Everything GREAT About Assassin's Creed Embers!
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“I missed it…?” Was to me a microcosm of his life. So much time with business and duty that he missed almost everything else until he was too old to see everything else.
I love the old assassin's creed games. The gameplay may be a bit dated, but the story and themes are fascinating.
Yeah I love these games have for years, but I downloaded my ezio collection the other day which I 100% years ago, couldn't play it 🤣 felt so stiff and unresponsive. Love the music and the settings though they're classics
@@j_james_01 Idk all three games seem really smooth and pretty pleseant to play for me Maybe you just forgot how to play bc it's really not as simple as the new games
@@TheHighGroundItself yeah, you actually had to find ways to get up buildings in the old games, you couldn't just run up a completely flat wall like in valhalla
@@j_james_01 it does feel really clunky but man when the story is hitting that hard I don’t even think about it
@@j_james_01 nah bud that’s just your system those games hold up very well I’d rather play the old Ac games than the new ones
Ezio Auditore da Firenze, he will always remain in my Top 5 characters of all time.
As you said yourself, we rarely get to go this in depth into a character as we have with him.
We know practically everything about this legend of a man.
I come back to the Ezio trilogy on a regular basis. Be it playing it myself, watching a friend, or watching videos about them like this one. To me, it is a timeless classic that will stick with me for the rest of my days.
When I was younger, I heard so much about the Assassin's creed franchise, I always wondered what it was about. I didn't really get into the franchise until about 10 years ago, I remember buying my PSP, and getting AC Bloodlines on Easter and thinking it was pretty cool, but I never really fell in love with the franchise until I bought Revelations.
The game got me through a pretty rough patch in my life, I'd just moved out of state for the first time in my life, in a foreign place with no idea where I was, effectively starting my life over. Living in a shitty, cramped apartment with my parents finishing out the rest of my middle school year.
This game, and stumbling upon the creatures, were some of the biggest influences of my life, and part of the reason I got so thoroughly into gaming as a whole. I honestly wouldn't be the same person I am today without them.
I was also born in 2000 and I've had similar experiences. I'm just so glad to have grown up with good Ubisoft, compared to todays Ubisoft.
same here
Same, AC and Halo litterally forged the man I am now
Started watching this channel for optimistic talks about video games, stayed for the deep philosophical rambles that make me think about my place in this world (also finding out you’re a few years younger than me freaked me out bc you sound so wise)
Honestly I shed a tear at the end. I loved Ezio’s story throughout his trilogy.
We’ve spent time living his indoctrinated life of a vengeful and brash Assassin who lost his chance at a normal life, a growing man who begins to grasp his responsibilities as the new mentor of Assassins and then a wiser mentor who wants to settle down. And then finally gets that. Only to be brought back shortly once more to teach his one last student.
But knowing that Ezio had his happy ending, still leaves me happy yet sad.
I straight up cried.
@@antony2206me too brother,me too.
I just love Ezio story.
He was the best, and Embers really was great way to end he's story.
(Also, I just love the fact that he literally does animations from games while fighting, just to show that these really were the moves that he learned throughout he's life)
Because of you video I just watched it. For the first time.
It was an event.
How wonderful closing for Ezio's life.
Thank you for directing this production into this day of mine.
I just got to play these games around 2016 when I was already maried, and the Ezio Trilogy hit me so hard, specially since I had just lost my grandpa, who was like my father, my friends were moving to another states and I could understand how much having a really special someone changes us. Embers had my wife enter my gaming room to see why I was sobbing.
For me the ending of ac4 will always be a part of me, i played ac4 first when it came out, i was about 13 or 14 years old at the time, and the ending of ac4 after spending so much time with edward and his crew,friends etc, it just broke me, of course the song is beautiful and edward picking up the flower for his daughter, idk man, it just broke me and gave me the warm fuzzies at the same time, truly an life changing experience.
Agreed.
Dude dude dude, don't start or im gonna bawled my eyes out, i love Ezio, he is by far the best character AC games have to offer but the ending of AC4 is just something else. It takes something special to make me actually start crying but that song, that scenery, everything it has a special place in my heart.
@@strahinjasubotica facts.
I listen to Parting Glass regurlaly as it's on my USB key in my car... such warm memories tbh
I like how “It might be that this idea is only the beginning of Wisdom, and not its final form” Kinda represents this channel at this point.
It doesn’t say what everything definitively means but provides ideas and acts as a springboard for deeper discussion.
Or maybe I’m reading to much into it who knows
reading too much into is the point lol. we just have to remind ourselves that reading too much is what we are doing
Embers was the 1st time I genuinely cried at a characters death no character has ever had an impact on me the way ezio has had it was like losing a friend it genuinely hurt
Let me get my tissue first before watching. Dude about a year ago i found your channel by accident and ever since i've watched every one of your videos. When you uploaded your AC2 video i've always wanted you to do the Ezio Trilogy. Now 1 year later, you are uploading AC Embers. I can't thank you enough. You sir are my favourite RUclipsr as of this moment. Love from Turkey.
The Ezio Trilogy will always have a soft spot in my heart. I remember for my 14th birthday I got Revelations as a present. I had watched playthroughs of 2 and Brotherhood but Revelations was the first I got to play. My journey with this series started at the end of one, my two childhood best friends watched me play the first mission on my living room TV at the end of the birthday celebration (my family didn’t do parties past 10 so I just had some friends over and we had fun as teen boys do). That was at a very tumultuous time in my life due to the vicious bullying I had at school and the less than stellar relationship with my parents as I tried to exert my own will upon my life (I was headstrong and at 14 thought I knew the best for myself) but that game really helped me find some kind of peace. Peace in knowing that you don’t need to understand your life for meaning to be drawn from it and to make a mark on people. Seeing the story of a man who lost it all only to find belonging somewhere and then become a hero inspired me. I remember being so sad but also content with Embers. Rewatching it now over a decade later I again find myself at peace. My life hasn’t been easy. I’ve been homeless and been lost in what to do but yet again Esio reminds me that it’s okay to not know, it’s far more important to do the best you can do to better the lives of those around you wherever you find yourself.
From Florence to Istanbul, Ezio strives to leave the place better than he found it regardless of his original purpose. I strive to do the same wherever I go. I know it’s dumb to put so much stock and identity into a bunch of pixels and polygons but playing these games taught me how a young man should face his demons (head on), how a man in his prime should hold onto life and fight for it, and how an old man puts his past to rest to ensure a future.
These games impacted me and I love that they impacted you and so many others in a similar way.
Thanks for sharing your story with all of us. Hope you are well. And it's lovely to know that playing assassin's creed gave you some guidance and offered you comfort when you needed it. Stories from people all around the world, show that assassin's creed games touch our hearts and minds(and still do years later) and that these games really do transport you to another world and time, and leave an imprint on your memory of ones values and the importance of being the best version we can of ourselves. All the best.
My brother in christ i love the ezio trilogy and when i found out about embers i was ready for what ezio’s final days were and i was NOT disappointed it was just so good that the old man could still fight but be content with a family loved the stuff having to do with ezio
As someone who was also born in 2000, I can truly relate to The Ezio Trilogy being my childhood. My first AC game was Brotherhood, then 2, then Revelations and so forth. When I first played these games I didn’t really care about the story at the time ngl, I was like 10 or so years old so I was all like “Omg hoods, swords, fighting! Cool!”
But I recently started playing them again this year, and watching GamingWins cover them. I have never been so emotionally touched, and I can’t believe I used to not care about the story lmao. In Revelations, the “who are we, to have been so blessed.” and the entire ending when he talks to Desmond… god. It hits so different and I love that.
you can tell when he was talking about his past and playing the games, you can hear the tears...
im not going to lie, as he was talking about his past I was tearing up. Just remembering the games, the fun I had, the story that was told. It will be apart of me forever. Requiescat in pace Ezio Auditore Da Firenze -
Your whole speech at the end was amazing and i could relate so much with everything you said.About growing up alongside Ezio,about learning from his experiences,about finding your purpose in life and about what it means to live a happy life.
This whole video made my day better bcs I realized how much of an influence this fictional character has had not only in my life but the lives of many others like me and we are all blessed to have been able to share this experience.
Just like you, I have a vivid memory of playing AC2 for the first time in a small dorm room at college where a friend introduced me to it. I remember where I was sitting & what the room looked like.
This video didn't make me cry like Embers itself did, but I did see Embers in a beautifully different light because of it & I thank you for that. Having played the Ezio games at a formative place in my life where I was still learning & becoming who I was, Ezio's words spoke to me strongly. I wanted to be like Ezio. I wanted to grow & be powerful & nimble like Ezio. But his Wisdom is what took root in me.
His speeches during the Bonfire of the Vanities & in his last letter stuck with me so strongly. I love this series & specifically the Ezio trilogy because I truly believe that they helped shape me & helped me grow into the person that I am today, & I am so proud of that. Games like this, that can take a protagonist, show you his life, & make you strive to be better... We need more games, more stories like this. Thank you for going through them again so that I could see more perspectives/things that I missed.
My first experience with Ezio was when I was at home from school, when I still used my 360 and then I saw my older sibling had bought AC2 from GameStop on sale. So I was pretty old enough for mature games so I played it. BEFORE I played AC 1. Man was I blown away…I became an AC fan and an Ezio fan for the rest of my days…and after I played it I needed the others in the trilogy 😊
I’m 25 and remember when Assassin’s Creed II came out watching my brother getting this on his birthday and enjoying the game franchise ever since as a young adult. Grazie Ezio Auditore da Firenze for teaching us the way. Requiescat in pace. And you too Gamingwins.
As I have become older, and somewhat wiser, I’ve come to understand that life is not pretty. It is a constant battle between everything that’s wrong in the world, and still is to this day. However, I find a sense of peace and happiness by helping those who need it most, hear them out and understand their struggles. I may adopt some of the Creed’s tenets and beliefs because I truly believe that their understanding of humanity is true. We’re simply free to think and act for ourselves-whether for good or ill, it doesn’t matter. What matters is whether we face the consequences of our actions or not.
But despite knowing that some people are cruel, I always try to find the good in people. No matter how foolish my thinking is. After all, I’m only human. I can’t say that people are better than others because all we do, and achieve, are simply byproducts of our “worthiness.” I think we are all the same. We are born, we live, and die. The only one that can tell us we’re “worthy” is ourselves. We shouldn’t allow our pride to take over. There are people today who truly believe themselves better than everyone, they bring harm to those “lowly” people. We have to remember that, at the end of the day, other people have a bad start in life than you and we should all help those to make a positive impact to others, ourselves, but also the world.
As for whether I would take the Apple in Altiar’s Library, I wouldn’t. Because I believe knowledge is a birthright, a gift from God to be used for the betterment of humanity. However, knowledge is earned-never a privilege. To take knowledge away from the rest of the world undermines what humanity has stood for. We don’t need an Apple to give us the answers we want. We have done a lot throughout history by curiosity alone.
These words are mine alone that I share with you. They are the combinations of what I’ve learned throughout my life, the struggles I’ve had to encounter, and the failures I’ve had to suffer. This is my expression of what I believe humanity is and still can be in the future.
But still, follow what you believe in. Choose your own way. Don’t follow me, or anyone else.
Ezio is top tier. I get chills and all warm and fuzzy when I hear that music, that voice, that character. Bayek is a distant second but he had the same potential. These two are the only characters for me that have come across with that kind of emotion. They felt real. They will always be real in my memories.
somehow with every video you manage to slip in an incredibly profound life lesson while telling us what you love about the game. i really enjoy it, it makes gaming feel more accessible. really glad i found your channel!
The Assassins and their creed layed down the foundation of what wisdom was to me at the time. It was beautiful yet heartbreaking, and the story of the best AC protag's reflect this. Edward, Ezio, Altair, even Connor. A life lived through pain but as we know pain is the best teacher. Rest in peace, ezio, you were one of the greatests.
Stumbling across your channel was one of the best things I've been lucky enough to do, man. You help me keep an appreciation for the people in my life and a wonderful look at the world of games and the stories they tell. At the end of every video I always feel like I have a lot to think about and this one's certainly no exception.
Thank you, sincerely.
Yep this is where I cried. A sad but satisfying ending of one of the best assassin's ever been with since birth and to death amazing job done by Roger Craig Smith for bringing life to this amazing character
Ezio’s my favorite gaming protagonist & I hold his name & his words in a very special place in my heart as well as my mind. Feel like I’ve known the guy for years & I miss him like he actually passed away in real life. Keep up w/ the vids man. Love the content 🎉
Only recently discovered your stuff, but man I love your approach to it. It's so down-to-earth, and easy to relate to. God tier. Enjoy your life, my friend.
I agree with you, the only game that has stuck with me since the Ezio assassin's creed games is witcher 3, other games just don't stick. Ubisoft had something magical with Ezio's trilogy
Man this video makes me think about life harder, that’s one thing I like about story telling games, it just gets you in the feels. Last game to do that was H:Forbidden West and for many reasons. Also replaying Bioshock Infinite and oooooh man I’m not ready for experience it again.
Wow I really like how you put that at the end, I’ve always seen people be like “i wanna be a millionaire and have the nicest car and the biggest house!” But I’ve always been one of those people who just likes a simple life with just that special someone with me. Thank you so much this was an incredible video
Shao Jun has her own novel in addition to her appearance on Chronicles. But yeah, I really wish she got her own game
The Whole ''It's Ok to stay in the same place and stop going forwards because we're with our special someone(s)'' is something i needed to hear this evening ... Thanks to you, Modest Optimistic VideoGamer Philosopher !
For me I think the "seared into my brain" gaming memory is picking up The Last of Us basically on a whim. Having for whatever reason not followed anything about it's production and release other than seeing it was getting rave reviews. Played it in my parents basement following my freshman year of college. I will never forget that experience. I think it may have been the first time I cried playing a game. I also grew up with the AC franchise, in particular Ezio's story.
Is it bad for me to say that whenever CinemaWins, a channel with the same premise as yours, just for movies like Embers, or the Star Wars, even Detective Pikachu, does an Everything Great with the Assassins Creed film, I'm hoping that you join him for it
(Mainly cause since you did much of the games, you could help him with all the lil Easter eggs the film has for the games, also cause the channel itself is pretty damn cool, same as yours)
Maybe the Uncharted movie with Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg?
@@jordanhunter3375 another good idea honestly
I have been with you ever since your second ever video on the channel, man. Over the course of the last three years following COVID my life has gone through a tumultuous upheaval and has led me to make more than my fair share of rash decisions and bad mistakes fueled by a lack of clarity and honesty with myself as well as other external factors (most being things I have no control over). I have had many people move away from me, and have had the most important people in my life whittle me down to my lowest mental states. Frankly, I haven't got anything figured out in the 19 years it has taken for me to come to this point in my life, and I don't know where to move and what to do.
So hearing you address life and its hardships, alluding to personal struggles as well as everything else that makes it all worth it fills me with hope that I would still walk on with the people that yet remain by me. Please continue to be such a positive influence in this side of RUclips, and I am glad I found your channel in search of gamingwins and got something more helpful. Have a good one, man.
Gaming Wins I just want to say I love and respect what you represent, you show us not just the beauty of what these video games hold but to what life itself has in store for us so keep on doing what you doing bro.
Ezio coming to the end of his searching after he has found his Sofia is a very clever nod. Sofia comes from the Greek Sophia, which means wisdom. He finally has all of the understanding (wisdom) that he needs. Encapsulated in this wise woman he meets whilst tracking down what would be his last interaction with a piece of Eden.
She shows him that perhaps, finding all the knowledge doesn’t lead us anywhere and that it is finding ourselves and those we love that truly makes us come alive.
Ezio's story has always stuck with me as it was my introduction to story driven games. I started playing AC when my brother bought the first one, I was only like eight years old, then he skipped AC2 and bought brotherhood (no judgment, brotherhood was an absolute banger) but I remember feeling so annoyed that I didn't get to see how Ezio started out I went out of my way to buy it myself. God I remember being terrified that the gamestop employee wouldn't let some 10 year old buy it that I lied to them and said it was a birthday present for my brother. I didn't let him play it until I finished it lol. Every now and again I'll go through the trilogy to relive those childhood memories.
Just finished watching, been watching through a lot of your videos here recently. There was one quote that really stuck with me from you. "Never take for granted the impact you can have on someone no matter the time spent"
Made me cry quite a bit if I am to be honest. Your work is great man, love what you do and keep up the amazing work.
I agree totally with you as long as you’re happy with the one person you love, it won’t matter what happens as long as you two can push through it. I’m currently going through that feeling of stagnation, and sadly, my now ex left me and that feeling of stagnation with no one plus a bit of “what am I doing with my life”, it just hits especially at 25. Amazing video man keep it up.
Every video game review you make perfectly encapsulates the reasons I love video games as a storytelling device. If you choose to look deeper than the graphics and gameplay a true story is always told. This is one of the many reasons why I plan to become a video game designer. So thank you GamingWins for contributing to my love of the craft. Keep doin what your doin!
The three times I've watched Embers (this time included) I have cried. I remember playing through all of Ezio's story as the games released. I followed his life, from birth to death. Through his hardships and his triumphs. His love and his loss.
Fast forward several years, I am married and playing through the Ezio Trilogy for my spouse (they have issues playing games and can only watch) wanting them to experience this story. Then we watched Embers, and we cried.
And now here, after watching your videos on his story, watching the end of it at almost 30. I have cried again. Even knowing how it ends, it gets me every time.
I'm glad I finally found time to watch this. Your story about playing AC at your brother's place and living a happy life meant a lot to hear.
Thank you
Your conclusion hit deep. I'm watching this video as a temporary way to be happy before going back to the complicated stuff in life... all we can really do is work towards ending up like Ezio. At least that's what I wanna do. A peaceful life with a wife and possibly kids, not worrying about the stuff that we deem oh so important when we're young, just being in a state of... contentment
I'm currently playing through all the ac games from ac 1 to rouge. I just beat brotherhood and am moving on to revelations. I can't begin to describe how important these games are to me. I started with ac2 and played most of the other games but the ezio trilogy and ac 4 have got to be the best of them. Ezio's death was probably the most heartbreaking death of character i've ever seen. Requiescat in pace, Ezio Auditore Da Firenze.
Hearing great messegas is a reson why this is so good. It's somthing you would never hear in a sin video which is why i belive that win videos are far better than sin videos.
Also, can you videos on the metal gear games.
What a trilogy. Nothing compares to these games and the way they made me feel when I was young, and how they make me feel looking back now. Life in hindsight just feels emptier knowing I’ll never be able to experience these games like I did for the first time, I’ll never get that level of pure joy and wonder again cause I’ll only ever be able to experience it through nostalgia. Life feels emptier without Ezio. His character instilled a lot of good things in a long of us as kids. I only wish his character was still given respect and due credit in the current games
Fuck dude. I love your videos just for your talks like the one you gave here.
Damn straight life is hard, especially for myself and my family. I'm sure there are some great places and some things that I could go do to "glorify" my own life, but I love my wife and my son so much, especially with all the health and job stuff we've gone through over the last...damn like, 3 years...I want to be with them. They're everything to me, and living my life with them weather it's in our house, on a farm, or on the street (we would never let it come to that) I want to live and explore life with them until my dying day.
Thank you for these videos. You have no idea how much they help. Especially with the state of the world right now. Now I'm going to go drink some water. :-P
I just discovered this channel like three days ago. So, here's the story. Summer vacation started this Friday and i found the video about AC black flag and I jumped deeper into the stories of the protagnist that I always admired and wanted to be like but somehow I kinda see how much i resemble the carelessly ambitious Edward after pondering for quite sometime and the way I do things and the plans i have and have had. You do give a philosophical look into the characters and the AC series as always giving out lessons many of us need to know. Seeing Ezio's story wind up the way you did. It kinda made me tear up. Just great. GREAT WORK 👏👏👏
You honestly summarized my feelings on these games and this character. You are the same age as me and I grew up the same way loving these games and the very warm heart I get playing through this story, spending time with this world .
9:50 reminds me of only the feelings since as ill mention, the true memory has faded, as if glossed over even if it's still there. not truly painted over, just covered with a blur. The way you talk about this memory just reminds me of times those kinds of memories pop up in my head. only recent example is going to a area that i use to recognize since a bus i rod on passed by it on it's predetermined route.
It is so inspiring to me that people from my generation are doing such incredibly and creatively mindblowing things like you do. inspiring because for the longest time we were too young to create things on this level ourselves so i only followed older creators, which now doesnt have to be the case. it makes me feel so much more connected that i dont have to look up to creators anymore but can see that a 22 year old is able to voice his interests and thoughts in a meaningful way. the emotion you connect with this franchise, the emotion you are so very able to transport through your video is just... powerful. even though i havent had a strong connection with the ac games im touched, so i cant imagine what someone with a similar experience with these games felt watching this, especially the second part of the video. So happy i found your channel, so happy you are able to let others feel your passion for video games. Thank you.
I start playing this games 10 years ago and stuff happens in those years but my love for the games, the characters and their teachings sticks like glue and like Ezio ones said "I do not regret those years"
Thanks for doing these videos. It's fun to listen to your analysis and reflect on my own life and stuff. Cheers man
Your videos are really calming to me since I actively look for an outlet to escape to when things just get a little bit too real. I dunno why, but your style takes me back in time, fills me with this exiciting nostalgia that allows me to take a breath and touch grass once in a while. And maybe it's because that since we're the same age, I can properly understand you and empathise. So thanks for the awesome content, mate.
Additionally, AC2 is my favourite game in the series, primarily due to the fact that I only got to play it at age 10 when I visited my cousin's place. Hearing you talk about how you remembered every facet of the first time you played it made me laugh; I went around killing guards and chasing Borgia messangers just to get more throwing knife pouches.
Anyways, thanks for the chill content. What a great way to talk about one of the most iconic characters of the gaming industry. Pizza.
Oh thank you so much for doing this one. Beautiful video of a beautiful end to a great, if fictional character. Misty-eyed through the whole thing. Very very well done.
Ezio and the old Assassin's Creed games have given me so many good memories and good lessons.
I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't had these games.
So, I was born in '97, a little older than you, and I remember back in 2015, just a couple days after I turned 18, I went out and got a tattoo, it was the symbols of two games that I felt shaped me as a person into who I am today, and that was the symbol of the Fireflies from The Last of Us, and the symbol of the Assassins.
These games, especially Ezio's trilogy and the Kenways, were a driving force that made me want to be better. The fight for the betterment of mankind while letting people be free to make their own choices and mistakes. The idea that change is enacted not by grand spectacle but by people who might never be remembered by history.
My story is one of many thousands.
And the philosophy of the Creed, like Ezio points out at the end of Revelations, that we ultimately decide how we act and how society at large can change on a whim and its up to us to try and change it for the better.
We are the architects of our own destiny, whether glorious or tragic.
These stories were so personal to me growing up, it's how I imagine kids watching the Matrix must have felt, having something open up your worldview to the idea that there could be a war happening just out of the corner of your eye.
I wish the series was more cohesive to the tone of these earlier games, while recent ones have their worth and aren't bad games, they don't feel like Assassins Creed anymore. In fact, the games haven't really been about the Assassins since Syndicate, the year I got my tattoo. I've played them all, but nothing will really give me that same sense of wonder as playing as Ezio and realizing that the Assassins are far more ancient then the first game suggested, that this truly was a global conflict that has spanned millenia and even as far back as we were, it was still like we were playing in the bones of the war, discovering impossibly complex Assassin tombs, fighting through waves of mooks bought with ancient grandfathered Templar money and influence, all to secure the lost and discarded artifacts of a long dead Precursor race. The early games evoked this wonder at how ancient this conflict was that major architectural sites were on top of these places of importance to the Assassins and Templars, and that kinda just gets replaced with mostly Isu stuff in later games.
The first AC game I’ve played was AC2, then played the first all the way to AC4. It was the time where I’ve gamed heavily. Mind you I was freshly out of high school early to late 2013-2014 era when I wasn’t putting in job applications or working. The early AC games gotten me through the stress of finding a job when it was difficult.
Memories that are seared into my mind (a core memory if you will.) For me with this series would have to be from Assassin's Creed Revelations, when Ezio is explaining the Creed to Sofia, I remember being at my dad's place for the weekend, it was Saturday night, the room was dark and the only light was from the tv and walking through Masyaf that was just full of life from what we saw from the last key to just emptiness. Practically tracing Altaïr's footsteps. Then when he says that he wants to just let go of all of it. And Sofia reassures him that he can let go, he won't fall far because she'll be there to support him. That part really hit. Then the Iconic scene of him meeting Altaïr then talking directly to Desmond. Just perfect way to finish those four games, AC1, AC2, ACB, AcR. It was just wonderful. I just wish Ac3 didn't come out so soon after Revelations so it can actually settle that we're done with Ezio's and Altaïr's lives.
But really the games that have become pretty much core memories for me are the main series Pokémon games, they're still to this day one of the few things I turn to when I hit a rough spot mentally. It helps calm me down and reminds me of what i have in real life. Despite what the thoughts are screaming I can take a moment in any of the main series games and just remember, I have people in my life that are irreplaceable. That'll always be around. No doubts or inner fears of mine will change that. Assassin's Creed helps me to remember that the world beyond these walls is grand and worth seeing. It helps me stay focused on what I want to do some day. Times are tough and they get better then they go bad again. A repeating cycle never-ending. But if I can fill those moments in between the storms with the lights of my friends and make happy memories then I'll be okay. Some days it's gets hard to remember that. The games i play and enjoy are as much for my entertainment as they are for a source of inspiration and freedom from myself.
This might sound a bit messed up, but does anybody wish that the man on the bench said ' Requiscat in Pace' to Ezio before he left ? The words Ezio has said so many times to so many other of his targets, is the last thing he ends up hearing before he passes. It might be a bit cruel in hindsight, but there's a nice poeticness to it. Like its himself telling him to be at peace.
When I watched embers I never actually thought I'd like it but loved watching it a great take/continuation/end on ezios story
@gamingwins, I am a bit older than you, but just like you AC2 was my first AC game. And like you I fell in love with the series. But in recent year's I've gone away from loving the games and have only just "enjoyed" them. Because of you, I started Mirage and have a new appreciation for the series and Ezio. Thank you, thank you for reigniting my spart for the love of these games.
You Rock
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Mate i postponed seeing your video because i knew it would make waterfalls. Every time i see it i remember the journey of Ezio. Played the games and i was so devastated when i saw revelations was the ezio finale. Embers did a great job to help me cope and to bring much needed closure to his story. Nice job as always. Keep it up.
This was just pure love letter to the ac fans that were finally able to see one of the most memorable assassin we could remember finally comes to the end in peace ,very few were can find in the series where we were so close to. ezio family is the best piece of music for assassin creed and essential became the base points for other theme's he is essentially the starting point next to Altair. And think why the simple life is a trope because in the end you grow old and no amount of anything will change that.
And towards the end I think most wouldn't care in the end they are near the end and have done everything they could so you either accept and death will take you kindly. Or reject and death will surprise you in way you didn't want to. At least that's my take on it
So… I finally realise why assassins creed is beloved. I was born in 1999 yet never had the same video game experience, unfortunately being restricted to Mario and Minecraft until a year and a half ago. Since then I’ve tried pretty much every main game I could find, old and new.
I began with AC Valhalla as it had a theme I personally connected with, and so I love the game. I thought I should try out the older games considering I was certainly confused with modern day plot points. I’ve just finished the Ezio trilogy and GOOD GOD do they not disappoint!
The character development Ezio goes through is impeccable, the feisty beginnings up until the late swan song finale - I’ve always been someone who is constantly seeking how to live my best life. Especially recently after achieving some pretty awesome goals money-wise and future prospects in my acting and Minecraft career (it’s very bizarre), I’ve began to realise that my happiness doesn’t stem from these actions and goals, but instead from place and more importantly, the people around me. I can’t seem to appreciate life nearly as much as when I am with someone.
I’ve understood these themes before, but to truly experience them in the form of a life’s story from beginning to end, fighting crazy battles from the shadows, and ditching god’s knowledge for peace and serenity is truly a gift I didn’t realise I needed to experience.
And what a time it is for me to finally experience these games. I would say if only it had been sooner if it’s not for the fact that right now, this is the exact moment in my life so far that I need to fully understand what happiness means.
My most beloved memory of these games is from 2011. My parents bought me an Xbox 360 for Christmas and the game that came with the console was no other than Assassin's Creed Brotherhood. Man do I loved the feels that game gave me. I had never played anything like that. The vibes that early Rome had, all sinister, with all the Borgia related music and themes, the people on the street being so reactive, ambient noises that reminded you that the city was indeed hostile. I remember the mystery: the hidden blade, eagle vision, Desmond's story
To this day, AC Brotherhood is one of my favorite games ever. It achieves a level of immersion not many games can, at least in my opinion. I will always remember being a little 11 year old kid, feeling amazed by a world crafted by hand with love and passion, so full of things to do and explore in just the right quantities to keep it from getting old
I miss the old AC games but i also miss how gaming made me feel.
Ezio is the first character whose store I truly connected with especially at the young age I was when I started playing AC. It is truly the only story that kept my interest through the many years it inhabited of my life
I didn't know we were so close in age. Everything all makes sense on why you and I share so many thoughts on AC games. You do a solid job explaining and conveying your ideas
Man Ezio has been through a lot from almost his entire family being killed to betrayal and I just love Ezio’s character and story and it makes me shed a tear from how the games started and how they are now. I also never know there was a ac movie until this video. I love how the developers at Ubisoft used to make games that were so meaningful.
I was born in 99' and so far ive had really simllar experiences to you. Glad someone else shares my point of view on most things.
I just got assassin’s creed Ezio collection.these games are fantastic in every possible way I haven’t played ac1 or 3 just watching this video just it’s crazy how far these games have come.
Personally, I agree with the statement you made at the end of the video about a happy life.
AC2 defined my childhood I feel we get attached to ezio character playing through his games throughout the years and growing with him with each entry I don’t think there will ever be a more iconic character in gaming then ezio
THANK YOU EZIO AUDITORE DA FIRENZE BCS OF YOU I GREW TO BE A GOOD MAN REST IN PEACE MENTOR ❤️
You can argue whether you like the "recycled" character designs for the pedestrians and architectural assets or not. But I think it is beautiful. As you said, it is consistent, and it grounds the film in the AC Universe. Otherwise, it could have been any other universe. The same goes for the sound effects and soundtrack. Especially for the closure of Ezio's story, maybe the most beloved and important character of the franchise, this feels right and deserved :)
I am currently at work, taking a break for my lunch. Decided to watch the video... I am crying in front of everyone here in the cantina. Victory to the assassins!
When I first heard the new Assassin was gonna be named Ezio, I was a little underwhelmed. I had just completed the first game when Ac2 was announced. Then everything the team did to build this character unfolded as I played and wrapped itself into the single best video game protagonist I have ever witnessed. I never want to be him in real life, but the way he reacted to events in his life by never running is so inspiring. it makes you want to be a fighter, like he was.
I assume the brotherhood Ezio kind of built up eventually died out or branched out and survived little by little but I wonder what happened to all the legendary armour and weapons that he used were they passed on or buried with him?
Omg we started almost the exact same, but I saw my cousin play AC once, a couple month later I asked him if I could play it and he said he traded it for the new one. The contrast of the colours between the 2 games, from grey and dim to bright and colourful. Then you got to play as ezio as a baby, then a teen. We grew up with a hero that we didn’t get to watch, we got to be
I can relate so much, I was also born in 2000 and I grew up on Assassin's Creed. The only other character that really resonated with me emotionally was Arthur from RDR2. Ezio did for a different reason though. Each time I saw him, the brash womanizing teenager, the mature Mentor, then finally to the wise old man still searching for answers, I grew alongside him. That's what stuck with me, his character and story is incredible but I can remember what I was like when each game came out. How life can change in a year, how much growth can happen. A literal masterpiece of a Trilogy, if I could only play 3 games for the rest of my life then personally I couldn't see a better choice than Ezio's Trilogy.
Having watched your videos about the trilogy made me want to replay it again so today I put a few vacation days just to binge the trilogy. I'm 24 now but just like you I grew up with Ezio. This is going to be a hell of a nostalgy trip!
I think you hit the nail on the head with your conclusion. There does come a point in your life, when everything around you could be straight chaos, but all is really ok as long as she's by me.
Ezio not taking the apple felt like the moment he was able to self actualize, to know what was meant for him. He put down his need to solve the world’s problems, to see the fight through aside, and began to think about what he needed. He may have followed Altair’s path if he had touched the apple. Alone with all the knowledge in the world, but no one to share it with, no way to apply it. An unloving end with your entire life passing you by…. And that’s important to remember. You don’t have to fix everyone’s problems. It’s okay to not have those skills, or the energy. It’s okay to make mistakes, to not know. Ezio embodies the connection and trust between people, and to embody his archetype as the Mentor you also have to be the student, and accept the shift in perspective. I would say, a simple life can be easy, but it isn’t exclusive. None of us live the same lives, and our needs, our contentment is something we need to foster and cultivate over many years of our life, with the people we deem our family, and those friends who have stayed with you all that time. There’s no one way, and in the end the point of it all may elude you, but those people, as fixed points, as anchors… if you are able to keep them in sight then I don’t think there’s much of a way to deviate from the loving path you are set on.
same i was born 2000 and always thought Ive grew up with this game and it literally one of my best memory of a story.
Wonderful as always!! Only fitting to cover the ending of Ezio’s life, requiescat in pace Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Would you cover The Saboteur? Really underrated game and it’s basically AC in WW2
The amount of things I've loved seeing in these types of videos, and the thing that shocked me the most was when I said(out loud on a bus) YOUR 22?!
Ezio Auditore Da Firenze, one of the most fleshed out well written characters in gaming ever.
Bless his trilogy, bless his story and goddamn bless his Legacy.
Assassin: "Where other men blindly follow the truth, remember..."
Initiate: "Nothing is true."
Assassin: "Where other men are limited by morality or law, remember..."
Initiate: "Everything is permitted."
Assassin: "We work in the dark to serve the light. We are Assassins."
Thank you so much for this video!
i love that must of us were growing up with ezio showing us how we should be with our family and loves ones no matter of they arent the same blood as you .
Hey dude, so I was born at the end of 2000 and have also grown up with these games. Knowing you're out there doing Al ltgis at my age is inspiring so thank you. I feel pushed to try harder at what I love doing. Love and peace man
It's interesting hear you speak of powerful memories in your childhood.
I'm turning 30 soon and have only a handful of disjointed memories prior to 2015.
Ezio's story was such a staple of story-driven, character-centric narratives. We don't see that as often anymore, and when we do, it feels poor. The last time I felt a good connection to a bunch of characters written like this, was the Star Wars Jedi duology.
Metal Gear Solid was my Assassins Creed 2. I never really played a game for story or characters till I played that game. It had me hooked from moment one and I played for twelve hours straight to completion.
you always upload things ive been recently interested in lol. timing is crazy
That last message from you was very great! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽
This guy's only a year older than me? Wack. Very mature takes and analyses on games. Kudos, my man.
Man this whole movie always get me and your video makes it even better
My brother got me into assassins creed He came round for my birthday and had brought ac2
We spent the night playing together and just being brothers
The last good memory I have of him
That’s why the ezio trilogy mean so much to me
Sorry for rambling like a crackhead
Just thought I’d share
I wish i could give this video 100 likes not just 1 cause it deserves it. It touches me deeply. Thank you for making these videos.
When I was younger I played AC2 over and over, when I was older I went to Venice and I was going round like I was in the game. I knew where to go and where everything was. Went to the Piazza San Marco and I was like "I've climbed up there, I've hung on that good clock"