SDCC 2014: We Run Through The ‘Assassin’s Creed Experience’

My body is probably still recovering from San Diego Comic-Con (I know that my mind still is), and I’m really excited to today share a couple of the offsite events that I was able to partake in.

Right across from the convention centre (where the Ender’s Game event was located last year) was Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Experience. The parkour-styled (for babies like me of course) obstacle course was designed to let attendees experience some of the moves from the Assassin’s Creed series, without having to find their own Animus and become an actual assassin.

Before the event, the company released a great breakdown of the course. Take a look below:

Now, this event was busy. I showed up about an hour and a half before the event opened on Sunday… and the lineup was huge. Luckily, and awesome event employee named Paul helped me figure things out, and I actually ended up being the very first runner of the day.

As you can see in the video below, the actual obstacle course itself wasn’t too hard (except for the rings, which are a lot harder than they look), but my time was certainly nothing to write home about. Participants could request to compete for top time of the day to win some cool prizes, and the best time of the event was just over 20 seconds.

Like I said, the course wasn’t hard, but the leap of faith was pretty terrifying. I didn’t think that 25 feet was that high, but it looks pretty daunting when you get up there. I’m not a huge fan of heights (that’s an understatement), and I’ve never really jumped off of anything before, so I didn’t really know what to do when I got up there. You don’t see much of me after the jump, but I was pretty shaky for quite awhile… and I feel really silly about that as it was just 25 feet.

I always thought skydiving or bungie jumping would be a lot of fun, but I don’t think I’d like to do either anymore.

Overall, the event was a great follow-up to last year’s pirate ship party, and with Assassin’s Creed: Unity looking like the best Assassin’s Creed yet, it’s going to be a great holiday season for Ubisoft. Take a look at my run below, and let us know what you think!