Assassin’s Creed II | 10 Years Later (Retrospective)
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Ac II is the kinda game you play when your depressed to relive some of the best moments of your life or is that just me.
Darksythe King of memer's I relate
Same
Exactly
True
Exactly :)
I accidentally didn’t hug Leonardo when I was younger and I still regret it to this day
As long as you regret your actions, we all forgive you.
Literally fucking same hahaha
played ac2 for the first time yesterday and i had my controller down and i’m so sad:(
The PissedOffOwl same
Just got to that part a couple days ago and I did the same thing. I was so sad :(
"It is a good franchise we get to enjoy, friends."
"The best! May it never change."
"And may it never change the community."
AC odyssey: Allow me to introduce myself.
you're gonna make me cry noooooo
This hits hard
That shit hurted
Too god damn late unfortunately
I love how Ezio’s, when failing to save a dude from being poisoned, just says the equivalent of “sorry bruv, did me best.” The delivery sounded like him being the losing kill in multiplayer game
Love the game, just that one line.
"Terribly sorry chum, bit of a blunder on my part, ah well next round eh?"
The doge is as petty as the guy who poisoned him
Me when I'm 5 minutes late to a meeting.
Funny how Ezio’s Family became the series’s semi-official theme song.
well in my opinion all themes till ac4 were awesome... ac2 and revelations and ac3 have extremely great main themes
Lukáš Kiefer Yeah, come to think of it, music’s about the only thing most people could like about AC3...
@@felisasininus1784 well looking back... I was rly huge hater of AC3... in terms of main protagonist, he still sucks btw, but..... I feel like that was still really good Assassins Creed game... Today if you look at Odyssey, I dont feel like I am playing AC anymore.... they change fundementals of the game.... I feel like Unity was the highest point of and AC series, main story was kinda meh, but almost all mechanics in my opinion were done well and felt like they are trying to acomplish doing real assassins creed game(lacked good modern day but whatever)... And I get in another point... Bring back real modern day, heck I would do 10000000000 % better modern day.... for me modern day is so damn important, it is the main thing actually, cuz you think a lot how to save earth now and this stuff... Hope I will get in Ubisoft somehow, cuz I feel I got clear vision of how AC game should look like, and if that works well, then I will hope that people will want a real AC game.....
eternaloser 11 Sure.
@@lukaskiefer968 Also happens to be when Jesper Kyd stopped doing the soundtracks. They haven't been able to replace him since.
I just wish that this was Assassin’s Creed again.
fuck off
@@Emmet_Bryan fuck on
Helvete Ulver what?
@@sittingbackandwatchingital3845 daddu
@@sittingbackandwatchingital3845 uwu
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As someone who just played Assassin's Creed II for the first time, I was so disappointed in myself when I didn't hug Leonardo. The button prompt pops up for like a second and I didn't react in time. I had to restart my game just so I can hug the dude, I felt so bad because Leonardo is an awesome character, lol.
@@wikz8480 Closed and relaunched.
@@wikz8480 Mind you, for Leonardo, I would've rebought the game just to hug him.🤣😅😎
You the real MVP. 👏👏👏
I love Leonardo he’s just chill fr what a well written character
Same 😂
38:02 It's been over 10 years since we've heard Ezio say its been 10 years since he watched his family die
See you in 2031 when it will have been 22 years since we've heard Ezio say it's been 22 years since he watched his family die
@@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 nani?
@@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 see you then
@@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 calculating skilss
Holy shit I didn't think of that
I'll say this again. You can SEE Ezio's development even in animations. When he kills Uberto, notice how his blade is used like a knife, very brutally, and by the end of the game, he assassinates the people with it like telling a whisper to their ear.
that is a cutscene, other than that animations stay the same
Can get into Riften without having to bribe you or persuade.
Why do I need the freaking visitor’s pass
@@flowerthencrranger3854 haha
Antônio Guilherme Benigno Milhomem kill the guards and just waltz in
Uberto was a straight up gangster kill man.
I have played this game 9 times, filling every save file on every console I’ve ever played it on, I memorized the locations of every feather and chest, delved into the secrets of 16, thought I had seen EVERYTHING. On my 10th play through of it on the remaster I learned that Desmond actually sees the subtitles we see. So the game with subtitles on is the canonical way to play. He also sees the game in third person, which is neat
That just sounds trippy
Late reply I know but I just came across this video series and am delving in and enjoying it.
The idea of Desmond seeing the subtitles *and* controlling in third person makes a lot of sense, especially if you consider the mechanical explanations at the beginning of AC1. Like yes, those explanations are directly to the player. But they're also to Desmond. He's laying on a flat surface, looking up at a screen in AC1. It makes sense that in order to look around and "control" thing, there would have to be some sort of physical interface that we're not seeing. The puppeteer system being in third person even for Desmond makes complete sense from that perspective. He's able to see his ancestors memories in a way they never could, but given they have an additional sense in the form of Eagle Vision, everything he's seeing is built out of things they would've had to be aware of.
It's genuinely a sick piece of what makes the older AC games, and something I feel we lost with the move away from the modern day story.
@@heyyitsultima I wouldn't say it makes sense for it to be 3rd person purely due to the fact that the way they describe it half the time is as if he's just sharing a body and had to give over control as shown by the books. It's odd to say the least. I know that it's supposed to make the game more immersive but it feels weird they'd retcon something as simple as how the regular animus works.
Remember when assassin`s creed brought emotion on the table? Yeah me too and i miss it
Odyssey's Hidden Blade DLC feels a lot deeper than the main game though. It's pretty ridiculous, but it's true. The DLC is pretty good.
@@FMB_Bmg That's kinda like putting sprinkles on poop and calling it a donut.
James Gratz stfu
GamePhysics what the actual f a w k
Pepperidge Farm remembers
I see this
Then i look at odyssey
man...
If you had told me 10 years ago this franchise would devolve into super heroes riding unicorns across ancient Greece I would have called you mad. Its sad how far they've fallen with this franchise.
XProjectHunterX i dont like odyssey....the fighting......dont even talk about that.If they dont change the fighting ima stop playing i think,assasins creed is more of a RPG game now
They should just totally nix naval combat, think 'what did Assassin's Creed 2 not have that other AC games have that's been holding AC back?'
I've loved AC2 but man Odyssey for me was soooo good. I really enjoyed it
@@SuperBlackcesar Yeah, i enjoyed it too, but i want to be realistic, i enjoyed it because it was, as a game, Origins in steroids, throwing away to fuck all the other things that made Origins great and special: Narrative, strong and caring with the game identity, world inmersion, historically faithful, accurate and sentimental, all that made me feel hopeful for a new reborn of the franchise. It is a good game, but a terrible, insulting and catastrophic Assassin's Creed
It's crazy how you only get to know Federico for about an hour or so and yet him and Ezio standing atop the tower stands out as one of the greatest scenes in the entire franchise
Even as a child I knew how amazing that scene was the opening to assassins creed 2 is my all time favorite introduction to anything in any game you can think I’m not kidding. I must’ve been like 10 or 11 and I knew it was genius design
I think what makes that scene emotional is knowing what ezio is gonna go trough in the next 20 years while listening to ezios family
Bro which should i rather play ac2 and acb or acb and acr ( i wil see the unplayed game on youtube)
@@tejeswartejeswar8949 there's an order to the story. So AC2 -> ACB -> ACR.
@@GrayLEVALE which has better gameplay ac 2 or acr and which has better story
I believe the soundtracks played a huge part in developing the atmosphere and emotions of the game...
The feeling I got when I played this game for the first time was something I never felt before, back in those days.
One thing I think is worth mentioning is Clay's hidden messages. Finding them around the world and solving these cryptic messages was so fun and really added to the mysterious feeling of the game
Yeah I loooved looking for those glowing symbols!
Ezio: It has been "10 years" since I've watched my family die
Me: It has been "10 years" since this legendary game came out!
It’s been 10 years since I watched Ezio watch his family die.
@@leeverret7197 ok.
I picked up the ezio collection during a difficult time in my life and to say this game changed my life is the truth. Assassins Creed 2 is and will always be my personal favorite ac game origins is a close second.
Might i ask what was happening in your life? Sorry for asking
teo 5245 i picked this game up in 2017 and I was an actor who helped backstage sometimes for shows still do that to this day anyway I was 16 at the time currently 18 I always wanted to play these games and finally convinced my mom to let me buy the ezio collection. I played the games when I just needed an escape from reality and it honestly helped a lot.
@@TylerHarff that's great,i am studying computer science and want to become a game developer so i am glad to know that games really help people so maybe i can make some difference in the world
I should clarify I did edit the original reply but I actually picked up the ezio collection during 2017 not 2018 I started playing the halo games during 2018 and they along with ezio and the kingdom hearts series mean a lot to me.
Your wrong. Nothing is true
I remember the day this game came out. I'll never forget it. I was 11 yrs old. My mom came to my school mid day and picked me up. When I got to the car was a collector's edition of AC II. Spent the whole damn day playing. Good memories.
Same when I was 12. My grandma has taken me to a shopping center to get my pre-ordered collector's edition. This shit was magic. I still remember almost everything from this game.
I accidentally acquired the Altair Armor as I was going along. I didn’t even necessarily make it a point to go out and get it, but once I did I felt so epic. It was my first real optional collectible I ever got in a game and I felt oh so proud. And I didn’t even look up anything either! It was a good time 😎
Assassin’s Creed 2 feels like it’s made of love and passion..
Odyssey just feels like it’s made of.. emptiness.
HighQualityPotato i like origins,but Odyssey....aw man,fuck that game
@@fabioo.dc1 You can see the Passion in Origins
AC2 feels crafted, Odyssey feels manufactured
Got to say that compared to Breakpoint even Odyssey feels crafted and I hate that game beyond imagination.
As many of us I loved AC basically until the end of AC3.
I enjoyed Black Flag for gameplay which was was more polished than AC3. Yet I still believe naval was better in AC3. It felt harder and Aquilla felt it actually had weight... in terms of story. I know I will piss of many, but Edward was really shitty character. I did like him much more in the book.
The story was extremly wasted potential and basically without Desmond the game lost its identity.
As Patrice explained during ACII. AC was epic story of a guy in a prison (Desmond).... and they killed him off.
Desmond was the link between the past and the future. Everything that happend in the animus was then progressing the modern story and I was always hungry to see more.
I will also get hate for saying that I loved Unity for gameplay. It had harder combat, but it was still dueling between characters so the animations of combat were mindblowing. Open assassination mission structure was extremly needed for AC. Etc etc...
But the overall story simply does not work anymore without Desmond.
I am not going to buy next AC title. I dont care if Ashraf will do it. There is litteraly zero interest from my side because there is nothing they can really bring to the table.
Unisift is worse than EA and they will no longer produce a good game.
I will watch the story for sure and the trailers. The hardcore fan inside me wont allow me to skip the story. If I am wrong and they really release a great AC game I could buy it in the end. But I want teusted reviews first. I dont trust Ubisoft anymore :(
Miroslav Sevcik Edward was a shitty character in your opinion. He’s one of my favorites
i was like damn an hour no way im sitting through this
and 1 hour later here i am commenting
An hour wasnt long enough.
I didn't know it was an hour long. I was 7 mins into the vid n saw ur comment
Lool thats me now
LoL same XD
Some videos are just special...
I was recovering from a back injury, virtually bedridden for two months. A phonecall to a friend who worked at Gamestop back in the days later, he showed up after work with AC2, Brotherhood, and Revelations. I never cared for my hurting back during the time I played the trilogy. And it stayed with me until today. What a masterpiece.
And nowadays I play Odyssey, and it feels... empty. Not empty as in "there's nothing to do", it just feels... soulless.
It feels that way because it *is* soulless. They wanted to give us the most massive open world ever, and it looks great mostly, but it's just completely devoid of anything that would make it feel alive.
Bro which should i rather play ac2 and acb or acb and acr ( i wil see the unplayed game on youtube)
I guess we all have our own opinion cause I love Ac oddessy.
@@tejeswartejeswar8949ac2 and acb
@@tejeswartejeswar8949by a mile
The dialogue where Ezio is speaking about his father and to all the people he has killed is really cool and how it fades from one conversation to another.
Clay’s blood writing on the wall scared the shit outta me when I first played it lol
@Pablo Escobar Same
But you're dead!!!
i was so intrigued by that, so i searched all of the internet for answers and explanations for ending :D
@@kyon_gold he is in Cuba man
@@usaei2755 he has never been to cuba man!!
12 year old me decided it was the greatest game ever, who am I to argue with myself
8 year old me said so as well
Rai Rai bruh when you were 8 you wouldn’t have Been able to process the story and appreciate the game for what it was lmao
@@hcnry Idk it just sort of drew me in
@@hcnry how do you know what he was able to process at that age?
9 year old me thought the same , I got love for gaming it’s part of me part of my life part of my childhood, I still game everyday till this day
Every time I here the words “ it’s a good life we live/the best may it never change/ and may it never change us!” chills my older brother introduced me to these games 2 was the first one I played. My and my brother we so close back then now we haven’t talked in years and him being locked away we took separate paths in life I love him but he isn’t the same person. Those words hit me so hard every time “ it’s a good life we live/the best may it never change/ and may it never change us!”
I love the optional quicktime events they used to change the cutscenes; adds that extra little bit of replay value
When sad just remember:
*"IT'S A ME MARIO"*
Grazie
Can’t forget the ACB achievement “Principessa in Another Castello” :)
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*"May it never change"*
Uncle Mario?
Opinion that everyone will hate me for: I like Uncle Mario better than Leonardo.
Bro I got like 150 chills when ezio and his brother started talking
5 Words:
THE
BEST
ASSASSINS
CREED
EVER!
I used to think that until I played it again
brotherhood is still the best ac2 is second though
@@zsm7443 Brotherhood is godlike
@@nicosaurio87 im playing AC2 for the first time technically although I did play it when I was like 10 so many years ago. And can I say the combat is so bad. AC3 Chain Killing was beautiful and the graphics especially on the ps4 remaster are so pretty. AC2 has some great architecture but I feel like I'm playing a gamecube game on my ps4 lmao.
The Sons of Liberty well probably cuz it’s a ps3 game from 09 lol
Literally finished AC2 for the first time like a minute ago. This video somehow gave me some chills.
I decided to replay AC2 this weekend without even realizing it was this gem’s 10 year anniversary. What a coincidence. Keep up the excellent content!
I am currently playing Ezio trilogy in fact started almost the same time as you and now playing Revelations. Awesome experience reliving replaying this masterpiece.
Vikas Khair Nice. As a matter of fact, I’m almost done with Revelations as well. I really want to finish it but I’ve been so busy with school.
I did the same as well. About to beat brotherhood and go on into revelations. I didn't even give the 10th year a thought. I just wanted to replay it.
Memory Of The Phoenix I honestly didn’t even realize how old this game is. I feel fucking old. I’m finally on winter break and I have one more sequence to go in Revelations. I hope you have fun with your play through!
@@arthurthedragon1012
Back at you bro. I hope you have fun with it as well.
Replaying the game again I realized just how this game completely outclasses games out now. Its a shame. Sure it may not be as pretty, but the feeling of joy I receive from replay is amazing. Its not just nostalgia, but genuine fun. Thats what I love about the old school Asssassins Games. Enjoy yo break my dude
That opening dialogue... "we live a good life brother..." it always bring me back
And may it never change!
@@madboy9xx and may it never change us
I will always cry whenever i hear those words
As an Italian native speaker, I am simultaneously appalled and amused (but mostly amused) at how bad the Italian accent and the untranslated Italian dialogue are. It's hilarious.
La voce di Ezio la preferisco a quella Italiana comunque sia
Sì non capisco perché non hanno tenuto tutto in inglese. Così non ne capisco il senso, è un italiano abbozzato
Peter Parker bon journe
Ah shit wrong language
@@MoonlightShield c'è qualcosa di bizzarramente fascinoso nel parlare un misto di italiano e inglese con quel timbro di voce da uomo vissuto e assertivo
The ezio games give me some type of feeling I can’t even explain, it’s like this sense of nostalgia+sadness+appreciation that I can’t even explain. Truly incredible games.
I cannot express enough how important this game is to me. I really miss when AC used to be creepy, only Patrice and Jesper Kyd were able to make you feel unsettled by the mysterious nature of the plot and the music, especially those musical pieces in the Vatican. It was just golden and they really captured lighting in a bottle. Great vid James.
What happened to those guys? Fired because they cost too much, because they are geniuses? lol
@@ChefofWar33 Ubisoft were fucking douchebags, basically.
@@ChefofWar33 Patrice ended up leaving after Ubisoft forced the series to be released annually and ruined his plans for a trilogy.
@@coolman229 if Patrice had agreed to stay and make more games, he would be a multi-millionaire by now. Ac3 would be so different and perhaps even better.
@@yurichtube1162 I mean when you created a brand new franchise, poured some much in it and after 2/3 gamles the studio is saying no to your plans and forcing you to have a new game every year (milking it), I'd get why you'd want to leave
I loved this, would love a retrospective on AC1 at some point.
I think Brotherhood and Revelations deserve a video like this too. Maybe even AC3 as well because I think that game is underrated despite what they did to Desmond which I hated btw.
Assassins creed 1 wasn't all that good tbh. For me it just has tons of nostalgia because it was my first game on ps3
@@movielover3416 It was pretty good for its time tho. I definitely could not play it today lmao. I was 6 years old when I first played Ac 1 and now i'm 17 haha so my boy Alt has a special place in my heart.
@@apomtaylor8054 I was 21 when this game came out. I feel old now haha. Graphically it was amazing for it's time, the gameplay very repetitive tho.
AC1 was good. Running and climbing felt nice, combat was meh - like allways. But the atmosphere, my god. Hands down the best of all. I loved that medival setting, that felt quite real. It looked so damn good and honestly, no title ever came close to that again.
However the missions... Yeah. All the same shit over and over and over again. Allways the same. With great story telling in there sure, but so repetative.
Also the "Overworld" between the cities is useless (what a wasted potential). And the collectibles were a joke. 420(!!!!) god damn Flags, that were utterly useless except for a dumb acchievement or something.
I still like to play it. Just for the ambience, it truly is that good in that regard. If just the missions weren't as repetative, it would have been true masterpiece.
This video is almost as excellent as AC II was itself. What an exhaustively thorough analysis of one of the best video games ever made. I know you've had this channel for a while and I'm a little late to the party, but I'm so happy to have discovered your AC videos over the past few weeks.
Literally got goosebumps watching the opening scene. Made me smile in a sad but happy kind of way.
Welp I guess I'm playing assassins creed 2 now
You won't regret it. Get the Ezio Collection and play all three
The music. So perfect for Ezio.
Gives me goosebumps every time.
This will always be one of my top favourites games for so many reasons.
What an excellent produced feature this is.. that Ezio voice over intro you made gave me goosebumps.. LazerzZ you LEGEND!
Thank you!
I miss the atmosphere of Assassin's creed 2.
Thank you so much for keeping the AC flame alive with all of us. Thank you.
Wish they made an ac game like this again...
When I was 10 years old I got a ps3 as a gift and right the next day, I visited my local game store and bought 2 games, one of which was ac2. I knew that it was a game where you "do parkour and kill people" and to a 10yo kid that was more than enough, but when I played it, I instantly got hooked, I just totally fell in love with it. Now bear in mind that english is not my 1st language, and although I've been exposed to some of it since I was, like, 5, I still couldn't possibly comprehend the narrative structure and the overall story of this masterpiece. I, understanding only bits and pieces here and there, still quickly grew fond of Ezio and loved the progression of the story. I've always really liked La Volpe and Bartolomeo, or running around in Firenze and Venice (and also fuck Forli) and the tombs were GOLD. I've finished this game like 12 times when I got it, and after that I just had to get brotherhood, which was already out I think, I was 10 in 2011. Of course, having the game start immediately after this one and bring so much to the table, I was impressed... now I even understood more of the story as my english got a bit better. Same thing happened with Revelations and I was so hyped for the release of AC3 and then I loved that game too. Same thing happened with AC4 and so on and so forth, until after syndicate, I've noticed how the franchise has actually been regressing, dying and distancing itself from what it used to be. I hesitated to try Origins for the longest time, I've only played it in like, april this year and I loved it a whole lot, but even then, the AC feeling was not entirely there. I did feel like some parts fit and how well they were integrated, but it was not the same as playing the 1st ac games. Then, I tried Odyssey, just so I could say that I've played every AAA Assassin's Creed game ever, and I hated absolutely everything about it. Needless to say, I love this franchise with all of my heat. This year, for my 18th birthday, I wanted something special as a gift. something big, that I will take with me to the grave and so I got a tattoo of the Brotherhood's insignia, to show what the series means to me and how important it is for me, and it all started with this great game.... I've also bought the Ezio collection this year and I'm currently in the cappedocia sequence in Revelations, reliving all the nostalgia and playing the games that actually made you feel like a proper part of the world, of the brotherhood, and I cried multiple times.... The initiation of Ezio into the brotherhood, for one, always gets me..... Nothing is true, Everything is permitted. Thank you, Assassin's Creed 2 and Thank you, James, for videos like these,
Kortex lmao you gay
@@sirplz5373 shut that shit up chief
@@sirplz5373 don't be a dick
What was the second game?
@@king_k1015 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. I remeber it being kinda hard for me at the time, but it was still alright
The ending of this game fucked me up. Stayed in my head for days. No other game franchise comes close to this level story telling imo. Blending modern day with historic deep conspiracy shit, it doesn't get any better for me. The imagination this team had can't be praised enough.
Excellent video mate. All your takes resonate with me especially how much odyssey sucks
Yeah.... No. The first two games have amazing plots but literally every single one afterwards is shit.
@@wiwysovaBro what? Brotherhood was fantastic and Assassin's Creed 1 barely even had a plot. The entire "plot" of that game is something that took Ezio like half an hour to do near the end of AC2, that's how weak that shit was
I wouldn't even diss Revelations story either. Its one of the best in the series.@@wiwysova
The writing in this game was garbage and generic AF
Omg... I was 14 when this game came out and I still remember every single day I spent playing this. It's an experience I'll never forget
Ahhhhhhhh 😔 I’m so happy I got to experience the original/early Assassin Creed games, concepts, ideas, worlds and characters. However, it also makes me super depressed to think about how good it used to be, and also how much better recent games could have been. They had everything to build upon, the perfect foundations, sadly a steady decline post Patrice. I still consider the Assassin Creed games the biggest waste of potential I’ve ever experienced in gaming, and possibly entertainment in general. Great video as always!
MIKEE big facts my guy. Hopefully the devs listened to fans response to AC Odyssey.
Wyo the series has barely any hope left ever since Odyssey existed so AC is doomed
Wyo it aont change a damn thing because the story is already fucked, the fucked the lore up and only by retconing the whole of post AC 3 stuff and the movie will they be able to fix stuff. Acctually AC 4 and Unity havent done as nuch damage as the rest, but odyssey completely destroyed the lore at its core and there is no way of fixing it anymore. Its sad but its rhe truth, all we can hope for is for a fun personal character story in some historical period with cool gameplay and aesthetic
Out of every AC that came after 2, I think Brotherhood, Black Flag, and Origins were all great. The rest are kinda meh
@@dog8438 My order.
AC Black Flag
AC Brotherhood
AC 2
I havent played any past Black Flag due to the RPG elements of Unity. I am so fucking tired of RPGs.
The ending of this "May it Never Change" literally gave me chills
Well shit it changed with the rpg elements now has it.
The speech from Ezio after killing Savonarola is great but the people still decided to follow others, because they want to serve, they don't want to be responsible, because the responsibility is too great. Remember that.
And of course, may the Father of Understanding guide you.
Who else is back here before the Brotherhood retrospective drops tomorrow?
32:27 i missed it the first time and replayed the game just to hug him 🤗
I learned something new this video. I've never heard that music at the end because of the notoriety thing. And I've played through ac2 atleast 15 or so times. So I'll share something with you, It's also a glitch. You mentioned you struggle with the flying machine mission. If you just dont move up or down ezio will just go straight. Completely avoiding any difficulty
Man...I remember seeing the first trailer for this. One of the most badass ones I have ever seen. Truly memorable.
My cousin introduced me to ac series when I was a kid... He passed away last year... Old ac games remind me of him as we played and used to talk abt it a lot...
I’m so so sorry about that, I hope this video could bring back some fond memories. 💚
@@LazerzZ it did... Thanks alot
I remember playing AC1 and falling in love with the whole story about modern day conspiracies and historical figures and settings.Then I played AC2 on 2011 and fell in LOVE with the franchise and the amazing land of Italy which made me a huge fan of the country,music and the relatable and humble Ezio which made me actually feel for a fictional character.Such a beautiful experience man 🥺 I was happy and I didn’t even realize it back then...
James you have a gift of taking what we all feel and making into an incredible video . Thank you so much for this. Happy Birthday AC 2!
First time Minerva talk to desmond/you the player it send chills down my spine.
Ezio’s dialogue gives me chills to this day. Well written, well delivered... raw and emotional, even when uttering matured wisdom.
the AC1 soundtrack hit me hard with nostalgia
This video made me cry so hard
This is a very good review. I don’t think I’ve watched a RUclips video for an hour ever before. Your reviews are truly amazing
Thank you so much!
32:08 "When Altair orgasms--"
:^)
Whenever I'm looking for comfort - I know I can come back to this game and feel 200% better
One of the biggest disappointments in my gaming history. The story the characters the sci-fi setup and then completely abandoning it all. I’ll miss Altair Ezio and Connor.
Connor? Really? He was so bland
@@FaithfulMoose He really was tbh
You misspelled Edward
@@FaithfulMoose i like Connor
Edward was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than Connor.
Unless you mispelled it *wink*
Can you do a video like this of Brotherhood and Revelations ?
Really enjoyed this one
Yeah, Brotherhood and Revelations next!
The Brotherhood video is out, but the Revelations one won't be till next year, for the 10 year anniversary of its release.
How much I miss this style. Sure it could get repetitive but it was truly assassins creed
one thing I love about mario is that his eye is blinded on the opposite of al mualim. and his demeanor being nice, also him being an assassin who doesn't get swayed by the apple
Great video James, captured everything I think of the game and it was brilliantly edited. God damn, this game is amazing. This game truly changes my life, I can't believe it's already been 10 years, I was 9 when I played this (I first played it in 2011) and it truly changed my life, it was the first game I ever truly loved. Happy Birthday AC II. You truly did make me who I am.
Jaskaran Notta I was 12 when it came out, and playing it now when I’m 22 is such an incredible experience. All the growth, pain, and development that Ezio goes through holds so much meaning as it reflects your own internal struggle and development.
Same
Thanks for making me replay the ezio collection again great vid though
im replaying ac2 as we speak. its absolutely stills holds up today. when i picked up the controller it was like i never stop playing the game. i havent played ac2 in maybe 7 or 8 years. CAN WE TALK ABOUT ABOUT HOW THIS TITLE DROP IS THE BEST AC TITLE IM THE SERIES.
Damn dude... I just found this absolute gem of a video. You did an amazing job and clearly put a lot of work into this so thank you! I remember when this game came out... I would’ve been about 13 or 14. I had been playing AC1 the entire time leading up to the release man. All my friends played it once or twice and got bored with it and didn’t understand why I kept playing it over & over again. I when AC2 came out I did the exact same thing. But now I had two of them to play over and over again. And I did the same with brotherhood. Haha it was so awesome just like reading a an awesome trilogy of novels over & over! Fucking love the original theme of assassins creed. They should never have given it away and always kept us mystified. Honestly I can’t even play the new ones like odessy & ... the Roman one that I can’t even remember the name of currently lol.
I am definitely interested in Valhalla though as it seems they’re trying to learn from their mistakes and innovate instead of otherwise. Like no more magic power ffs lol or fighting medusa 🙄 like cmon lol. I really hope they don’t disappoint with Valhalla. Maybe give us a new modern day protagonist or find some way to put a really interesting spin on that and create a new trilogy of games. I think would be the absolute fucking bomb honestly. I’d probably be locked in my room for weeks playing it lol.
so..how was it
What did you think of Valhalla lol
13:42
Nice tidbit of NPC behaviour here. Wish it appeared more in other AC games as well...
Due to the fact that we cannot change to present... I would love to find some people who would like to continue AC how it should have been and create a new franchise fulfilling its potential. Bc Ubisoft won't change I fear....
Therefore if anyone like-minded is interested - I am currently finishing my IT-studies, learning game development in my free time and would love to build something like this over the upcoming decade.
@@takaincur8079 hmm...
@@jacovanbeek8807 that's a ... Maybe?
@@takaincur8079 ive actually dreamt about not only a back to basics AC game, but one that improves on the older features like parkour, combat, etc. Should i continue? And yes if i had the opportunity, id love to bring the franchise back to its roots!
@@jacovanbeek8807 I totally agree. AC1 was due to its lore amazing but it had plenty features that weren't extended.
Would really love to do this and maybe we could someday find a few more people to join and realize it.
A little bummer could be the issue of licensing. We would have to abstract AC as much as possible from the original games to not run into any legal issues.
Like Temtem is to Pokemon
Bro I got literal goosebumps at 11:29 when the logo popped up. Brought me back to the first time I saw that
It took him 20+ years tho but that's alright with me, it kinda throws me off how in syndicate, it was done all in one year 🤦🏼♂️
It's almost disheartening to hear these words and then look at what they did of the series. I enjoyed every moment of this video. Thank you!
Omgosh, this still puts chills up and down my arms, I loved and still love this trilogy...I wish they could have built on this...it had meaning...they should have kept the story going....I can’t say how much I miss it...
All the best protagonists all are in sync with their locations... Ezio, Edward, Bayek
literally just started playing ac2 and wow it is amazing even though its 11 years old now
MAKE AC GREAT AGAIN!
#NoMoreOdysseys
@Jimb0 Yeah, I would like them to pick history and really delve into it not just do it because it's a 'cool time period'.
Include Valhalla. I feel no AC energy from that.
Jimb0 i still think darby knows what he’s going to do with that game...even if vikings are the contrary to assassins.
Well, there will be more Odysseys after the last hope of Assassin’s Creed just left
@@jackwilkins7972 at least it will be better than oddyesey
This was great. Thank you James
Man, I simply love your videos! Hope to see another retrospective video on the saga! Thanks!!
Watching makes me realize that Ghost of Tsushima's opening was so reminiscent of Assassin's Creed II; the music, the placement of the title, and the scenery. It just draws you in and convince you that yes, you're in for a ride.
Masterpiece of a video. Damn I miss Ezio! This game holds a lot of nostalgia. So watching this video brought back some pleasant childhood memories. I miss Assassin's Creed.
One hell of a video. This hit me with all the nostalgia and feels I had when I first played this ten years ago. Amazing job!
This video literally gave me goosebumps. Thank you so much lazzerz.
Beautiful! The ending was so powerful. Every word you spoke hit home
Gotta love the hour long videos. Literally could watch these all day long
James you're content has been so high quality this year
Thanks for making this great video on a game we all love
I love this game, and I’ve played it almost ten times.
This is the game that made me fall in love with the series. One of my favorite games of all time no doubt
1 hour great work
Just found this video because I love watching game analyses videos like these. You put a lot of effort into these types of videos and I love it. Keep up the great work man, it pays off that's for sure.
2:57 got so emotional when scene played
What a wonderful, sincere and heartfelt look on a game you and many others hold very close to their heart. I haven't played it since it first came out, but watching you go through the key scenes I was astounded by how much I still remember, even whole lines of dialogue. That initial climbing of the tower with Ezio's brother is forever burned into my memory, and the music combined with the title screen popping in still gives me chillds. I have the game being reinstalled as I type this comment, right as I finished watching this video. Thank you for reminding me of a game that I used to love and making me appreciate it even more, the running time of the video just flew by as I relived my teenage years. I'm sure to stick around and watch many more videos. Thank you once again.
That was an excellent edit of Ezio’s story. Hats off to you sir
I was 19 when this came out iv played this one so many many times. I can play it blindfolded. Great video keep up the good work. Here's to another 10 years. 🍻
Wow. I'm so glad RUclips recommended this video to me. This video, like ACII, is a true work of art. Subscribed!
This was an amazing video analysis. Loved your narration, and how you discussed the game in chronological order of the story!