16 Mind-Blowing Things You Didn't Know About Assassin's Creed
14. There Was Originally A Long-Range Crossbow In AC 1
Eagle-eyed players will have picked up on this, but as some of the earliest trailers showed Altair with a crossbow on his back, Ubisoft ended up taking it out due to both historical inaccuracies, and as far too many play-testers were shooting their targets from afar and breaking the immersion of the experience.
Targeted, ranged weapons made a return in AC II once they'd established how you were 'supposed' to play, but the crossbow still features in a trailer that plays if you leave the AC 1 menu inactive for too long.