StrickenBiged Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 In a dramatic paper published by the University of Leicester's Physics Department in the peer reviewed journal Physics Special Topics, it was confirmed that jumping from the heights depicted in the game Assassins Creed would kill you dead. The paper isn't too long to read, but for the tl;gr brigage out there, their conclusions were: to survive a fall from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Acre (the game's highest viewpoint) would require a minimum pile of hay of 2.354m tall, (although the jumper would still experience severe injury as they experienced deceleration forces of around 100 times the force of gravity). A "safe" landing could be achieved with a pile of hay 10.146m tall. If you did want to jump into the game's depicted 1.5m tall hay stacks, the maximum survivable jump height would be about 50m. With a jump height of about 12-13m, you should escape the fall safely. Shocking stuff, I know. So, for all those looking forward to realistic physics in future AC games, you can expect the tallest Leap of Faith jumps to be about the height of a 2-3 storey house. Please don't go out and try this at home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbuu3 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I think its because people don't try this stuff at home any more that the stupider smart people decide to write a paper on it. To be fair if I could get away with writing a paper on avideo mechanic and palm off my playing games as a my attempt to further science I'd probably do it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinCombo Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 So I try this at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Wow, who knew that things from games aren't realistic and would kill you or would otherwise cause other trouble if you tried it in real life. Seriously though it is surprising that you could land safely on a 10m hay stack and walk away like nothing happened. Edited February 25, 2015 by Dragon-Archon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damon8r351 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 If you're thinking about it, please do go try this at home. The gene pool could do with a little culling every once in awhile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shana Alter Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Shouldn't taking a dive from such a height be common sense that you'd end up dead unless some freak miracle keeps you alive for better or for worst? Oh, look what i found: Edited February 25, 2015 by Kochiya Shana 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starrk_01 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 When I saw this I instantly thought of the Game Theory video on this (already posted, go check it out). At least we know MattPat does his research on the subject. But seriously as already said, don't try this at home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenclawHobbit Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'm sorry but am I the only one who knew this already back when I first played the first assassin's creed? It doesn't take any real scientific experimentation to tell you if you jump from such a tall building into a pile of hay, you would go splat. Or at least half of your head would be caved in turning your brain into mush. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annare_ Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 interesting stuff, thanks for sharing, it's cool to know the realistic numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrickenBiged Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Well, main difference between the Game Theory analysis and the paper I linked is that the video analysis calculates the in-game gravitational force, whereas the paper assumes real world (i.e. 1g) gravitational force. Plus the latter was peer reviewed... It's all in good fun I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post merciful84 Posted February 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2015 Cool story bro. Sounds just like something I heard on Witcher 2 once... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellcoreFire Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 What scientists really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 In a dramatic paper published by the University of Leicester's Physics Department in the peer reviewed journal Physics Special Topics, it was confirmed that jumping from the heights depicted in the game Assassins Creed would kill you dead. The paper isn't too long to read, but for the tl;gr brigage out there, their conclusions were: to survive a fall from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Acre (the game's highest viewpoint) would require a minimum pile of hay of 2.354m tall, (although the jumper would still experience severe injury as they experienced deceleration forces of around 100 times the force of gravity). A "safe" landing could be achieved with a pile of hay 10.146m tall. If you did want to jump into the game's depicted 1.5m tall hay stacks, the maximum survivable jump height would be about 50m. With a jump height of about 12-13m, you should escape the fall safely. Shocking stuff, I know. So, for all those looking forward to realistic physics in future AC games, you can expect the tallest Leap of Faith jumps to be about the height of a 2-3 storey house. Please don't go out and try this at home. LOL. I don't think this is original research - how in the world did they get it published? My wife and I constantly chuckled at the "land in a haystack and everything is all right!" mechanic in AC2. What scientists really do. If only we were so lucky. Science would be far more populated than it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickaxe Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Forget the survivability for a second, I never could get over the idea that nobody on the streets noticed that a guy jump from the highest building in the area into a haystack and walked away as if nothing happened. Seriously, nobody found that the least bit interesting? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KratosTheMighty Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'm shocked at this shocking turn of events. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Lime_Head Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 This is why I applied for physics at Leicester :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now