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Each chapter is clearly started by a double page spread of richly coloured artwork; with the title of the chapter, a related symbol and a small blurb concerning to the subject of this chapter situated on the lower half of the right side page. After this - at the top of each left side page - is the header, with chapter icon and title to make it easier to locate the appropriate section in the book (when searching for a specific part). The right side is mostly blank, but a couple have quotes and phrases tying into that page’s contents. The rest of the page is made up of the articles and pictures, mostly concept art for the larger images and in game stills, comic panels and promotional art for the smaller. Whilst there is clear definition between articles and images they aren’t blocky or even kept separate; the art might wrap around or under the text box, overlap each other or border the page edges. Each chapter is written in chronological order, so information from Odyssey is presented before Assassin’s Creed 1 and AC3 comes after AC4, and that keeps it easier to understand the evolution of all the factions over time, as well as the time periods of the world. 

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The text is clearly printed and has good spacing when reading; paragraphs are a manageable size and aren’t padded with useless bits or repetitive information, unless it is relevant to the current explanation. The articles themselves are well written, presenting the information in a way that is easy to read and neatly broken across the page with related images to avoid overloading the reader with long blocks of text. Each chapter starts with overview information, such as who the Assassin faction is and what their goals are, including how this has changed over time. It is then followed by the individual entries for characters, weapons, location etc. The main character pages give an overview of the person and what they achieved in their lifetimes, but don’t go into the depths seen in game strategy guides. While it spoils what happens to the character storylines for those who haven’t already played these games or read the graphic novels it won’t help with actually playing the games.

They are also pages containing various important support characters (allies and foes), though their information is a lot more concise, limited to the most relevant parts of these characters and how they tie into the stories. It is worth noting the character pages added for AC Odyssey list Kassandra as the Misthios and Alexios as the Deimos, because even though the game lets you chose which ways around you want to play these characters it would be confusing to list the information twice to account for it. The general story is the same no matter which way around you play the siblings, so the information pertaining to the Misthios and the Deimos is still relevant if you played Odyssey as Alexios providing you ignore the names used for each role. The locations gives a general overview of the settings of each game, with information specific to that period of time and key places highlighted in bold. This provides a basic background understanding of how different places are connected and why some plot elements only happened in certain storylines.