The ninth entry in the main Assassin's Creed series sees the franchise go to Egypt in the 1st century BC. Playing mainly as the Medjay, protectors of the Pharoahs, Bayek, the player takes on quests and explores Egypt. A departure from all previous entries in the series the developers took inspiration from games like The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt and Dark Souls while keeping many elements from the series as a whole, including some present day sequences