Hello, I have come to ask a strange question of which I really would like answered.
I am a young person who is really interested in history, especially ancient and within my research and, well, gaming. I discovered a game alot of people may know, assassin's creed origins and I began to play. I loved the game because of its amazing representation of Egypt and what happened and from actual historians I was told that the game is the most historicaly accurate game of Egypt in the gaming culture. But, I have a tendency of becoming paranoid because of the words 'as we know it'. This has gotten be worried that if I take these representations to mix with my own knowledge, I may be missled by the real truth of what really happened. And I know this is very stupid but I was wondering if I could be reasured that we know that our knowledge is as close to the real events as ever. Again I am sorry for the stupidity. Thank you
To be frank, it's not a great idea to base your entire understanding of history off of videogames, but there's not really any harm in enjoying inaccurate historical fiction. It's probably unavoidable that impressions from popular culture and mainstream media will colour the way we imagine history, but being mindful of that is enough in my opinion.
If it helps, AC: Origins was really quite impressive in terms of historical detail and accuracy. I wrote a fairly comprehensive write-up about it a couple years ago, when the game first came out. If you have any specific questions about accuracy, feel free to ask away!