This also forced them to stay in a group and obey the commanding officer.' 'The accuracy of the weapons forced them to get in line. 'Soldiers were often afraid that a musket would explode in their own face,' says Maxime Durand, a Ubisoft employee who served as the full-time historian for ACIII. (Even those not on wagons were hard to move from side to side.) Cannons can be re-positioned in the game, but only up and down, not side to side, since many Revolutionary cannons were placed on wagons. To re-create historic battles, the developers made sure the muskets were fairly inaccurate and could not shoot more than about 50 yards in a battle. Yet players will find themselves amid artillery and musket fire. ACIII is not intended as a shooter, though there is violence and frequent hand-to-hand combat.