I remember it like it was yesterday. I cried in the end, because it was my most favourite AC story. People love Ezio but I still havent played it so I dunno. I've had Edwards statue in my room when I was kid and now we have it in our place in living room. If I'll have kids and they'll ask who is this hooded guy I'll show them this masterpiece.
“For years I've been rushing around, taking whatever I fancied, not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt. Yet here I am... with riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home. And when I turn around, and look at the course I've run... there's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me” - Edward Kenway
I love the fact that even those of his friends who backstabbed him are sitting at that table, it really showed how alone Edward felt that even those who sould have seen him dead he still considers freinds
The ending is such a unique one. It leaves you with a feeling of emptiness from seeing all his friends at the table, but then happiness because he is united with his daughter. But the real kicker is when you think of hisstory, and what he had to do and witness for this to happen. This is why the ending is arguably one of the best game endings ever
SomeAustrianGuy is a good way of telling that no matter how important, strong or wise you are. It means nothing when you’re dead and has no influence to the way you die
@@kestrel3509 One of Edward's close workers turned out to be a templar. When Edward argued with the worker about it, the worker left and hired mercenaries to kill edward and to get a diary that the templars were looking for. When the mercenaries came, edward got to kill one, but the other one killed him
he always was but being rich and powerful corrupted him... of course after seeing his friends die in front of him (edward thatch/ blackbeard, james kidd, charles vane, etc..) he saw all the things he's done and i quote "For years I've been rushing around, taking whatever I fancied, not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt. Yet here I am... with riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home. And when I turn around, and look at the course I've run... there's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me". now... watch the ending and think of what he said before he helped the assassins and you will find yourself crying legit!
“Edward… your constant Friendship has been my most treasured Find on these Seas. Well above Gold and Silver and Rum, I… I prize the Courage you have inspired in me this Year. Thank You, Sir! A fair good Morrow to you!”
@@johnvilyer4340 well..Actually Stede wouldn't have been better for never having known Edward my friend... Edward saved his life at the very beginning of the game where he was supposed to just die .. Remember?, anyways I'm talking out of the concept how beautiful, meaningful and accurate these words are describing the true friendship .... The true friendship that i believe its even stronger than love..❤ Rip Stede...Rip Edward
And I love that concept bro. I was super sad when I heard that Stede had died, and thought it was unfair. But I'm seeming to remember their first encounter different friend. He was "pulled over" by the royal navy on suspect of taking part in a battle with pirates. He didn't, and told the officer that, but they didn't want to listen and they were going to confiscate his ship. That would have been a jerk move, but he had a family to think about and plantation to run. When he met Kenway he was still the rouge pirate without thought to anything but plunder and drink. He got taken in by by Edwards promises of "Freedom" and "Equality" but all he got for it was a few years living in a rotting city and a noose at the end of it. idk, I just feel like if he'd gone back to trading for his plantation, his children would still have a father and his wife would still have a husband. I think we can all acknowledge and admire the growth that Kenway went through throughout the course of the game. He became less focused on himself and on what he could gain, and became a better man. Stede never got to see that growth, and my thinking is that he never would have died if he hadn't encountered that immature and vain version of Edward. Their friendship was real, and as he said, a treasure he didn't expect to find. I'm saying that the life he could have had was a better one :(. R.I.P Stede. R.I.P Edward.
It really catches you off guard and in the feels when games that at first just seem like murder sims have one of the most investing and tragic plots in pop culture. AC4 and RDR2 were the pinnacles of my gaming career.
I like to think Arthur and Edward would have gotten along. Theyre not so different after all. Good hearted men who have done awful things in the name of love and riches. Both backstabbed, both lost everyone they love. And both like a good drink.
They coudnt have pulled it of beter than this. The part when Edward sees hes old friends... one of the few moments in my gaming career that i've acctually got touched by how they ended a game.
My wife laughed at me when I was describing the ending of the game to her and she could actually see tears in my eyes while talking about it, but yes, I'll admit it openly, I cried a little at the ending. My heart dropped when he sees the table full of his dead friends and the camera cuts to his face. I do believe this was one of the most emotionally charged game endings I've ever witnessed. You really feel like you know these characters by the end, especially if you spent as many hours playing as I did.
"Will I see a whale?" "There's a good chance, yes" "What about a pirate?" "Heh... not much chance of that, no" Edward will always be my favourite Assassin.
That pirate response is rather sad. All the great pirates that he fought alongside or against have passed on. Like he said “And not a single person I love beside me”
I cried at this ending. I can’t believe she died… and then seeing his dead friends at the table.. god I wouldn’t be able to feel that pain he feels…. The best ending I’ve ever seen.
You know, despite everything Edward managed to truly accept everything that happened and move on. I don’t know about you but when I think about Edward leaving the Caribbean that’s the part that makes me break down because it truly shows a new chapter beginning in Edward’s life, one filled with love and family I think there’s something so beautiful about how contrasting these two chapters are that I don’t know I can put into words aside form calling it beautiful
that feeling, exactly that one.. it always pains me to my core... and seeing Edward looking out over the ruins of his life and his friends and just boarding the Jackdaw and sailing away from it all back to Britain while telling his daughter about that she probably wont be seeing any pirates around because those days are past.. you could feel what he felt in that moment.. that all his hopes and dreams are gone and all those he loved with them.. so now all he can do is pick up the pieces and try to build something else.. Holy f*ck that one was intense.. i cried....
+Kenny Pecl Oh my god! What was that? :D :D :D Does it always happen in that sequence or is it just a bug/glitch in that one? Can´t remember if it has happened in my game. Hahaha! :D
This hits different cause imagine telling your girl you’re leaving for a little bit to make some money, and then you get caught up in some crazy otherworldly war. Ultimately just to find out your girl had your child, then died, and you weren’t there to care for her or your child.
Thats not why its so sad. The fact that Edward told her he would be back, then made the conscious decision to not return for years is that sad part. Sure he got caught up in other things but its not as if he couldn't leave, his constant pursuit of reputation and riches is what led him to where he is. Alone, without a single person left standing beside him. Him choosing not to go home then finding out Caroline had died was what cuts so deep, of hed went home with the money he had made beforehand she may have lived.
And then that son joined the very otherworldly faction that vies for global interdimensional/ interplanetary domination by collecting ancient tech from godlike aliens who created humanity .
@@theadministrator2641Joining the Templars is not the problem for me, they have a cause I can get behind. But betraying his own family for it made it unforgivable.
Knocked me right on my ass, and that's after a 4th full replay and at 39. It's impossible for me to imagine Ubisoft topping this in the franchise. I'll play every future AC of course, but, by my reckoning, this is the high watermark, followed by Ezio trilogy
with that beautiful song playing, and then you see everyone sitting at the table: Bonnet, Vane, Read, Thatch, Rackham, Hornigold, it made me fully realise how far Edward has come and how much he has lost along the way.. A very powerful scene indeed.
This ending cutscene was one of the only scenes to make me cry in a video game. I just balled while smiling at the conversation with his daughter. This game IMO, transcends the label of AC, into one of the best games I’ve honestly ever played. (And definitely to this day the best Pirate game. Also those real life sections still sucked ASSSSSSSSSS)
I beat it today second time first was in 2013 :D Amazing game the shanties, the main and other characters, the freedom. Last good assassin was syndicate imo. I beat every game except valhala and i don't expect to beat mirage.
This...this is what Ubisoft needs to do with their AC games... Create these lasting relationships with the other characters...or specifically, the historical figures who become your comrades. Something that brings us all to this point where we find ourselves crying for figures who historically were the most heartless cutthroat pirates the world had ever seen.
When he looks over at that table as the parting glass plays…my god…the greatest ending in the history of video games. It’s this, ocarina of time, and red dead redemption where you come back as his son….these 3 stand above all. Great endings move you emotionally. Black flag is the very best of all the assassins creed games….and it had the very best ending..of all games
I hope this next one is at least half as good as Black flag, now THAT's what AC needs, tbh that's what the whole industry needs (not the glitches and bugs of course lol but the rest is 10/10)
Jovan Kovacevic yeah, the characters, story, and the music are all perfect in this game. I guess the game setting made the game superior to the new installments.
@Ahnaf Ahmed Can you explain what had happened to the sugar merchant that we meet at the first part of the story?? Is he dead like the others sitting in the chair?
This is what players want from Assassins Creed. Stories that immerse you in the game and feel as if the character you play as you know as a friend in your personal life. Not RPG gaming with Gods and crap parkour
@@joseangelcastillolopez143 True. Among the new generation of AC games, it's the one that felt the most similar to the old ones in terms of storytelling, character development and immersion.
I'm a gamer because of these kind of moments, you can't walk up to someone on the street and start a conversation about games because most people don't understand why I play them, it's not because I don't have a life, it's because I choose to live many.
I delayed the ending for a whole year my first play through, I wanted to get everything else done first. When I finally was done I continued to delay the ending not wanting it to end. I felt like Edward was my best friend (I didn't have many friends when I was thirteen.) like he was MY ancestor, the same way Ezio and Altair were Desmond's. I talked aloud to Edward as I controlled him in the game, telling him about school and my day and whatever came to mind it was weird to my family but I didn't care because I always felt that he would listen. (as weird as it sounds.) Eventually I decided to muster up the courage to play this ending and I wasn't prepared, I cried feeling like I was saying bye to a close friend who was going to a faraway land never coming back. Then I realized I got to sail on and let my best friend go. So I sailed Edward back to his family and said my Farewells. I'll never forget the countless nights I spent talking to my Assassin friend sailing those seas. Goodbye Edward, you were my best friend.
In a world were ubisoft still made great games with compelling characters and great gameplay. (This scene alone made me fall in love with AC4 by the end) *tears up hearing this song*
@@lowkey6134 For some reason it's indeed Life is Strange. Spend four episodes thinking I'm not emotionally invested at all. Then the ending hit me like a hammer.
I remember hearing this for the first time and absolutely started crying. And now I can't help but shed a tear anytime I hear it. I've been an Assassin's Creed fan since day 1 and have mad love for those who came before and after. But Edward's story will always hit me the hardest.
Finished this game today again. One of the saddest AC endings ever, in both a nice way and in a really depressing way, seeing his dead friends while the music plays always kills me, then seeing his daughter kicks you again. But what a lot of people forget is what happens to Edward after, how he dies keeping his family safe to a load of mercenaries, a final kick to the gut if you needed one.
mou aragon Edward's death isn't a scene, it's talked about in AC Forsaken a novel which is from Haytham's perspective of the events of AC3 as well as delving more into Haytham as a character, which you don't see much of besides in AC3 and bits of Rogue. Basically Birch, who you see at the start of AC3 talking to Haytham in the Theatre, fell in love with Jennifer, Edward's daughter who you see in this game in this scene. Jennifer found out he was a Templar, told Edward and then Edward and Birch got into an argument, Also Edward handed down his sword to Haytham, while training him to become an assassin. When Birch found out about the sword as well as Edward's journal, from a younger Haytham, wanting to obtain the journal for the Templar cause, he hired mercs to retrieve it. When they came Edward made sure that his family was safe, before returning to the house to insure that the journal wasn't stolen, unfortunately two of the mercenaries had managed to get in, find the journal and sword and killed Edward as soon as he came back. That's the most of it, some things I'm not 100% about, but that is how Edward Kenway died, a stark contrast to his early days, putting his family before anything else, even his own life. Also if you're wondering Birch gets killed by Haytham after Haytham finds out he was the one who ordered the mercs that killed Edward, by this time Haytham was already a fully fledged Templar though.
I loved the other assassins creeds before Blag Flag but by far this is the best one I've played. Most of my friends dislike it because of too much sailing... Pathetic reason to dislike such a beautiful game. The sailing was my favorite part.
It has the best story line out of all of them. Edward has friends that he loses and knows what it feels like. It tells and shows us that we have to keep moving on no matter what the happened
Hakkarî Kurdistanî ah theyre just land lubbers, this was the best one, the way Edward actually kept his friendships alive and treated people like they were his equals(unless they were Spaniards or British Navy) the way he felt when thatch died, how his heart shattered when Marie died, or how his brain struggled when Ade left, this is what we need in games, we don't get enough of it
I remember that I was finishing the game. It was 5am, I spent all night playing and have to go to collage at 7, so I decided to cut it there, in the final cinematic, cuz I thought the game would continue, I didnt know it was THE final cutscene. I came back from collage ready for more AC and found myself looking at the credits with wet eyes and emptiness in my heart... now I got a tattoo in my arm, where the hidden blade go, with the skull and the ac symbol with the phrase that says "In a world without gold, we might been heroes". Farewell Edward Kenway...
The ending is so bittersweet, this song with edward looking over and imagining seeing his dead friends there caught me right in the feels and i was holding back tears. So many great characters and one of the best stories in the AC series.
Enclave Trooper i was so mad when i saw the british kill thatch that I went on a killing spree in kingston the first time i played this and I still do to this day then I remorse
The way Kenway looks at the images of all his deceased friends who were part of his privateer family...tells more than just plain emotions...each died a tragic death, dwindling on his own mortality and his helplessness to save them....he is all alone
But in the end... he is not. One chapter closes, where one starts. With a pang of regret Edward walks to the docks, where his new life and people to care for awaits.
This is by far the most heartfelt ending in any AC games... I especially felt the sadness in Edward when he sees his fallen comrades. Absent friends and empty glasses is painful. So painful that I wouldn’t even wish it on my worst enemy.
I think what's the most amazing about this is how Ubisoft is still able to manage to deliver us an amazing game with a satisfying emotional ending with an annual franchise. I tip my hat off to you, Ubisoft.
***** Agreed with Brotherhood and Revelations, but ACIII was powerful in its own way. It's far more emotionally wringing if you actually make an effort to get into and empathize with Connor's character.
Hmm. Your perspective intrigues me. I may have to play through again. I will say that I did find the strategy of aligning the main character with the American Revolution to be kind of weird. An oppressed minority helping a group that oppressed other minorities didn't fit, to me.
It would only be amazing if it was one dev team putting out one game every year, but Ubisoft have multiple teams working on the AC franchise that get about 3 years to work on their games.
But this is why AC4 was so great. We’re led to believe the ending will be a happy reunion, then we get hit with it that Caroline died, and Edward has truly lost everyone thanks to his path. It’s why Edward’s character development is so brilliant.
Beginning of the game Me: I don't give a shit about the story I just want to kill people! Ending of the game me: I want to cry and die at the same time
I have never felt a single "emotional" scene in all the AC afterwards. This is the last AC that I felt like I cared and had a connection with the characters.
When I finished the story I felt... empty like there was nothing for me the friends caused a sad thought of wow I lost a lot. I just wish his family and his ending could have been better sadly that’s not the case
He ended up with Anne and had another son so I guess even tho I felt incredibly sad seeing his friends at the table It was a bit comforting to see him with a family at the end
Now this is how you end a video game, the song in the background. The fallen friends along his journey. Not to miss that he finally gets to meet his daughter. Not only a great ending but an emotional one. This is what Ubisoft needs to bring back.
Just played through this again for the second time, almost 9 years after my first. The ending hit me differently being older myself now. What a game and that song fits perfectly.
THIS Scene hit me almost as hard as the actual ending of the game. It hit me so hard that I stood up and had to take a drink before swimming back to the jackdaw.
@@XtremeLineage No, the writer of this wonderful story is Darbey McDevitt who also wrote the story for ACR. Corey May is the writer for the AC 1, 2 and 3.
What made this ending different from the other assassins creed endings was there was a sense of redemption for the protagonist. In addition, the message of the story of Black Flag is remarkable: do not pursue vanity, instead be content with what you have and who you are.
I agree, Edward started off a greedy, selfish bastard ultimately concerned only with his own gain but as the years go by and the people around him disappear one by one he realises his hunt for "the big score" has brought him nothing but misery. He's alone and has nothing to show for his years of struggle, so he does what he can to make amends and goes home to his daughter, the only family he has left. It's just a shame knowing what becomes of his son later on... :(
Edward James Kenway Yes you did Ed. Your daughter grew up feeling abandoned because you didn't train her in Assassin ways, then you forced her to marry a Templar. And then he murdered her and made Haytham a Templar. Ya dun GOUFED son.
Although in the first few hours, I didn't spend that much attention to the story, because I was marveling at the gameplay, I got absorbed into the world shortly after, which I'm glad I did. Because damn, this ending hit me like a tidal wave. Of tears.
If that did not bring a tear to your eye then you are not human. Especially when Edward gave up the pirates life for his daughter. Your kids change your life. Its a beautiful thing :-D
I was so sad at the end. During the game, everyone I knew, Mary, all my friends, were dead or in prison. I tried playing the follow-up game. I couldn't. The memories were still too fresh and raw. Perhaps I'll return to AC:BF one day. It's been several years since playing. It will be several more.
I remember completing the game and this song came on then I got a call saying my grandad was really Ill and died shortly after. This song will always remind me of him it's a great song. Also the Ed sheeran and original by Tom Clancy
indeed, brotherhood was the beginning of "geez this game was a bit boring" , up to ac3c where it began the "this game was just stupid". Amazing game and beautiful ending.
Mauricio Pimienta Brotherhood was amazing too, whileRevelations was a little step back, and ACIII was just disappointing, except for the Desmond part of course. I liked this game, but there was such a lack of character development and limitation to identify :( also, the ethos, pathos, logos were just not as good as in the Ezio games.
pff. I hope the next rendition ac5 is the last one. Hopefully equally good as this if not better. Would love to have a hot and young female assassin. Not like liberation, something with more finest, Loooove to have an australian setting with cowboys! how come ubisoft can't think of something like this.
very rarely is it that you finish a game and experience a feeling of utter contentment, ac4 was a beautiful game and an utter joy to play. I cried at the end, the sheer poignance of this final scene gets to me every time
Just went back through to play this again. It broke me to my core with all the memories it brought back and I can truly say it was just as fun as when I played it the first time. It is easy 1 of the greatest games to ever come out in my eyes and I will cherish it forever. I just wish this version was on spotify
I honestly NEVER expected such an incredibly touching ending for Edward. I mean, he was a pirate 'n stuff, but how Ubisoft managed to make a perfect ending for him is just simply amazing..... Good Job Ubi!
Telltale The Walking Dead and Life is Strange are the two games that only made me cry so far, almost cried to this though especially seeing Edward's friends at the table
+Abdul Al-Ameer Sead "Assassin's Creed Forsaken" it tells the story of Haytham when he was growing up and so on and then there's "Assassin's Creed Black Flag" the book. Which explains more in depth about Edwards whole life
*Ubisoft* : any ideas on what kind of story we're gonna make for our main character this time? *Random employee* : Let's give him lots of memorable friends that will be there for him and he would hold dear in his heart... *AND THEN WILL HAVE THEM ALL KILLED OFF SO THE PLAYER FEELS ALONE AND LEFT BEHIND FOREVER!!! hahahahahaha!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!* ... I mean character development. *Ubisoft* : You're promoted!
Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch ,Benjamin Hornigold ,Mary Read, Calico Jack,Charles Vane and you silly Stede Bonnet RIP A man may drink and not be drunk A man may fight and not be slain A man may court a pretty girl And perhaps be welcomed back again But since it has so ought to be By a time to rise and a time to fall Come fill to me the parting glass Good night and joy be with you all
youtubed this now. didnt know he died but it makes sense why he is sitting with thatch and hornigold at the ending scene :( stede a fat jolly guy. if you look into the history versus relaity of steded (youtube it) he turns out to be quite a bad ass.
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"In a world without gold, we might've been heroes."
andre pacampara My favorite line
Rip Blackbeard
" If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place"- Thorin II Oakenshield
Nowadays it's more like, That's why so many will fight in a war for home, while those who wage it do it for gold (oil, money, economy etc..).
@@ghost8487 ya talking about Aghanistan? And Irak and all that?
Black Flag was a masterpiece.
Just beat it - amazing game! Just beat FF15 aswell.. I may even like this more.. both hit me in the feels
No
Gilgamesh Yes.
Tom Laveign No
Each to his own, but 13000 people (as well all major game critics) disagree with you... So you're certainly in the minority.
The scene where Edwards dead friends at the table gets me
They cannot be replaced, how did it come to this lads.
will always be
i know
Yesssssssssss
I remember it like it was yesterday. I cried in the end, because it was my most favourite AC story. People love Ezio but I still havent played it so I dunno. I've had Edwards statue in my room when I was kid and now we have it in our place in living room. If I'll have kids and they'll ask who is this hooded guy I'll show them this masterpiece.
“The real pirate treasure were the friends he made along the way”
You got me bro.
The one piece !!!!
*lost
You just described the ending to one piece
@@jmxd3303 lmao don’t say that shit. For them to say it was friendship after so many episodes would be insulting.
If there's one ac game that deserves it's own movie...
Did you not see the Devils of the Caribbean trailer? It is getting one!
+kliqit lol
+kliqit where can i find this?
+harry vrentas Yes, but NO ONE could embody Edward Kenway. Therefore I would not want this part to be filmed.
+Berry B His voice actor can perfectly embody Edward Kenway. Just watch the one season of Constatine that was made.
“For years I've been rushing around, taking whatever I fancied, not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt. Yet here I am... with riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home. And when I turn around, and look at the course I've run... there's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me”
- Edward Kenway
I'm not crying you're crying
At what part of the game exactly he says that?
@@lucasmedeiros7340 towards the end. I'm not sure but it was after the deaths of Thatch and Mary Reed.
Lucas Medeiros when he’s talking to Adewale when they are in the Assassin’s Cove, when Adewale shows him the destruction he caused there
I really do miss this game, I originally played it on Xbox 360, but I’m gonna replay it on PS4 In the next few months, so I can relive the glory days
I love the fact that even those of his friends who backstabbed him are sitting at that table, it really showed how alone Edward felt that even those who sould have seen him dead he still considers freinds
They were victims of the ending of an era.
They backstabbed because they had no choice, it was do or die but before that pirates were friends
I looked at it as the table was full of people who passed but had a hand in the kind of person he ended up becoming
I see it how that he remembers them as they were not what they ended up being
@@Godfather9814 wow! That touches my heart
"There's a treasure worth more than gold"
Captain Jack
"Its not about the gold its about the glory" - The pirate lord
@Tangent of Circle *Captain Jack Sparrow
Jack be needin’ us all about now. 4/20/22. Use the the compass, Jack.
"In a world without gold, we might've been heroes!" - Blackbeard
@@2_-iconic
This is an ironic ending. You beat the game but by doing so the game beats you......with emotion.
Ryan Stevens for real though,it’s still 😢 hurts watching this scene
The ending is such a unique one. It leaves you with a feeling of emptiness from seeing all his friends at the table, but then happiness because he is united with his daughter. But the real kicker is when you think of hisstory, and what he had to do and witness for this to happen. This is why the ending is arguably one of the best game endings ever
Rdr had similar effect
Well I mean they left you with one of the most heart gripping departing songs there ever is. Soo
@@ghostyboy9310 Well said: a very bittersweet ending
"Will I see a pirate?"
"No... not much chance of that..."
Crew: *whistles nervously*
Crew: Hey I'm surprised she didn't notice the Cannons......
@@captianhenrya.9268
Crew : I'm surprised she didn't notice the skull blag flag
@@ra_alf9467 I know rigth
@@ra_alf9467 crew: i'm surprised she didin't noticed all the other ships run away from us
I like to think that that's kenway saying he has left that past behind. Edward isn't a pirate anymore.
And still they've killed him like a dog and sunk the Jackdaw like it was nothing.
He deserved a trilogy.
SomeAustrianGuy is a good way of telling that no matter how important, strong or wise you are. It means nothing when you’re dead and has no influence to the way you die
An Odyssey
when and how did he died?? Sorry my potato pc only ran games upto Black Flag
@@kestrel3509 One of Edward's close workers turned out to be a templar. When Edward argued with the worker about it, the worker left and hired mercenaries to kill edward and to get a diary that the templars were looking for. When the mercenaries came, edward got to kill one, but the other one killed him
@@sebastiancrane2486 how do you know that?
"Do you feel that too? All empty inside, like."
"I do. Devil curse me, I do."
Who said that again? I assume it's from black flag but I don't remember who said it
@@samcochran8203 Anne said
Anne said it after Mary died and Anne's child also died.
Its good to see Edward was a good man after all :')
he always was but being rich and powerful corrupted him... of course after seeing his friends die in front of him (edward thatch/ blackbeard, james kidd, charles vane, etc..) he saw all the things he's done and i quote "For years I've been rushing around, taking whatever I fancied, not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt. Yet here I am... with riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home. And when I turn around, and look at the course I've run... there's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me". now... watch the ending and think of what he said before he helped the assassins and you will find yourself crying legit!
'In a world without gold we might've been heroes' - Blackbeard
Darthzilla 1987 you make me cry ;-;
i did like him more when he was a pirate
Darthzilla 1987 this is the reason I always read replies in the comments section thank you for posting that
“Edward… your constant Friendship has been my most treasured Find on these Seas. Well above Gold and Silver and Rum, I… I prize the Courage you have inspired in me this Year. Thank You, Sir! A fair good Morrow to you!”
The only one who valued the friends he made along the way. Good morrow to you sir!
He got hung as a pirate soon after saying those words. Edward was a poor friend and Stede Bonnet would have been better for never having known him.
@@johnvilyer4340 well..Actually Stede wouldn't have been better for never having known Edward my friend...
Edward saved his life at the very beginning of the game where he was supposed to just die .. Remember?, anyways I'm talking out of the concept how beautiful, meaningful and accurate these words are describing the true friendship .... The true friendship that i believe its even stronger than love..❤
Rip Stede...Rip Edward
@@nelzelpher2088 Good morrow to you sir... AC 4 is and will always be my favourite... What a sad game yet a masterpiece 🔥
And I love that concept bro. I was super sad when I heard that Stede had died, and thought it was unfair. But I'm seeming to remember their first encounter different friend. He was "pulled over" by the royal navy on suspect of taking part in a battle with pirates. He didn't, and told the officer that, but they didn't want to listen and they were going to confiscate his ship. That would have been a jerk move, but he had a family to think about and plantation to run. When he met Kenway he was still the rouge pirate without thought to anything but plunder and drink. He got taken in by by Edwards promises of "Freedom" and "Equality" but all he got for it was a few years living in a rotting city and a noose at the end of it. idk, I just feel like if he'd gone back to trading for his plantation, his children would still have a father and his wife would still have a husband. I think we can all acknowledge and admire the growth that Kenway went through throughout the course of the game. He became less focused on himself and on what he could gain, and became a better man. Stede never got to see that growth, and my thinking is that he never would have died if he hadn't encountered that immature and vain version of Edward. Their friendship was real, and as he said, a treasure he didn't expect to find. I'm saying that the life he could have had was a better one :(. R.I.P Stede. R.I.P Edward.
I didn't sign the permission slip for this feels trip.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
CACACACACACACACACACACA
(this is how Canadians laugh)
None of us did bro, but we all jumped onto the feels train...
Serious Business vete ala mierda esto es arte
Oh my God, funniest thing I've read in a year. Bravo.
It really catches you off guard and in the feels when games that at first just seem like murder sims have one of the most investing and tragic plots in pop culture. AC4 and RDR2 were the pinnacles of my gaming career.
Same man die hard fan of rdr2 and Ac4
I like to think Arthur and Edward would have gotten along. Theyre not so different after all.
Good hearted men who have done awful things in the name of love and riches.
Both backstabbed, both lost everyone they love. And both like a good drink.
Facts, along with the Ezio games
You should try the Metal Gear Series. You are gonna love it.
to be fair ac 1 was quite a 'cold' dark edgy game, but yes, after that, all protagonists really have constant deeply emotional motivations.
They coudnt have pulled it of beter than this.
The part when Edward sees hes old friends... one of the few moments in my gaming career that i've acctually got touched by how they ended a game.
My wife laughed at me when I was describing the ending of the game to her and she could actually see tears in my eyes while talking about it, but yes, I'll admit it openly, I cried a little at the ending. My heart dropped when he sees the table full of his dead friends and the camera cuts to his face. I do believe this was one of the most emotionally charged game endings I've ever witnessed. You really feel like you know these characters by the end, especially if you spent as many hours playing as I did.
Jack Cordial I agree man entirely...
Jack Cordial I cry at the end 2
I didnt cry but i felt really sad that the game i was done and cus all the things edward has gone through
LOL, yeah, she actually laughed at me. For someone so beautiful, she can be so cruel. "Are you surprised at my tears? Strong men also cry!"
"Will I see a whale?"
"There's a good chance, yes"
"What about a pirate?"
"Heh... not much chance of that, no"
Edward will always be my favourite Assassin.
Burt Inyaskirt u just made me cry like a little kid. i finished this game like 3 years ago, but the feels still hit hard
she seen a pirate already well a former one
edward.
That pirate response is rather sad.
All the great pirates that he fought alongside or against have passed on.
Like he said “And not a single person I love beside me”
He is the most human of the assassins
@@davidjorge22 I agree.
Who else came here just to get a dose of *The Feels* ?
:D
Many a night I will put this on in the dark and just contemplate a life as good as is being sang about xx
Me
me
Aye aye
I cried at this ending. I can’t believe she died… and then seeing his dead friends at the table.. god I wouldn’t be able to feel that pain he feels…. The best ending I’ve ever seen.
@@skooo7 you are rude and disgust me
@@skooo7 bruh
You know, despite everything Edward managed to truly accept everything that happened and move on. I don’t know about you but when I think about Edward leaving the Caribbean that’s the part that makes me break down because it truly shows a new chapter beginning in Edward’s life, one filled with love and family I think there’s something so beautiful about how contrasting these two chapters are that I don’t know I can put into words aside form calling it beautiful
Edward died too not long after he got back. Attached in the night. They then took hayhtam his son and raised him as a Templar
This ending reminds me of the ending of Thor Love and Thunder
end of an era lads..
that feeling, exactly that one.. it always pains me to my core...
and seeing Edward looking out over the ruins of his life and his friends and just boarding the Jackdaw and sailing away from it all back to Britain while telling his daughter about that she probably wont be seeing any pirates around because those days are past.. you could feel what he felt in that moment.. that all his hopes and dreams are gone and all those he loved with them.. so now all he can do is pick up the pieces and try to build something else..
Holy f*ck that one was intense.. i cried....
saint last ac game arguably the best
This is exactly like Red Dead Redemption 2. Seeing all your friends perish, and the era of pirates ending, just like the era of cowboy gangs ending.
@@aidenfigueroa676 I think rouge was but yes I agree to an exent
0:29 the chair couldn't hold it's feels and had to leave
+Kenny Pecl omfg lol i am laughing so much
+Kenny Pecl The chair just can't even.
+Kenny Pecl Oh my god! What was that? :D :D :D Does it always happen in that sequence or is it just a bug/glitch in that one? Can´t remember if it has happened in my game. Hahaha! :D
+Kenny Pecl 0:31 my face when I saw the chair for the first time
+Kenny Pecl haha kinda funny but that means you look pretty awesome huh? :D
Jesus crist 6 years ago? It still feels like yesterday
For me that I played this yesterday xD
Just finished it again today :)
@@FrederikSeerupNielsen nice
Well I Just Finished This Game Yesterday XD
Time passes by real quick
This hits different cause imagine telling your girl you’re leaving for a little bit to make some money, and then you get caught up in some crazy otherworldly war. Ultimately just to find out your girl had your child, then died, and you weren’t there to care for her or your child.
Thats not why its so sad. The fact that Edward told her he would be back, then made the conscious decision to not return for years is that sad part.
Sure he got caught up in other things but its not as if he couldn't leave, his constant pursuit of reputation and riches is what led him to where he is. Alone, without a single person left standing beside him.
Him choosing not to go home then finding out Caroline had died was what cuts so deep, of hed went home with the money he had made beforehand she may have lived.
@@caesar8683 holy shit your comment is gold i never saw it that way thank you!
And then that son joined the very otherworldly faction that vies for global interdimensional/ interplanetary domination by collecting ancient tech from godlike aliens who created humanity .
@@caesar8683 I never saw the story like that, it was amazing
@@theadministrator2641Joining the Templars is not the problem for me, they have a cause I can get behind. But betraying his own family for it made it unforgivable.
This is how you pull off emotions in a game, not "Press X to feel sad".
Lol
Cri354 So true. For all the bashing this game gets for just being "another AC", It's really earned its place in my heart
This song brings me to the feels!!!! :(
Chorei
Cri354 Jason!
When she started to sing I could feel that something emotional was going to happen, but then all of them at the table... man that hit hard
Yep, i cried a lot
Honestly at first i was confused, i was like " wait they're all dead... OMG THEY'RE ALL. DEAD. 😢
I cried so much when I saw them 😭
Knocked me right on my ass, and that's after a 4th full replay and at 39. It's impossible for me to imagine Ubisoft topping this in the franchise. I'll play every future AC of course, but, by my reckoning, this is the high watermark, followed by Ezio trilogy
Me: Games cant make me cry
Assassin creed 4 : hold my beer
Correction:
Assassin's Creed 4: Here, have some rum and let me tell you a story.........
The walking dead season 1
Life is strange season 1
Can make you cry like a baby
yea man:(
Spider-Man on the PS4 as well
@Nathan Maluenda Your hand's upon... a dead man's gun.... and you're.... looking down the sights....
All these years later this ending still makes me cry
with that beautiful song playing, and then you see everyone sitting at the table: Bonnet, Vane, Read, Thatch, Rackham, Hornigold, it made me fully realise how far Edward has come and how much he has lost along the way.. A very powerful scene indeed.
he has Lost how his wife died :(
Dunai yeah he found out in that letter
***** even though he was with the pirates, he never truly became one of them.
bonnet's story is real history, the gentlemen pirate. a man who seeked a life of piracy but was never truly accepted
FrozenAceGaming that's why it's a shame he got hanged
man it's been 7 years, feels like yesterday when i finished it around 2 AM and sobbed like crazy.
yeah. I too. I buy this game ASAP in late 2013 when its launch. And finished it when in January 2014.
Its long time a go now.
This ending cutscene was one of the only scenes to make me cry in a video game. I just balled while smiling at the conversation with his daughter.
This game IMO, transcends the label of AC, into one of the best games I’ve honestly ever played. (And definitely to this day the best Pirate game.
Also those real life sections still sucked ASSSSSSSSSS)
Yea this game still makes me cry in 2023
I beat it today second time first was in 2013 :D Amazing game the shanties, the main and other characters, the freedom. Last good assassin was syndicate imo. I beat every game except valhala and i don't expect to beat mirage.
you know something is old when even comments saying it was years ago was already years ago... i feel too old
This...this is what Ubisoft needs to do with their AC games...
Create these lasting relationships with the other characters...or specifically, the historical figures who become your comrades.
Something that brings us all to this point where we find ourselves crying for figures who historically were the most heartless cutthroat pirates the world had ever seen.
+1BrknHrtdRomeo Well, I have respect for black beard, like before this game, I had fucking respect I thought he was a bad ass and I still do
+1BrknHrtdRomeo ik
He actually was pretty loved by the people, not all that ruthless.
^ Yeah, there's no evidence that Blackbeard ever killed anyone on the ships he plundered.
"the line between good and evil lies in each man's heart, and noone would cut out their own heart"
When he looks over at that table as the parting glass plays…my god…the greatest ending in the history of video games. It’s this, ocarina of time, and red dead redemption where you come back as his son….these 3 stand above all. Great endings move you emotionally. Black flag is the very best of all the assassins creed games….and it had the very best ending..of all games
Dude same😢 rdr 2 and ac 4 are both got the best game endings.
@@farel6406he is talking about the first rdr game with John
But I'll agree RDR2 was a beautiful journey that broke me emotionally several times.
Who the fuck would dislike this? The best game ending of all time..!
100% agreed
Danielé Tobias San Valentíno-Lundberg thats right my brother
King Kunta i love that they made a game with Pirates and i can play this game over an over again
Danielé Tobias San Valentíno-Lundberg played the main quests two times and still love the game!
+King Kunta The guys sitting at the table. :)
Black Flag was an absolute masterpiece!
Josh Snow it still is
I hope this next one is at least half as good as Black flag, now THAT's what AC needs, tbh that's what the whole industry needs (not the glitches and bugs of course lol but the rest is 10/10)
Indeed it is
Jovan Kovacevic yeah, the characters, story, and the music are all perfect in this game. I guess the game setting made the game superior to the new installments.
They had to make up for killing Desmond somehow...
Cool to see Hornigold and Vayne at the table. Even though they were traitors and tried to kill him, he still sees them as friends.
@Ahnaf Ahmed Can you explain what had happened to the sugar merchant that we meet at the first part of the story?? Is he dead like the others sitting in the chair?
@Ahnaf Ahmed Thanks mate
Wtf vayne :))) its not this game :)
Hornigold wasn't a traitor, he just had a different view on what should happen to the Nassau community
@@mallu3577 I think you can find his dead body in same act when you help Mary from prison
This is what players want from Assassins Creed. Stories that immerse you in the game and feel as if the character you play as you know as a friend in your personal life. Not RPG gaming with Gods and crap parkour
I miss 3 and 4 i got nostalgia watching this
@@joseangelcastillolopez143 Just completed Black Flag. Which game you would prefer next? I was thinking AC 3 or AC Syndicate
@@joseangelcastillolopez143 True. Among the new generation of AC games, it's the one that felt the most similar to the old ones in terms of storytelling, character development and immersion.
@@Bong.SagnikAcharya i liked syndicate but found the story lacking,strongly recommend origins(best one imo)
@@Bong.SagnikAcharya definitely AC 3 or unity to have a new experience with its new traversal physics
I'm a gamer because of these kind of moments, you can't walk up to someone on the street and start a conversation about games because most people don't understand why I play them, it's not because I don't have a life, it's because I choose to live many.
100% agree , dude I love this so much, most touching ending in a game for a while if you ask me !!!!
FreezingWeevil the best ending of any assassin's creed by far
Amen to that!! Would live to be able to download this song!
FreezingWeevil it's called parting glass it's all over the place
FreezingWeevil copy the link and go to offliberty.com
put the link in the searchbar and the rest should be easy
One of the best endings I have ever seen. Made me tear up
= ' ) I love Assassin's Creed. So glad to have it tattooed.
I hope you wont regret it when you're 50 ;P.
I cryed in this end...
Im right there with you. Great song to a great ending to a great story in a great game.
why is it so sad no sense for a game where you kill people no sense no sense
love this game this ending made me cry
;-;
I delayed the ending for a whole year my first play through, I wanted to get everything else done first. When I finally was done I continued to delay the ending not wanting it to end. I felt like Edward was my best friend (I didn't have many friends when I was thirteen.) like he was MY ancestor, the same way Ezio and Altair were Desmond's. I talked aloud to Edward as I controlled him in the game, telling him about school and my day and whatever came to mind it was weird to my family but I didn't care because I always felt that he would listen. (as weird as it sounds.) Eventually I decided to muster up the courage to play this ending and I wasn't prepared, I cried feeling like I was saying bye to a close friend who was going to a faraway land never coming back. Then I realized I got to sail on and let my best friend go. So I sailed Edward back to his family and said my Farewells. I'll never forget the countless nights I spent talking to my Assassin friend sailing those seas.
Goodbye Edward, you were my best friend.
🖤i gotcha brothar
Weird? A little.
Understandable? Absolutely.
My reaction to the ending? Similar.
Hotel? Trivago.
Me too my friend, me too.
@@AntonNight There's nothing weird about this mate
If ya need help i am there for you
In a world without tailing missions, this might've been best of the franchise
In a world were ubisoft still made great games with compelling characters and great gameplay. (This scene alone made me fall in love with AC4 by the end) *tears up hearing this song*
there were trailing missions in Black Flag
@@TheHitchboy read his comment again :)
@@olliered9924 ah dang you right. My bad.
You're God damn right !
im not going to lie but I started to cry I grew attached to black beard in a world without gold we could've been heros I love that quote
Me too bro. I actually wrote it down in my notes to remember it
I never felt so empty after playing a game, this was a masterpiece.
I hope they do a remastered version of this too.
Well, try to play Life is Strange if you want to tickle your emotions. But yeah, this is the second saddest videogame endings I know.
@@thomastroster60 first?
@@lowkey6134 For some reason it's indeed Life is Strange. Spend four episodes thinking I'm not emotionally invested at all. Then the ending hit me like a hammer.
@@thomastroster60the only games that have made me cry are black flag and unravel
@@lowkey6134 Unravel? For real? Seems I have to look into that then.
I kind of cried when I saw this part. When he is looking back at all the people he knew and lost. So so sad.
they do this also with ezio auditore da firenze they did great music at the end
yeah so sad.....just cried a bit....
I remember hearing this for the first time and absolutely started crying. And now I can't help but shed a tear anytime I hear it. I've been an Assassin's Creed fan since day 1 and have mad love for those who came before and after. But Edward's story will always hit me the hardest.
Finished this game today again. One of the saddest AC endings ever, in both a nice way and in a really depressing way, seeing his dead friends while the music plays always kills me, then seeing his daughter kicks you again. But what a lot of people forget is what happens to Edward after, how he dies keeping his family safe to a load of mercenaries, a final kick to the gut if you needed one.
Literally was already sad, then kinda became happy cause saw him with his children and then another kick to the guts. Poor edward :(
don't remeber that scene
mou aragon Edward's death isn't a scene, it's talked about in AC Forsaken a novel which is from Haytham's perspective of the events of AC3 as well as delving more into Haytham as a character, which you don't see much of besides in AC3 and bits of Rogue. Basically Birch, who you see at the start of AC3 talking to Haytham in the Theatre, fell in love with Jennifer, Edward's daughter who you see in this game in this scene. Jennifer found out he was a Templar, told Edward and then Edward and Birch got into an argument, Also Edward handed down his sword to Haytham, while training him to become an assassin. When Birch found out about the sword as well as Edward's journal, from a younger Haytham, wanting to obtain the journal for the Templar cause, he hired mercs to retrieve it. When they came Edward made sure that his family was safe, before returning to the house to insure that the journal wasn't stolen, unfortunately two of the mercenaries had managed to get in, find the journal and sword and killed Edward as soon as he came back.
That's the most of it, some things I'm not 100% about, but that is how Edward Kenway died, a stark contrast to his early days, putting his family before anything else, even his own life. Also if you're wondering Birch gets killed by Haytham after Haytham finds out he was the one who ordered the mercs that killed Edward, by this time Haytham was already a fully fledged Templar though.
I cried at the end of it
I like to think he died a good man. Really that's all any of us can hope for when our own ending comes.
I loved the other assassins creeds before Blag Flag but by far this is the best one I've played. Most of my friends dislike it because of too much sailing... Pathetic reason to dislike such a beautiful game. The sailing was my favorite part.
Many think it's a pirate simulator and not a true Assassin's Creed game, but for me this is simply the best game ever.
It has the best story line out of all of them. Edward has friends that he loses and knows what it feels like. It tells and shows us that we have to keep moving on no matter what the happened
Hakkarî Kurdistanî ah theyre just land lubbers, this was the best one, the way Edward actually kept his friendships alive and treated people like they were his equals(unless they were Spaniards or British Navy) the way he felt when thatch died, how his heart shattered when Marie died, or how his brain struggled when Ade left, this is what we need in games, we don't get enough of it
Same for me
Hakkarî Kurdistanî I used to hate it because of the sailing, but now I've completed it and I'm playing rogue now.
Me: Games can't make me emotional
Black Flag: But Aye lad, have some rum. Now let me tell ye a story...
Wait I am not emotional at all
@@joekbaron1205 because you're emotionless
@@joekbaron1205 because you didn't play black flag?
Red Dead Redemption 1 & 2 And The Last Of Us: I Guess We don't exist.
I don't have to say anything. Just cry every single time when I play this. I can feel this. Might be I'm the only one. But it's more than meaningful.
I remember that I was finishing the game. It was 5am, I spent all night playing and have to go to collage at 7, so I decided to cut it there, in the final cinematic, cuz I thought the game would continue, I didnt know it was THE final cutscene. I came back from collage ready for more AC and found myself looking at the credits with wet eyes and emptiness in my heart... now I got a tattoo in my arm, where the hidden blade go, with the skull and the ac symbol with the phrase that says "In a world without gold, we might been heroes".
Farewell Edward Kenway...
The ending is so bittersweet, this song with edward looking over and imagining seeing his dead friends there caught me right in the feels and i was holding back tears. So many great characters and one of the best stories in the AC series.
+Lachie Hurburgh Couldnt hold them back, because it was so sad when i saw all these dead characters ... but it was a great game
Enclave Trooper i was so mad when i saw the british kill thatch that I went on a killing spree in kingston the first time i played this and I still do to this day then I remorse
Every December 31st I come back to this song. And every time I listen, I reflect on the year and hope for a better one.
Its sad that this year havent been that great. But im waiting for you to reflect again, not that long until this year ends
You- that's actually very smart NGL
Doing the same from this year
God damn I would not be able to do that without tearing up
what a lovely way to be living :)
The way Kenway looks at the images of all his deceased friends who were part of his privateer family...tells more than just plain emotions...each died a tragic death, dwindling on his own mortality and his helplessness to save them....he is all alone
But in the end... he is not. One chapter closes, where one starts. With a pang of regret Edward walks to the docks, where his new life and people to care for awaits.
Like me
@@onmysecondjourney5510 aren’t we all bruva
@@mhjmstultiens nope, Edward Kenway died early in 1735 with a tragic death.
@@cal6922 also his mother disowned him.
This is by far the most heartfelt ending in any AC games...
I especially felt the sadness in Edward when he sees his fallen comrades.
Absent friends and empty glasses is painful. So painful that I wouldn’t even wish it on my worst enemy.
I think what's the most amazing about this is how Ubisoft is still able to manage to deliver us an amazing game with a satisfying emotional ending with an annual franchise. I tip my hat off to you, Ubisoft.
***** Agreed with Brotherhood and Revelations, but ACIII was powerful in its own way. It's far more emotionally wringing if you actually make an effort to get into and empathize with Connor's character.
***** I hope it means Ubisoft is getting better at this and that Unity will be even more epic.
***** Man, agreed. I have trouble understanding what people have against Connor, I think his story is awesome.
Hmm. Your perspective intrigues me. I may have to play through again.
I will say that I did find the strategy of aligning the main character with the American Revolution to be kind of weird. An oppressed minority helping a group that oppressed other minorities didn't fit, to me.
It would only be amazing if it was one dev team putting out one game every year, but Ubisoft have multiple teams working on the AC franchise that get about 3 years to work on their games.
I was hoping Edward would finally meet Caroline at the end. So sad he never got to see her again :(
She died
@@romanthomas4320 I'm sure he knows that.
mrcoldman1515 wait how??
@@keiranaaron1537 sicknesses
But this is why AC4 was so great. We’re led to believe the ending will be a happy reunion, then we get hit with it that Caroline died, and Edward has truly lost everyone thanks to his path. It’s why Edward’s character development is so brilliant.
Beginning of the game
Me: I don't give a shit about the story I just want to kill people!
Ending of the game
me: I want to cry and die at the same time
"TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO- lie down and cry"
Yup that happend to me,I don't touch the game for 2 whole months because of the sentimental emptiness i feel.
@@kandia25 I'm goin through that rn.
Best deeply stories of assassin creed😭
I didn't play the game, but I cried like a baby just watching this video
after soooo many years this scene still makes me emotioal.
The feeeels
😣
I have never felt a single "emotional" scene in all the AC afterwards. This is the last AC that I felt like I cared and had a connection with the characters.
When I finished the story I felt... empty like there was nothing for me the friends caused a sad thought of wow I lost a lot. I just wish his family and his ending could have been better sadly that’s not the case
YES! THANK YOU FOR PUTTING WHAT I'VE BEEN FEELING INTO WORDS!!!
Yes bro, empty and sadly 😳
yeah I feel ya you just feel empty after watching the ending
He ended up with Anne and had another son so I guess even tho I felt incredibly sad seeing his friends at the table It was a bit comforting to see him with a family at the end
Exactly the same
When the ship sailing part came up in the credits I immediately did a 180 wanting to go back
Masterpiece
This is so sad :(
Wih ada bang SyaninSs nih
anjay abang game
Kangen juga lu bang :(
Gw nangis nih :)
This game will forever hold a special place in my heart. I love it so much and i love edward so much
No matter how many time I watch this video, it always give me chills. Perfection.
Aye. Best ending to a game in a long time.
koweratus fml everytime i come back to this video i cry
JustJohn same
here lies, the last greatest game of Assassin's Creed.
Very true 9/10. Only the combat was kinda simple compared to unity or something. Still a masterpiece
And the greatest pirate that we Will ever see....
Nah. Revelations is over Black Flag
@@Omegeddon sorry but Revelations was just very boring
@@kaipex2884 Not really. It had the best story of any AC game and good improvements to the gameplay from Brotherhood
Now this is how you end a video game, the song in the background. The fallen friends along his journey. Not to miss that he finally gets to meet his daughter. Not only a great ending but an emotional one. This is what Ubisoft needs to bring back.
Just played through this again for the second time, almost 9 years after my first. The ending hit me differently being older myself now. What a game and that song fits perfectly.
did the same, can only agree
Just did the same today and yeah it hit pretty damn hard
I wanna be buried with this music at my funural
+jayden brooks the song "parting glass" actually is a popular funeral song...
+jayden brooks I've already told all my family I want this played at my funeral lol. Gorgeous song!
cool
I agree
I know right.
I didn't end the game, the game ended me.
I agree lad, I agree
Whoa, mate.
agreed.
depp quote man..✌
damn...
"In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!"
RIP Thatch
- Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch
It’s easy to be a saint in paradise.
THIS Scene hit me almost as hard as the actual ending of the game. It hit me so hard that I stood up and had to take a drink before swimming back to the jackdaw.
Really proud that black flag is my first ever AC game
It was my first as well
Same.
@@rustkarl yeah it's my favourite up there with revelations
Same. Now I’m off to Greece
Same
The moment when all the gamers cried.
yes ;---; ashuashuashua
I actually kept holding the tears in my eyes at this and at Mary's death, I know the feeling ):
+Zimbe Exactly, Even if I try not to cry, I can't hold my tears back
+Zeynep Just like me right now...
+Zeynep I always cry when I see James Kidd
(Also if this is on iTunes can someone send me a link)
I am extremely sure this was the climax of Assassin's Creed games...
This was the last game by the original writer if I recall.
@@XtremeLineage No, the writer of this wonderful story is Darbey McDevitt who also wrote the story for ACR. Corey May is the writer for the AC 1, 2 and 3.
@@thomastroster60 both writers are really good as all of those games tell lovely stories
@@BigBy221 No doubts at that. But for many players this was the peak of storytelling.
@@thomastroster60 agreed
Black Flag had one of the most beautiful endings to a game I've ever played. This made me cry like a girl.
What made this ending different from the other assassins creed endings was there was a sense of redemption for the protagonist. In addition, the message of the story of Black Flag is remarkable: do not pursue vanity, instead be content with what you have and who you are.
Lol i had one job and I fucked it up.
That made my day XD
I agree, Edward started off a greedy, selfish bastard ultimately concerned only with his own gain but as the years go by and the people around him disappear one by one he realises his hunt for "the big score" has brought him nothing but misery. He's alone and has nothing to show for his years of struggle, so he does what he can to make amends and goes home to his daughter, the only family he has left. It's just a shame knowing what becomes of his son later on... :(
Edward James Kenway
Yes you did Ed. Your daughter grew up feeling abandoned because you didn't train her in Assassin ways, then you forced her to marry a Templar.
And then he murdered her and made Haytham a Templar.
Ya dun GOUFED son.
ES21007 lol wats a family man?
Although in the first few hours, I didn't spend that much attention to the story, because I was marveling at the gameplay, I got absorbed into the world shortly after, which I'm glad I did. Because damn, this ending hit me like a tidal wave. Of tears.
Same here,at first I was like "meh just let me finish this game" and half way through the story I got attached to it.Ending killed me emotionaly...
bruh when he looked over at the table and saw all of the people who died: Kid, Black Beard,... I almost cried.
HappyFishy yeah me too i mean i cried when Blackbeard was killed and also when Mary died so the ending of course made me cry so hard
When the camera pans over the table and we see all our lost friends... woooooo.. emotional moment.
Same
Am I the only one who gets emotional by hearing this song.
its so beautiful....
edward rest in peace
no your not alone
I got emotional when I heard it the first time
he joined his fallen comrades
Actually I don't think many people know what his fate is/believe it.
Rex Hound According to the Assassin wiki, Kenway was murdered in 1735 by parties unknown.
Every year Kenway & the boys haunt my mind and I keep returning here. I miss them
0:30 The chair couldn't handle the feels..
you rekt the moment :(
lel Xd
lololol İs tht thing flying??
HAHAHA !
What kind of glitch is that?
Is that a flying saucer which has four legs?
I hate this part, seeing everyone at the table...makes me sad. All of them were good friends at some point at least. And now they all are gone.
blackbeard and mary reed is the only ones who didnt betray him
Bonnet.
don't forget'Stede Bonnet
Let's Failer
What ever happened to Bonnet?
Alforbia Apparently he was captured and hung at some point, it's in a book by Oliver Bowden and I plan on getting the series of books all about AC :D
Sniiperbear
Ah, oki! ^.^
Also, apparently some guards mention it, in the prison sequence.
This was a different era of gaming and you all know it
Yup and this one came like what, 2 years after 3? Nowadays they need 7 years for 1 game 😂🤡
The table scene with all his friends!!! Oh my god, my heart can't take it ;-;
If that did not bring a tear to your eye then you are not human. Especially when Edward gave up the pirates life for his daughter. Your kids change your life. Its a beautiful thing :-D
wastnTIMEwastnTIME :')
wastnTIMEwastnTIME I mean it's hard for me to cry, but trust me, my insides were DYING of sadness! :(
From left to right: Stede Bonnet, Benjamin Hornigold, Charles Vane, Mary Read, Edward Thatch (Blackbeard), Jack Rackham
Same :(
I was so sad at the end. During the game, everyone I knew, Mary, all my friends, were dead or in prison. I tried playing the follow-up game. I couldn't. The memories were still too fresh and raw. Perhaps I'll return to AC:BF one day. It's been several years since playing. It will be several more.
777scubadiver same bro same
Good luck brother
Just got the game the same amount of time you type it and I was crying at the end
I need to play it again 😔
I just finished the game again tonight. Last play was in 2016
In my opinion, Black Flag is the ending to the series. This was the perfect conclusion to it. Ubisoft just made the following games cause money.
It's to true
Julia Bailey thank you that opinion will stay in my heart
Yeah but origins was good
Julia Bailey it's not an opinion it's a fact
I remember completing the game and this song came on then I got a call saying my grandad was really Ill and died shortly after. This song will always remind me of him it's a great song. Also the Ed sheeran and original by Tom Clancy
When Edward looked and saw his old friends, I started bawling with tears. Bloody well done, Ubisoft!
yea
This game saved the series.
indeed, brotherhood was the beginning of "geez this game was a bit boring" , up to ac3c where it began the "this game was just stupid". Amazing game and beautiful ending.
Mauricio Pimienta Brotherhood was amazing too, whileRevelations was a little step back, and ACIII was just disappointing, except for the Desmond part of course.
I liked this game, but there was such a lack of character development and limitation to identify :( also, the ethos, pathos, logos were just not as good as in the Ezio games.
I agree bro. btw is there like something "extra" if I finish this game with 100% sync?
Nah man you just get a trophy :S
pff. I hope the next rendition ac5 is the last one. Hopefully equally good as this if not better. Would love to have a hot and young female assassin. Not like liberation, something with more finest, Loooove to have an australian setting with cowboys! how come ubisoft can't think of something like this.
very rarely is it that you finish a game and experience a feeling of utter contentment, ac4 was a beautiful game and an utter joy to play. I cried at the end, the sheer poignance of this final scene gets to me every time
Just went back through to play this again. It broke me to my core with all the memories it brought back and I can truly say it was just as fun as when I played it the first time. It is easy 1 of the greatest games to ever come out in my eyes and I will cherish it forever. I just wish this version was on spotify
I honestly NEVER expected such an incredibly touching ending for Edward. I mean, he was a pirate 'n stuff, but how Ubisoft managed to make a perfect ending for him is just simply amazing..... Good Job Ubi!
I don't think I've ever got this emotional over a video game ever. Such a bittersweet ending.
+Iron Fistz yeah man hahaa, the games i've gotten the most emotional over are Halo, Modern Warfare, and Assassin's creed.
Everyone’s crying and experiencing the feels and I’m like is nobody gonna talk about the flying chair at 0:28
BRUH
SLAPNTZ MCCOY Yooooooo
It took me second to find that even after you mentioned it.
the chair can't handle the feels
ROFL. It's just flying away in the background.
This ending still makes me emotional no matter how many times I watch it.
Liek ef u cry everytiem
like a little baby..
English do you speak it
dilon stutesman Humor , do you have it ?
dilon stutesman You are annoying. Stop it.
evertim i cry! D":
Me: Games can’t make you cry
Edward: Hold my rum
Word !!!
Telltale The Walking Dead and Life is Strange are the two games that only made me cry so far, almost cried to this though especially seeing Edward's friends at the table
when i beat this game i cried to this ending
Coming back to this brings back good memories. When times were simpler.😔
Edward need more games!
Sadly enough, he was killed along with his family.
+COMMIE FUCKER
But hytham and her sister not died
+Abdul Al-Ameer Sead In the book Assassins Creed Forsaken she did
+Jarrod Dennis what is the name of the book
+Abdul Al-Ameer Sead "Assassin's Creed Forsaken" it tells the story of Haytham when he was growing up and so on and then there's "Assassin's Creed Black Flag" the book. Which explains more in depth about Edwards whole life
*Ubisoft* : any ideas on what kind of story we're gonna make for our main character this time?
*Random employee* : Let's give him lots of memorable friends that will be there for him and he would hold dear in his heart... *AND THEN WILL HAVE THEM ALL KILLED OFF SO THE PLAYER FEELS ALONE AND LEFT BEHIND FOREVER!!! hahahahahaha!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!* ... I mean character development.
*Ubisoft* : You're promoted!
bruh when you put it like that ):
Too bad that guy got fired after this game.
Donnie88 lol
FroztByte Gamer well fuck them😂😂that shit was sad asf😭
Not gonna lie, when I finished the game I played it a bit after and it just felt empty without the other characters. It filled me with sadness.
Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch ,Benjamin Hornigold ,Mary Read, Calico Jack,Charles Vane and you silly Stede Bonnet
RIP
A man may drink and not be drunk
A man may fight and not be slain
A man may court a pretty girl
And perhaps be welcomed back again
But since it has so ought to be
By a time to rise and a time to fall
Come fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all
Sorry to be a bitch but I think it's Mary Reid
+kliqit no, it's Mary Read
+The SarcasticKat how did u find that out??? Curious now as I was u aware he died poor bonnet
Sr Potter oh wow I feel like an idiot now
youtubed this now. didnt know he died but it makes sense why he is sitting with thatch and hornigold at the ending scene :( stede a fat jolly guy. if you look into the history versus relaity of steded (youtube it) he turns out to be quite a bad ass.
I never thought the pirate game can be so much emotional and deep ending
Requiescat in pace Edward Kenway
That scene where Edward sees his friends is literally us looking at altair ezio connor edward and haytham as the AC frachise died.
And then I fired And I missed Too true
Someone mod the game to replace Blackbeard, Mary, Vane and everyone in that scene with classic AC protagonists.
Boo hoo let me play you a song on the world's smallest violin
@@MugdhaMahdiShams The phrase "In a world without gold we might have been heroes" takes on a whole new meaning with that mod....
Most unfortunate.
Most underrated post! What a fitting comparison!