Video games that make you want to travel
Here is a list of video games based on real locations (shown in a realistic way in these video games) that make you want to travel and visit these places in real life.
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- StarsKristen BellPhilip ShahbazNolan NorthA man enters a machine called the Animus that lets him relive the memories of his ancestor, a 12th century assassin named Altair.
- Syria (Damascus, Masyaf)
- Israel (Jerusalem, Acre)
- DirectorSylvain BernardShea WagemanStarsRoger Craig SmithKristen BellNolan NorthDesmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope.
- Italy (Venice, Florence, Forli and a bit of Tuscan countryside)
- DirectorSylvain BernardStarsRoger Craig SmithKristen BellNolan NorthDesmond Miles continues to travel the memories of Ezio Auditore, bringing him to turn-of-the-century Rome with Ezio rebuilding the assassin order to bring down the tyrannical Borgia rule.
- Italy (Rome, Vatican City)
- DirectorAlexandre AmancioStarsRoger Craig SmithCas AnvarNolan NorthEzio travels to Constantinople, at the peak of the Ottoman Empire to discover the truth behind his Ancestor, Altair, which will help him retrieve a powerful weapon hidden within Masyaf, the ancient assassins' fortress.
- Turkey (Istanbul and Cappadocia region)
- DirectorFrançois DaubetShea WagemanStarsNoah WattsNeil NapierRobin Atkin DownesThe American Colonies, 1775. It's a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation's revolution.
- USA (Boston, New York City, and North East American countryside with the "Frontier")
- StarsCas AnvarAndreas ApergisShawn BaichooIn 18th century Louisiana, a female assassin named Aveline has to infiltrate the Templars' order and uncover and destroy their schemes.
- USA (New Orleans, Louisiana Bayou)
- Mexico (Chichen Itza)
- DirectorMartin CapelStarsSteven PiovesanAndreas ApergisLucinda DavisBridging the gap between Assassin's Creed IV and III, as tragedy and failure force Shay Cormac to question his own Creed. The Assassin turns Templar and embarks on a quest of vengeance and personal revelation, during the Seven Years' War.
- Portugal (Lisbon, but this city only appears very quickly in the game)
- USA (New York City, Albany, Sleepy Hollow, Mount Vernon)
- Canada (inland rivers in the Canada territories)
- DirectorAshraf IsmailStarsStuart MartinRalph InesonKate FleetwoodA video game where you play as sailor, privateer and assassin Edward Kenway exploring on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the early 17th century.
- The Bahamas (Nassau)
- Jamaica (Kingston)
- Cuba (Havana)
- Haiti (Port-au-Prince, only in the DLC)
- DirectorJesse Malcolm SweetAlexandre AmancioSylvain BernardStarsDan JeannotteCatherine BérubéJulian CaseyParis, 1789. You play as Arno Victor-Dorian, an assassin during the French Revolution. As the nation tears itself apart, Arno will expose the true powers behind the Revolution.
- France (Paris, Versailles, and Saint Denis in the DLC)
- DirectorFrançois DaubetScott PhillipsRamiro BélangerStarsVictoria AtkinPaul AmosKris Holden-RiedSet during the industrial revolution, play as twin assassins Jacob and Evie Frye who fight those who gain from the less privileged.
- United Kingdom (London)
- DirectorAshraf IsmailLaurent BernierJean GuesdonStarsAbubakar SalimAlix Wilton ReganZora BishopA prequel to the Assassin's Creed Franchise set in Egypt from 48 BC where Bayek, a Medjay, begins the foundation of the Assassin's Brotherhood.
- Egypt
- DirectorJonathan DumontScott PhillipsSophie Ann RooneyStarsMelissanthi MahutMichael AntonakosLeonidas CastrounisSet in 431 BC during the Pelopenesian War, play as either a male or female mercenary as you embark on your own epic odyssey to become a legendary Spartan hero in a world where every choice matters.Greece
- DirectorFrançois DaubetStephane BoudonRichard M DumontStarsShohreh AghdashlooJan KamarLee MajdoubYou are Basim, a cunning street thief in the ninth-century Baghdad that becomes a deadly Assassin through a mysterious organization known as the Hidden Ones.
- Iraq (Bagdad, Anbar)
- Iran (Alamut)
- DirectorJonathan MorinKun ChangStarsNoam JenkinsR. Charles WilkersonHolly UlothAfter losing his niece in an assassination attempt, Aiden Pierce, a street-smart vigilante, uses hacking apps on his phone to take over a new operating system in Chicago to hunt the criminals that killed his niece.
- USA (Chicago)
- DirectorDanny BélangerJonathan MorinStarsRuffin PrentissShawn BaichooTasya TelesIn San Francisco, hacker Marcus Holloway joins DedSec, to take down a corrupt system by fighting and hacking his way through the entire San Francisco Bay.
- USA (San Francisco)
- DirectorJustin BullardSean HorneBlade ZavierStarsWill Yun LeeEdison ChenKelly HuAsian-American cop Wei Shen goes undercover in Hong Kong to infiltrate a Triad organization. However, he is soon torn between his duty as a police officer and the organization he helped rise through the ranks.
- Hong Kong
- DirectorBrendan McNamaraStarsAaron StatonMichael McGradyAdam J. HarringtonCole Phelps, a war hero and rookie cop, moves up the ranks and solves dark cases in 1940s Los Angeles.
- USA (Los Angeles)
- StarsRob WiethoffJosh BlaylockSophia MarzocchiA former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
- USA and Mexico (but the locations are fictionalized in the game)
- DirectorAlex CoxStarsAndrew BongiornoGlenn TarantoSteven J. OliverThe game follows Thomas Angelo where his life as a hard-working taxi driver is forever changed after a fateful run-in with the Italian Mafia.USA (with the fictionnal city of "Lost Heaven", based on Chicago)
- StarsRick PasqualoneRobert CostanzoRay IannicelliThe chronicles of Vito Scalletta, a young Italian immigrant who joins the Italian mafia, but soon gets in over his head when illegal drug dealing and deception take place.
- Italy (Sicily, but quickly crossed in the game)
- USA (with the fictionnal city of "Empire Bay", based on New York City)
- DirectorTrey WatkinsStarsRobin Atkin DownesKaren StrassmanAndré SogliuzzoSean, an Irish racing driver, must help out the French resistance during WWII. The death of his friend Jules, gives him the reason to risk his life.
- France (Paris and other french regions)
- DirectorKazuki HosokawaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaHidenari UgakiKazuhiro NakayaKiryu and Majima, both Yakuza's who are in different cities in Japan in 1988, as the fate of the two characters become intertwined in a gritty, violent, and often touching narrative.
- Japan (Tokyo, with the Kabukicho district renamed "Kamurocho" in the game, and Osaka with the Dotonbori district renamed "Sotenbori" in the game)
- DirectorHiroyuki SakamotoKoji YoshidaToshihiro NagoshiStarsTakaya KurodaRie KugimiyaKazuhiro NakayaKazuma Kiryu is demoted from his clan after taking the blame for his boss's murder. After a decade in prison, Kiryu sets out in search for his old friends who have gone missing.
- Japan (Tokyo, with the Kabukicho district renamed "Kamurocho" in the game)
- DirectorNate FoxStarsDaisuke TsujiEric SteinbergSumalee MontanoSet in 1274 on the Tsushima Island, the last samurai, Jin Sakai, must master a new fighting style, the way of the Ghost, to defeat the Mongol forces and fight for the freedom and independence of Japan.
- Japan (Tsushima Island)
- DirectorCevat YerliPeter GornsteinStarsJohn HopkinsRichard TeversonJamie BallardIt follows a fearless Roman soldier named Marius Titus who joins the army to avenge the slaying of his family and emerges as a hero who must fight to save the Roman Empire.
- Italy (Rome)
- United Kingdom (English countryside, York, Scotland)
- DirectorKevin ChoteauDavid DedeineStarsCharlotte McBurneyLogan HannanEdan Hayhurst14th century France, Amicia and her little brother Hugo are on the run from the Inquisition's soldiers and survive during their emotional journey unstoppable swarms of rats from the Black Plague.
- France (Guyenne province)