16 Mind-Blowing Things You Didn't Know About Assassin's Creed

6. Desmond's Face Model Comes From A French Model

Yes, like Mass Effect the person behind the main hero of these games is a seemingly unassuming model who's been almost completely absent from the game's PR.

Where Bungie's sci-fi masterwork used Mark Vanderloo, AC has French-Canadian Francisco Randez, who despite the different-looking Desmond that appeared in AC III onwards, has been the only person behind his physicality.