. Here's the game's map of the USA.

 

[Derpcrawler]

Assassin's Creed 3

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Rather than historically accurate, probably the term in this case would be historically authentic. I think LA Noir did a good job with this.

 

[ambar_hitman]

WWE Legends of Wrestlemania

 

[Elija2]

Well, I don't know about *most*, but Tengai Makyo 4th Apocalypse is in the running for hilarious LEAST. Far more liberties taken than the AC series. Here's the game's map of the USA.

Is this game meant to be a parody or something?

 

[BeastLeeAdams]

Probably Assasins Creed and any WW2 shooter. This is probably it.

 

[Unicorn]

Well, I don't know about *most*, but Tengai Makyo 4th Apocalypse is in the running for hilarious LEAST. Far more liberties taken than the AC series. Here's the game's map of the USA.

Looks accurate to me. What's wrong with it?

 

[NinjamicWZ]

Is this game meant to be a parody or something?

Nah, it just fictionalized the history of an exotic locale for it's jrpg setting and story.

 

[Black Door]

Is this game meant to be a parody or something?

Think back to American depictions of Japan in popular media ~25 years ago. Everyone is a geisha or ninja, schoolgirls roaming every corner beheading people if they don't bow, Godzilla attacks Tokyo on an hourly basis.

This series is taking those tropes and applying them to Americans, as seen through the eyes of a Japanese national

 

[DSveno]

Eiyusenki.

 

[Vire]

How was Genji not the first post? I'm disappointed.

 

[Origami Superman]

Civilisation clearly. Especially that time where I, as Gandhi, wiped out Caesar and Ghengis Khan with tanks.

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

Genji: Days of the Blade...them giant enemy crabs

Ninja edit... way late

 

[vireland]

Is this game meant to be a parody or something?

Yeah. Funny RPG parody of US locations and culture. Probably the best Tengai Makyo.

 

[mantidor]

Are we excluding city builders as well? I remember Pharaoh being probably the only deciption of ancient Egypt, in either games or film, that was actually accurate. They took some liberties here and there but nothing major, no slaves building the pyramids, the Sphinx being built way before the pyramids, and other nice details. Not to mention the awesome historical tidbits for every building you had.

 

[vireland]

Looks accurate to me. What's wrong with it?

Well, for one, Portland, Oregon on the bay with Alcatraz...

 

[DSveno]

Civilisation clearly. Especially that time where I, as Gandhi, wiped out Caesar and Ghengis Khan with tanks.

Don't forget the nuke.