Of course I am joking, and I knew you was only joking too. I mean, it would hypocritical of you to unsubscribe because a video was 30 minutes, when the majority of your own videos are about the same length lol
@@shahzaibali4911 Dude. I fought with my parents to get me new graphics card. XD And I noticed a great leap of graphics from revelations to AC 3. i was actually making my own concept for an ac game so I was looking around these videos. And then your comment is just phenomenol xD
It's so stupid! People were made to care about Desmond because he has been in 4 games and then they just kill him off and don't even follow along with the plot of the remaining Assassins in the modern time. What the fuck?!
Just when the modern day stuff was getting really fun and interesting they threw it all away with Desmond's death. Modern day plot is so boring and irrelevant now
@@iLLBiLLsRoastBeats Shaun is actually best chracter in group. Well, bit too much of Sheldon Cooper sometimes, but hes only one with sense for humor there.
I am a. New player and don’t feel like starting from AC one, I just got origins and am watching this video to catch up on the story so this video is very 👌
From someone who has played almost every Assassin's creed with 100% completion and loved ever minute of it, that was hands down by far the best recap of any game history EVER lol grate job dude
Lol yeah seeing it was the 1st game I got and played on my 1st xbox (was a PS man but been xbox ever since) had a connection and loyalty to the series, plus just loved everything about them. Don't mind the new combat system in origins but miss being able to do sick finishers on all enemy's when out numbered 7-1 😜
The other games I get, but I doubt anyone in the world has ever collected all the flags and killed all the Templars in AC1...... If you have, then I bow before you
@@_ratsoup1348 Francisco Randez is the face model, scans of his face were used for Desmond You can tell that as time went on, the games had better graphics and Desmond looks more and more like Francisco
@@danielantony1882 Agreed, that's the main problem. The main reason why people keep complaining about the game but they don't have any clue at all about what really happen.
@Cesar Lopez true the sory stopped at the end of AC3 and we got nothing after that ... we still at the point of Desmond death where the whole story died with him .
Man the modern-day story started out so well but then quickly descended into a confusing mess due to franchise milking. They should've just made a coherent AC trilogy and then switched to a new era-hopping franchise
@@vlone1595 fuck is your problem. He is right. With Miles the story had cohesion and a purpose that was driven by lineage and faith. Now it's up for grabs by pretty much anyone. Narrowing everything down to Miles gave us a feeling of being chosen and would entice us into following his story. Now it turns out no ome is special and it just gets boring with any old rag tag off the street individual like in black flag.
Wrong! Capitalism DOESN'T work that way! There's a bunch of humans PREYING ON YOU! That's what reality is for you! You're a cashed up cow! Soon all your money will be gone! You are NOT going to be sociable with ANTI-social gamers! You're sick in the head!
This video shows the reason i love this franchise...it's not just a game, it's...i don't know...it's something special, it's just so special! And btw, great video James...one of your bests so far...the time, work and passion you've put into it really shows in the video...congrats mate
Vinny Souza considering that some characters are real and assassins would have lived at one point in time and all Ubisoft has done is take those assassins and put them in different periods of time, yes it isn't just a game and it is real but not in the exact same way... Btw real characters include the borgia family, niccolo Machiavelli, caterina sforza, Leonardo da Vinci, Robespierre, March read, Charles lee and many more...
Thank you so much for doing this. I had to give up playing the games because I have nerve damage in my left hand due to a tumor. I was able to play up until Syndicate and then I couldn't play anymore. Thank god for youtube creators!
I really can recommend Andy Gilleand, he makes amazing game movies, especially about assassins creed. They are 3-5 hours long and it's like playing the game and watching a movie the same time!
The Modern Day story in 4, Rogue, Unity, and Syndicate is so lacking that this video just boils it down to 10 seconds for each explaining why your character is playing a video game and in the end some people you don’t care about kill each other and now Abstergo has some shroud. Ubisoft screwed up big time by listening to casual gamers that hate the modern day sections. If they don’t want to continue the story of the previous games they should just make a new franchise that is entirely set in the past instead of gutting what hardcore fans loved about this one
Tom Seriously I mean, I do think the present day sections were boring gameplay-wise. But I was still invested in the story. What they should’ve done is make the present day story cutscenes-only. (Don’t hate me, I enjoyed watching hours of cutscenes in MGS4)
I know this comment is pretty old now but i think after Desmond's story was finished they should've started a new trilogy with a character similar to desmond but not an exact copy with their own goals etc and a new time period
Ye I am playing origins rn and I’m not a major fan of the present day stuff bc I’m so invested in ancient Egypt that I don’t like Being pulled out of it😂
I don’t understand the people who say “I hate the modern day story, just give me historical stuff. Without this there is no context for anything that’s happening. I really wish this story wasn’t basically abandoned. Fortunately the way Odyssey ended opens up several possibilities if they actually stick with it
I liked the modern day storyline, but since Desmond it doesn't feel like there is any goal in the modern day. I think games set completely in the past are fine, so mant events happened that shaped our world today could be told through the perspective of assassins and templars
I would love to see u explain every game one by one. Like what Ezio did in Italy in the 15th century and what Arno did during the French Revolution and what parts did those Templar's play in the Templar machine back then. Great idea for a series after Origins release imo.
I played AC with Ezio on my pc a couple years ago and that's the only AC i played .. I bought a ps4 recently and now I'm struggling and asking my self can I buy the AC Origin because I don't know do I have to play couple of the last AC series to understand the story or is it just a brand new story by every AC part ? Sorry if the question is stupid ☺
Yeah, YOU ARE A DOPE! Shut up idiot! When YOU eventually realise you need to complete the engish word to communicate to human beings, its gonna be too late! You won't be able to correct your mistake and you will have stuffed up all that other humans tried to create. You'll have to retrain humans to speak words! And read and write engish!
What made assassins creed assassins creed was the present story. We had a very good concept and a reason why we were assassins. Now we don t know anything. We have some random scenes from the present in each game that don t make any sense to us. Odissey seems like a very good and fun game, and i hope it is, but it will never have the concept of the first assassins creed games. I hope they realize it soon. I believe the answer to all this problems is a fucking super well told present carachter. Rememember: altair, ezio auditore and connor were just means for desmond to save the world and help the gods. Where are the gods now? Do you still get the assasins creed feelling of the first games? Why are we doing this? What is going on in the game world? The creed, in my opinion, is dead and it is a shame since it is what made assasins creed a masterpiece. Don t get me wrong, i am fine with the new rpg concept. But it would be better if ubisoft created a unique style for assasisns creed just like naughty dog did with the last of us and ancharted. That would take much more time. And not just 1 or 2 years, but maybe 3 or 4 or even 5 years. But that would be too much time for both stupid fans, and ubisoft. AC is just a money machine. All i am sorry about is the potential the initial idea had... I still have hope one day all this will happen. I am a super assssins creed fan(my favourite game) and watching it suffer since unity hurts me.
Twisted with Sarcasm and she was boring as all hell. I literally can’t remember anything about her modern bits. All I remember is the end when William shows up. They couldn’t have made her introduction any worse. Hell, I think some of the shitty syndicate modern day cutscenes were better than her.
Steven Ritter Fans said the same thing about Desmond. Always complaining about how boring he was, and saying they should just get rid of the modern day. Well, Ubi in response pretty much gave fans what they wanted. He was killed off, and the modern day was minimised. Then from Black Flag onto Syndicate, the games have been completely disjointed due to the lack of a modern day protagonist to link the games together. Hardcore fans know that, and have been shouting for better and more cohesive modern day. So. Long story short. I think Layla's introduction is a tentative approach, designed to satisfy hardcore fans of the story/lore but be optional enough for casuals to skip. Just my thoughts though.
Twisted with Sarcasm I see what you are saying but if they wanted to introduce a new protagonist they should have opened with a bang, not a whimper. And am I the only person that liked Desmond?
I was so invested in this story AC1, AC2, AC3 that connected many pieces of Altair...I read the book for Altair that was exact AC3 with more details that the game missed. After AC3 I just stopped following the story, it has gone to shit, the story never concluded, but got dragged down to shit and now AC has lost all the meaning to me...it's just a single player killing game
"you can bet her plan will finally be able to come together within assassin's creed: origins". two games later and Ubisoft still couldn't give less of a shit about the present day story.
@Extinct Reaper. I highly doubt they had Hellenistic Egypt planned back then although they might've though they'd eventually make a game based in Egypt given the fact that it IS the greatest ancient civilization ever and has a rich, well-documented history to dwell into but again, the Eye of Horus is one of the most popular glyphs ever so it might've been added to make the cinematic with the AoE sound more "deep". Same with the few Ancient Greek letters in the cinematic.
So they actually mentioned Desmond's son years before they introduced him in the comics, it's just no-one thought anything of it because 16 was completely loco. Shame they never went anywhere with Eve though, besides that mention in Liberation. An excellent video.
Galina is actually a descendant of Eve. As explained in the video of her mother being hooked into the animus being controlled by Juno. And during AC revelations where you're playing as Clay in the animus Island, during one of the puzzle sequences, you can hear Adam and Eve discussing the rebellion
I feel like the whole Desmond segement was explained well and thorough, but everything after that... WAT? Really hope this video will be remade for the new AC Valhalla game - couldnt make much sense from origins and odessy videos I found on youtube and I feel like you will be the best guy to sum up the story up until the new Valhalla game.
Im a long time AC fan (since AC 2) I have played ever game of the series and have completed every game to 100% sync. Its my favourite franchise but the recent games lost the AC identity I think. Even though I didnt like Unity and Syndicate quite so much, I was so used to a yearly release that the year off really showed me that this is still my favourite franchise. The year off really helped the franchise even though I really missed it. For me what made AC special is the combination of modern day and some ancestor in the past. This magic really fell of for me when Desmond died in 3 and it was just every other game mostly. I am so excited to play Origins because I think from what ive seen it really has that magic again and hope they can continue the modern day in a logic way with all the mystic elements of the 1. ziv and all that good stuff. I wish you guys a great time playing Origins and hope you will have as much fun as me. And of course great video Lazerzz :D waiting for your Origins playthrough.
St4rkill3r I started on ac1 when it came out skipped two and got brotherhood and so on up to ac4 then lost interest after unity i pre ordered ac origins today though so I'm hoping it'll be amazing!
Ah man, you were doing SO well until the Black Flag section!! The Observatory IS mentioned again, in Unity's Modern Day Assassin Intel. John Standish was shot, he didn't kill himself. You even showed the clip of that happening. It's 'Gaina VORONINA', not 'Verona.' Plus you kind of need to detail the Uprising series. Very important to the entire story. Otherwise, amazing video!
I don't favor the modern day story that much, you just briefly play as another initiate. I don't think Ubisoft really "listened" to the community on that part. Besides that, everything was a blast my dude
Great explanation, haven’t played assassin creed since revelations and I’m thinking origins will bring me back, needed to know what’s been happening and you did it very well, thanks man
The first civilization,so advanced could even control human free will through some device,yet didn’t have the technology to build a space shuttle/rocket to flee those catastrophe?
@@SiaSeeya_ considering they have a sixth sense which seems connected with the concept of time itself and they could predict the moment and time when they would meet with the modern time protagonist and even leave him messages like in the tombs in AC Origins adressed to Layla(it even mentions how her animus is amazing). They seem to have powers that should render predicting the coming and the outcome of a catastrophe pretty easy, many years before it happens.
rayX98 They probably did know what was gonna happen but the war between them and the proto humans might’ve distracted them from actually trying to prevent the issue.
Still sad that they killed Desmond of because some people were complaining about him. But thanks for the Video, really well done and great to catch up since it has been a few years since I last played some of the Ac Games and did forget a few things. You just got yourself a new sub.
Great video! As someone who loves the series, but showed up late (black flag) without time or money to play the whole series, I really appreciate you putting this story together for me. I wish I was able to play the first five games since most of the story seems to be within those games, and playing 3 made little sense without knowing what was happening.
Dylan McBeth Well, if you are wanting to start from the beginning, you should either start with the first, or AC 2. Assassin's Creed 2 is such a fantastic Story.
Dylan McBeth I got the first few games up until Revelations in this game pack that cost about €20 :) you could look for it online maybe they still sell it!
i used to play this game religiously as a kid and being that i was a kid, i never fully understood or tried to take in the story line and plot that was happening, it’s nice to have so many dots connect and light bulbs go off as i watch :)
Justin Rios I’m pretty sure they have given up on the modern story. They are now just throwing out a half assed modern story to quiet those of us who enjoy the modern story and are actually intrigued by it.
Apparently in assassins creed oddesy the main protagonist is the descendant of a first civilization person, which could and most likely be desmond’s son. so oddesy might be the game to tie all of them together
@Nick Seychel I really enjoy their shift in focus. I'd rather focus on the historical aspect anyways, its refreshing in this market oversaturated with FPS and battle royale games.
I thought the story and lore was getting more ridiculous s they went along, but hearing this all put in order it sounds like a proper well made sci-fi story. Thanks, Gret vid ^^
Well the first 25 minutes he talks about desmond's story which was actually very good. From then on the modern story really gets weird sadly. And now we have a game where the main protagonist spends the entire game in a cave with nothing happening. I hope the modern story will ever get going
People were probably annoyed like me, that they didnt get to continue to play as the assassins for a time because that's all they wanted to do. But understanding the story was important and thats why people got so into the series. So they come back to watch how everything has worked out over the past years as time progresses.
I still can’t believe that they completely wrapped up Juno’s story in the comics, something that they spend so much time on in the games was just thrown off to the side
What I like about the story is the Bayek and Aya duo fit perfect for the theme of Assassin's Creed important members and historical figures like Altaïr and Ezio: Sacrifise Despite the love that they still feel for each other (they did not 'break up' as most people claim), they realise that throughout their journey together, they became aware of the chaos in the world and that a bigger cause has called for their actions. So in order to serve the greater good, they sacrifise the love they have for each other and follow a new path that awaits for both of them: The Path of the Hidden Ones. Their theme of sacrifising something important fits the Assassin masters Altaïr and Ezio and together with Bayek they form the three most key members of the entire Assassin's Creed franchise. Altaïr was raised as an assassin and is the one who stopped the corruption of Al Mualim in the creed. After obtaining the Piece of Eden, he sacrifised the normal life he could have lived with his wife and son and still stood up to Abbas' rebellion and even years afterwards he still served the Creed and stopped Abbas. Ezio never had a choice about joining the assassins. He fell in it due to the actions of his parents and them being targeted by Rodrigo Borgia. Ezio wasted most of his life in order to get revenge for the death of his father and brothers. After being freed from the thought of revenge, Ezio made a choice: to sacrifise the life he could have had after his revenge and instead he choose to spread the Renaissance and Assassin ideals of independence and free will throughout the Italy and later on throughout the entire world. He saves cities from the Tempelars, takes a quest to rediscover the lost history of the the Order. All key members of the Creed sacrifised their personal feelings and motives for the greater good. That's why I think that Bayek and Aya, father and mother of the Assassin's Creed, are the perfect role models and creators of the Creed. Even during the story we see them develop. Bayek starts his quest for vengeance and is pretty bland about any motive that involves rulers or pretty much anything that doesn't have to do with his revenge for the death of his son. However, during this journey he finds that the world has need for something bigger that truly serves the people and exterminates the evil that exists in the world.
Liked, shared, and subbed. Last AC I played and was invested in was revelations. I couldn't get into 3, I didn't like the setting so I just didn't get far. But this video was amazing to understand what's happening in the modern day story. Great video man thanks.
Ok so first of all, this video is brilliant and you've done an incredible job. It left me with a couple pieces of food for thought: Even though Lucy was a Templar and Juno led Desmond to kill her, why wouldn't Juno want the templars to get the apple anyways? Is it because she knew that Desmond would let her free anyways?
Juno knew Desmond would use the apple to open the grand temple. From there Juno would lead Desmond to the key. If Lucy wouldn't have been killed the templars would have gotten the Apple and the temple would have never been opened. Hope this helped
and you need to know that Desmond was the only person who can search connor memories so he's the only person who can find the key to free Juno. so with out Desmond she will never be free , earth get destroyed, and she'll maybe need to wait for another 17000 years to even think of freedom again . ^_^
Thank you guys for confirming that. I always associated the Templars with the Isu because of their ties to the instruments of the first will. But considering the instruments are more of a mutual enemy between assassins and Templars I had to second guess myself.
This was such a good video about what happend in the past Ac Games. Btw, in Assassin’s Creed Reflections (a 4 part comicbook series by TitanComics) Otsoberg is looking into the DNA of Ezio, Darim, Connor and Edward. I still don’t know why but it is interesting. And James again, this was such a good video! Keep up the Good work
Cheers man I never finished Syndicate even though I loved the character's in it and I've just started playing Origins with the announcement of Odyssey with so many games your video video is exactly what I needed to refresh my memory of the story (still a little hard to follow after the events of 3 😂) but thank you for making this video
I found your channel after finishing the main story and Hidden Ones DLC for Origins and I can't stop watching your videos. I've played only about half of the series myself so hearing the way you explain the holes I'm missing is a huge relief. Subbed.
As someone who kind of skidaddled through the series (Only played AC2, Brotherhood, AC3, Black Flag, and a bit of Unity), this video is so very appreciated.
Oh and Otso Berg wanted to share Shay's memories because Otso Berg wanted to show 3 things to the Assassins. 1. When backed into a corner, the Assassins react in exactly the way they are supposed to be fighting against. Wanting to control situations that best suits them. 2. He wanted to make the Assassins pay so thought trolololol (?) 3. He's a bit loopy.
This is a SUPERB recap. With the plot holes and everything lmao. Thank you very much, I'm trying to get back to the games after a few years and this was really necessary.
Really glad you made this man! Playing origins at the moment and haven't played the other games in order so this has nicely brought me up to speed, I'm subbing for this alone. Loving the game as well.
the ultimate jared Abstergo is Ubisoft in the Assassin creed universe (I think it a subdivision since the templars controls just about everything) they confirmed it themselves.
To be honest they kind of did canonically speaking Black Flag (the game was probably released after the Observatory search), Unity and Syndicate are games that have been released by Abstergo Entertainment. And honestly I don't think the main Abstergo branch cares that much they just use the money from the game sales to fund their other projects.
I just want to say I was really impressed with this video. Lately, I've been trying to get into the assassins creed story again but it's been hard with all the games. Although this video subs things up greatly, thank you so much.
Thanks so much for this! Going to finally start Origins this weekend (yeah I'm behind) and this was a nice way to refresh what came before. Great work!
From 1 to 3 personally are master piece (specially 2 and 3) the stories are compelling (in and out of the animus) and the music is beautiful. After Desmond died everything went to shit, i tried to keep up with the story but it was impossible to me and what is worse all the leading characters are forgettable.
Much appreciated! I started playing these games when I was 7, when they first came out. Back then, I didn’t care for the cinematics but man now I was so confused as to what was happening.. Thank. You!
The story between Assassin's Creed 1 - 3 can be compared to the story between 4 - Syndicate as Marvel vs DC The MCU is a massive story told over many movies and it's clear that great planning went into each movie so the overall story made sense by the end (all the side plots in all the films find narrative threads in Avengers 3 +4) The DCEU keeps pumping out random crap each year with no overall goal or plan, hoping to strike gold one day so they can have something to cash in on (isnt it weird that Wonder Woman is the latest solo film yet is the only one with a sequel?)
The animus is science fiction sure, but it isn't that far fetched. Instinct being "genetic memory" and being able to tap into that isn't impossible to believe. This could be a real thing and we don't know it yet. We already know that most creatures on earth have it to some level. Animals and insects that don't have the ability to be taught or learn already know what it was born to do.
The #1 reason why AC2 is my favorite game in the franchise is that both the history aspect & the modern aspect were very fun. I remember having a blast playing as Desmond and was genuinely excited as to where the modern-day story is gonna go. Now I'm like "whatever just get me back inside animus". This is primarily why I think the series lost its charm - it's not RPG, it's not Spartans, or Vikings, or whatever, it's literally the fact that Desmond - a guy who I've considered the MAIN CHARACTER no longer exists and the modern-day story became an absolute clusterfuck 😜
FREE WILL DEFENDER Because making content on one franchise again and again is tedious. He would have continued it if the modern day was still good like before but there is nothing good in the modern day to make a video on. Even in the first 26 minutes was about the games which had really good modern day and the last 7 minutes are games which had shot modern day. From this you can tell how good the modern day was before.
Thank you so much for this. I played all of the games up to AC4 back in middle and high school, however as a grade school teen, I was all about the graphics, wrecking large groups of soldiers, and the missions to kill higher ups. I really didn't care or pay attention to the story that much, was invested for the fighting, weaponry, and scenery I suppose. Played half of Unity and got bored honestly but now a college upperclassmen I got Origins because I love Ancient Egypt and the old Assassin's Creed games so let's give it a shot. Origins was one of the best games I've ever played and as opposed to my grade school self I paid attention to the story and was very invested. I'm now hooked back into the series and decided I want an in-depth look into the overarching story. This video was perfect as it went back through the old games I already played and gave the main story points that I glossed over the time I played them. Thank you so much for this video as it clarified pretty much everything and the next couple AC games that come out I will be able to enjoy the story and the combat (I might even go back and play the Ezio trilogy again and actually be invested in the story).
Assassin's Creed was promising up until AC 3. Loved the game, but the end of Desmond made the franchise treat the story into a mythology. I'm willing to bet we'll never get a proper explanation with Abstergo's involvement with the first civilization.
Assassin's Creed lost me the moment I saw Desmond was not coming back. For a time there there were theories about how Desmond could've used the Apple to create a copy of himself and it was that copy that activated Juno device or that he hadn't died seeing the footages that show him dead shown signs of when the apple was used to create illusions. But what we actually got was past adventures characters that don't connect in any way and again no Desmond. So yeah... Ubisoft pretty much shot itself when they killed Desmond without any real backup plan for him. And from what I was told of the Assassin's Creed Origins game again nothing really worthwhile happens outside the Animus.
Theres still chance to bring him back(in theory), but his voice actor went to Uncharted. It could explain why they let him die...he might just ask for too much money, but thats just my thoughts.
Outstanding video, well done mate! With that being said, It would have been nice to add which game correlates with the story. Nevertheless, this is amazing content.
A 30 minute video? Unsubbing.
UbiCentral same
sarcasm, i hope
Is that attention span waning? Cannot focus on a video more than 10 minutes? Meh!!!
Of course I am joking, and I knew you was only joking too. I mean, it would hypocritical of you to unsubscribe because a video was 30 minutes, when the majority of your own videos are about the same length lol
Hugo Filiatrault Yes, it's sarcasm
desmond opens his eyes and see the graphics had changed
Looool
This comment in underrated. XD
@@prateekrajpal2365 XD its been a year and getting comments on this comment now XD
@@shahzaibali4911 Dude. I fought with my parents to get me new graphics card. XD And I noticed a great leap of graphics from revelations to AC 3. i was actually making my own concept for an ac game so I was looking around these videos. And then your comment is just phenomenol xD
@@prateekrajpal2365 XD. man i respect that
*Plot Twist*
Abstergo is Ubisoft
Holy shit woah.
Eight guys let's dress in white robes and hidden blades and attack ubisoft
@@Mr.Crawlyo let's fuckin do it
Mysteries And Thoughts and who tf is helix
Let’s raid Ubisoft with our assassins outfits
first 25 min = got it got it yea makes sense got it.
last 5 min = who dis who dat huh what wtf is going on who?
factttttttttt
Lmao me too
Yeah...the last part went down the shitter.
I feel you.
Same
26 mins for the 1st 4 installments
7 mins for the next 5 installments
Just goes to show how deep the story is going (sarcasm intended)
Well I mean Desmond is one story, the games after him kinda jump around, focusing on the historical characters instead of the modern-day people
It's so stupid! People were made to care about Desmond because he has been in 4 games and then they just kill him off and don't even follow along with the plot of the remaining Assassins in the modern time. What the fuck?!
Just when the modern day stuff was getting really fun and interesting they threw it all away with Desmond's death. Modern day plot is so boring and irrelevant now
I miss Shaun and Rebecca
@@Jousten16 actually desmond has 5 games
I miss Desmond, Lucy, Shawn, Rebecca, the modern day's just not been the same
But Shawn and Rebbeca were never gone. What the fuck are you talking about?
maybe he's talking about when they team up together like in AC:2 and brotherhood
Ammar Khan agreed except for Shaun. Fuck him
@@iLLBiLLsRoastBeats Shaun is actually best chracter in group.
Well, bit too much of Sheldon Cooper sometimes, but hes only one with sense for humor there.
Lucy was going to betray Desmond and the other assassins. She was going to take the Apple of Eden and give to abstergo!
I've learned more about the assassin's creed story from this video than actually playing the games.
I learned more about history playing AC than actual history class
@@Mr.Crawlyo YES ME TOO
I am a. New player and don’t feel like starting from AC one, I just got origins and am watching this video to catch up on the story so this video is very 👌
@@Bbell47 You should play AC One, and The Ezio Trilogy.
@@StarWarsTalkShow Good, job sir.
Who else stopped trying to understand the story after Assassins Creed 3 ?
I got confused asf after 3
Me lol
@@jmeistur2879 Mee too
me too
@Rick Sanchez yeah going from Ezio to that colonial American garbage was difficult. Origins was awesome though I hope odyssey is even better
From someone who has played almost every Assassin's creed with 100% completion and loved ever minute of it, that was hands down by far the best recap of any game history EVER lol grate job dude
Dus Berserker lol I remember I only got like 27% completion on Ac3,I was trash back then😂
Lol yeah seeing it was the 1st game I got and played on my 1st xbox (was a PS man but been xbox ever since) had a connection and loyalty to the series, plus just loved everything about them. Don't mind the new combat system in origins but miss being able to do sick finishers on all enemy's when out numbered 7-1 😜
The other games I get, but I doubt anyone in the world has ever collected all the flags and killed all the Templars in AC1...... If you have, then I bow before you
You started speaking a different language after you described the death of Desmond.
Facts
I got lost
his soul was depleted
Honestly after desmonds death everything gets so confusing
1:26 “you are an assassin and this is our cream” thanks subtitles
Its pretty whole compared to the corn video by slimicide
Nooooo Bayek
Now I cant fucking unhear it.
not the best slogan for your growing dairy business, but it does the job.
The fact that Desmond’s head shape and face changed oddly in the sequels really got on my nerves.
Pepsolman same
They properly captured the face of the actor in AC3, so Desmond in that game is supposed to look pretty much exactly like him
oh my god yes
@@_ratsoup1348 Francisco Randez is the face model, scans of his face were used for Desmond
You can tell that as time went on, the games had better graphics and Desmond looks more and more like Francisco
nut face
It wasn’t until I sat and watched this video I realized how insane the Assassins creed universe is.
Sadnly, around 80% of people play AC only for characters and their depth when it's not the main priority.
@@danielantony1882 Agreed, that's the main problem. The main reason why people keep complaining about the game but they don't have any clue at all about what really happen.
LUCY got killed off when Kristen Bell started to get good movie roles.
Damn the story got confusing af after ac3
@Cesar Lopez true the sory stopped at the end of AC3 and we got nothing after that ... we still at the point of Desmond death where the whole story died with him .
@@leonardocaelum4581 it continues in the shitty comics
@Jerome Langi
How so?
The story ended in AC3 that was it now it's nothing but back stories to the beginning of the games we know
That's because ubisoft has no idea what to do with the story going forward. Their only focused on milking this franchise till it dies.
Man the modern-day story started out so well but then quickly descended into a confusing mess due to franchise milking. They should've just made a coherent AC trilogy and then switched to a new era-hopping franchise
RealMuthaF shut your fucking mout
@@vlone1595 lol why are you so fucking pissed
Aykay I wouldn’t even bother asking seeing as it was 7 months ago :/
@@vlone1595 fuck is your problem. He is right. With Miles the story had cohesion and a purpose that was driven by lineage and faith. Now it's up for grabs by pretty much anyone. Narrowing everything down to Miles gave us a feeling of being chosen and would entice us into following his story. Now it turns out no ome is special and it just gets boring with any old rag tag off the street individual like in black flag.
Sadly there making AC a FULL complete never ending series like call of duty. SO get used to it.
But seriously this is ridiculously well made. Inspiring and pushing other content creators to do better once again!
Kevin Factor
thats an oof
Wrong! Capitalism DOESN'T work that way! There's a bunch of humans PREYING ON YOU! That's what reality is for you! You're a cashed up cow! Soon all your money will be gone! You are NOT going to be sociable with ANTI-social gamers! You're sick in the head!
This video shows the reason i love this franchise...it's not just a game, it's...i don't know...it's something special, it's just so special! And btw, great video James...one of your bests so far...the time, work and passion you've put into it really shows in the video...congrats mate
Vinny Souza considering that some characters are real and assassins would have lived at one point in time and all Ubisoft has done is take those assassins and put them in different periods of time, yes it isn't just a game and it is real but not in the exact same way...
Btw real characters include the borgia family, niccolo Machiavelli, caterina sforza, Leonardo da Vinci, Robespierre, March read, Charles lee and many more...
I have a love and hate relationship with this series xD
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love me JG
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28:03
*"He was cornered and killed himself by shooting himself in the head"*
*_*Gets shot by security_**
Ah... yeah.... when I was writing the script I recalled that scene wrong it seems
21:33 that gave me the chills so fast that last cry from the baby was pretty well done
When I was a kid and Mineerva or whoever started talking to Desmond I lost my shit haha.
Lol I played it for the first time last week and had the same reaction 😂
I think they should make an alternate timeline Assassin's Creed game where the world ended and Desmond leads humanity to rebuild civilization.
Tyler F sounds way better than the clusterfuck that the current story is
+marshall branin I don't think the whole world got nuked
Oof
That would be fuckin sick
That would be awesome
I miss Desmond
He’s in the Apple
Says no one ever.
Shadow Assassin it was about time he died honestly
Never forget
I feel like the Retransmission in AC Origins hints at Desmond being revived
Thank you so much for doing this. I had to give up playing the games because I have nerve damage in my left hand due to a tumor. I was able to play up until Syndicate and then I couldn't play anymore. Thank god for youtube creators!
I really can recommend Andy Gilleand, he makes amazing game movies, especially about assassins creed. They are 3-5 hours long and it's like playing the game and watching a movie the same time!
@@ferox3334 Thank you so much! :) xxx
Lawren Haggerty I actually have a friend who found a custom designed controller for 1 hand you should look into it
The Modern Day story in 4, Rogue, Unity, and Syndicate is so lacking that this video just boils it down to 10 seconds for each explaining why your character is playing a video game and in the end some people you don’t care about kill each other and now Abstergo has some shroud. Ubisoft screwed up big time by listening to casual gamers that hate the modern day sections. If they don’t want to continue the story of the previous games they should just make a new franchise that is entirely set in the past instead of gutting what hardcore fans loved about this one
Tom Seriously I mean, I do think the present day sections were boring gameplay-wise. But I was still invested in the story. What they should’ve done is make the present day story cutscenes-only. (Don’t hate me, I enjoyed watching hours of cutscenes in MGS4)
I know this comment is pretty old now but i think after Desmond's story was finished they should've started a new trilogy with a character similar to desmond but not an exact copy with their own goals etc and a new time period
I absolutely loved Desmonds story. I both loved playing it and it had great value story wise. I was so curious how everything will turn out
Ye I am playing origins rn and I’m not a major fan of the present day stuff bc I’m so invested in ancient Egypt that I don’t like Being pulled out of it😂
I don’t understand the people who say “I hate the modern day story, just give me historical stuff. Without this there is no context for anything that’s happening. I really wish this story wasn’t basically abandoned. Fortunately the way Odyssey ended opens up several possibilities if they actually stick with it
I liked the modern day storyline, but since Desmond it doesn't feel like there is any goal in the modern day. I think games set completely in the past are fine, so mant events happened that shaped our world today could be told through the perspective of assassins and templars
I would love to see u explain every game one by one. Like what Ezio did in Italy in the 15th century and what Arno did during the French Revolution and what parts did those Templar's play in the Templar machine back then. Great idea for a series after Origins release imo.
Just play the games
I played AC with Ezio on my pc a couple years ago and that's the only AC i played .. I bought a ps4 recently and now I'm struggling and asking my self can I buy the AC Origin because I don't know do I have to play couple of the last AC series to understand the story or is it just a brand new story by every AC part ? Sorry if the question is stupid ☺
Mirvet Begovic you might miss a few references but nothing too serious
Dope video man. Subbed ;)
Yeah, YOU ARE A DOPE! Shut up idiot! When YOU eventually realise you need to complete the engish word to communicate to human beings, its gonna be too late! You won't be able to correct your mistake and you will have stuffed up all that other humans tried to create. You'll have to retrain humans to speak words! And read and write engish!
Dreyn 77 what the fuck
You're gonna have to turn your brain on! Nobody knows what you're talking about.
Dreyn 77 no you are mistaken YOU are the one nobody know what YOU are saying
@@dreyn7780 It was pretty clear what he meant. How are your pathetic anger issues doing? Wow. 🙄
Everything became fuzzy after Desmond's death...
What made assassins creed assassins creed was the present story. We had a very good concept and a reason why we were assassins. Now we don t know anything. We have some random scenes from the present in each game that don t make any sense to us. Odissey seems like a very good and fun game, and i hope it is, but it will never have the concept of the first assassins creed games. I hope they realize it soon. I believe the answer to all this problems is a fucking super well told present carachter. Rememember: altair, ezio auditore and connor were just means for desmond to save the world and help the gods. Where are the gods now? Do you still get the assasins creed feelling of the first games? Why are we doing this? What is going on in the game world? The creed, in my opinion, is dead and it is a shame since it is what made assasins creed a masterpiece. Don t get me wrong, i am fine with the new rpg concept. But it would be better if ubisoft created a unique style for assasisns creed just like naughty dog did with the last of us and ancharted. That would take much more time. And not just 1 or 2 years, but maybe 3 or 4 or even 5 years. But that would be too much time for both stupid fans, and ubisoft. AC is just a money machine. All i am sorry about is the potential the initial idea had... I still have hope one day all this will happen. I am a super assssins creed fan(my favourite game) and watching it suffer since unity hurts me.
Umm, Origins introduced Layla Hassan as the new modern day protagonist, and she continues in Odyssey
AC is no longer the same in oddesy
Twisted with Sarcasm and she was boring as all hell. I literally can’t remember anything about her modern bits. All I remember is the end when William shows up. They couldn’t have made her introduction any worse. Hell, I think some of the shitty syndicate modern day cutscenes were better than her.
Steven Ritter
Fans said the same thing about Desmond. Always complaining about how boring he was, and saying they should just get rid of the modern day.
Well, Ubi in response pretty much gave fans what they wanted. He was killed off, and the modern day was minimised.
Then from Black Flag onto Syndicate, the games have been completely disjointed due to the lack of a modern day protagonist to link the games together.
Hardcore fans know that, and have been shouting for better and more cohesive modern day.
So. Long story short. I think Layla's introduction is a tentative approach, designed to satisfy hardcore fans of the story/lore but be optional enough for casuals to skip.
Just my thoughts though.
Twisted with Sarcasm I see what you are saying but if they wanted to introduce a new protagonist they should have opened with a bang, not a whimper. And am I the only person that liked Desmond?
I was so invested in this story AC1, AC2, AC3 that connected many pieces of Altair...I read the book for Altair that was exact AC3 with more details that the game missed. After AC3 I just stopped following the story, it has gone to shit, the story never concluded, but got dragged down to shit and now AC has lost all the meaning to me...it's just a single player killing game
Looks like you were liking AC only becuse of Characters.
Daniel Antony you mean like 70% of the reason why you like a story, because of the compelling characters.
@@tangerinetech5300 Charcters of AC are good. But they're not the main plot point that the story evolves around.
Same. I clocked out after ezio
You're wrong but ok. Lol your loss
If the modern day in Origins is just a two minute cutscene with a person telling us why we are going into the Animus again I’m gonna be pissed lol.
Origins director said in various interviews that if you liked the modern day sections of AC3 you will like the modern day sections of Origins.
Layla
Yeah well it got leaked we playing as chick in modern day in Egypt.
That is interesting,i would love to quack around xD
Thomas Doran Yeah
You said it took a lot of work in your earlier videos...... and it sure paid off!! It's nearly like a small documentary😉
"you can bet her plan will finally be able to come together within assassin's creed: origins". two games later and Ubisoft still couldn't give less of a shit about the present day story.
i just realized when desmond touches the apple before kiling lucy, you see the medjay symbol.
holy shit man
The eye of Horus? That’s not the medjay symbol. It was an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection.
@@BC-on7uf well you know what I mean. Its the same symbol. So Egypt was planned from the beginning.
@Extinct Reaper. I highly doubt they had Hellenistic Egypt planned back then although they might've though they'd eventually make a game based in Egypt given the fact that it IS the greatest ancient civilization ever and has a rich, well-documented history to dwell into but again, the Eye of Horus is one of the most popular glyphs ever so it might've been added to make the cinematic with the AoE sound more "deep". Same with the few Ancient Greek letters in the cinematic.
The original AC story was so deeply thought out.
I miss Desmond I hate that he died. I hope they bring him back someway to fight Juno
I miss him too. The message that he recorded for his parents makes me tear up.
Osoarrogant JOJOWORLD He was dissected, he's not coming back
Shroud of ex n so pong as a bit of him remains he can return holy shit the artifacts of eden are broken
Osoarrogant JOJOWORLD im glad he died i hated modern day so i was happy he died
that dude gamer. Wtf wjy modern days aee more interesting
James this video was so well put together I enjoyed every second you've really out done you self here!!
So they actually mentioned Desmond's son years before they introduced him in the comics, it's just no-one thought anything of it because 16 was completely loco. Shame they never went anywhere with Eve though, besides that mention in Liberation. An excellent video.
Galina is actually a descendant of Eve. As explained in the video of her mother being hooked into the animus being controlled by Juno. And during AC revelations where you're playing as Clay in the animus Island, during one of the puzzle sequences, you can hear Adam and Eve discussing the rebellion
A GREAT VIDEO, i found it extremely informative - i needed it because i didn't play some of the games
I feel like the whole Desmond segement was explained well and thorough, but everything after that... WAT?
Really hope this video will be remade for the new AC Valhalla game - couldnt make much sense from origins and odessy videos I found on youtube and I feel like you will be the best guy to sum up the story up until the new Valhalla game.
Im a long time AC fan (since AC 2) I have played ever game of the series and have completed every game to 100% sync. Its my favourite franchise but the recent games lost the AC identity I think. Even though I didnt like Unity and Syndicate quite so much, I was so used to a yearly release that the year off really showed me that this is still my favourite franchise. The year off really helped the franchise even though I really missed it. For me what made AC special is the combination of modern day and some ancestor in the past. This magic really fell of for me when Desmond died in 3 and it was just every other game mostly. I am so excited to play Origins because I think from what ive seen it really has that magic again and hope they can continue the modern day in a logic way with all the mystic elements of the 1. ziv and all that good stuff. I wish you guys a great time playing Origins and hope you will have as much fun as me. And of course great video Lazerzz :D waiting for your Origins playthrough.
St4rkill3r I started on ac1 when it came out skipped two and got brotherhood and so on up to ac4 then lost interest after unity i pre ordered ac origins today though so I'm hoping it'll be amazing!
Well. We got a new character atleast... even if nothing happened in the modern story... AGAIN.
St4rkill3r so what do you think of it? I stopped playing after Black Flag because it just became too convoluted. Should I get Origins?
Just was wondering 2 things. Where did brotherhood play into this? And what happened plot wise in origins ?
Ah man, you were doing SO well until the Black Flag section!!
The Observatory IS mentioned again, in Unity's Modern Day Assassin Intel.
John Standish was shot, he didn't kill himself. You even showed the clip of that happening.
It's 'Gaina VORONINA', not 'Verona.'
Plus you kind of need to detail the Uprising series. Very important to the entire story.
Otherwise, amazing video!
Robin Elms Thank you, somebody else caught that.
Well it IS technically him killing himself since he didn't surrender
YOU ARE THE BEST. Worth Spending 30 mins rather than buying and understanding Assassin's creed and not understanding some parts. Thanks to you man.
Perfect breakdown and commentary that’s funny without trying to hard or making too many jokes. Good job dude! Subbed
A 30 minute video, be right back let me just go get the Popcorn
next week can't fucking wait who's else is excited
Game is way better than I was expecting honestly.
TheGreeny490 I do agree it was too Damn short
I don't favor the modern day story that much, you just briefly play as another initiate. I don't think Ubisoft really "listened" to the community on that part. Besides that, everything was a blast my dude
Great explanation, haven’t played assassin creed since revelations and I’m thinking origins will bring me back, needed to know what’s been happening and you did it very well, thanks man
Best recap og Assassin's i have seen. You really make this complex story comprehensive. Thank you for the fine work. Cheers
The first civilization,so advanced could even control human free will through some device,yet didn’t have the technology to build a space shuttle/rocket to flee those catastrophe?
They never expected the end to happen
@@SiaSeeya_ considering they have a sixth sense which seems connected with the concept of time itself and they could predict the moment and time when they would meet with the modern time protagonist and even leave him messages like in the tombs in AC Origins adressed to Layla(it even mentions how her animus is amazing).
They seem to have powers that should render predicting the coming and the outcome of a catastrophe pretty easy, many years before it happens.
rayX98 They probably did know what was gonna happen but the war between them and the proto humans might’ve distracted them from actually trying to prevent the issue.
Well then they might have also foreseen that life is not possible on other planets and saving earth is their best shot
Why does an entire race being destroyed look so goddamb epic.
They wanna flex how they looked better than anyone else in 2011
Still sad that they killed Desmond of because some people were complaining about him.
But thanks for the Video, really well done and great to catch up since it has been a few years since I last played some of the Ac Games and did forget a few things.
You just got yourself a new sub.
Great video! As someone who loves the series, but showed up late (black flag) without time or money to play the whole series, I really appreciate you putting this story together for me. I wish I was able to play the first five games since most of the story seems to be within those games, and playing 3 made little sense without knowing what was happening.
Dylan McBeth Well, if you are wanting to start from the beginning, you should either start with the first, or AC 2. Assassin's Creed 2 is such a fantastic Story.
Dylan McBeth I got the first few games up until Revelations in this game pack that cost about €20 :) you could look for it online maybe they still sell it!
@@Savelion what is it called
i used to play this game religiously as a kid and being that i was a kid, i never fully understood or tried to take in the story line and plot that was happening, it’s nice to have so many dots connect and light bulbs go off as i watch :)
Does the franchise even continue the story or are they just ignoring the story arc and making new unnecessary stories
Justin Rios I’m pretty sure they have given up on the modern story. They are now just throwing out a half assed modern story to quiet those of us who enjoy the modern story and are actually intrigued by it.
Apparently in assassins creed oddesy the main protagonist is the descendant of a first civilization person, which could and most likely be desmond’s son. so oddesy might be the game to tie all of them together
The latter.
@Nick Seychel I really enjoy their shift in focus. I'd rather focus on the historical aspect anyways, its refreshing in this market oversaturated with FPS and battle royale games.
@@IamMissPronounced but you know some unique story elements would be nice aswell
I thought the story and lore was getting more ridiculous s they went along, but hearing this all put in order it sounds like a proper well made sci-fi story. Thanks, Gret vid ^^
Well the first 25 minutes he talks about desmond's story which was actually very good. From then on the modern story really gets weird sadly. And now we have a game where the main protagonist spends the entire game in a cave with nothing happening. I hope the modern story will ever get going
Oh god, that felt like 5 minutes D: Nice summary dude!
Im so early that the video is not even playing :/
same
Lol me too
Same
Playing what
Ezio is and always will be the best assasin
MasenTheRipper hell yeah
Yep
True
Was*
I disagree. Edward.
Genetic memories actually do exist. I learnt that recently
So we may have the animus one day?
@@theArab__
No
So excited for origins
I love your accent xD i discovered your channel like yesterday but your videos are really good ;)
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Bzibzi Bebo I found his channel like, 5 minutes ago😂
I like how everyone used to complain about the modern day scenes but now apperently it was the only appeal for the game for people?
People were probably annoyed like me, that they didnt get to continue to play as the assassins for a time because that's all they wanted to do. But understanding the story was important and thats why people got so into the series. So they come back to watch how everything has worked out over the past years as time progresses.
I still can’t believe that they completely wrapped up Juno’s story in the comics, something that they spend so much time on in the games was just thrown off to the side
What I like about the story is the Bayek and Aya duo fit perfect for the theme of Assassin's Creed important members and historical figures like Altaïr and Ezio: Sacrifise
Despite the love that they still feel for each other (they did not 'break up' as most people claim), they realise that throughout their journey together, they became aware of the chaos in the world and that a bigger cause has called for their actions. So in order to serve the greater good, they sacrifise the love they have for each other and follow a new path that awaits for both of them: The Path of the Hidden Ones.
Their theme of sacrifising something important fits the Assassin masters Altaïr and Ezio and together with Bayek they form the three most key members of the entire Assassin's Creed franchise.
Altaïr was raised as an assassin and is the one who stopped the corruption of Al Mualim in the creed. After obtaining the Piece of Eden, he sacrifised the normal life he could have lived with his wife and son and still stood up to Abbas' rebellion and even years afterwards he still served the Creed and stopped Abbas.
Ezio never had a choice about joining the assassins. He fell in it due to the actions of his parents and them being targeted by Rodrigo Borgia. Ezio wasted most of his life in order to get revenge for the death of his father and brothers. After being freed from the thought of revenge, Ezio made a choice: to sacrifise the life he could have had after his revenge and instead he choose to spread the Renaissance and Assassin ideals of independence and free will throughout the Italy and later on throughout the entire world. He saves cities from the Tempelars, takes a quest to rediscover the lost history of the the Order.
All key members of the Creed sacrifised their personal feelings and motives for the greater good. That's why I think that Bayek and Aya, father and mother of the Assassin's Creed, are the perfect role models and creators of the Creed. Even during the story we see them develop. Bayek starts his quest for vengeance and is pretty bland about any motive that involves rulers or pretty much anything that doesn't have to do with his revenge for the death of his son. However, during this journey he finds that the world has need for something bigger that truly serves the people and exterminates the evil that exists in the world.
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Last AC I played and was invested in was revelations. I couldn't get into 3, I didn't like the setting so I just didn't get far. But this video was amazing to understand what's happening in the modern day story. Great video man thanks.
Ok so first of all, this video is brilliant and you've done an incredible job. It left me with a couple pieces of food for thought: Even though Lucy was a Templar and Juno led Desmond to kill her, why wouldn't Juno want the templars to get the apple anyways? Is it because she knew that Desmond would let her free anyways?
Juno knew Desmond would use the apple to open the grand temple. From there Juno would lead Desmond to the key. If Lucy wouldn't have been killed the templars would have gotten the Apple and the temple would have never been opened. Hope this helped
and you need to know that Desmond was the only person who can search connor memories so he's the only person who can find the key to free Juno.
so with out Desmond she will never be free , earth get destroyed, and she'll maybe need to wait for another 17000 years to even think of freedom again . ^_^
Thank you guys for confirming that. I always associated the Templars with the Isu because of their ties to the instruments of the first will. But considering the instruments are more of a mutual enemy between assassins and Templars I had to second guess myself.
Cuz Juno is a lil bitch.
Siraaj Esbata that's not true.
"The sun...your Son..." Aaaaah so there we go...
This video was just what I needed. The entire assassins creed timeline is hard to keep up with and this is a perfect refresher
This is the first man to ever understand the story of assassins creed and explain in full detail. good man
This was such a good video about what happend in the past Ac Games. Btw, in Assassin’s Creed Reflections (a 4 part comicbook series by TitanComics) Otsoberg is looking into the DNA of Ezio, Darim, Connor and Edward. I still don’t know why but it is interesting. And James again, this was such a good video! Keep up the Good work
Congratulations , you got it out today !!!
what
Cheers man I never finished Syndicate even though I loved the character's in it and I've just started playing Origins with the announcement of Odyssey with so many games your video video is exactly what I needed to refresh my memory of the story (still a little hard to follow after the events of 3 😂) but thank you for making this video
Subbed BTW
I found your channel after finishing the main story and Hidden Ones DLC for Origins and I can't stop watching your videos.
I've played only about half of the series myself so hearing the way you explain the holes I'm missing is a huge relief.
Subbed.
As someone who kind of skidaddled through the series (Only played AC2, Brotherhood, AC3, Black Flag, and a bit of Unity), this video is so very appreciated.
I forgot how good the modern day story is, especially in 1 through 3. So excited to see where it goes in Origins.
Nowhere apparently LOL. Just a new character introduced. Lmao
Loth She joins William Miles so shes going through into the next game
LonesomeCamel it goes to shit fan they should really bring back Desmond
Every modern day story went to shit when Desmond died
Nowhere. Ubisoft doesn't know what to do with it and apparently that will be the case for the next 20 years.
Nice video lad, no ads?
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Oh and Otso Berg wanted to share Shay's memories because Otso Berg wanted to show 3 things to the Assassins.
1. When backed into a corner, the Assassins react in exactly the way they are supposed to be fighting against. Wanting to control situations that best suits them.
2. He wanted to make the Assassins pay so thought trolololol (?)
3. He's a bit loopy.
I think he wanted to scare them.
He wanted to know about the precursor sites -.-
Don't forget that he wanted to show that Assassins can disagree with the Credo.
LEX yes, but he showed the memories too the Assassins, there was more than one use for Shay
This is a SUPERB recap. With the plot holes and everything lmao. Thank you very much, I'm trying to get back to the games after a few years and this was really necessary.
Really glad you made this man! Playing origins at the moment and haven't played the other games in order so this has nicely brought me up to speed, I'm subbing for this alone. Loving the game as well.
The Altair II
NCC - 1701 - D
Hmmm.... google that last bit...
Ubisoft's epic easter egg
Whoa... that is awesome
Tyree Google it
Tyree Why didn’t you just google it straight away
+Daniel B. maybe he was on phone, like me now
The enterprise. I didnt even need to google lol
Why is Abstergo looking a lot like Ubisoft soon abstergo will be selling bad games just for quick cash grab
the ultimate jared Abstergo is Ubisoft in the Assassin creed universe (I think it a subdivision since the templars controls just about everything) they confirmed it themselves.
It’s so meta.
To be honest they kind of did canonically speaking Black Flag (the game was probably released after the Observatory search), Unity and Syndicate are games that have been released by Abstergo Entertainment. And honestly I don't think the main Abstergo branch cares that much they just use the money from the game sales to fund their other projects.
They already push out games just for money.
It annoyed me to no end how the director made Desmond look like himself
I just want to say I was really impressed with this video. Lately, I've been trying to get into the assassins creed story again but it's been hard with all the games. Although this video subs things up greatly, thank you so much.
Thanks so much for this! Going to finally start Origins this weekend (yeah I'm behind) and this was a nice way to refresh what came before. Great work!
Notice how the first 5 games lasted 27 minutes, while the others only 6? That says it all
I’m so glad Assassins Creed Origins is a total different story. Probably one of the best stories for a long time.
James Model I thought it started off very slow but damn was the latter half fantastic
From 1 to 3 personally are master piece (specially 2 and 3) the stories are compelling (in and out of the animus) and the music is beautiful. After Desmond died everything went to shit, i tried to keep up with the story but it was impossible to me and what is worse all the leading characters are forgettable.
You mean 1, 2, brotherhood, revelations?
Much appreciated! I started playing these games when I was 7, when they first came out. Back then, I didn’t care for the cinematics but man now I was so confused as to what was happening.. Thank. You!
I am well behind after a few years abroad, but this was quite helpful as I intend to start Origins this week. Thanks.
The story between Assassin's Creed 1 - 3 can be compared to the story between 4 - Syndicate as Marvel vs DC
The MCU is a massive story told over many movies and it's clear that great planning went into each movie so the overall story made sense by the end (all the side plots in all the films find narrative threads in Avengers 3 +4)
The DCEU keeps pumping out random crap each year with no overall goal or plan, hoping to strike gold one day so they can have something to cash in on (isnt it weird that Wonder Woman is the latest solo film yet is the only one with a sequel?)
The animus is science fiction sure, but it isn't that far fetched. Instinct being "genetic memory" and being able to tap into that isn't impossible to believe. This could be a real thing and we don't know it yet. We already know that most creatures on earth have it to some level. Animals and insects that don't have the ability to be taught or learn already know what it was born to do.
The #1 reason why AC2 is my favorite game in the franchise is that both the history aspect & the modern aspect were very fun. I remember having a blast playing as Desmond and was genuinely excited as to where the modern-day story is gonna go. Now I'm like "whatever just get me back inside animus".
This is primarily why I think the series lost its charm - it's not RPG, it's not Spartans, or Vikings, or whatever, it's literally the fact that Desmond - a guy who I've considered the MAIN CHARACTER no longer exists and the modern-day story became an absolute clusterfuck 😜
Bro idk why you stopped making vids like this. This is why ac fans follow u. Your in depth lore vids are the best
FREE WILL DEFENDER Because making content on one franchise again and again is tedious. He would have continued it if the modern day was still good like before but there is nothing good in the modern day to make a video on. Even in the first 26 minutes was about the games which had really good modern day and the last 7 minutes are games which had shot modern day. From this you can tell how good the modern day was before.
Thank you so much for this. I played all of the games up to AC4 back in middle and high school, however as a grade school teen, I was all about the graphics, wrecking large groups of soldiers, and the missions to kill higher ups. I really didn't care or pay attention to the story that much, was invested for the fighting, weaponry, and scenery I suppose. Played half of Unity and got bored honestly but now a college upperclassmen I got Origins because I love Ancient Egypt and the old Assassin's Creed games so let's give it a shot. Origins was one of the best games I've ever played and as opposed to my grade school self I paid attention to the story and was very invested. I'm now hooked back into the series and decided I want an in-depth look into the overarching story. This video was perfect as it went back through the old games I already played and gave the main story points that I glossed over the time I played them. Thank you so much for this video as it clarified pretty much everything and the next couple AC games that come out I will be able to enjoy the story and the combat (I might even go back and play the Ezio trilogy again and actually be invested in the story).
Top video!
Assassin's Creed was promising up until AC 3. Loved the game, but the end of Desmond made the franchise treat the story into a mythology. I'm willing to bet we'll never get a proper explanation with Abstergo's involvement with the first civilization.
Assassin's Creed lost me the moment I saw Desmond was not coming back. For a time there there were theories about how Desmond could've used the Apple to create a copy of himself and it was that copy that activated Juno device or that he hadn't died seeing the footages that show him dead shown signs of when the apple was used to create illusions. But what we actually got was past adventures characters that don't connect in any way and again no Desmond. So yeah... Ubisoft pretty much shot itself when they killed Desmond without any real backup plan for him. And from what I was told of the Assassin's Creed Origins game again nothing really worthwhile happens outside the Animus.
Theres still chance to bring him back(in theory), but his voice actor went to Uncharted.
It could explain why they let him die...he might just ask for too much money, but thats just my thoughts.
Awesome video, thanks for making this! I really appreciate all the effort and passion put into this video.
Outstanding video, well done mate!
With that being said, It would have been nice to add which game correlates with the story. Nevertheless, this is amazing content.