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I've not checked if you've covered this as of yet (Forgive me), but before I forget again. one of "The Last of Us" cutscene plus some gameplay cinematic movies would be great!
It'd be nice to see you analyse the opening cutscene (or opening sequence - a good video is IGN's first 20 minutes) of Red Dead Redemption 2. It's got some great lighting and cinematography, which I reckon you'd enjoy
It’d be really dope to get your perspective on the Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain trailers, more specifically the “Nuclear” trailer or the “Not Your Kind of People” one. Kojimas movie-like direction with games would be a fun watch !
I skipped Valhalla and Odyssey because they went a more rpg direction. Rather then telling a story of assassins and templars. However truth be told i dont got a favorite they all have a good story and did things to improve the stealth. Mirage went back to its roots on pc a bit so i came back and played.
Regarding the one where the Assassin saves a woman wearing a Templar cross, yeah, she’s a Templar. But they were childhood friends and lovers, before they got indoctrinated into their respective organizations.
To clarify, Elise was raised as/to be a templar. Arno was the orphaned son of a slain assassin, adopted by his father's templar ally (Elise's father) who, out of respect for Arno's dad, chose not to expose Arno to the templars (but also the assassins in the process). But fate had Arno finding his way back to the assassins anyway.
And the title of the game Assassin’s Creed Unity, taking place in the French Revolution, was a period in the universe’s timeframe that has occurred a few times where a sect of the Templars and the Assassins Unite for a common goal instead of their eternal conflict. Like previous posts have said, this was sparked by the fact that the protagonist Assassin was raised with and has a love developed for the female whom he saves which is the girl he grew up with but was raised as a Templar. It received rough criticism as the game was very buggy and a mess at launch due to many things mostly being crunch and terrible management and the familial CEO Yves expecting there to be a new Assassin’s game every year no matter whether it was ready or not. A true shame as the game had so much potential and saw a return to form in some ways. But highly controversial
@@SnarkyRoguethe best part is the guy on the trailer shown before Unity was the one who orphaned Arno
I was really about to go off because I thought you were talking about Altair and Maria first... Need to work on my patience
@@callandor5865😂 “stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent”
Nod at the bird and people die, everywhere people die.
Kill the horse, the rider falls down. Kill the rider, the rider falls down.
TARGET STILL FINE
Target sends horsemen to die
@@drifter1777 Kill the horse, the rider falls down!
@@roygarcia4251 ₙₒₜ ₛᵤᵣₑ 𝓌ₕYYYYY
One thing to note about the Valhalla trailer, The main character Eivor wears their "hidden" blade openly on top of the arm rather than under because it is considered cowardly in Viking culture to conceal weapons in a battle.
in the game its shown that he really likes its beauty and says why should one hide this precious thing
Another reason why I think having a viking assassin is stupid.
@@GRR1MN1R And that is a big part of the reason as well, Vikings took pride in their weapons, they were even laid to rest with them. You do not hide things you are proud of.
@@Shythalia Eivor never became an assassin. They worked with the assassins as an ally because Viking culture naturally aligned with their views on individual freedom but never agreed to uphold the tenets of the hidden ones, specifically the part about keeping yourself and your accomplishments hidden.
That is interesting, but still weird for me to have an Assassin's Creed game whose protagonist is a viking.
For Assassins creed unity, the team took very detailed scans of Norte Dame. After the fire, the team gave the French the scans to help with the restoration of the church.
then they make Unity free that time, thats when i got the game
Wasn’t just Notre Dame cathedral it was a 1/1 scale of the entirety of France which was a major selling point. Sucks the game was shit when dropped, playable now but was the time where Ubisoft could throw anything out and get paid for it
@@scott8448THE ENTIRETY OF FRANCE?!
You're correct, Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood and Revelations all starred Ezio, which is likely part of why we're all so attatched to him, he's the longest running character, and between the prolouge and a short film later, we have literally followed him from Birth to Death.
Do you see his death and if so, how does he go out?
@@kaizammitHe dies of a heart attack some years after retiring from the assassin's, there is more to it and his death doesnt happens in the games, it happens on a animation called: Assassin's creed Embers.
I was expecting someone to say he got assassinated but great to hear his time ended naturally. Risky stuff with a big character from an IP like this.
@@kaizammit you should record your reaction to this one
@@kaizammityou know, it was really unclear...
The reason why they spare him because he's an actual person in history. He was killed and his head was paraded after the citizens took the Bastille.
Plus it's infinitely more horrifying to the target if the citizens are the ones to kill him not the assassins.
@@sliestwheel Exactly.
The whole point in my eyes was that they understood the significance of the rebellion themselves to be the ones that took down the dictator.
Having him dead was half a victory but the revolters feeling the accomplishment was far more important
Most the kills in unity to be real were that way that’s why you only shot the last guy in the cheek.
27:05
The reason they spared the officer is because, five seconds after the assassins left, the angry mob broke down the doors and found the officer, and would do far far worse to em
Yep, they paraded his head on a pike after.
It's about freedom of will the assassins always faught for freedom of will they want the people to decide
If you’re confused why in Mirage they’re Hidden Ones instead of Assassins, it’s because the name Assassins appeared a little later. Historical Assassins were a Muslim sect known as the Hashashin because they smoked hashish a lot. The word “assassin” is a bastardization of it. Once, the Hashashin stronghold was besieged by an army. At night, one Hashashin sneaked into their camp and left a feather on the leader’s pillow as a warning. The leader was smart enough to understand and lifted the siege the next day
It's snuck
@@patchwilliamson Both work. Get the fuck over it. Though its funny that "snuck" is now the correction when people still bitch that its not a real word.
Honestly can’t even blame the dude for just being like F*** this S*** I’m out. If your enemy is able to literally walk right into your army’s siege camp go into your tent and place a feather on your chest and leave without anyone noticing, you can pretty well guarantee you’re definitely not going to survive this battle.
Imagine the feather just randomly got blown in there and the Assassins were like “🤨yea right that was us for sure”
It's not a bastardization, just a translation and evolution through many languages.
"Is there a reason why they didn't kill that character?"
Death by an Assassins blade is a mercy, a penance for all the misdeeds done.
But that character, who wasn't slain by the assassins, is defiant against a revolution. Specifically, The French Revolution.
An Assassin's blade is a mercy compared to the wrath of a revolutionary mob.
“Mercy” as you get stabbed in the throat/cheek/face and bleed out getting shit talked by your killer. Compared to a guilotine which is still one of the quickest and least painful deaths in existence.
No it’s because it was historically correct that he was beheaded.
"Its really bleak this... as in the colour "
Not the people hanging from a noose, that's fine.
"By the end he'll change his ways and die."
NOPE lmao
He just carried on hunting assassins? If that was a movie, that would totally happen.
@@kaizammitThey kind of stopping having a plan after AC3 so... Yeah...
@@kaizammit He hunts them all the way into older age. Rogue ties directly into the start of Unity.
Assassin’s Creed Unity and Rogue came out the same year. Rogue was the Xbox 360 PS3 title while Unity was meant to be the next gen Xbox One and PS4 title. Rogue acts as a prequel to Assassin’s Creed 3 while also being a direct bridge to Unity by the end. A cool idea and a twist take on the series that unfortunately did not land as well as it could have due to many factors.
@@kaizammitBecoming the hunter was his arc
The Story of Ezio Auditory is told over 3 games (And a short film) and is the best story out of all the Assassin's Creed games. There was a twist in AC2 that was so startling that it blew my mind in a way no other story ever has. (When the gods called him Desmond. I'd forgotten Desmond existed after hours of playing Ezio.)
Black Flag has the best gameplay in the series, hands down, they got that gameplay loop in the game perfect. And though they have tried to emulate it in other games, it just hasn't been the same. (AC4 also has one of my all-time favorite cutscenes. Edward Thatch's death was so poetic and tragic I nearly cried.)
The Ezio trilogy is such a great story. I got super immersed in his character from his tragic beginnings to his growth over the years. After loving that trilogy, I tried out the next one (AC3 I think? There were native Americans and you could run across tree branches.) I just couldn't get into it unfortunately. I felt like they watered down the parkour system. You could just hold down R2 and you would autoclimb/run across everything. Whereas by the end of the Ezio trilogy you had different techniques for a bunch of different maneuvers to allow you to move around efficiently and it felt rewarding. I might have to replay the trilogy again cuz it's been a while.
I have to fully agree. Black flag was phenomenal game play wise but nobody ever held a candle to Ezio. the games kinda fell off for me after that.
Tbh, Syndicate has the best over all gameplay out of all the games
Ezio was the most popular Assassin and deservingly so…yet Altair is the greatest of all Assassins
Nikka spelled Ezio's name wrong
"This one looks like it's got a bit of magic in it." - My man, the entire series is based on magic.
Yea it bothers me they made it magic, when it started out as advanced technology but I feel like that story is too far gone now lol
@@brackattack9513It's still advanced tech tho. They're just overdoing it as showing it as magic.
From what I remember it’s always been vastly advanced technology, but because of how insane the tech created by the ancients (cant remember what they were actually called) is it’s essentially treated as magic. I mean hell if I saw a golden ball roughly the size of a softball that’s capable of mass mind control or outright vaporizing people I’d absolutely think it has to be magic.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. - Arthur C. Clarke
No it's not....
So yea, you really hit the nail on the head with the sequel fatigue it experienced. General consensus seems to be that it really started to fall dramatically off after Black Flag as it drifted farther and farther from a coherent story and anything really Assassiny. You mention that a lot of the middle games barely feel like you're an assassin and that is definitely reflected in game as well, it just lost it's roots entirely for a long while. More recently they seem to have been making strong headway back towards the original premise and feeling but they still have a distinct disconnect with the most recent ones being a lot more fantastical than the rest (They were always fairly fantastical, mind, just not to this extent) with various supernatural creatures and myths.
Did you still enjoy them though and have you played them all?
@kaizammit I've played almost all of the non mobile ones. For the most part they are still enjoyable, just not to the same degree that the older ones are. Syndicate is the only one I find truly unenjoyable. It has the same issue many of the middle games have with the assassins barely being part of the story, having been replaced by a lackluster new gameplay mechanic (in this case running a street gang). But somehow, even the gang feels shoehorned and the assasins *are* shoehorned, so it never commits to either and generally comes out a mess.
I agree that the series began to fall away from the Assassin identity that is the title of the game. Origins was a telling of the actual origin of the Assassin’s which began as being called the Hidden Ones and remained that way for centuries before evolving into the brotherhood. This was the beginning of the RPG versions of Assassins Creed which had Origins in Egypt, but then diverged into mystical and god things with Odyssey in Greece, and “finishing” so far with Valhalla where you play as a Viking. Mirage is the most recent entry that gave fans of the original games hope that they would return to the true roots of the game and the Assassin’s Creed. I have not played it yet personally but intend to, however the general consensus is that it was not the return fans had hoped for. The CEO of Ubisoft has quadrupled down on Assassin’s Creed but has not listened to the fans and that is where you see Codenames Red, Jade, and Hexe. The CEO has the philosophy that the way forward for the franchise and the gaming community is not compelling stories but how to make games as long and chore filled as possible with as many micro-transactions as possible to increase profits. I grew up with this franchise and I have been saddened to watch it fall apart due to mistreatment of developers. Stifling of creative ideas. And the shift and focus being solely on how to make the most money per player per hour of gameplay rather than making compelling narrative games.
@@kaizammitWhile some of them had cool promises, the games itself felt really hollow. Their was no heart in it's production and the consistency, quality of Story and general experience was just lacking, even frustrating.
I played a lot of assassins creed 2, entirety of Origins, and most of Valhalla. I thought Origins was incredible, but respect that it is more combat-y than assassin-y. I also think it isn't far-fetched to have the Nordic title be more raiding than assassin missions. From what I know, some of the middle ones were lackluster comparatively
So assassin's creed's premise is that you strap into a machine that connects to the memories of your ancestors, so there is a singular protagonist who you play as in the modern era, it's just like 80% of the games take place in the memories.
They were really onto something with the earlier games, then they wrapped up that story and fell into sequel hell, where rather than trying to tell a story, they just use it as a convenient plot device to throw you into whatever time period/setting that seems interesting. Creating internal stories within each game instead of the overarching story it previously had. The first of them being Blackflag, which a lot of the community still consider the peak of the franchise. But afterwards, the games quickly faded into obscurity from the console mainstays that they once were.
Granted, they showed signs of improvement with some of their recent games but not enough to revive the franchise as ubisoft might have wanted it to.
Oh really, the last 4 had me interested!
black flag answered a lot of questions I had, it was definitely peak, it revealed a lot more but yeah beyond that I never played another AC game
@@kaizammitAssassin's Creed Origins is the exception past Black Flag in many ways as narratively and gameplay speaking it's still akin to the older games and respects (for the most part) what the series was originally about.
You said you only have played the first game but I strongly suggest whenever you have time to play the Ezio Trilogy (2, Brotherhood, Revelations), Black Flag, Syndicate (since you claimed to enjoy it) and Origins. A lot of hours but definitely worth it.
Awesome video as always. Would love to see some Mass Effect content. In any case keep up the great work!
@thatmajestictoad origins was the perfect prequel, possible my favourite ac game and one of my favourite games in general, story telling was outstanding, acting was outstanding, environment and setting was outstanding, granting it diverged from the usual style
black flag remains my fav game from this fanchise, havana was a great setting to complement the parkour
If you enjoy parkour I definitely recommend you check out the mirror’s edge games. I think their parkour is a lot better than the AC games since it’s way more free flow and AC to me often felt like you were on rails and was janky at times
@@littlegreen9274 i played a lot of mirror's edge on the 360, loved it too
Personally loved black flag as well, my only real gripe in regards to the parkour was they really seemed to have downgraded it from AC3 where you could climb basically anything.
That's the one that ruined the franchise
When you started these I just knew you were going to love the AC 3 trailer just because of the one shot where the eagle transitions to the assassin running through the trees such a cool shot.
Then you know me well fella! haha
The Girl with the Cross (Its the Templercross/enemys of all assassins), but she is his teenange love and he got rised up by her dad. :) Its the love story in this game :P
That makes sense, thanks for letting me know.
@@kaizammit its a pleasure :) i love your content and its cool to See Videos, Trailers and so on from a professionell view
You hit the nail exactly on the head as far as feeling like they started losing their way. It started off really strong and hit its peak around Black Flag and then seemed to be lots of copy pasting and running out of ideas. They did a reset, stepped away from the franchise for a little bit, then came back for Origins (the ancient Egypt one) to good reception. It's super interesting that you were able to get a sense of that from the quality and style of the trailers alone! You're quickly becoming one of my favourite reaction creators
Thank you so much for the compliment. The origins one has my buying finger itching. I think it's the time period though.
Have you played them all?
@kaizammit I've played them all except the very latest (Mirage), and (although I'm biased as a huge Ancient Egypt nerd too) Origins is still my favourite of the new ones. The gameplay is fun enough already, but getting to see ancient Alexandria, the pyramids, now-lost towns, legendary figures, etc. is the highlight for me. Definitely worth a try if you're a fan of the setting 💯
@@kaizammit For Origins the developers did so much in depth research to making the ancient world come alive and be accurate.
They had experts at the British Museum, at Harvard University, and of course, in Egypt itself.
I found myself pausing the game every hour or so to research small aspects of the world that amazed me. An example - ancient Egypt was chock full of dovecotes (houses for pigeons). The people ate the eggs of the birds and also the birds themselves. The Romans learned to appreciate the dovecotes in Egypt and spread them throughout Europe as their empire spread.
Another example - they included a hidden room in one of the pyramids which their experts told them probably existed. Shortly after the game came out penetrating radar confirmed the existence of the hidden room.
Just so you know, there is a "Discovery Tour Mode" where you can learn all about ancient Egypt through guided tours of various topics which is completely separate from the game itself, it's just an added bonus. The developers didn't want all their research to go undocumented and unappreciated.
@@kaizammitOrigins was definitely a standout. Assassins Creed 2, Brotherhood, and Revelations (the 3 games with the same main character) were my favorites as a kid, then 3 (American Revolution) and 4 (Pirates) were awesome, but afterwards the series started to fall from grace.
Origins finally brought Assassin’s Creed out of its pit (for me at least, and plenty of other people agreed at the time.) I’d also highly recommend it as its story surrounds the beginning of the Assassin’s order, and the Egyptian setting is absolutely gorgeous. It also features the best main character since Ezio (the protagonist from 2, Brotherhood, and Revelations)!
one thing I loved about the egyptian one is that they had a educational mode, and you just got to roam around the different cities and learn about ancient egyptian culture.
That’s really cool. As a big fan of video games I scratch my head as to why this kind of thing doesn’t happen more. Educative video games are just a more engaging way to be educated than a textbook. I hope the medium can really be utilised in the future to genuinely teach academics etc.
Honestly I have to say that Unity is my favorite. Maybe I’m a sucker for the visual and music of the trailers, but I loved them. Also unlike popular belief Unity is my favorite of the bunch, it’s definitely the best looking game.
in terms of gameplay, Black Flag and Rogue's naval combat was sublime. In terms of foot combat, I'd actually choose unity or syndicate, depending on preference of arsenal type. (I really liked unity's minimal RPG elements)
Also Rogue is so underrated, I would love to see them remake it and expand it out a bit, it finda small next to Black flag.
Unity is probably my favorite and most underrated one
Bro did they copyright the Revelations song?? What a shame that’s the best trailer but suffers with no backtrack
the song in revelations trailer is a real song, not one from the games, so yes. it gets claimed a lot so its missing in most videos
Should of replaced it with Tobuscis' song for Revelation
Should have watched the extended version. No copyright track and much better storytelling. I don't know why everyone watches this version.
@@kaelanchristie6449100% agreed, I think this was compiled with the song version but the NA version is sm better with ezios dialogue
The one with his letter to Claudia is so much better tho
something i find funny is you can kind of tell which year these trailers came from by their style, like the late 2010s with the pop song covers, the early/mid 2000s with the gritty, grey desaturated colours etc
The 2nd, 3rd & 4th trailers cover the story of Ezio…the most beloved and popular Assassin in the franchise. The 1st trailer and the white ghost in the 4th one represents Altair…who is the greatest Assassin of all time and who left the greatest legacy and impact in the entire lore of the franchise…more so than any other Assassin did in a single lifetime
Just because he watched the Valhalla trailer our boy Kai is gonna go rewatch Vikings on the Tele. That one drew him right in and nearly made him forget it was an Assassin's Creed game lol
It was awesome! Like my Viking accent?
Loved it lol. I wonder how many times you cringed from the British stereotypes you witnessed. Assuming you did anyway.@@kaizammit
Of course I did, I took the piss too like a proper Brit would. 💪🏻
the reason the camera was moving was bec u literally where watching the viewpoint of the american eagle ( in the trailer of assasins creed 3)
As someone who loves the entire series from begining to now, AC1 was rough, I will emplore you to play Assassin's Creed 2.
Playing AC2 throughout, that story and ending capture your attention for the entire series! Hope you enjoy it
Honestly you were so spot on on the quality of each game by just looking at the trailers! Bravo!!!
Revelations and III are my FAVORITE trailers! Though w/o having the "Iron" from Woodkid in the one presented in Revelations loses some of it's impact. Valhalla was visually interesting but a dud for game imo. Also considering the time the trailer for the 1st Assassin's Creed cost a bundle. You are correct much of the game/essence was muddle for many of the Unity related games in favor of "Innovations" and drawing/leaning on online gameplay and trinkets.
AC IV - Black Flag was the only one of the series I played and it was amazing. Music, gameplay, everything. I seriously recommend it.
Black Flag was a great game, the first one to be released on PS4 I remember seeing the huge difference in graphics and being stunned. I love the AC series but I think we all pretty much agree the Ezio trilogy was and still is the best.
the Ezio trilogy (AC 2, Brotherhood and Revelations) and Black Flag are the best games of the whole franchise and, in my opinion, some of the best games of all times.
Thank god youtube algorithm for recommending me this video. This was an absolute blast to watch!
I usually don't enjoy reaction videos in general, because mostly people just like to keep on yapping about stuff the viewer already knows, making the original content + the reviewer's take abysmal.
But you kept this perfectly in balance, giving your takes while we could still enjoy the trailers. (I synced the original video with yours so I could hear the songs on top, made for an even better experience)
Loved your reactions in general on these! Especially on AC Origin and AC Valhalla. Not so sure about the AC Unity one but I completely understood your view on it and was really refreshing to hear the points you made!
You've got yourself another sub from Belgium o/ Looking forward to future uploads.
Oh I see what you did there, a watch along format, nice! Good thinking fella. I'm glad you enjoyed it, sad I couldn't include the original songs but the copyright gods are harsh nowadays.
Welcome to the community my friend and I look forward to speaking with you in the comments. I always read the comments. Kai
Gameplay wise i love unity, combat, parkour, stealth, all so good
AC3 & AC-Blackflag are by far my favorites in the series! 🤩
AC 3, Black Flag and Unity all have amazing trailers. This whole video was a massive throw back, thank you 😂.
Also, Black Flag had a massive marketing budget. It was a launch title for the PS4 so they were pushing for it HARD. And yes, Edward is one of the most favorite assassins in the fandom, and he deserved the love.
Yoooo. I've been hoping you'd do these. They're so good... Origins' trailer's transitions are so damn cool.
3:36 I just want to point out that Altair doesn't "dissapear"
You can see him walk away on the left, distinguished by his gear.
You should totally do the trailers for the witcher 3! They are all literally bangers especially the cinematic trailers but the gameplay ones are also good.
Thank you for teaching me stuff too, I pick up on little things like color palettes. Tones, music, styles etc.
The assassin’s Creed storyline is actually kind of brilliant. The way they get away with setting each game in a different time., Is that the main characters, that exist in the current day, are using technology to project their consciousness into a person in a different time period, to learn what happened with the assassins organization in the past. there’s a whole mechanic in the Games around this, and the story of each game jumps back-and-forth between the past, and the person controlling the past person
59:24 - There was no "play 4 assasins" or something.
Unity, like the other ones, is all about one character - this man in blue - Arno.
Assassins creed 2, brotherhood and revelations my most favorite. Especially AC2 cinematic its so wonderful work
23:56 "I imagine he'll realize the error of his ways and die at the end"
Shay: becomes the deadliest templar in the history of the order, responsible for killing entire bureaus of assassins all over the americas, literally the reason AC: Unity started
Choosing a Favourite Assassin, or game, is.. Hard.
Mainly because each one has a different good part.
1: Started it all. Little rough, but good nostalgia. Baseline, if you wanna see it evolve.
2-Revelations: Great full story. Modern-day is fleshed out, as is the other stories. You get to see the end of Ezio's story, and even his last moments. Best Past story.
3: Not received as well, a lot memed, but good as a rap-up to Desmond's story.
4/Black Flag: Not the worst, but the Ship was said to get tedious. But, allows for a fair amount of fun.
Unity: Said to be a bit weaker over all, but not bad. You get more teamwork, as that is stronger, especially when playing.
Chronical: Wanna know a bit about the rest of the world? Good news. Smaller consoles, hand-held mostly. PSP, I remember. But, great for what it is.
London: Funny interactions, and sort of makes everything you do, have an impact, as it's set in a harsh time.
Origins: What started it all. A bit more Level Up System, but stated to still be fun. Mostly.
After that, it got into the more, Level up systems, and I haven't really watched, or played any of the newer ones. But, it's all up to the person. But every single one, has good points, as well as bad. It's what you find. Not everything is hidden. Not everything is true. All opinions are permitted.
You actually can fight Medusa, Minotaur and Cyclops in Odyssey, also there is a Sphinx with its riddles and in DLC you fight with Hekatoncheir (monster from Greek mitology that hat 100 hands and 50 heads, but in the game it's not actually that big because it would be impossible to fight him)
AHH mate! That sounds awesome.
28:04 Generally that's fair. This is about the time when the trailers started getting so splintered that there is not a single truly well-made one, just multiple decent ones.
And Unity is quite good, but its story is definitely very weak.
But that's mostly because the real main character of this game is not the assassin, Arno Dorian, nor is it any of the three other assassins we see.
It is Paris and its people.
The main plot is a bog-standard Romeo and Juliet fused with a boring revenge mission.
But the _backdrop_ as the French Revolution is still absolutely incredible.
I like how you’ve stood out in your reaction compared to others as you’ve talked about how each one is being framed.
Also like how you noticed that the people who put together these compilations don’t do a great job lol.
And interesting how you did find the trailers to be better again from Origins, when the franchise took a small break.
Thank you for watching fella and letting me know what you like. It's awesome.
@@kaizammit I enjoyed it, thanks for the reply!
One thing in particular that you have made me think more about is the right choice of slow motion in these and in film generally: better to use it sparingly so it stands out when it is used for characterisation.
Something else I was thinking, what are your thoughts on all the cuts during combat? Of course live action needs that because it’s difficult to have a complex action scene in one take, but for animation like this: do you think it would be better to reduce the cuts and do more in one take because they can, or are the cuts better for the audience’s focus?
It's okay to have cuts but when it's needed. I'm a big believer in Hong Kong style fight scenes, show 2-4 moves in one shot and cut on impact. Some of the best fight scenes I've ever seen are in Undisputed 2 and Undisputed 3 (whatever the world tour one is). Check them out on UA-cam. I'd actually recommend the Undisputed 2 film for a full watch. But those are how you do fight scenes. It's a dance/performance. None of this I can't see what the hell is going on fight scenes.
@@kaizammit Thanks for the reply again and the suggestions, seeing clips for those films, I'm hooked! The cuts feel very natural, as sometimes I'm having to rethink where I'm watching from with some action scenes when they change shots a lot and from a variety of weird angles, but with these I know what's going on right away. Hit the nail on the head with them being dances. I would've enjoyed dance in PE a lot more at school if we did stunts instead of the bloody waltz!
Just one more point: forgot to mention about Odyssey, since you were wondering about the cinematic trailer: unfortunately there weren't any for that one, perhaps Digic Pictures who makes them were caught up with other projects that year. But they did do a couple live action ones that were less serious and more comedic instead: a trainspotting parody ua-cam.com/video/5no6moU06YY/v-deo.htmlsi=hnggI8HddmasAl6C and an Amazon Alexa parody ua-cam.com/video/4rjCqK38Co4/v-deo.html Odyssey's story did have a lot of comedy in it, so these don't come across as having the wrong tone to me.
The Greek and the Nordic AC both have selectable genders, done very well actually (lore wise). From what I understood for both games the female choice is canon, strange that both cinematics show only male MCs. I think it was the same for the AC in London, but I can't quite remember.
Very fun video!
Syndicate was siblings, two different characters.
AC London (Syndicate) were brother and sister so they were both canon as they're two different people. You also had to play as both iirc depending on the mission.
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Assassin's Creed 2 trilogy has one of the best game trailers of all Time. The Music from Brotherhood gives me always Goosebumps.
I think others will agree with me when I say try out the Titanfall 2 trailers. if you like the ODST storyline then you would love Titanfall. to this day I believe it's one of the best. (protocol 3 protect the pilot) still rings in my head.
The white hooded guy in ac revelations was Altair, the protagonist in the first game.
Due to Ezio's eagle sense, an evolution of eagle vision, Ezio is able to see a phantom of Altair in Altair's home.
Black Flag was definitely the one I loved playing the most. I love the ship battles. Haven't played any of the new ones, though I want to.
Ac 3 will always be my favorite trailer of them all
Scrolling through shorts all day: "sadge face"
See a Kai vid: "surprised pikachu" instant click.
8:50 When Ezio sees the eagle, you can see him do a little nod to signal the attack lol
"Nod at the bird and people die, everywhere people die."
Also AC 4 black flag was incredibly fun to play, I recommend it
But yeah they did not get better.
2:58 that grin when the hidden blade is exposed.
Assassin's Creed can almost be split into three distinct "era"s.
1-3 (and 4, sorta) all had one big overarching story with a consistent idea split amongst several protagonists, hundreds of years, and many historical settings. But they kinda took that overarching story out behind the barn with a mediocre ending they clearly just wanted to wrap up at the very end.
4-Origins had sequel-itis. Even though they consistently had cool ideas, they also consistently failed to square that away with the series they had on hand. Many of the games had REMARKABLE achievements in one way or another from tone to detail to technical prowess........ and basically every single one failed as a whole because they just couldn't round out a single game without some deal breaking issues, especially from series fatigue. Unity is a great ironically-named example, bundling both some outstanding technical achievements and one of the most LEGENDARILY dysfunctional, outright broken releases for a major game in the modern gaming era.
Origins+ are either great or atrocious, depending on who you ask. They are much more coherent individual games with solid runs at what they want to be..... but they also have basically ZERO respect for what the franchise ever was. There's hardly a thing actually tying them to the franchise beyond the title and some keywords, ESPECIALLY in tone and presentation. Even amongst people who are fans of both the old and the new, they might as well be two different series that happen to share a name. You go from AC 1 having been once praised for deftly handling historical authenticity in such a revisionist plagued setting as the Crusader era Holy Land within a largely historical fiction work, to Valhalla non-critically engaging with narratives peddled by modern white ethnonationalist movements in an essentially overtly fantastical package.
4 and Origins arguably come out the best, just thanks to being on the border between these shifts in priority. 4 still had loads of good will and authenticity as inheritance while also being the first to spread its wings and break free from the binding of the original vision,. Meanwhile Origins had the freedom to essentially reinvent the format of the games yet at that point they had not yet lost their understanding of the tone of the series.
Didn’t hear about the Hexe one. I love looking through spell books and learning about Hoodoo, Wika, and other such magics. Sounds like the perfect one for me.
Just want to add that there are three main eras game-wise mostly made up of the differences in gameplay: The first to Syndicate in Victorian London (which generally follow the same gameplay with tweaks throughout for good and bad), then Origins as a soft reboot in Egypt to Valhalla mostly centered in medieval England (mostly being RPG based elements), and Mirage starting a return to form for the series after some dislike for the RPG formula.
Also the upcoming games, that are still mostly referred to by their codenames, have yet to properly release with the only teasers being shown during the 15th anniversary.
That said, if you only played the first game, highly recommend the Ezio Trilogy (2, Brotherhood, and Revelations), Origins, and Mirage as those are the best at introducing you to their respective systems and especially with how they differ from each other for each era.
From there, just choose whichever game looks interesting to you (honestly these cinematic trailers rarely do these games justice) most of the games are pretty fun, and although some may seem like multiplayer games, its mostly a multiplayer element on a mainly singleplayer game.
There was a period in the mid 2000s where *every* AAA game trailer (and a lot of movie trailers!) turned into a music video. If you look up trailers for other games during the same period you'll notice a lot of similarities.
Now you've said that, I can remember some! Clearly was fashion. 👍🏻
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The first three trailers are masterpieces cause they show the concept and the gameplay in a cinematic way which feels natural … in the first trailer we see how through the crowd you get the kill and a chase will erupt involving free running and parkour ending with the franchise’s unique mechanic the blending system … in the second trailer we get the new setting and we see a new mechanic in the game bribing factions like the courtesans to help your assassinations we the fight and the new disarm mechanic also by the end we see the hidden pistol and the advanced parkour… and in the brotherhood trailer we see the pope doing really well a hooded figure that we don’t know who he is as we expected a new protagonist back then we some shadows helping him the cesare reveals that we will have ezio again and of course the gameplay feature the brotherhood of assassins
Absolute masterpiece ❤
Matt Ryan is the voice of Edward Kenway(AC4) and he's the actor for DC's Constantine || Shay Patrick Cormac(AC ROGUE) is supposed to have an Irish accent but the actor is Canadian
27:05 They let the people have their justice instead.
Yea the 3 cinematics with the same character is actually known to the fans as "The Ezio Trilogy". Ezio Auditore da Firenze is the most popular assassin of the series and they blessed us with showing us his ENTIRE LIFE from AC2 with his birth to his death (Slight spoilers but its a older film) in AC Embers (A short film) where he trains an assassin from ANOTHER ac game which I believe is AC chronicles China. He is a legend amongst the assassins along with the guy from the first cinematic Altair Ibn-La'Ahad. Who'se story we also get in the final game of the trilogy Revelations which was the cinematic where he was Old and about to be executed in that castle. More legendary assassins include Edward kenway (Black flag), His son master templar Haytham kenway and the grandson who'se name is Connor Kenway (Original name Ratonhnhaké:ton renamed due to his Native American origin to "Hide" amongst the colonizers) (AC3). I kinda went on a long tangen because of how much I love this series. Even the "Bad" I absolutely love.
You've picked all this up from the games? Wow! You made it sound interesting and where can I find that short film?
@@kaizammit I believe its on UA-cam Assassin's Creed Embers its around 21 minutes long. And yea I got most of it from the games but the more obscure lore like the crazy Isu B plot and most of the modern day story you find from comics and lore videos because most of that lore is secret.
@@kaizammit But yes as you kinda guessed by the cinematics a lot of fans tend to dislike the later games because it suffers from the Gameplay side of the Sequel issue. Personaly I don't really see it the only "UNplayable" game I know of is Liberation but that one is understandable because it was I believe for the PSP. Story-wise although it can be confusing Every single AC has a good story that makes sense with context (Rogue being the only exception because Rogue had a very ROUGH development process and has some major plot holes)
Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla are known as "The RPG trilogy" Because this is around the time where Ubisoft deviated from the classic AC into RPG mechanics and older players really dont like it. ODyssey is a example of this because these games PRE-DATE The assassins Though something the fans appreciate is Mirage (Prequel to Valhalla) where they showed that they are atleast TRYING to go back to their old roots which made people Love AC to begin with. The story gets kinda confusing later on but its really interesting and pretty damn good
Ac: Revelations had the best trailer hands down. It did so much to generate hype and excitement for the game.
Unity's is still my favourite just because of the badass teamwork haha
I really liked Rogue. It had the ship battles that made Black Flag so good along with the twist of becoming the enemy.
I loved how the story got tied up together from Assassins Creed 3 through Unity
I highly recommend you react to all of the bioshock trailers, each one is phenomenal
The main guy from Black Flag is voiced by Matt Ryan of Constantine (the TV series fame)
The war between the Assasins and Templars has been going on for a really long time, and the games are set at various signifigsnt events in history.
The Renaissance, The French Revolution, The Golden Age of Piracy, the end if Egypt as an independent Kingdom, the peak of the viking age etc
26:58 btw these trailers are for a game set during the French revolution, they didn't kill the guy because they knew the people of France would execute him either way
I don't understand when you say you don't like it when they only do the music. I think they did a fantastic job with them. Just because they have sound does not make them better.
When you don't have Ambience or SFX (sound effects) it reduces the weight of what you are watching. When you watch something even with your own eyes out of a window, you can always hear something. Having only a soundtrack has the ability in 'trailers' to reduce its impact. If I would have heard the clashing of metal or the movement of their clothes, it would have hit me harder.
Instead of it being a soundtrack it becomes a soundscape. That's what you want.
Hopefully that makes sense ✌🏻.
From assassin's Creed 1 to the present it isn't the same character but they are descendants of the first assassin (Ezio isn't the first assassin in the genetic memory, the first is the last of the ancient Egyptian Medjai, can't remember his name) and the reason being is because we are experiencing all of this through genetic memory of the most recent living descendant. Every assassin's creed we are living both past lives and the present.
We work in the dark to serve the light!
You can’t mistake Shohreh Aghdashloo’s voice for anyone else’s. These days she’s known for her role in The Expanse as the f-bomb dropping grandma in a sari
Avaserala the goat
My all time favourite is AssCreed 2 hands down. The story about Ezio Auditore is based.
shout out to Bayek of Siwa and one of the few married people who are the center of the game. I know how it ends, but still, Iloved the dynamic between that couple, refreshing tbh
I'm really glad that you picked up on the fact that those 3 trailers were the same character, Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. One of the best characters and an amazing story. The figure in white was Altair, the protagonist of the first game. His story is expanded and complete in Revelations, also incredible. The one from the AC3 trailer, Connor, is the grandson of Edward from Black Flag.
28:27 - You're also getting some trailer fatigue. But you're right - they began to focus less on the individual storylines and more on weaving you into the setting and the existing known historical characters.
yes love these
bro after watching a clip of the french revolution
"are these stories getting weaker?"
I think they were for standalone character. Using historical points in time isn't enough.
@@kaizammit It has a singular character in it but your character can look like any asassins there are in the trailer and you can play it online with friend asassins...
I love them all!!! Each game got better and better...I'm replaying Odyssey right now! (I haven't played Mirage yet)
Assassin's Creed's original concept is a masterpiece
It takes history throughout the ages and turns it into an endless battle between the Templars (secretly trying to control everyone in the world and everything to force their beliefs in life) and the Assassins which seek to end it and only ever eliminate those who are deemed guilty and nonredeemable (which are almost always related to the Templars one way or another)
Assassin's Creed -> The 3rd crusade (the "last" one)
Assassin's Creed 2, Brotherhood and Revelations -> Renaissance era too numerous to specify
Assassin's Creed 3 -> American Revolution (American civil war)
Assassin's Creed Black Flag -> Peak of the Age of Pirates
Assassin's Creed Rogue -> Peak of the Age of Discovery
Assassin's Creed Unity -> French Revolution
Assassin's Creed Syndicate -> End of the Victorian Era
Assassin's Creed Origins -> End of Ancient Egypt Era
Assassin's Creed Odyssey -> Peak of Ancient Greece Era
Assassin's Creed Valhalla -> Second Nordic invasion of England, Britannia and Scotland
Not entirely sure about AC Mirage since i have not played it but it looks like a direct spiritual successor to the first game so maybe half a reboot?
Anyway those are all very important eras or events of history but a lot of people will know little about some or most of these
Personally i think Unity is awesome since you get to meet Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution is a hell of a roller coaster
Odyssey is my favorite though because of the sheer scale of ancient Greece to explore and how well its been re-created :)
11:53 this is one of my favorite shots in the AC series cause it's in reference to the first 'leap of faith' performed in the first game towards the beginning where the Assassin's base comes under attack. I never watched the trailers before playing the game, so when I saw Altair's "ghost" and Ezio recreating that moment in the same location during this opening, I lost it
The thing with AC is, it was a spin-off from Prince of Persia, and Ubisoft truly had found themselves a diamond. Instead of reinventing the wheel again, by trying something completely revolutionary AGAIN, they knew this was a money printing franchise after the succes of AC2 and Brotherhood. They implemented mechanics in their other franchises as well. Personally I've only played AC1, 2 and Brotherhood, and although popular opinion suggests AC peaked at Black Flag, their succes formula didn't end there (clearly). Believe it or not, AC Valhalla actually became the first Ubisoft title to break 1 Billion in revenue, yeah: a single title (including dlc and microtransactions). So clearly, AC is still alive and kicking.
Here’s the short list of protagonists, main places, and times (this doesn't cover all the games, though):
AC1 - Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad, Holy Land, Third Crusade
AC2 - Ezio Audiotore da Firenze, Italy, Renaissance
Brotherhood - Ezio, Rome, Renaissance
Revelations - Ezio, Constantinople, Renaissance
AC3 - Connor Kenway (AKA Ratonhnhaké:ton), American colonies, American Revolution)
AC3: Liberation - Aveline de Grandpré, New Orleans, between 1765 and 1780
AC4 - Edward Kenway (Connor’s grandpa), West Indies, Golden Age of Piracy
AC4: Freedom Cry - Adéwalé (Edward's friend), Haiti, 1735-37
Unity - Arno Dorian, Paris, French Revolution
Syndicate - Jacob and Evie Frye (brother and sister, you alternate between them), London, Second Industrial Revolution
Syndicate: Jack the Ripper - Evie Frye, London, 20 years later
Origins - Bayek of Siwa, Ptolemaic Egypt
Odyssey - Alexios or Kassandra (depending on chosen gender), Ancient Greece, Peloponnesian War
Valhalla - Eivor Varinsdottir (can choose gender but canonically female), British Isles, 9th century
Mirage - Basim Ibn Ishaq, Baghdad, 9th century (about ten years before Valhalla)
Wonder why you opted to play the Revelations trailer without dialogue. It adds a lot to the trailer imo.
Assassin's Creed Black Flags didn't only set a new benchmark for AC, but also all pirate games. A must play even though it is quite old
All of the Assassin's Creed games to Black Flag were amazing and the epitome of the game. Everything after severely lacked the same feel because they went in a different direction with the games and even with players not enjoying them, they never went back to that original feel. I would definitely suggest playing AC1, 2, Brotherhood, Revelations, AC3, Rogue, and Black Flag.
Fun thing to note in the final trailer where he cuts off his finger technically they all have done that as part of the ritual of becoming an assassin because with how they wear the blade and deploy it that's the finger that gets in the way and would be cut off anyways
Oh, nostalgia, that brings back memories.
I think (at the time playing) my fav AC was AC Brotherhood. Trailerwise, now that I watched them all again, I think I liked Origins the most, but it's close to some others.
(also once again asking for the For Honor trailers. :P It's just tradition at this point ^^)
I will get to them like I always say 😂. You can now see that I'm trying out other franchises so yeah, stay tuned!
FH trailer is tradition.