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@@juniversum4735 Unlock it first, then _mash_ your Loot/Drop/Parkour Down button before you hit the ground. You don't need good timing if you just mash the hell out of it. Sorry I took six months to respond -- UA-cam doesn't show me Replies, it only shows me fresh Comments. If I'd seen this earlier I would've answered then.
Isn't it amazing how this video actually feels like a real Assassin Mentor is teaching important Creed ideas to his pupils? A great example I have in regards to this video, is the Classic AC Parkour video you made. I remember the time when I used to watch it a few times to really understand and remember what to do and _how_ to do it. From then, I have gone forward and mustered enough courage to make my own Parkour Montage, which has received positive views
Beautifully said, Mentor. AC has such a special place in my heart. I'm glad others can experience what made this franchise great in the beginning and I thank you for sharing your passion with us. Safety and Peace, Leo.
Your videos helped me A LOT to enjoy the series as a whole a lot more. Unity was always my favorite game but I used to crouch around and cover myself on every turn finishing a mission after 30 minutes or so because stealth has always been my preferred way to play these games. And you showed me how that process could be a lot more enjoyable by simply understanding the universal mechanics of these games. Now I'm uploading smooth gameplay videos myself and enjoying these games much more just because I discovered what my favorite playstyle is
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I'm hoping for, my goal isn't to force or enslave anyone to play "my way," my goal is to show people what they can do so they have the power to play whatever way is most fun for them without Desyncing or getting frustrated. I'm happy to hear that's been your experience. :D
Personally, i can say i’m glad that a lot of the core AC games before the rpg era are a lot more appreciated uploaded & talked about now, all those little nuances & play styles people find for themselves proves a lot of old opinions of AC wrong, it can be played differently & you can tell who’s playing just by watching, & if you come up with your own solutions to problems than needing to listen to content creators? you have ascended
I still play the games. AC 1-Unity even today. I just recently finished Ac 2 and acb again. Been playing unity to chill out after work. I wish assassins creed was alive and well but unfortunately ubisoft killed it and casual gamers embraced this death.
I don't have an issue with the newer games existing, I only have an issue with the framework we loved so much being discarded and thrown aside. In theory everyone should be able to have what they want, that's just not how it worked out.
@@LeoKRogue I agree, there is a place for both. it's just a shame most RPG fans don't understand that, and neither does Ubisoft. I still hope for a new traditional assassins creed game. I feel I've waited in Vain for 8 years but it's my favourite game. Assassins Creed means a lot to me.
“These lessons are knowledge meant to guide our senses. But they’re only the beginnings of wisdom, and not its final form.” I absolutely love how you tie in a wonderful Black Flag quote and made it your own. It’s so apt and meaningful in this context. I’ve long enjoyed your videos. You’ve helped me and countless others to be good at these games. You’ve shown ways to get more out of the games, to better the enjoyment. And for that, I am grateful and appreciative. Thank you Leo. Thank you for the time & effort you’ve put in to help us. And thank you for being you. ❤️
I think my journey with AC really started with your Rogue Academy series on Unity, but your Ezio Trilogy Stealth Tips video was what really got me to start experimenting with these games. I found that while these games are relatively easy and accessible, there is a wealth of knowledge and complexity still left to be discovered. Hell, we’re still discovering new tech in the Ezio Trilogy, whether it’s Suppressed Fire or being able to assassinate horsemen from water in Brotherhood, I imagine that there are still many, many things out there that even the most dedicated of mentors don’t know about these games. And I love that. Your point about experimentation was very poignant to me because I had that exact same process: learning from older players, striking out on my own and then discovering new and interesting things that let me appreciate these games even more. Awesome video Leo, and thanks for everything!
This is the talk of a grown man :) Back in the day, I can imagine both you and I could probably rant about the "correct" way to play these games, but in the end as long as people can have games they enjoy playing (and AC has a wide range of those), then it's all that matters. Personally, I don't have the time to play games anymore, since I'm making one, and it helped me let go of all the possessive feelings I had about AC. So currently I'm very chill about it. Hope they'd make a decent Netflix AC show though.
Leo Talks + AC3 Present Day music? Hell yea. Eloquently put, as always, Leo. I’ve learned so much, met so many people and made tons of great friends due to my involvement in the AC skiller community, and my involvement in this community is in large part thanks to your videos. Thank you for all of the effort you’ve put into this channel over the years. It means a lot more than you can know to a lot of us.
Hey, Leo! No one deserves to be making this video more than you do. You've been an AC mentor for quite a long while now, and perhaps the most influential one, too. I only ever started to play AC games through your videos. Your channel is where I first saw ACU videos, and that's what got me hyped for the game. It was my first AC game and I was new to more or less a whole world. If not for your videos, I'd have not been able to play at all. I even quit at times, out of frustration. But your videos comforted me like a little baby and guided me. Helped me learn. The wisdom you have acquired through all those years shows in every video. In fact, it's those words of advice that actually enabled me to play the game, now that I think of it. With time, I was able to understand the mechanics better, and optimise and strategise for myself. But that wouldn't have happened if I did not have a mentor as learned as yourself. You showed me how to adopt an aggressive stealthy playstyle. How to keep moving and maintain flow. How combat is THE mistake. How to best use tools and react to situations and plan in advance. I'm only able to play comfortably because of you, and for you I have only praise and admiration. Thank you for teaching me mechanics instead of holding my hand. Thanking you for inspiring me. Thank you for helping me cherish the assassin fantasy.
At last, the long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed "Play As Fast As Possible." There's also a lot to be said for the way we've grown our own styles. In the case of Unity, I've come to describe the ideal mindset as confident rather than just fast, because that's what I find more engaging about its fantasy. Throwing smoke to deal with groups in Brotherhood may be more reliable and require less precise planning, but the way Kino abuses the lock on and chain kill mechanics is incredibly cinematic. This is a new era for us in which we each bring something unique to the table. That being said, we *do* still need you. While assembling our new comprehensive list of guides, I've found massive gaps in easily digestible knowledge regarding AC1 and Dishonored. Right now when people ask I usually recommend one on one tutoring, which is not very scalable. I know I've asked you about these before, but instructional content is really important for us right now
Yo, love this, Leo. Really vibed with the part talking about the sinergy between no-hud stealth reapers and the guides vids. There are different levels of knowledge and awe when you first see mastery gameplay of a videogame you barely control, and then you gradually understand what is being performed in the same video after you get the hand of the mechanics yourself, but still can find techs you never knew existed (for me, the punch-drop or the semi cover kills in AC-Rev recently). I can surely say that your videos and guides both inspired me to play with more intent in my own leisure, not needing to upload, but still feeling that tingling of "hey, I done something cool and seamless". Cheers
Just a small message from a french guy to deeply thank you for all your work on the Assassin's Creed serie. You made me discover all these games from a different angle and I can now appreciate them at their true value, whether it concerns their scenario, their music, their gameplay or even their general atmosphere despite the general criticism. Moreover, your content allowed me to discover these two amazing AC players who are SSJLang and Jcers (who I also thank for their incredible contribution). I don't usually put commentaries on UA-cam videos but this time, I had to do it. All 3 of you will have a new subscriber! Have a very nice day! From France with love.
3 years ago I really struggled to enjoy classic ac. I struggled because I didn't know how the games work. But I'm so glad that I kept on trying and found your channel. Over the years ac has not only turned into one of my favourite things but also took me on a journey where I became part of a wonderful community and met a lot of great people. Now, after understanding the systems and spending a lot of time experimenting to find out what's possible I developed my own style. You have been an inspiration for me. Not just as a player but also as a person. Your videos didn't only make me cherish the soul of ac but also helped me irl. For that I am grateful. Thank you Leo ❤
Assassin's Creed, as a franchise, has showed me many things that I was taught but chose to ignore when I was little. It showed me the importance of my ancestry and how I should appreciate it instead of blaming my own mishaps on my blood. Most of the difficulties I faced (and still do) with both my gameplay and real life stems from my impatience, and that I should keep calm especially under the pressure my situations have. To observe, stay focused, and execute my plans with confidence. I try to adapt to my surroundings in the events I do get detected or my mistakes lead me to that situation, but I sometimes fall into the urge to pause and select "Restart Memory" so I can complete my mission flawlessly. I've recently come back into the fold after a year of disillusion, and I've begun playing Brotherhood once I realized I've already completed AC II. The new additions to the Animus 2.0, such as VR training, are perfect for helping me practice efficiency and button discipline. Although I'm not perfect, I still put in the effort to practice whenever I can. Thank you, Leo, for helping me realize that there's a lot more to my moveset, although limited. May the Lord smile upon your blade.
I loved how you tied back your philosophy towards gameplay guides into the Creed. Brilliant. Someone else said it first, but this video feels like an Assassin Mentor teaching his initiates the meaning of the Creed through the training he gives them.
IMO your style of gameplay truly suits the whole aesthetic of Assassin’s Creed. I’d consider it canon. And your mindset and philosophy behind this topic is amazing. Keep going.
Your vocabulary and the way you form each sentence paired with quality AC content is what makes me appreciate this channel. Your contribution is immense and we all thank you for that!
Last time I played thru the series I changed it up and kinda actually role played the characters changing fighting styles with each and actually being an assassin by getting caught a lot less and also actually following the creed by hiding in plain sight more often, finding more secluded areas to climb or grapple up buildings along with avoiding guards and using to non lethal takedowns to avoid killing the dozens and dozens of innocent guards u end up killing in every game and therefore breaking the creed yet we usually ignore because video games. And doing all that made gameplay in each one feel fresh again
This is why I've always appreciated your videos. Not just your skill but your compassion. You've always shown you enjoy other people discovering what works for them and encouraged them to continue down that path, not insisting that yours is the only correct way. Great vid.
I really appreciate this video a lot, especially as a UA-camr, because often times we say things that are controversial, instructional, or otherwise taken completely at face value and it's hard for us to explain every nuance to everything we say. Like people telling me they love Dishonored 2 and that my critiques are wrong. I always tell them that that's great, they should go play it and love it, and I'm supremely jealous of them I didn't enjoy it as much as what they did. Regardless, another great video and I love hearing you talk about the things you enjoy, I could listen to you for hours. The way you explain yourself is always so easy to listen to, and the community is lucky to have someone as clear minded and talented as you. You're someone we should all aspire to be more like. Keep up the good work!
100% agree with your thoughts, you and Jcers were the main 2 who made me appreciate AC on a gameplay level and start uploading gameplay videos. I started playing like you and slowly evolved my own play style over time
I really appreciate your ac videos, they're always useful. AC1 is the only one I replayed so far and it was such a nice feeling to see I was playing better, and the majority of it was because I was remembering stuff from your videos
finding your videos was really the catalyst that got me to be really into assassin’s creed gameplay and see how dynamic it can be! i got into the series pretty recently and binged a lot of the games because i liked the stories/lore, but when i was playing them i was just fumbling my way through the gameplay and mechanics - i was doing fine up until i got to unity, where everything just completely threw me off and i had no idea what i was doing. your unity movement guide video was the first AC video i ever watched, and i’m eternally grateful that i found it, because i don’t think i would’ve ever finished unity if it weren’t for you! i started watching a lot of your videos after that, and they’ve all helped me appreciate the mechanics of all the games a lot more. i’m on syndicate now, and while i think this game overall is just easier than unity by a wide margin, i also think that watching your videos and getting a better understanding of what i can do in these games made this game 10x more fun and manageable than any game i played before this one. i was pretty certain i would never want to replay some of the older games that gave me trouble, but after seeing your videos, i’m actually looking forward to picking them up again once i’m done the whole series. i think now i could explore so many more options than the one-track mindset i had before. so thank you for all your hard work!!! ^__^
I cant overstate enough how your tips (especially berserk dart stun) speeds my game up so much, along with your combat and tools breakdown. Thanks for making me enjoy AC Unity even more than before. And about play the way you want, that's true. Doing aggro stealth killing everybody without any sound is badass, but to me an "Assassin" is just like that AC1 opening cutscene: striking from inside the crowd, disappear into the crowd. That's why my favorite missions are the one with a lot of NPCs like Danton's sacrifice or the food chain. Back in AC1 i sometimes attempted a "clean hit" where i try to avoid killing as many guards as possible, assassinate the target in high profile, and then run and blend with the monks.
Yeah speaking personally as a low end gamer i really don't have capita to buy a console or a good end pc... So i always want to play these games like that came after unity.... But after watching you I enjoyed it like instead of watching it's like i am into the game and playing myself... Hats off for giving us quality ac contents mate!
I had played many Assassin's creed games before I discoverd your guides and it frankly open up so many things for me to re-enjoy the games again. I love assassin's creed games (with an actual assassin) and I thought of my self as a person who was a pro at the series but you made me realize that there lot more to learn and understand. Thanks for that Leo.
I've been a fan of the series since the beginning, and have enjoyed the entire series (even if I don't like the game in general). I enjoy watching your videos. Even if I don't always agree with your views/advice. I do thank you for keeping the true Creed in mind while making these videos, and I hope you continue. Only one thing I ask as a humble request, and that is that you continue your Let's Play of Assassin's Creed that you had started.
I'm real glad I found your channel a few years back, you really understand this series, as long as people like you who love these games so much still exists there is hope for us fans in the future of AC. Keep up being a mentor
Thank you Mentor Leo for your incredible guidance and wisdom. Your videos have helped me greatly improve on my own skills as a player of AC, and have also allowed me to further my love and appreciate of the series.
Hey! So i had my perfect way to play the entire franchise in terms of stealth, combat and all the rest of it. I watched your videos as a man who appreciated unity for the partial broken mess it could be at times and man did i love watching your fluidity with the game! I then proceeded to try your fast pace stealth when i could apply it! And unity became the only game i wanted to play! It through me in to the assassin fantasy! Dude your videos have helped me and many others to navigate this game better as it possible to merge our original strategies with yours! Your awesome! Unity is awesome! Cheers for all your tips bro!
Well Said Leo. As Someone who got inspired by your videos to make more gameplay content, The most important thing that anyone can do is to understand the basics and then use it to express themselves. I am not particularly skilled, Hell I didn't even know I could be creative in my approach as it was never my strength, But I found that the more I found ways to solve the targets that I had set, The more engaged I was with the game itself. This series has something unique, as in it allows us to find our own path. When I first played the games, I rushed through them, I was interested in the story after all, and didn't really care about much else. But it was only after I slowed down, Looked around when I discovered that these games are much more than what they appear to be.
I know you haven't showcased much AC Origins on the channel compared to other games, but when I was doing a playthrough of it on Nightmare difficulty, I found myself starting to really hate it due to the perceived over-focus on a combat system that never truly clicked with me. I don't know if it's objectively badly designed or if I was just doing something wrong, but either way I felt like I was staring at Bayek's limp corpse more often than I felt like a cool assassin. I knew about the reputation of the Layla games having inferior stealth to Unity and Syndicate and I started to wonder if Origins simply wasn't for me. Then I took your advice and started experimenting with the tools the game offered to me. Origins doesn't really have a "stealth" skill tree, but I looked more closely for the first time at the Seer tree and the gadget-based playstyle it offered. I made two discoveries through experimentation that finally allowed the game to click: the fact that an enemy hit with a sleep dart is vulnerable to a hidden blade strike even if you're in open combat, and the interaction between sleep darts and fire that puts all enemies to sleep in an AoE, which can be combined with the fire grenade tool to activate it anywhere, even in the absence of a campfire or torch in the world. With those alternatives allowing me to avoid the open combat, and by focusing all my resource upgrades on the hidden blade above everything else, I was able to play Origins as an almost completely STEALTH-focused game. Even the damage sponge giant bosses that wouldn't go down to an assassination could be handled with a process of hidden blade->adrenaline strike->sleep dart->disengage ->hide - >repeat. My ability to stay undetected improved through practice, and with the issues of the core gameplay loop resolved I was able to fully enjoy the game's incredible world design as I traveled the open world and took down each camp, tomb, and side quest with lethal joy. I ended up completing every location on the map, including both DLCs. And since I beat all the pharaohs, I guess I did eventually get proficient enough at open combat too. That was a long-winded anecdote to just say thanks for the videos. Your direct guides for controls and techniques are very helpful, but I think the philosophy that can be applied to any game is honestly even more invaluable.
I cant wait to play the earlier games, I started with origins and despite its many flaws I love it anda currently 100%ing it, I've played odyssey vallhalla but I didn't like them much and gave up pretty early.
That is what makes the classic AC so beautiful and also the Far Cry Franchise. They are easy to learn but hard to master. Pretty much anyone can play through the campaign but you can do way cooler things when you dive in deeper. It is for everyone, casuals can do their one time playthrough and left the game and enthusiasts have a lot variety and things to learn about movement, stealth and combat. I hate it when people (often times big review medias) say that this games are too easy. Not every game has to be a hardcore experience. Games are made to be fun and not to be hard or frustrating. I playd AC a lot before and I knew a lot of things before I watched your guides and videos but I still learned a lot and my own knowledge combined with yours made me a better player and enjoy gaming even more. Not only in AC but my gaming experience overall. And yeah, like the most folks in the comment section here, I am also someone who does not really enjoy the new Era and that is crazy, because I love RPG's in general. It just feels misplaced in the AC franchise and I am sad about it, becaus imo it would've been possibly to revive the franchise by building on its fundamentals that being: Stealth, parcour and narrative instead of just copying stuff from other franchises. Classic AC was innovative and Unique and now it just feels generic for me: comabt and loot, thats pretty much it. But NFT's and Live Service are Ubisofts policy now.... stay sneaky.
Understanding the parkour and combat mechanics in ac unity really make it fun to play. Once I get a good capture card I will definitely upload my own stealth reapers. I had your thought before, because I watch stealth reapers from other channels and there is almost always a few things that I would do differently. Doing your own thing your own way in this game is really how you enjoy it.
I'm more or less an AC veteran; been playing since AC1 dropped in '07, but despite that I still oftentimes find your videos and streams insightful and entertaining. Thank you Leo K!
I love watching your videos so much that it's becoming an adiction. You explain everything so well, and your gameplay is so smooth that it give me motivation to get good at the game. I watched many of your unity videos and they helped me so much. As you mentioned you thought how and what to do, but now i can play at my pace.
I considered myself a pretty decent player before finding your channel, but the game I always struggled with was Unity, where I ranked it near the bottom of my experience because of it. Through your videos, now I'm able to complete missions such as Hoarders with relative ease and efficiency. Your knowledge, guidance, and calm demeanor in delivering information ushered in a Renaissance for my love and appreciation of all AC titles, especially Unity and AC1. I sincerely thank you for providing me with the inspiration and opportunity to learn and improve on my own, and providing such a positive space to do it in. Safety and peace, Mentor. Side note, your streams have gotten me into RE, so I'm looking forward to diving into that!
the struggle against my obssessive compulsive disorder and assassins creed is very tied together for me. i had OCD back when i started watching these well crafted videos of ghost and stealth runs by people like stealthgamer, swiftly unknown, and you. what i didn't know at the time, was the ammount of repetition and hours dedicated to perfecting a level, and knowing every detail of a stealth playground. my compulsion and perfectionism not only destroyed my enjoyment for the game, but also affected me in real life. i spent months of my life playing games and levels over and over again, specially ac unity, torturing myself with the game's faulty detection system, trying to do things 'perfectly', and when i did i was so frustrated it didn't bring me any enjoyment anymore. as i began to treat my OCD i still had a problem with stealth games, until i played the ezio trilogy on the ps4. there was no restart from checkpoint buttom! with this mechanic removed, the three games where like a rite of passage for me. i realized repetition made me sick. i realized my stealth was good enough, and the thrill of trying to not be caught and at the same time, the continuity of running away and approaching the encounter from another angle gave me back the pleasure of AC again. it brought me closer to the story, made it feel like my life was at risk with every assassination, instead of mindlessly repeating the same thing for hours on end. i promised myself to never reset an ac game due to failing on stealth, or at least as much as possible. my path of understanding how i experienced assassins creed is part of me getting to know myself better, and doing what i wanted free of compulsion. i was finally free. this is by no means an attack on other playstyles, like you said, and i still appreciate the beauty of what you and others do, and it has helped me improve my game greatly. but in real life and in the game, i found my own path, i loved to improvise stealth, and now when i look back i am glad the game allowed me to grow, and that is the value of assassins creed to me.
Very good! I'm proud of you and your journey. This experience is definitely also part of what I'm talking about. Comments like yours were one reason I once uploaded my "Making Of A Stealth Reaper" Twitch VOD. The final product is a performance, no one is going to play that perfectly on their first attempt, no one is meant to. ua-cam.com/video/vOX3dcJgjPo/v-deo.html
Great video. This is exactly how your videos helped me. I was struggling to have fun and you helped me see the path towards that fun. I don't play exactly like you, but that's the point. Keep it up man.
First i was playing ac 2 after ac 1 it had so many new stealth moves but ididnt know how to use theme thanks to you ican play ac in stealth at whole time! Your voice is so enjoyable(:
The ACIII music in the background is giving me a lot of nostalgia. I remember walking the halls of Juno's Vault and talking to Sean, Rebecca, and William about philosophy, the fallen Assassins and Templars, and what on earth Juno's ulterior motives could be. This really takes me back.
@@LeoKRogue Indeed. A very beautiful era. One I hope to revisit someday. Eventually. This video helped me rediscover my passion for this series. For that, I owe you thanks.
@N7Andy Hey I remember you! We had a short convo about this game on one of @AltaïrStealth's community posts awhile back. Small world lol. This vid actually did make me revist ACIII pretty recently. I plan to replay it again soon, but right now I'm revisiting RDR2. Trying to go slow and explore everything in all the games I've been replaying lately. Eventually I know I'll come back to the AC series again, and Mass Effect! Lol
Funny you should upload this video and talk about how you have worked with this game, creating these guides and videos that contributed to making these games cool again, and yet you still encourage and inspire experimenting. I discovered your channel about more than a year ago and binge watched your Unity Content. It made me see the game as something with more potential than I remembered. After playing it for the second time, after watching your videos, not only was I so hooked, I 100% the game. I started experimenting, I found my own ways to play it and now I do videos on AC Unity and Syndicate where I showcase some of my favourite things about these games, such as the underrated Social Stealth. The ability to express yourself through Social Stealth mechanics in these 2 games, mostly Unity however, is incredible, something I would not expect as Unity is always showcased as a fast paced stealth game, but if you take it slow, use the crowds given to you, immerse yourself into Paris, you find an entirely different experience. This is exactly what you "preach" in this video, for us to play any game as we want, to discover and experiment. My way is the Social Stealth and even though shallow in comparison to some other games, it is still satisfying and impressive how much you can do with a shallow system. Thank you Leo K. You have truly done something great for the community and this just amplifies it.
I love this comment a lot. UA-cam held it for some reason, but I'm happy I was able to read it now. Thank you so much. ^__^ I love that you're enjoying getting better at this element of the game you really like experiencing, that's like, the best feeling in the world.
Your videos made me went back to AC Rogue. I mean it kinda made sense because I had completed Blackflag a month before, but I've always felt like Rogue is the "most complete" gameplay wise for the kenway trilogy. If only the game allowed you to use sword and dagger separately in Rogue, it would kinda make the combat more fun. Not only that, if the story was at least 2-3 sequence longer and there were more stories before Shay ending up in Paris and how he lost most of his weapons going there... It would probably be up there on my top 4 AC games.
Awesome! Glad you've been enjoying it, it's a pretty unique game overall. It has a singularly cold and lonely atmosphere, I find, because despite working with the Templars, Shay never really feels like "one of them" until the end, for me. Because of that the entire game has this odd sense of isolation that I haven't really felt since AC1. Unity has a bit of it too, I guess.
I (thanks to this video) exclusively play unity as a french royal musketeer and shoot a musket first before using a flintlock pistol then a sword ( ´◡‿ゝ◡`) *INNER PEACE*
its so bizarre how ac's back story is so mutch deeper than it seems, the truth is that the story (besides the whole "assassins x templars" fantasy) is a representation of our world history and it's all a bit of a "ironic critic" I might say. Not mentioning the whole fantasy of "the first civilization" and "the ones who came before" being fantastic, the whole game is just amazing
Everytime I replay an AC game I try to do something different than my previous playthrough. It forces me to think differently and that makes the game more interesting.
Hey Leo I wanted to say that Ubisoft should return to the old stealth based games like unity and brotherhood and others because how you said odyssey doesn’t make you feel and assassin. Oh and last thing I really enjoyed your videos I just subscribed
As long as I feel there's something I want to create around Assassin's Creed, I'll keep doing it. ^__^ Some of this is of course on Ubisoft. Part of what I need is for them to make games I care to talk about or discuss, after all.
Leo, I love ur personality it's a shame if u just covering this game (I mean ur famous videos is about ac unity) as much as I want u to be happy making content, I also want ur channel to be recognized more. U deserve more credits man.
Thank you so much, Jerry. That really means a lot to me. It's hard often to think that I only have value and worth if I'm doing Assassin's Creed content. I have other things I'm very passionate about too. But, we'll keep pushing. :) Stick around. :D
Just figured out that poison darts in AC 3 are very powerful, similar to Unity's berserk blades you talked about. The game never tells you about them, but I'm pretty sure they are the most effective stealth tool, because they delete detection and disable any enemy, while the bow doesn't kill the stronger npcs if you don't headshot.
They're amazing, yeah. If you're ever having trouble with AC3's downright _weird_ stealth framework, Poison Darts are a great little shortcut for getting past its worst moments.
Me experiencing Assassin's Creed by going full combat mode spamming 11 smoke bombs and going on a forty guard massacre so there isn't anyone alive to stop me from reaching my target 😎
With the new stealth mechanics being introduced into Elden Ring, I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of roguish antics you're able to get up to in the game in... 12 days?!
A lot of people hate on unity , but for me it's the best game in the series and saying this after being AC II Fanboy. The movement is phenomenal , stealth fun , graphics great and France really feels animated.
I see what you're trying to do, but the answer here is Yes And No. If you can make it work and enjoy it, by all means - have fun! Factually though, it heavily depends on the amount of enemies you're fighting and will break apart sooner than any other. Compare against Ghost of Tsushima on the hardest difficulty for example, where combat is both more challenging and more fair, and doesn't crumble with too many foes in play. Other than that, absolutely!
This video was bloody fantastic and it opened my eyes that the people who are equally as good as me without playing the exact same kind of stealth are not bad at the game. I really look upon my former condescending self with disappointment. A question I had for you was, I really dig your profile picture and have been searching for a rogue like profile picture for a couple of years, but haven't really found one that fits, mostly because most of them are anime photos which I don't think really fit the theme. Got any tips for searching. Thanks youuuuuuuuu. love your content.
Thanks! Regarding my profile picture, the way I got that was by paying/commissioning an artist to specifically draw it for me, so I never really looked for many online myself, to be honest. If you're looking for less anime vibe ones, you can search for Western fantasy or Dungeons and Dragons, which should be a lot 'darker' and more grounded-looking.
@@LeoKRogue thank you, well surely ask around my friends who are into art. Btw, the streams have been looking awesome since you got the new GPU. It was a blast watching your dying light playthrough. Good luck for your future streams.
I think some people are hoping too much to that Basim game and thinking it will be the AC game the fans have been waiting for. It's pretty obvious it will use Valhalla's base game and I really don't think it's just going to get any better.
I agree completely. I'm open to being proven wrong, I'd actually like that more than anything, but with modern Ubisoft, it's very much "Guilty until proven innocent." _Assume_ they'll screw it up, until the moment they don't. I've been burned one time too many to approach it any other way. Ubisoft are a company who are _masters_ of "too good to be true." They will say anything you want to hear just to get your hopes up, their PR machine is unparalleled in its efficiency at playing on long-term fans' emotions and making us believe something amazing is coming. This is their specialty. This is what they're best at. What I'd say to anyone who's excited for that game for more than a few minutes after first learning about it is; Just be careful.
@@LeoKRogue When I see people who gets excited whenever they see words anything that sounds like "return to form", chances are, they're either unaware or doesn't learn a thing about how Ubisoft operates on their PR marketing, like they did in Valhalla, speaking about how faithful it will be for the long time fans and see how that turns out. I mean Darby did the best he can to deliver that old AC experience through his quality writing but unfortunately he can only do so much due to the creative decision on these games and I honestly believe he can do so much better. Still, I'll give credit where credit is due. Still doesn't change the fact how deceiving Valhalla is with all that marketing they did.
You honestly helped me so much when I was just starting out. AC2 was my first video game and I couldn't figure out how to play. Your tips and tricks truly gave me a running start and watching your playthrough videos always laid out a plan for me to follow. Your movement video, especially, has followed me beyond the Brotherhood into other video games. Every time I miss a ledge or die from a stupid mistake, I always tell myself, "Button discipline, chica. B U T T O N D I S C I P L I N E!"
That makes me so happy to hear. ^_^ There's lots of skill transfer between many different games, for sure. I've experienced the same thing in my own life.
I feel like AC games have always had some core issues in them that prevent me from being fully in-tune with the games. Meanwhile it's easier for me to "get" games like MGSV, Hitman and Deus Ex and fulfill the fantasy they're going for and even be in a flow state which is bliss. And I doubt it's because those games are of a easier difficulty than AC but rather they're better made I think?
We all know that whatever ubiEA creates from now on,is gonna be a soulless RPG game with the title of assassins creed slammed on top of each game,while having nothing to do with assassins creed.They just gonna violate and disrespect the lore(as well as the gameplay and the realism(a.k.a:historical accuracy)) to the point that in the future we are gonna see something ac related as an easter egg,IN AN AC GAME!
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Hey leo how do you do a roll recovery on pc i cant find anywhere where it tells me
@@juniversum4735 Unlock it first, then _mash_ your Loot/Drop/Parkour Down button before you hit the ground. You don't need good timing if you just mash the hell out of it. Sorry I took six months to respond -- UA-cam doesn't show me Replies, it only shows me fresh Comments. If I'd seen this earlier I would've answered then.
@@LeoKRogue Thats okay man i had forgot about the comment but thank you I should try it some time soon
I got the sudden urge to jump back into Unity.
Always a good idea, especially these days.
I'm almost done my first playthrough of Dying Light 2, so I'll probably mess around a bit myself.
@@LeoKRogue First Person Assassins Creed, i just finished it and i loved it aside from messy narrative and bugs. it's a great game.
Unity is a game you always come back to!
Isn't it amazing how this video actually feels like a real Assassin Mentor is teaching important Creed ideas to his pupils?
A great example I have in regards to this video, is the Classic AC Parkour video you made. I remember the time when I used to watch it a few times to really understand and remember what to do and _how_ to do it. From then, I have gone forward and mustered enough courage to make my own Parkour Montage, which has received positive views
Beautifully said, Mentor. AC has such a special place in my heart. I'm glad others can experience what made this franchise great in the beginning and I thank you for sharing your passion with us. Safety and Peace, Leo.
Thank you Thomas.
Your videos helped me A LOT to enjoy the series as a whole a lot more. Unity was always my favorite game but I used to crouch around and cover myself on every turn finishing a mission after 30 minutes or so because stealth has always been my preferred way to play these games. And you showed me how that process could be a lot more enjoyable by simply understanding the universal mechanics of these games. Now I'm uploading smooth gameplay videos myself and enjoying these games much more just because I discovered what my favorite playstyle is
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I'm hoping for, my goal isn't to force or enslave anyone to play "my way," my goal is to show people what they can do so they have the power to play whatever way is most fun for them without Desyncing or getting frustrated. I'm happy to hear that's been your experience. :D
Personally, i can say i’m glad that a lot of the core AC games before the rpg era are a lot more appreciated uploaded & talked about now, all those little nuances & play styles people find for themselves proves a lot of old opinions of AC wrong, it can be played differently & you can tell who’s playing just by watching, & if you come up with your own solutions to problems than needing to listen to content creators? you have ascended
That's it, man. The ultimate goal is to be able to play in a way that makes you happy. Thanks for listening.
I still play the games. AC 1-Unity even today. I just recently finished Ac 2 and acb again. Been playing unity to chill out after work. I wish assassins creed was alive and well but unfortunately ubisoft killed it and casual gamers embraced this death.
I don't have an issue with the newer games existing, I only have an issue with the framework we loved so much being discarded and thrown aside. In theory everyone should be able to have what they want, that's just not how it worked out.
@@LeoKRogue I agree, there is a place for both. it's just a shame most RPG fans don't understand that, and neither does Ubisoft. I still hope for a new traditional assassins creed game. I feel I've waited in Vain for 8 years but it's my favourite game. Assassins Creed means a lot to me.
“These lessons are knowledge meant to guide our senses. But they’re only the beginnings of wisdom, and not its final form.” I absolutely love how you tie in a wonderful Black Flag quote and made it your own. It’s so apt and meaningful in this context. I’ve long enjoyed your videos. You’ve helped me and countless others to be good at these games. You’ve shown ways to get more out of the games, to better the enjoyment. And for that, I am grateful and appreciative. Thank you Leo. Thank you for the time & effort you’ve put in to help us. And thank you for being you. ❤️
I think my journey with AC really started with your Rogue Academy series on Unity, but your Ezio Trilogy Stealth Tips video was what really got me to start experimenting with these games. I found that while these games are relatively easy and accessible, there is a wealth of knowledge and complexity still left to be discovered. Hell, we’re still discovering new tech in the Ezio Trilogy, whether it’s Suppressed Fire or being able to assassinate horsemen from water in Brotherhood, I imagine that there are still many, many things out there that even the most dedicated of mentors don’t know about these games. And I love that. Your point about experimentation was very poignant to me because I had that exact same process: learning from older players, striking out on my own and then discovering new and interesting things that let me appreciate these games even more. Awesome video Leo, and thanks for everything!
"These lessons are knowledge meant to guide our senses, but they are only the beginnings of wisdom, and not its final form" 😭😭❤️
This is the talk of a grown man :) Back in the day, I can imagine both you and I could probably rant about the "correct" way to play these games, but in the end as long as people can have games they enjoy playing (and AC has a wide range of those), then it's all that matters. Personally, I don't have the time to play games anymore, since I'm making one, and it helped me let go of all the possessive feelings I had about AC. So currently I'm very chill about it. Hope they'd make a decent Netflix AC show though.
Leo Talks + AC3 Present Day music? Hell yea.
Eloquently put, as always, Leo. I’ve learned so much, met so many people and made tons of great friends due to my involvement in the AC skiller community, and my involvement in this community is in large part thanks to your videos. Thank you for all of the effort you’ve put into this channel over the years. It means a lot more than you can know to a lot of us.
Hey, Leo! No one deserves to be making this video more than you do. You've been an AC mentor for quite a long while now, and perhaps the most influential one, too. I only ever started to play AC games through your videos. Your channel is where I first saw ACU videos, and that's what got me hyped for the game. It was my first AC game and I was new to more or less a whole world. If not for your videos, I'd have not been able to play at all. I even quit at times, out of frustration.
But your videos comforted me like a little baby and guided me. Helped me learn. The wisdom you have acquired through all those years shows in every video. In fact, it's those words of advice that actually enabled me to play the game, now that I think of it. With time, I was able to understand the mechanics better, and optimise and strategise for myself. But that wouldn't have happened if I did not have a mentor as learned as yourself. You showed me how to adopt an aggressive stealthy playstyle. How to keep moving and maintain flow. How combat is THE mistake. How to best use tools and react to situations and plan in advance. I'm only able to play comfortably because of you, and for you I have only praise and admiration. Thank you for teaching me mechanics instead of holding my hand. Thanking you for inspiring me. Thank you for helping me cherish the assassin fantasy.
At last, the long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed "Play As Fast As Possible." There's also a lot to be said for the way we've grown our own styles. In the case of Unity, I've come to describe the ideal mindset as confident rather than just fast, because that's what I find more engaging about its fantasy. Throwing smoke to deal with groups in Brotherhood may be more reliable and require less precise planning, but the way Kino abuses the lock on and chain kill mechanics is incredibly cinematic. This is a new era for us in which we each bring something unique to the table. That being said, we *do* still need you. While assembling our new comprehensive list of guides, I've found massive gaps in easily digestible knowledge regarding AC1 and Dishonored. Right now when people ask I usually recommend one on one tutoring, which is not very scalable. I know I've asked you about these before, but instructional content is really important for us right now
AC is still really special to me, despite how drastically it’s changed. Another insightful and poignant video Leo.
Yo, love this, Leo. Really vibed with the part talking about the sinergy between no-hud stealth reapers and the guides vids. There are different levels of knowledge and awe when you first see mastery gameplay of a videogame you barely control, and then you gradually understand what is being performed in the same video after you get the hand of the mechanics yourself, but still can find techs you never knew existed (for me, the punch-drop or the semi cover kills in AC-Rev recently). I can surely say that your videos and guides both inspired me to play with more intent in my own leisure, not needing to upload, but still feeling that tingling of "hey, I done something cool and seamless". Cheers
Just a small message from a french guy to deeply thank you for all your work on the Assassin's Creed serie. You made me discover all these games from a different angle and I can now appreciate them at their true value, whether it concerns their scenario, their music, their gameplay or even their general atmosphere despite the general criticism. Moreover, your content allowed me to discover these two amazing AC players who are SSJLang and Jcers (who I also thank for their incredible contribution).
I don't usually put commentaries on UA-cam videos but this time, I had to do it. All 3 of you will have a new subscriber! Have a very nice day!
From France with love.
3 years ago I really struggled to enjoy classic ac. I struggled because I didn't know how the games work. But I'm so glad that I kept on trying and found your channel. Over the years ac has not only turned into one of my favourite things but also took me on a journey where I became part of a wonderful community and met a lot of great people. Now, after understanding the systems and spending a lot of time experimenting to find out what's possible I developed my own style. You have been an inspiration for me. Not just as a player but also as a person. Your videos didn't only make me cherish the soul of ac but also helped me irl. For that I am grateful. Thank you Leo ❤
Assassin's Creed, as a franchise, has showed me many things that I was taught but chose to ignore when I was little. It showed me the importance of my ancestry and how I should appreciate it instead of blaming my own mishaps on my blood. Most of the difficulties I faced (and still do) with both my gameplay and real life stems from my impatience, and that I should keep calm especially under the pressure my situations have. To observe, stay focused, and execute my plans with confidence. I try to adapt to my surroundings in the events I do get detected or my mistakes lead me to that situation, but I sometimes fall into the urge to pause and select "Restart Memory" so I can complete my mission flawlessly.
I've recently come back into the fold after a year of disillusion, and I've begun playing Brotherhood once I realized I've already completed AC II. The new additions to the Animus 2.0, such as VR training, are perfect for helping me practice efficiency and button discipline. Although I'm not perfect, I still put in the effort to practice whenever I can. Thank you, Leo, for helping me realize that there's a lot more to my moveset, although limited. May the Lord smile upon your blade.
Bless you too, Seiji-kun. There's always more to learn. Even for me.
I loved how you tied back your philosophy towards gameplay guides into the Creed. Brilliant. Someone else said it first, but this video feels like an Assassin Mentor teaching his initiates the meaning of the Creed through the training he gives them.
IMO your style of gameplay truly suits the whole aesthetic of Assassin’s Creed. I’d consider it canon. And your mindset and philosophy behind this topic is amazing. Keep going.
Your vocabulary and the way you form each sentence paired with quality AC content is what makes me appreciate this channel. Your contribution is immense and we all thank you for that!
"an uncertain present" playing in the background - so beautiful
This oughta be interesting
Last time I played thru the series I changed it up and kinda actually role played the characters changing fighting styles with each and actually being an assassin by getting caught a lot less and also actually following the creed by hiding in plain sight more often, finding more secluded areas to climb or grapple up buildings along with avoiding guards and using to non lethal takedowns to avoid killing the dozens and dozens of innocent guards u end up killing in every game and therefore breaking the creed yet we usually ignore because video games. And doing all that made gameplay in each one feel fresh again
This is why I've always appreciated your videos. Not just your skill but your compassion. You've always shown you enjoy other people discovering what works for them and encouraged them to continue down that path, not insisting that yours is the only correct way. Great vid.
Thank you so much, Six. That means a lot to me.
I am glad that i saw this one first 👀
I really appreciate this video a lot, especially as a UA-camr, because often times we say things that are controversial, instructional, or otherwise taken completely at face value and it's hard for us to explain every nuance to everything we say.
Like people telling me they love Dishonored 2 and that my critiques are wrong. I always tell them that that's great, they should go play it and love it, and I'm supremely jealous of them I didn't enjoy it as much as what they did.
Regardless, another great video and I love hearing you talk about the things you enjoy, I could listen to you for hours. The way you explain yourself is always so easy to listen to, and the community is lucky to have someone as clear minded and talented as you. You're someone we should all aspire to be more like. Keep up the good work!
Thanks to you I began to fully appreciate Assassin's Creed, thank you.
I'm really glad I could help you like that, it's always nice to find something we enjoy.
100% agree with your thoughts, you and Jcers were the main 2 who made me appreciate AC on a gameplay level and start uploading gameplay videos. I started playing like you and slowly evolved my own play style over time
I really appreciate your ac videos, they're always useful. AC1 is the only one I replayed so far and it was such a nice feeling to see I was playing better, and the majority of it was because I was remembering stuff from your videos
finding your videos was really the catalyst that got me to be really into assassin’s creed gameplay and see how dynamic it can be! i got into the series pretty recently and binged a lot of the games because i liked the stories/lore, but when i was playing them i was just fumbling my way through the gameplay and mechanics - i was doing fine up until i got to unity, where everything just completely threw me off and i had no idea what i was doing. your unity movement guide video was the first AC video i ever watched, and i’m eternally grateful that i found it, because i don’t think i would’ve ever finished unity if it weren’t for you! i started watching a lot of your videos after that, and they’ve all helped me appreciate the mechanics of all the games a lot more. i’m on syndicate now, and while i think this game overall is just easier than unity by a wide margin, i also think that watching your videos and getting a better understanding of what i can do in these games made this game 10x more fun and manageable than any game i played before this one. i was pretty certain i would never want to replay some of the older games that gave me trouble, but after seeing your videos, i’m actually looking forward to picking them up again once i’m done the whole series. i think now i could explore so many more options than the one-track mindset i had before. so thank you for all your hard work!!! ^__^
I cant overstate enough how your tips (especially berserk dart stun) speeds my game up so much, along with your combat and tools breakdown. Thanks for making me enjoy AC Unity even more than before.
And about play the way you want, that's true. Doing aggro stealth killing everybody without any sound is badass, but to me an "Assassin" is just like that AC1 opening cutscene: striking from inside the crowd, disappear into the crowd. That's why my favorite missions are the one with a lot of NPCs like Danton's sacrifice or the food chain. Back in AC1 i sometimes attempted a "clean hit" where i try to avoid killing as many guards as possible, assassinate the target in high profile, and then run and blend with the monks.
Yeah speaking personally as a low end gamer i really don't have capita to buy a console or a good end pc...
So i always want to play these games like that came after unity....
But after watching you I enjoyed it like instead of watching it's like i am into the game and playing myself...
Hats off for giving us quality ac contents mate!
Thanks, Toaster. :)
I had played many Assassin's creed games before I discoverd your guides and it frankly open up so many things for me to re-enjoy the games again. I love assassin's creed games (with an actual assassin) and I thought of my self as a person who was a pro at the series but you made me realize that there lot more to learn and understand. Thanks for that Leo.
If ubisoft don't get yo ass in that development studio we need you to be our fairy that follows us around lending a helpful advice 😤
One of your best videos yet. I just love the way you think when it comes to Assassins Creed
I've been a fan of the series since the beginning, and have enjoyed the entire series (even if I don't like the game in general).
I enjoy watching your videos. Even if I don't always agree with your views/advice.
I do thank you for keeping the true Creed in mind while making these videos, and I hope you continue.
Only one thing I ask as a humble request, and that is that you continue your Let's Play of Assassin's Creed that you had started.
I'm real glad I found your channel a few years back, you really understand this series, as long as people like you who love these games so much still exists there is hope for us fans in the future of AC. Keep up being a mentor
Well put, Leo. This was an epic video dude. Cheers
Thank you Mentor Leo for your incredible guidance and wisdom. Your videos have helped me greatly improve on my own skills as a player of AC, and have also allowed me to further my love and appreciate of the series.
I'm glad. ^__^
Hey! So i had my perfect way to play the entire franchise in terms of stealth, combat and all the rest of it.
I watched your videos as a man who appreciated unity for the partial broken mess it could be at times and man did i love watching your fluidity with the game! I then proceeded to try your fast pace stealth when i could apply it! And unity became the only game i wanted to play! It through me in to the assassin fantasy! Dude your videos have helped me and many others to navigate this game better as it possible to merge our original strategies with yours! Your awesome! Unity is awesome! Cheers for all your tips bro!
Well Said Leo. As Someone who got inspired by your videos to make more gameplay content, The most important thing that anyone can do is to understand the basics and then use it to express themselves.
I am not particularly skilled, Hell I didn't even know I could be creative in my approach as it was never my strength, But I found that the more I found ways to solve the targets that I had set, The more engaged I was with the game itself. This series has something unique, as in it allows us to find our own path. When I first played the games, I rushed through them, I was interested in the story after all, and didn't really care about much else. But it was only after I slowed down, Looked around when I discovered that these games are much more than what they appear to be.
Man I checked your channel when I started Unity and damn did your tricks made me feel like an Epic Gamer.
I know you haven't showcased much AC Origins on the channel compared to other games, but when I was doing a playthrough of it on Nightmare difficulty, I found myself starting to really hate it due to the perceived over-focus on a combat system that never truly clicked with me. I don't know if it's objectively badly designed or if I was just doing something wrong, but either way I felt like I was staring at Bayek's limp corpse more often than I felt like a cool assassin. I knew about the reputation of the Layla games having inferior stealth to Unity and Syndicate and I started to wonder if Origins simply wasn't for me.
Then I took your advice and started experimenting with the tools the game offered to me. Origins doesn't really have a "stealth" skill tree, but I looked more closely for the first time at the Seer tree and the gadget-based playstyle it offered.
I made two discoveries through experimentation that finally allowed the game to click: the fact that an enemy hit with a sleep dart is vulnerable to a hidden blade strike even if you're in open combat, and the interaction between sleep darts and fire that puts all enemies to sleep in an AoE, which can be combined with the fire grenade tool to activate it anywhere, even in the absence of a campfire or torch in the world. With those alternatives allowing me to avoid the open combat, and by focusing all my resource upgrades on the hidden blade above everything else, I was able to play Origins as an almost completely STEALTH-focused game. Even the damage sponge giant bosses that wouldn't go down to an assassination could be handled with a process of hidden blade->adrenaline strike->sleep dart->disengage ->hide - >repeat. My ability to stay undetected improved through practice, and with the issues of the core gameplay loop resolved I was able to fully enjoy the game's incredible world design as I traveled the open world and took down each camp, tomb, and side quest with lethal joy. I ended up completing every location on the map, including both DLCs. And since I beat all the pharaohs, I guess I did eventually get proficient enough at open combat too.
That was a long-winded anecdote to just say thanks for the videos. Your direct guides for controls and techniques are very helpful, but I think the philosophy that can be applied to any game is honestly even more invaluable.
I cant wait to play the earlier games, I started with origins and despite its many flaws I love it anda currently 100%ing it, I've played odyssey vallhalla but I didn't like them much and gave up pretty early.
That is what makes the classic AC so beautiful and also the Far Cry Franchise. They are easy to learn but hard to master. Pretty much anyone can play through the campaign but you can do way cooler things when you dive in deeper. It is for everyone, casuals can do their one time playthrough and left the game and enthusiasts have a lot variety and things to learn about movement, stealth and combat.
I hate it when people (often times big review medias) say that this games are too easy. Not every game has to be a hardcore experience. Games are made to be fun and not to be hard or frustrating.
I playd AC a lot before and I knew a lot of things before I watched your guides and videos but I still learned a lot and my own knowledge combined with yours made me a better player and enjoy gaming even more. Not only in AC but my gaming experience overall.
And yeah, like the most folks in the comment section here, I am also someone who does not really enjoy the new Era and that is crazy, because I love RPG's in general. It just feels misplaced in the AC franchise and I am sad about it, becaus imo it would've been possibly to revive the franchise by building on its fundamentals that being: Stealth, parcour and narrative instead of just copying stuff from other franchises. Classic AC was innovative and Unique and now it just feels generic for me: comabt and loot, thats pretty much it.
But NFT's and Live Service are Ubisofts policy now....
stay sneaky.
This video made so emotional and I don't know why wise words my man
Understanding the parkour and combat mechanics in ac unity really make it fun to play. Once I get a good capture card I will definitely upload my own stealth reapers. I had your thought before, because I watch stealth reapers from other channels and there is almost always a few things that I would do differently. Doing your own thing your own way in this game is really how you enjoy it.
wow dude, you freaking killed it in this one.
Thanks, I think some people needed to hear this.
I’m glad you posted those rogue academy videos on unity it helped me enjoy the game more and figure out my play style
I'm glad to have helped ^__^
I'm more or less an AC veteran; been playing since AC1 dropped in '07, but despite that I still oftentimes find your videos and streams insightful and entertaining. Thank you Leo K!
I love watching your videos so much that it's becoming an adiction. You explain everything so well, and your gameplay is so smooth that it give me motivation to get good at the game. I watched many of your unity videos and they helped me so much. As you mentioned you thought how and what to do, but now i can play at my pace.
cause i love history and ancient locations .
I considered myself a pretty decent player before finding your channel, but the game I always struggled with was Unity, where I ranked it near the bottom of my experience because of it. Through your videos, now I'm able to complete missions such as Hoarders with relative ease and efficiency. Your knowledge, guidance, and calm demeanor in delivering information ushered in a Renaissance for my love and appreciation of all AC titles, especially Unity and AC1. I sincerely thank you for providing me with the inspiration and opportunity to learn and improve on my own, and providing such a positive space to do it in. Safety and peace, Mentor.
Side note, your streams have gotten me into RE, so I'm looking forward to diving into that!
the struggle against my obssessive compulsive disorder and assassins creed is very tied together for me. i had OCD back when i started watching these well crafted videos of ghost and stealth runs by people like stealthgamer, swiftly unknown, and you. what i didn't know at the time, was the ammount of repetition and hours dedicated to perfecting a level, and knowing every detail of a stealth playground. my compulsion and perfectionism not only destroyed my enjoyment for the game, but also affected me in real life. i spent months of my life playing games and levels over and over again, specially ac unity, torturing myself with the game's faulty detection system, trying to do things 'perfectly', and when i did i was so frustrated it didn't bring me any enjoyment anymore.
as i began to treat my OCD i still had a problem with stealth games, until i played the ezio trilogy on the ps4. there was no restart from checkpoint buttom! with this mechanic removed, the three games where like a rite of passage for me. i realized repetition made me sick. i realized my stealth was good enough, and the thrill of trying to not be caught and at the same time, the continuity of running away and approaching the encounter from another angle gave me back the pleasure of AC again. it brought me closer to the story, made it feel like my life was at risk with every assassination, instead of mindlessly repeating the same thing for hours on end.
i promised myself to never reset an ac game due to failing on stealth, or at least as much as possible. my path of understanding how i experienced assassins creed is part of me getting to know myself better, and doing what i wanted free of compulsion. i was finally free. this is by no means an attack on other playstyles, like you said, and i still appreciate the beauty of what you and others do, and it has helped me improve my game greatly. but in real life and in the game, i found my own path, i loved to improvise stealth, and now when i look back i am glad the game allowed me to grow, and that is the value of assassins creed to me.
Very good! I'm proud of you and your journey. This experience is definitely also part of what I'm talking about.
Comments like yours were one reason I once uploaded my "Making Of A Stealth Reaper" Twitch VOD.
The final product is a performance, no one is going to play that perfectly on their first attempt, no one is meant to.
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@@LeoKRogue this making off and your no upgrades run where very enjoyable to watch all the way through.
Great video. This is exactly how your videos helped me. I was struggling to have fun and you helped me see the path towards that fun. I don't play exactly like you, but that's the point. Keep it up man.
love your thoughts .
First i was playing ac 2 after ac 1 it had so many new stealth moves but ididnt know how to use theme thanks to you ican play ac in stealth at whole time!
Your voice is so enjoyable(:
im playing through the ezio trilogy for the first time because of how highly you talk about the early games and im really enjoying it , thank you :]
For me AC I, ACB & ACU encapsulate the assassin fantasy better than any other game.
For me as well.
I want to play while listening to Leo k whispering into my ears. Your asmr video was amazing. I would scream without the s if you made another leo 🙌🙌
The ACIII music in the background is giving me a lot of nostalgia. I remember walking the halls of Juno's Vault and talking to Sean, Rebecca, and William about philosophy, the fallen Assassins and Templars, and what on earth Juno's ulterior motives could be. This really takes me back.
It was a beautiful time, a different era.
@@LeoKRogue Indeed. A very beautiful era. One I hope to revisit someday. Eventually. This video helped me rediscover my passion for this series. For that, I owe you thanks.
@N7Andy Hey I remember you! We had a short convo about this game on one of @AltaïrStealth's community posts awhile back. Small world lol. This vid actually did make me revist ACIII pretty recently. I plan to replay it again soon, but right now I'm revisiting RDR2. Trying to go slow and explore everything in all the games I've been replaying lately. Eventually I know I'll come back to the AC series again, and Mass Effect! Lol
Funny you should upload this video and talk about how you have worked with this game, creating these guides and videos that contributed to making these games cool again, and yet you still encourage and inspire experimenting. I discovered your channel about more than a year ago and binge watched your Unity Content. It made me see the game as something with more potential than I remembered. After playing it for the second time, after watching your videos, not only was I so hooked, I 100% the game. I started experimenting, I found my own ways to play it and now I do videos on AC Unity and Syndicate where I showcase some of my favourite things about these games, such as the underrated Social Stealth. The ability to express yourself through Social Stealth mechanics in these 2 games, mostly Unity however, is incredible, something I would not expect as Unity is always showcased as a fast paced stealth game, but if you take it slow, use the crowds given to you, immerse yourself into Paris, you find an entirely different experience. This is exactly what you "preach" in this video, for us to play any game as we want, to discover and experiment. My way is the Social Stealth and even though shallow in comparison to some other games, it is still satisfying and impressive how much you can do with a shallow system. Thank you Leo K. You have truly done something great for the community and this just amplifies it.
I love this comment a lot. UA-cam held it for some reason, but I'm happy I was able to read it now. Thank you so much. ^__^
I love that you're enjoying getting better at this element of the game you really like experiencing, that's like, the best feeling in the world.
Damn, this video was so goddamn cathartic
Your videos made me went back to AC Rogue. I mean it kinda made sense because I had completed Blackflag a month before, but I've always felt like Rogue is the "most complete" gameplay wise for the kenway trilogy.
If only the game allowed you to use sword and dagger separately in Rogue, it would kinda make the combat more fun.
Not only that, if the story was at least 2-3 sequence longer and there were more stories before Shay ending up in Paris and how he lost most of his weapons going there... It would probably be up there on my top 4 AC games.
Awesome! Glad you've been enjoying it, it's a pretty unique game overall. It has a singularly cold and lonely atmosphere, I find, because despite working with the Templars, Shay never really feels like "one of them" until the end, for me. Because of that the entire game has this odd sense of isolation that I haven't really felt since AC1. Unity has a bit of it too, I guess.
Damn, that hits hard! Thank you for you work, Leo!
This video shows why you're the Mentor! Great video!
Unity, Rogue, and Origins are the only AC games I haven't played yet. Guess I might have to do something about that.
thanks for the video mate
Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
Beautifully said, Rogue.
Thank you.
I (thanks to this video) exclusively play unity as a french royal musketeer and shoot a musket first before using a flintlock pistol then a sword ( ´◡‿ゝ◡`)
*INNER PEACE*
Incredible
You are a true Assassin Mentor
its so bizarre how ac's back story is so mutch deeper than it seems, the truth is that the story (besides the whole "assassins x templars" fantasy) is a representation of our world history and it's all a bit of a "ironic critic" I might say. Not mentioning the whole fantasy of "the first civilization" and "the ones who came before" being fantastic, the whole game is just amazing
your very inspirational and its great man keep it up
Thanks so much!
omg it's Lion Kay Rog
Everytime I replay an AC game I try to do something different than my previous playthrough. It forces me to think differently and that makes the game more interesting.
Hey Leo I wanted to say that Ubisoft should return to the old stealth based games like unity and brotherhood and others because how you said odyssey doesn’t make you feel and assassin. Oh and last thing I really enjoyed your videos I just subscribed
Please don't stop with your AC videos Leo. 🥺
As long as I feel there's something I want to create around Assassin's Creed, I'll keep doing it. ^__^
Some of this is of course on Ubisoft. Part of what I need is for them to make games I care to talk about or discuss, after all.
Leo, I love ur personality it's a shame if u just covering this game (I mean ur famous videos is about ac unity) as much as I want u to be happy making content, I also want ur channel to be recognized more. U deserve more credits man.
Thank you so much, Jerry. That really means a lot to me.
It's hard often to think that I only have value and worth if I'm doing Assassin's Creed content.
I have other things I'm very passionate about too. But, we'll keep pushing. :)
Stick around. :D
Daaamn, that Lorne Balfe soundtrack though..
Great video man, you broke it down so well man
It's a shame Unity isn't Xbox One X Enhanced, gameplay-wise is one of my favorites, playing that in 4K or at 1080p 60fps would be a dream come true
never thought a game abt assassins creed unity would make me feel confident in myself
You deserve to feel confident in yourself.
Just figured out that poison darts in AC 3 are very powerful, similar to Unity's berserk blades you talked about. The game never tells you about them, but I'm pretty sure they are the most effective stealth tool, because they delete detection and disable any enemy, while the bow doesn't kill the stronger npcs if you don't headshot.
They're amazing, yeah. If you're ever having trouble with AC3's downright _weird_ stealth framework, Poison Darts are a great little shortcut for getting past its worst moments.
📠📠📠. Great video Leo
Me experiencing Assassin's Creed by going full combat mode spamming 11 smoke bombs and going on a forty guard massacre so there isn't anyone alive to stop me from reaching my target 😎
Nobody will notice if there's nobody to notice.
With the new stealth mechanics being introduced into Elden Ring, I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of roguish antics you're able to get up to in the game in... 12 days?!
I'm quite curious myself. ^__^
A lot of people hate on unity , but for me it's the best game in the series and saying this after being AC II Fanboy. The movement is phenomenal , stealth fun , graphics great and France really feels animated.
The AC God have returned!
Keep in mind, Unity supports different playstyles including the one that supports open direct combat.
I see what you're trying to do, but the answer here is Yes And No. If you can make it work and enjoy it, by all means - have fun!
Factually though, it heavily depends on the amount of enemies you're fighting and will break apart sooner than any other. Compare against Ghost of Tsushima on the hardest difficulty for example, where combat is both more challenging and more fair, and doesn't crumble with too many foes in play. Other than that, absolutely!
This video was bloody fantastic and it opened my eyes that the people who are equally as good as me without playing the exact same kind of stealth are not bad at the game. I really look upon my former condescending self with disappointment. A question I had for you was, I really dig your profile picture and have been searching for a rogue like profile picture for a couple of years, but haven't really found one that fits, mostly because most of them are anime photos which I don't think really fit the theme. Got any tips for searching. Thanks youuuuuuuuu. love your content.
Thanks! Regarding my profile picture, the way I got that was by paying/commissioning an artist to specifically draw it for me, so I never really looked for many online myself, to be honest. If you're looking for less anime vibe ones, you can search for Western fantasy or Dungeons and Dragons, which should be a lot 'darker' and more grounded-looking.
@@LeoKRogue thank you, well surely ask around my friends who are into art. Btw, the streams have been looking awesome since you got the new GPU. It was a blast watching your dying light playthrough. Good luck for your future streams.
I think some people are hoping too much to that Basim game and thinking it will be the AC game the fans have been waiting for. It's pretty obvious it will use Valhalla's base game and I really don't think it's just going to get any better.
I agree completely.
I'm open to being proven wrong, I'd actually like that more than anything, but with modern Ubisoft, it's very much "Guilty until proven innocent." _Assume_ they'll screw it up, until the moment they don't. I've been burned one time too many to approach it any other way. Ubisoft are a company who are _masters_ of "too good to be true."
They will say anything you want to hear just to get your hopes up, their PR machine is unparalleled in its efficiency at playing on long-term fans' emotions and making us believe something amazing is coming. This is their specialty. This is what they're best at.
What I'd say to anyone who's excited for that game for more than a few minutes after first learning about it is; Just be careful.
@@LeoKRogue When I see people who gets excited whenever they see words anything that sounds like "return to form", chances are, they're either unaware or doesn't learn a thing about how Ubisoft operates on their PR marketing, like they did in Valhalla, speaking about how faithful it will be for the long time fans and see how that turns out.
I mean Darby did the best he can to deliver that old AC experience through his quality writing but unfortunately he can only do so much due to the creative decision on these games and I honestly believe he can do so much better. Still, I'll give credit where credit is due.
Still doesn't change the fact how deceiving Valhalla is with all that marketing they did.
Whats your opinion on the new AC‘s and how far the series drifts away from its core elements?
My opinion on that is not very nice at all, I can tell you that much. :P
I miss Assassin's Creed's spirit.
@@LeoKRogue Me too ^^
You honestly helped me so much when I was just starting out. AC2 was my first video game and I couldn't figure out how to play. Your tips and tricks truly gave me a running start and watching your playthrough videos always laid out a plan for me to follow. Your movement video, especially, has followed me beyond the Brotherhood into other video games. Every time I miss a ledge or die from a stupid mistake, I always tell myself, "Button discipline, chica. B U T T O N D I S C I P L I N E!"
That makes me so happy to hear. ^_^
There's lots of skill transfer between many different games, for sure. I've experienced the same thing in my own life.
I don’t really care how I play I just want to have fun 🤷🏾♂️
That's all that matters.
I feel like AC games have always had some core issues in them that prevent me from being fully in-tune with the games.
Meanwhile it's easier for me to "get" games like MGSV, Hitman and Deus Ex and fulfill the fantasy they're going for and even be in a flow state which is bliss. And I doubt it's because those games are of a easier difficulty than AC but rather they're better made I think?
They are absolutely better made. What you're noticing is a real thing, Assassin's Creed has just always lacked the polish, even today.
We all know that whatever ubiEA creates from now on,is gonna be a soulless RPG game with the title of assassins creed slammed on top of each game,while having nothing to do with assassins creed.They just gonna violate and disrespect the lore(as well as the gameplay and the realism(a.k.a:historical accuracy)) to the point that in the future we are gonna see something ac related as an easter egg,IN AN AC GAME!
unity no gadgets (bombs, ranged weapons) ancient history
I'm surprised people even still remember that video.