“Most notably, however, the medieval pig was not naked and pink at all, but covered in long dark hairs.”
Assassin’s Creed and A Plague Tale sell themselves on historical detail, then fill their villages with pink modern pigs. The real medieval pig was lean, tusked, hairy and out in the forest most of the year. Merovingian law gave the swineherd the same protection as a blacksmith. The studios research the armor and skip the animals.