I apologize if this question doesn't belong in this sub but I wanted to know how historians contribute to and perceive games like Assasins Creed, which often uses history to add to the story. I've heard people say they look at historic information in movies and video games as a way to get interested in the history, not to learn it because movies and TV shows are obviously going to take some liberties for the sake of plot and action. Also, is it concerning if a setting is mixed and matched from different moments in history. Say if a king was made to represent a Chinese emperor who has knights, alchemists, and Native Americans serving under him, would this be too jumbled up to tell history in a meaningful way?
I can't speak for others but I've been a consultant on a historical fiction television show. The way it worked was that I met with the writers, answered questions for them, discussed big themes for the historical period they were going to be covered, and generally helped give guidance. They would then keep in touch with me as the actual show got made, sometimes have me read scripts to make sure things were not totally silly (or if they were silly, how silly they were), and so on.
Which is to say, it wasn't my job at all to fit things together. As a historian that is not really my forte — I am not a screenwriter. But I can be a useful resource for screenwriters, highlighting things they might not be aware of, answering questions, and even sometimes doing original research that would answer a question they had that could feed into their plots.
My value is only as good as the intention by the screenwriters to actually represent history. If they go in a direction that has nothing to do with historical reality, there isn't much I can do other than to point out that they're really going in a different direction. Depending on their goal, that might be fine (in my case, they wanted me to indicate such moments, but were willing to pursue them if it was in the service of the plot). Which is to say, the closer one gets to pure fiction, the less insight I tend to bring to it, as a historian.