The fact that you went out of your way to unequip the Sword and Knife is the cherry on top of this video i think most people won't even notice or care. Giving Ezio a smooth look, without clanging metals hanging from his outfit, to truly embark on this stealthy operation.
You are the *first* person to comment on that, I legit didn't think anyone would notice, but yeah, I deliberately used the Unequip Weapons glitch at a Blacksmith so that I'd just go in with Hidden Blades + Items.
Just before Interacting with a Blacksmith, select your Weapon, and make sure Ezio's hand is in the animation of reaching for his weapon. As he reaches for his weapon (like when his hand is about to pull it out) enter the store and Buy or Equip a weapon corresponding to the Weapon Type you want to get rid of. If you're trying to get rid of the sword, select another Sword from the shop. Once you've selected your weapon, exit the shop and Ezio will take his weapon out only for it to fall to the ground. You'll now have nothing in that Slot. Enjoy!
What I really like about the hidden gun is as time progresses, you can see Ezio getting more and more familiar with it. In 2, he needs his other hand and takes about 3 seconds to line up a proper shot, then brotherhood only one hand and takes like a second, and in revelations it's like no effort whatsoever. Really enjoy the progression there
I quite like that, too, yeah. Even by the time of Brotherhood, he's already well-practiced and understands how to use it. In Revelations it's nearly instant, and he uses it in combat-kill animations more often.
Man I miss the old legendary assassin's creed games and characters its like when u play unity with Ezio or Altair outfit u feel great but its not the same u feel when u play with Altair and Ezio them selves XD
One thing you can also do to get rid of beggars is to face them, briefly hold high profile and walk into them. This will make Ezio gently bump into them which makes them lose their instrument and then they just run off. Another thing I've noticed is that, sometimes, when you manage to outrun beggars in AC 2 just before they start playing their instrument, you get 50 florines which is kinda funny.
@@LeoKRogue I love discovering tiny things like that. It makes me feel like I truly understand the deeper mechanics of the game. AC Multiplayer also had great techniques like various kinds of stuns, social stealth and arguably the best parkour in the series in AC 3 Multiplayer. It was SOOO fluid. Too bad the Multiplayer is gone. But I'm sure it will return at some point in the franchise!
It is always fun and educative watching experts do their stuff. I consider myself good at Assassin's Creed games (particularly the first, since it is the one I've played the most), but by the gods, this is truly a Mentor's work!
Loved the commentary, which is of plenty substance, like all of your videos. Me personally, whenever I encounter targets to be assassinated in public places, I love to use the poison blade whilst blended in a group, which truly makes me feel like a blade in the crowd. The target will dance and flop around as if he's suddenly got a stroke (which is probably what the blade does) and will attract attention due to his antics and will fall in few seconds, and the crowd goes by their business as if nothing has happened. This is why I loved the Romani curse mission in Revelations.
I really love that too, back on TheHiddenBlade.com we'd refer to it as a 'mysterious death' because it was so difficult for the city to pinpoint exactly what killed him.
Finally got around to watching this video, holy fuck you should really commentate videos more because your insight is genuinely incredible, and I’m always learning new things despite playing these games for YEARS. Hope you hit a 100k soon Leo you seriously deserve it
Thank you so much Sif, I've been getting a lot of this kind of feedback recently: "Commentate More." I'll strongly consider doing so because I actually really enjoy it and it's fun and relaxing for me to do, too. I think I'll do AC2 All Races before moving onto Brotherhood.
24:30 - What I do, is simply assassinating them with my double blades in air assassination. Some would say, that counts as detection but to me it doesn't in the way that the targets are unaware of your presence until their very death and the guards...well, every major assassination in AC1 ended up with the guard chase so it's nothing new. In some sense, having guards after you after your assassination just feels right.
@@LeoKRogue oh, I hear you, my friend. The mission "French Kiss" in Brotherhood is the hardest to me in that sense. The memory's 100% synch requirement is easy (no detects), you could just hire mercenaries, or tell your recruits to kill everything. But because Bartolomeo says "Make sure to kill them without a fight. The armor has to stay clean", this condition also applies to NPCs. So I just try to find a way to complete this mission with my hidden blade and throwing knives (I made up a "don't buy crossbow/don't use pistol in stealth" rule). It's so painful but once you succeed it's so satisfying.
I told you on the previous video that I'm surely gonna watch all of this in one go without getting even a bit bored and here I am, staying true to my word. Cool vid as always, the explanations made the assassinations feel even better. Can't wait for brotherhood.
In each game, I will be showcasing its unique mechanics as much as possible. In AC2 that was Hidden Gun, Smoke, and Factions. In AC Brotherhood that'd be my Brotherhood, and in Revelations it'd be Bomb Types.
@@LeoKRogue Oh yeah I totally forgot about the bomb crafting. You could maybe even dedicate a video to all the viable bomb recipes when you reach revelations. Also please do the Altair memories when you're there, as we all love the biggest legend in the series. And one last thing, I just have to shoot this compliment your way, as these videos solidified my opinion on this. I've praised your skill and knowledge of these games ever since I've found your video of completing unity with base gear, but now I've realized something. Watching you play is not just like watching a pro player anymore. These contract vids made me feel like watching Ezio himself plan those kills, apart of the RNG thief one, since Ezio would definitely fight alongside the thief, but other than that, it was so smooth it felt like watching him just live his life, not being controlled by a player.
@@kortex5130 I'd love to do a Bomb Overview, and now that you mention it, I would also love to do an AC2 Items and Factions Overview. Both of those would be super fun to make. Altair memories are guaranteed, he's my favorite character so you can pretty much count on me always doing stuff related to him. Regarding your compliment, that makes me feel absolutely amazing. My ideal creations are exactly what you described. In the best possible outcome situation, when someone watches my gameplay, it should *feel* like an Assassin would behave this way, just like how Stylish Action Game vids make the viewer feel like it's actually Dante/Nero/Bayo/Raiden fighting, or how Perry MGS's videos make the viewer feel like they're actually watching Snake, things like that. That little bit of roleplaying that puts the immersion a notch higher, matters to me a great deal and it makes me very happy that you think I succeeded at that.
Anyone else miss Gentle Push the most from old games? I actually liked that feature, made me feel like a badass who just want people to move out of his way a little
Heyy, you're welcome! [kind hug] Thanks for caring about it, I notice you have some Hitman vids on your channel. I want to watch some of those tomorrow when I wake up.
14:35 not necessarily, the full sync on that is to avoid calling recruits and arrow storm counts, basically use the same strategy with smoke and either poison or hidden blade, it's on a 30 sec time limit too i believe
My favorite Assassin's Creed game is actually AC1. I like all of them to some extent, but the first one is the most special to me. I will never stop making commentaries.
The hidden gun is legit my favorite weapon in the AC games. Thanks to Leo, I can do stealth kills with it so thanks Leo 😊. But the coolest thing about it is that you see how Ezio uses it in the cinematic trailer without getting detected which is awesome af. I love that trailer. What’s your fav cinematic trailer Leo?
@@LeoKRogue aye sir. Do be careful with the aiming since guards start detecting you when you aim at them. I haven't tried doing it with the blow-pipe. Probably should work
On the 10 brutes that you used smoke bombs on, I used the poison blade and managed to remain undetected. Maybe more expensive but the madness was worth it.
Every time you use a gun to assassinate a target, I imagine that it all adds up to a rumour that forms among the citizens that whenever a sound like that is heard, someone in that area dies
Honestly, yes. AC1-Revelations were revolutionary, they directly inspired and influenced the game industry for many years ahead. Nowadays it seems like Assassin's Creed is less of a trend-setter and more of a follower, which is a shame.
Leo K, how did you do this without HUD?! Absolutely amazing!! In all seriousness, though, when would you suggest for players to stop using HUD so that it doesn't feel like a crutch?
Something funny happened to me in Hunting The Hunter. So when I got to the decoy dummy the bounty hunter set for me (I was not superblending) and they tried to gang up on me, the hunter for some reason fell into the water without anyone from the group actually getting near me. So the contract was instantly over
@@LeoKRogue That was my first run and I legit thought it was some sort of glitch, like maybe the dummy shouldn't have been there and the guards spawned in from nowhere and then despwaned into nowhere again. So I looked up a walkthrough of that contract to understand what exactly was supposed to happen lmao
For the Kill the Brute contract, I played it with only the poison blade unlocked, I poisoned one in the non moving group while the moving one were far, walked to them, double stab the ones on the back then the other two. Now the other group look and move at the dead bodies and not the berzerk one, so i do the same to them on the back and finish with the still raving poisoned brute. No combat state, first try lol (pure luck I didn't intent to succeed so well)
Beautiful. Yeah, that's one thing I _love_ about Assassin's Creed, you know? There tend to be multiple ways to approach a task, mine is just the easiest for a beginner to copy but it's not necessarily the best or only way, contrary to what I might say sometimes.
I really wish that climbing would alert guards right away. It would have given an incentive to find an alleyway when you want to go on the rooftop, made the assassin fantasy better and from a level design perspective it would have made possible the creation of more tailored missions.
I strongly disagree. Think about that for a second. Do you realize how many side-effects and knock-on effects climbing alerting guards instantly would cause? It would be a nightmare to balance on the dev's side, let alone be practical for player purposes. Like, there's also a reason people's shadows don't instantly alert guards in stealth games, it would just be absurd. Realism is useful when it services gameplay, but when it doesn't, things are best fudged a little, as is the case in AC games. The Assassin fantasy is _to a VAST_ degree enabled and empowered by the protagonist's agility, and your suggestion would damage the use of that immensely. While players like you and I might receive it positively, the majority of the playerbase would just stop climbing most of the time at all. It's just not worth it IMO.
@@LeoKRogue Perhaps not right away then. Let's say It would build up their alert gauge? That way you could only do a certain amount of high profile actions without repercussions. My reasoning for that is that placing guards at strategic points it would guide the player to more ideal paths for the mission. I remember my first playthroughs many years ago and it was chaotic sometimes, so I'm reflecting on how to guide the player in an open-world environment.
I really like Tuscany but I wish I knew how to do the story mission where there's the crazy person above guarded by archers. You don't have grab ledge yet and any way up always got me detected somehow.
take out the archers in the other towers first if you're having difficulty, one specific tower gives you a beam towards the main one, take that beam then watch the archers on the main tower's patterns while hanging off the final ledge, take them out slowly and carefully
I do not, sadly. I find Thief 1 and 2 best enjoyed as very personal experiences, and the pace of play for them actually doesn't fit the kind of speed-stealth I love to express on this channel. I wouldn't be great at holding audience attention in any game I can't play quickly, I find.
Hey! Noticed your channel and enjoyed it a lot. Wanted to ask one question. In the Caveat Emptor is it possible to kill the target by posining the guard? Cause I remember that this contract was presented before release back in 2009 and this trick worked. But when I try it myself everything just screws. I managed to kill him by guard's hands several times but still can't realize what exactly the actions must be to achieve this every time. Thanks in advance
They probably just changed certain mechanics or tweaked them a little for the sake of demo purposes. It's basically completely random whether it works or not in the final game, but this kind of thing happens in gameplay presentations/demos all the time. Developers will often tweak an enemy's HP to be set to 1 for example, so certain things seem cooler or more cinematic when shown off. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
@@LeoKRogue Yeah, it seems that is just random:( Also, the behaviour of NPC is different. In the demo the guy approaches his bodyguard whereas in the final game everything is opposite. But I managed somehow to fit into right timing several times so spearman killed the target with two blows. I just want to find guaranteed way to do it every time, cause I am very stubborn 😬
When people say that ACII and Brotherhood's maps are so accurate, they can find their way around the actual city, I just want to laugh because I'm literally dyslexic when it comes to reading and remembering maps and directions so no matter how accurate these maps are, I'll still get lost😂😂😂😂
Typically I prefer the same, for this video I just started doing it on the streets because I was doing many attempts for the recordings, so eventually I got tired of climbing up and down more than I had to. I love it though, quietly following a Templar from the rooftops above the city really gives you the feeling of a watchful shadow protecting humanity's free will.
I don't know if anyone has already told but at a point you said "now we move to Tuscany, in San Gimignano" but just want to tell that Firenze and San Gimignano are both in Tuscany 😀 Firenze is even the Tuscan capital
@@LeoKRogue yeah dw but i meant like, geograficaly, in reality, Florence is Tuscany's capital city I am italian myself and noticed the redundancy because you were already in Tuscany hahahah
Just started a new playthrough of ac2, I fucking love this game. In my opinion, it has the one of the best traversal systems in gaming. What's your favorite of the ezio games?
It flip flops between Brotherhood and Revelations, for me. I don't like choosing though, I think the entire Ezio Trilogy is nothing short of Legendary.
That's precisely it. They build off of each other and as a trilogy, they're stronger than the sum of their parts. What's amazing is that it also fills in Altair's story too, and makes him one of the more tragic heroes of the Assassin's Creed franchise, fighting till his last breath, unable to even die as a normal man, an Assassin to the very end -- and his final warning to Ezio is what makes the last few scenes of Revelations so beautiful. "Don't die as an Assassin. You don't have to run down this path for the rest of your life. Eventually, you should rest. Don't make the same mistake I did. Be free. Be happy."
I find this ridiculous actually. It's like when you bump into them, they think you're a drunk and so they run the hell away from you. Speaking of which, I wish AC2 had drunks...They were so "fun" in AC1.
That's right, run off an edge with High Profile but without holding Legs. If the next platform, or ground, is close enough, Ezio will just run downwards. You can do this off some pretty high places, once you start looking for them and get used to it.
You can, actually. :) In AC2 you can Replay only Side Content, Main Memories are what's not replayable. I recommend replaying some of your old favorite Contracts/Races/Tombs if you have any.
Yes, off of _short_ edges. However, if you use Punch-Drop, you can drop off edges of _any_ height. Note that this is a lot tougher to do since it's not 'intended' behavior, but it becomes _very_ consistent if you practice it. Execution Producer, Elmo and J4K8 are the people who figured out and spread it to the community, just this year! :D Tutorial: czcams.com/video/X40JpTnweOk/video.html
I can answer that. Eagle Vision is a watered-down, weak form of the Isu True Sixth Sense of Knowledge, and how 'strong' or traditional your Eagle Vision is depends on the concentration of Isu DNA you carry and which bloodline you're in. Arno's Fragment of Knowledge is weaker than the Eagle Vision of other Assassins, but 'weaker' is a relative term. Arno's weaker Eagle Vision is more useful in some ways, and less useful in other ways. It's volatile, and difficult for him to sustain. Most Assassins can peer through Eagle Vision indefinitely, but Arno can only focus up for several seconds before he has to let his mind rest. He then has a Cooldown Period that even the Frye Twins do not have to go through. Next, Arno's Eagle Vision is adversely affected by his mental state, including being drunk and/or hungover, causing him a great headache and disorientation if he uses it in that state. Finally, Arno cannot pull enemies into a Mental Interrogation and affect the flow of questioning or how he extracts information from them. He can only be "along for the ride." His Memory-Vamping doesn't always show him the exact things he wants to see, and a lot of it comes down to blind luck. So the final answer to why more Assassins don't have Arno's ability to see victims' memories is that his Isu DNA is more diluted, and that affects the way his Fragment of Knowledge manifests.
callum I don’t think that’s much of a challenge. I think you have to get one of the shoulder spaulders as a requirement. And if you think about it getting 2 hidden blades is a upgrade.
This is just people's way of tricking me into putting an AC2 playthrough on this channel with 2019 Leo K voice quality. I see through all the shenanigans. I'll probably still do it anyway.
I like them both, so I think it's a shame that Giovanni's Robes are never featured as legacy outfits. Except for that one time they were in Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, LOL. The minimalist, clean, Masyaf-style of Ezio's Robes (rather than Giovanni's Robes which are more 'noisy') looks great enough that I don't mind _too_ much, but it's a missed opportunity for sure.
@@LeoKRogue that’s a good point. I like how Giovanni’s are more street-y. I feel like they blend in better, myself, but both are good. It’s Ezio, after all, he can rock anything
Yes. Early game guards will be one-shotted. Guards later in the game will take two knives to kill, which means you'll be detected. Use the Hidden Gun instead. Lock on, walk away from them, shoot.
I don't actually know yet, but surely playing all of them for the channel will help me decide. I think it might be Brotherhood, or Black Flag, just based on preliminary guess-work.
@@LeoKRogue I love the idea of assassination contract challenges, but I only ever did the first couple of each game. I never realized that they added challenges and made them more "complicated". I think I'll start a new Black Flag save and try them out !
@@LeoKRogue The Spanish Commander - Simple assassination, impossible to do undetected without knocking/killing his gaurds. At least not with the starting gear Unlicensed Dealer - Lured the 4 guards away with Thots, jumped in the well, whistled the guy over and yeeted him in to the well Beach Bonfire - Just sneak around a jump in the leaves, ez clap A shipment of powder - Swam around, climbed up and pulled him in to the water :)Was kind of fun. Didn't write down the name (he dances) - Marked everyone, jumped in to the hay bale. Blended through until I got to the courtesans. Hired them, walked towards my target. Killed him, got detected after he was dead so I still got my full sync. Jumped through the window and lost the guards straight away A botched escape - Got the first target while blended with courtesans. The other guy started running and I air assassinated him off of a small ledge The Treasure Hunter - I got spotted :'( Ran away to my ship. It's not a very special assassination The pirate captain - This mission has lots of trees to run around in. Personally, running around in trees, either in Black Flag or 3 is my favourite thing to do. Climbed around and air assassinated him. His guards got mad and chased me but...Trees bruh Do they add extra objectives ? Or is it always just don't get spotted for an extra 500 ?
I'm not sure if Black Flag multiplayer still has many active players. Finding matches would probably be difficult on those servers and I'm not interested enough to try putting together a group. There's so much out right now that I'm focusing on. I used to play it a lot though.
There are some really good speedruns up already, notably by Ector Tutu, if you've heard of him. I'm in the clear to focus on other stuff that is not being done by others so Assassin's Creed can have a greater breadth of watchable content. :D
@@LeoKRogue ector tutu has number one in almost every category on every assassins creed game. its really quite impressive. its really cool to see youtubers like you coming out and showing off how good all the assassins creed games really are.
That's right! He's one of my absolute favorites, also an Eastern European guy like me haha I hope that, with the release of Valhalla, both new and old Assassin's Creed fans can unify and enjoy the series again. I have a lot of things to show players and a lot of things to teach.
In the meantime, you should check out Treviso's channel, he has some recent AC3 vids that I really enjoy. czcams.com/channels/j8N4rvn22IJ9IJx-4UxqBA.html Also, take a look at my AC3 Modern Day Style Runs: Skyscraper: czcams.com/video/V2b3fggBpow/video.html Stadium: czcams.com/video/YkiG6u50Fio/video.html Abstergo: czcams.com/video/VkoU8RskFTs/video.html
I also really enjoy SSJ Lang's Assassination Contracts Video [No Commentary]:
czcams.com/video/QPHaCR-Q0yU/video.html
No HUD, No Detects and No Resolution. Amazing.
I'm a tease like that. Letting that CZcams Processing take its natural course. (Hopefully it'll be processed up to 1080p very soon. :P)
The fact that you went out of your way to unequip the Sword and Knife is the cherry on top of this video i think most people won't even notice or care.
Giving Ezio a smooth look, without clanging metals hanging from his outfit, to truly embark on this stealthy operation.
You are the *first* person to comment on that, I legit didn't think anyone would notice, but yeah, I deliberately used the Unequip Weapons glitch at a Blacksmith so that I'd just go in with Hidden Blades + Items.
Just before Interacting with a Blacksmith, select your Weapon, and make sure Ezio's hand is in the animation of reaching for his weapon. As he reaches for his weapon (like when his hand is about to pull it out) enter the store and Buy or Equip a weapon corresponding to the Weapon Type you want to get rid of.
If you're trying to get rid of the sword, select another Sword from the shop. Once you've selected your weapon, exit the shop and Ezio will take his weapon out only for it to fall to the ground. You'll now have nothing in that Slot. Enjoy!
@@LeoKRogue oh wow. Now I feel like I have done that accidentally a few times.
Leo K [Rogue] thanks
holy shit, i actually did not notice that but damn such a good observation and nice touch on Leo K's part
What I really like about the hidden gun is as time progresses, you can see Ezio getting more and more familiar with it. In 2, he needs his other hand and takes about 3 seconds to line up a proper shot, then brotherhood only one hand and takes like a second, and in revelations it's like no effort whatsoever. Really enjoy the progression there
I quite like that, too, yeah. Even by the time of Brotherhood, he's already well-practiced and understands how to use it. In Revelations it's nearly instant, and he uses it in combat-kill animations more often.
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Yeah, me too, man. Me too
LMAO
Everyone: talking about 360p
Me: (watching in 480p) I’m sorry is this some peasant joke I’m too rich to understand
Me watching at 1080p : *pathetic*
[Me in 1080p60]: *I AM 4 PARALLEL UNIVERSES AHEAD OF YOU*
Man I miss the old legendary assassin's creed games and characters its like when u play unity with Ezio or Altair outfit u feel great but its not the same u feel when u play with Altair and Ezio them selves XD
These characters were truly mythical in their own ways. The entire Assassin Brotherhood respects and reveres them across the ages.
One thing you can also do to get rid of beggars is to face them, briefly hold high profile and walk into them.
This will make Ezio gently bump into them which makes them lose their instrument and then they just run off.
Another thing I've noticed is that, sometimes, when you manage to outrun beggars in AC 2 just before they start
playing their instrument, you get 50 florines which is kinda funny.
Great bit of tech, it's less 'obvious' than some of the others I mentioned and causes much less attention to be pulled onto you.
@@LeoKRogue Yeah, exactly. I was pretty proud of myself when I came up with that on my own as a kid. lol
@@KeyToAnime You should've been! :P It's good.
@@LeoKRogue I love discovering tiny things like that. It makes me feel like I truly understand the deeper mechanics of the game. AC Multiplayer also had great techniques like various kinds of stuns, social stealth and arguably the best parkour in the series in AC 3 Multiplayer. It was SOOO fluid. Too bad the Multiplayer is gone. But I'm sure it will return at some point in the franchise!
I love how I'm just watching this for some BGM and I'm STILL picking up tips and tricks on the fly.
It is always fun and educative watching experts do their stuff. I consider myself good at Assassin's Creed games (particularly the first, since it is the one I've played the most), but by the gods, this is truly a Mentor's work!
Thank you for watching, AND for playing Assassin's Creed with me ^_^
I like that bit with the Brutes. Exactly what I did all those years ago. "Catch ledge porn", I got to use that some time.
That's awesome!
360p can't lower the quality of this commentary
you're a legend
Loved the commentary, which is of plenty substance, like all of your videos. Me personally, whenever I encounter targets to be assassinated in public places, I love to use the poison blade whilst blended in a group, which truly makes me feel like a blade in the crowd. The target will dance and flop around as if he's suddenly got a stroke (which is probably what the blade does) and will attract attention due to his antics and will fall in few seconds, and the crowd goes by their business as if nothing has happened. This is why I loved the Romani curse mission in Revelations.
I really love that too, back on TheHiddenBlade.com we'd refer to it as a 'mysterious death' because it was so difficult for the city to pinpoint exactly what killed him.
Finally, some good asmr
Glad to deliver.
I appreciate how much quality each video has, keep up the hard work
Thank you so much, that's very motivating!
Finally got around to watching this video, holy fuck you should really commentate videos more because your insight is genuinely incredible, and I’m always learning new things despite playing these games for YEARS. Hope you hit a 100k soon Leo you seriously deserve it
Thank you so much Sif, I've been getting a lot of this kind of feedback recently: "Commentate More." I'll strongly consider doing so because I actually really enjoy it and it's fun and relaxing for me to do, too. I think I'll do AC2 All Races before moving onto Brotherhood.
24:30 - What I do, is simply assassinating them with my double blades in air assassination. Some would say, that counts as detection but to me it doesn't in the way that the targets are unaware of your presence until their very death and the guards...well, every major assassination in AC1 ended up with the guard chase so it's nothing new. In some sense, having guards after you after your assassination just feels right.
That's all well and good, but consider that I am a lunatic, and it just wasn't painful enough for me letting myself off "that easy." :P
@@LeoKRogue oh, I hear you, my friend. The mission "French Kiss" in Brotherhood is the hardest to me in that sense. The memory's 100% synch requirement is easy (no detects), you could just hire mercenaries, or tell your recruits to kill everything. But because Bartolomeo says "Make sure to kill them without a fight. The armor has to stay clean", this condition also applies to NPCs. So I just try to find a way to complete this mission with my hidden blade and throwing knives (I made up a "don't buy crossbow/don't use pistol in stealth" rule). It's so painful but once you succeed it's so satisfying.
I told you on the previous video that I'm surely gonna watch all of this in one go without getting even a bit bored and here I am, staying true to my word. Cool vid as always, the explanations made the assassinations feel even better. Can't wait for brotherhood.
I'm so happy, Kortex. Brotherhood is going to be incredibly fun to experiment with and try out different stuff on.
@@LeoKRogue I'm curious to see how much you're gonna use your followers, since that mechanic is something I absolutely loved in that game.
In each game, I will be showcasing its unique mechanics as much as possible. In AC2 that was Hidden Gun, Smoke, and Factions. In AC Brotherhood that'd be my Brotherhood, and in Revelations it'd be Bomb Types.
@@LeoKRogue Oh yeah I totally forgot about the bomb crafting. You could maybe even dedicate a video to all the viable bomb recipes when you reach revelations. Also please do the Altair memories when you're there, as we all love the biggest legend in the series. And one last thing, I just have to shoot this compliment your way, as these videos solidified my opinion on this. I've praised your skill and knowledge of these games ever since I've found your video of completing unity with base gear, but now I've realized something. Watching you play is not just like watching a pro player anymore. These contract vids made me feel like watching Ezio himself plan those kills, apart of the RNG thief one, since Ezio would definitely fight alongside the thief, but other than that, it was so smooth it felt like watching him just live his life, not being controlled by a player.
@@kortex5130 I'd love to do a Bomb Overview, and now that you mention it, I would also love to do an AC2 Items and Factions Overview. Both of those would be super fun to make. Altair memories are guaranteed, he's my favorite character so you can pretty much count on me always doing stuff related to him. Regarding your compliment, that makes me feel absolutely amazing.
My ideal creations are exactly what you described. In the best possible outcome situation, when someone watches my gameplay, it should *feel* like an Assassin would behave this way, just like how Stylish Action Game vids make the viewer feel like it's actually Dante/Nero/Bayo/Raiden fighting, or how Perry MGS's videos make the viewer feel like they're actually watching Snake, things like that. That little bit of roleplaying that puts the immersion a notch higher, matters to me a great deal and it makes me very happy that you think I succeeded at that.
Great chill video. Nice Parkour and insight Leo.
Glad you liked it. ^__^
Dude, you're amazing. Just keep up the great content. Btw, you're voice is very calm and comforting.
Thank you so much! I'll be sure to do that. And regarding my voice, that's good to know, too. :P
@@LeoKRogue your welcome! Btw, are you gonna do the same kind of video for other games? Like brotherhood, revelations, ac3 or 4, etc?
Yes.
@@LeoKRogue cant wait!
Damn great video, I’ve always wanted to see more old AC videos where people just show off some gameplay
Glad you like it!
Anyone else miss Gentle Push the most from old games? I actually liked that feature, made me feel like a badass who just want people to move out of his way a little
I miss it, along with all the little 'roleplaying' features like being able to flick Hidden Blade, pound fists, stuff like that.
I always 100% AC2, but i just rush through Brotherhood, going to give it a better chance this time.
Im excited about the upcoming Brotherhood videos!
I definitely advise you enjoy it thoroughly, it's a beast of a game in its own right. :D
@@LeoKRogue Will do.
_Thank You So Much for this kind of Content_ ;_;
Heyy, you're welcome! [kind hug] Thanks for caring about it, I notice you have some Hitman vids on your channel. I want to watch some of those tomorrow when I wake up.
14:35 not necessarily, the full sync on that is to avoid calling recruits and arrow storm counts, basically use the same strategy with smoke and either poison or hidden blade, it's on a 30 sec time limit too i believe
Good to know! I totally forgot all Full Syncs haha, that's pretty exciting.
I found you some time ago and I’m happy I found you, imma subscribe
I'm happy you found me too. Stick around as long as you enjoy the content, and when you don't, I won't keep you prisoner xD
Leo K [Rogue] I’ll stay subbed until you stop. I usually start unsubbing to you tubers I don’t watch every 5 years
Awesome! ^__^
anyways amazing video on this man this is some good merization and good ummmmmmmmm just ezio assassins creeding
memorization*
Thank you. :)
This video is the proof i searched for, you are worthy to be patreonated, i need your night activities to continue.
I'll never turn away any support. ^__^
And hell yeah I'll keep going, people couldn't make me stop doing this stuff.
Just started playing AC saga, (im on revelations right now) what is your fav AC? BTW quality commentary you best keep doin this
My favorite Assassin's Creed game is actually AC1. I like all of them to some extent, but the first one is the most special to me. I will never stop making commentaries.
so cool watching this in 2022, great inspiration
That's awesome, thank you so much ^__^
The hidden gun is legit my favorite weapon in the AC games. Thanks to Leo, I can do stealth kills with it so thanks Leo 😊. But the coolest thing about it is that you see how Ezio uses it in the cinematic trailer without getting detected which is awesome af. I love that trailer. What’s your fav cinematic trailer Leo?
My favorite CG Trailer is either Revelations, AC1, or the Unity Elise trailer.
And, you're welcome. ^__^
3:46 ah, the thing which motivated me to look for a long-range hire in Black Flag as well. And imagine my surprise when I find it's there too!
Oh yeah? Cool. ^_^
@@LeoKRogue you knew of it?
I did not, since there's no Lock On in Black Flag. I assume you do it by Aiming at them?
@@LeoKRogue aye sir. Do be careful with the aiming since guards start detecting you when you aim at them. I haven't tried doing it with the blow-pipe. Probably should work
Nice! Still watching the video!
Thanks!
Beautiful. I can watch at 144 for you
Too kind!
35:19 bruh that's insane
It was the only way I discovered to do it without switching weapons. :P
You got new subscriber don't why I decided to comment this but ehh 👍noice
Thank you. :)
On the 10 brutes that you used smoke bombs on, I used the poison blade and managed to remain undetected. Maybe more expensive but the madness was worth it.
That's sick.
Started playing ac2 yesterday (never played before)
And 15 minutes in Ezio was hanging upside down inside a building I was climbing xD
Hahaha
That thumbnail matches the video quality 👀
I try >:P
enjoyable commentary
Thank you!
Every time you use a gun to assassinate a target, I imagine that it all adds up to a rumour that forms among the citizens that whenever a sound like that is heard, someone in that area dies
Very mystical and creepy. Appropriate for the Brotherhood.
"In this game, you have to actually play." What a sick burn to hold l1 to kill all guards.
hahaha
It’s so crazy how ahead of their time the ezio games were...damn
Honestly, yes. AC1-Revelations were revolutionary, they directly inspired and influenced the game industry for many years ahead. Nowadays it seems like Assassin's Creed is less of a trend-setter and more of a follower, which is a shame.
great video
Thank you, Hamza. ^__^
@@LeoKRogue welcome
Yessssss
Yyeeeesss
Leo K, how did you do this without HUD?! Absolutely amazing!!
In all seriousness, though, when would you suggest for players to stop using HUD so that it doesn't feel like a crutch?
I memorized every mission.
I think a comedy video showing how many different ways that thief can die would be a lot of fun
Could be! Would also be really time-consuming to make though, since it's super random whether he does or doesn't do an action haha
That one dislike is from that one guard that barely came out alive
Something funny happened to me in Hunting The Hunter. So when I got to the decoy dummy the bounty hunter set for me (I was not superblending) and they tried to gang up on me, the hunter for some reason fell into the water without anyone from the group actually getting near me. So the contract was instantly over
Very lucky indeed.
@@LeoKRogue That was my first run and I legit thought it was some sort of glitch, like maybe the dummy shouldn't have been there and the guards spawned in from nowhere and then despwaned into nowhere again. So I looked up a walkthrough of that contract to understand what exactly was supposed to happen lmao
For the Kill the Brute contract, I played it with only the poison blade unlocked, I poisoned one in the non moving group while the moving one were far, walked to them, double stab the ones on the back then the other two. Now the other group look and move at the dead bodies and not the berzerk one, so i do the same to them on the back and finish with the still raving poisoned brute. No combat state, first try lol (pure luck I didn't intent to succeed so well)
Beautiful. Yeah, that's one thing I _love_ about Assassin's Creed, you know? There tend to be multiple ways to approach a task, mine is just the easiest for a beginner to copy but it's not necessarily the best or only way, contrary to what I might say sometimes.
I really wish that climbing would alert guards right away. It would have given an incentive to find an alleyway when you want to go on the rooftop, made the assassin fantasy better and from a level design perspective it would have made possible the creation of more tailored missions.
I strongly disagree. Think about that for a second.
Do you realize how many side-effects and knock-on effects climbing alerting guards instantly would cause?
It would be a nightmare to balance on the dev's side, let alone be practical for player purposes.
Like, there's also a reason people's shadows don't instantly alert guards in stealth games, it would just be absurd.
Realism is useful when it services gameplay, but when it doesn't, things are best fudged a little, as is the case in AC games.
The Assassin fantasy is _to a VAST_ degree enabled and empowered by the protagonist's agility, and your suggestion would damage the use of that immensely. While players like you and I might receive it positively, the majority of the playerbase would just stop climbing most of the time at all. It's just not worth it IMO.
@@LeoKRogue Perhaps not right away then. Let's say It would build up their alert gauge? That way you could only do a certain amount of high profile actions without repercussions. My reasoning for that is that placing guards at strategic points it would guide the player to more ideal paths for the mission. I remember my first playthroughs many years ago and it was chaotic sometimes, so I'm reflecting on how to guide the player in an open-world environment.
That'd be better, yeah. Make for more interesting decisions.
Therapist: how has ur day been
Leo: I’ve stabbed a lot of people and I’m gonna talk about it
This channel _is_ how I stay sane, yes.
Hey Leo have you read the assassins creed novels bc I just recently did and I was thinking on doing the comparisons between the book and the game
I have. They're pretty fun.
I really like Tuscany but I wish I knew how to do the story mission where there's the crazy person above guarded by archers. You don't have grab ledge yet and any way up always got me detected somehow.
take out the archers in the other towers first if you're having difficulty, one specific tower gives you a beam towards the main one, take that beam then watch the archers on the main tower's patterns while hanging off the final ledge, take them out slowly and carefully
21:19 Speaking of Thief, do you have any streams or videos of you playing Thief 1 or 2? Definitely a fitting game for your channel.
I do not, sadly. I find Thief 1 and 2 best enjoyed as very personal experiences, and the pace of play for them actually doesn't fit the kind of speed-stealth I love to express on this channel. I wouldn't be great at holding audience attention in any game I can't play quickly, I find.
@@LeoKRogue Aw that's unfortunate, but oh well, preciate the quick response
Imagine this though, catch ledge and parkour down
😩💦💦 Perfect.
I enjoy the newer AC games for what they are, but...man I miss real parkour and social stealth.
Me too. :[
17:40 of course I am into that shit!
LMAO
Hey! Noticed your channel and enjoyed it a lot. Wanted to ask one question. In the Caveat Emptor is it possible to kill the target by posining the guard? Cause I remember that this contract was presented before release back in 2009 and this trick worked. But when I try it myself everything just screws. I managed to kill him by guard's hands several times but still can't realize what exactly the actions must be to achieve this every time. Thanks in advance
They probably just changed certain mechanics or tweaked them a little for the sake of demo purposes. It's basically completely random whether it works or not in the final game, but this kind of thing happens in gameplay presentations/demos all the time. Developers will often tweak an enemy's HP to be set to 1 for example, so certain things seem cooler or more cinematic when shown off. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
@@LeoKRogue Yeah, it seems that is just random:( Also, the behaviour of NPC is different. In the demo the guy approaches his bodyguard whereas in the final game everything is opposite. But I managed somehow to fit into right timing several times so spearman killed the target with two blows. I just want to find guaranteed way to do it every time, cause I am very stubborn 😬
And I did it 👌 czcams.com/video/LIV5Y10dWV0/video.html
When people say that ACII and Brotherhood's maps are so accurate, they can find their way around the actual city, I just want to laugh because I'm literally dyslexic when it comes to reading and remembering maps and directions so no matter how accurate these maps are, I'll still get lost😂😂😂😂
Awww hahaha
at 24:05 couldn't you just have assassinated them both with a double assassination from the haystack or by jumping off the roof?
They're *just* far enough away from each other that Ezio is very likely to just hit one. It's not worth attempting it and throwing away your run, IMO.
did mot know u could move bodies im 2. wow. they need bring that back
It can be very useful sometimes.
When ever I am doing a tailing mission without any chat going on between the people i am tailing i prefer doing it from the roof tops
Typically I prefer the same, for this video I just started doing it on the streets because I was doing many attempts for the recordings, so eventually I got tired of climbing up and down more than I had to. I love it though, quietly following a Templar from the rooftops above the city really gives you the feeling of a watchful shadow protecting humanity's free will.
I don't know if anyone has already told but at a point you said "now we move to Tuscany, in San Gimignano" but just want to tell that Firenze and San Gimignano are both in Tuscany 😀 Firenze is even the Tuscan capital
Yeah, I messed up the order haha, I don't script these.
@@LeoKRogue yeah dw but i meant like, geograficaly, in reality, Florence is Tuscany's capital city
I am italian myself and noticed the redundancy because you were already in Tuscany hahahah
Just started a new playthrough of ac2, I fucking love this game. In my opinion, it has the one of the best traversal systems in gaming. What's your favorite of the ezio games?
It flip flops between Brotherhood and Revelations, for me. I don't like choosing though, I think the entire Ezio Trilogy is nothing short of Legendary.
@@LeoKRogue I think each of the games compliment each other well mechanically. The games fit together in a way similar to a film trilogy.
That's precisely it. They build off of each other and as a trilogy, they're stronger than the sum of their parts. What's amazing is that it also fills in Altair's story too, and makes him one of the more tragic heroes of the Assassin's Creed franchise, fighting till his last breath, unable to even die as a normal man, an Assassin to the very end -- and his final warning to Ezio is what makes the last few scenes of Revelations so beautiful.
"Don't die as an Assassin. You don't have to run down this path for the rest of your life. Eventually, you should rest. Don't make the same mistake I did. Be free. Be happy."
hey leo can u do a ac 1 to revelations combo kill guide pls because I am having difficulties
Just tap your attack button each time you hit their weapon. Easy. :P
Btw a way i found to stop beggars is to quickly tap r2 and bump into them. This makes them go away instantly
Ah, yeah, it makes them drop their instrument usually. Forgot about that, fantastic comment!
I find this ridiculous actually. It's like when you bump into them, they think you're a drunk and so they run the hell away from you. Speaking of which, I wish AC2 had drunks...They were so "fun" in AC1.
"""fun"""
I guess you'll be doing the side Assassination missions of brotherhood and revelation?
Yes.
07:15.. How to run down like that? Or you just walking in high profile?
That's right, run off an edge with High Profile but without holding Legs. If the next platform, or ground, is close enough, Ezio will just run downwards. You can do this off some pretty high places, once you start looking for them and get used to it.
How do you know the location of the objective without the HUD? Do you remember every location?
Yes.
I'm curious to know how did you get use to these contracts, knowing that you can't replay these unless starting a new game.
You can, actually. :)
In AC2 you can Replay only Side Content, Main Memories are what's not replayable. I recommend replaying some of your old favorite Contracts/Races/Tombs if you have any.
@@LeoKRogue Wow that's great! I'm curently replaying AC2 so I'll enjoy replay assassin tombs :)
So basically, using high profile to run off ledges in the first games, is like the equivalent of controlled descent from the newer games?
Yes, off of _short_ edges. However, if you use Punch-Drop, you can drop off edges of _any_ height. Note that this is a lot tougher to do since it's not 'intended' behavior, but it becomes _very_ consistent if you practice it.
Execution Producer, Elmo and J4K8 are the people who figured out and spread it to the community, just this year! :D
Tutorial: czcams.com/video/X40JpTnweOk/video.html
i've got a lore question. Why don't more assassins have Arno's ability to see the memories of the people he has killed?
I can answer that. Eagle Vision is a watered-down, weak form of the Isu True Sixth Sense of Knowledge, and how 'strong' or traditional your Eagle Vision is depends on the concentration of Isu DNA you carry and which bloodline you're in. Arno's Fragment of Knowledge is weaker than the Eagle Vision of other Assassins, but 'weaker' is a relative term. Arno's weaker Eagle Vision is more useful in some ways, and less useful in other ways.
It's volatile, and difficult for him to sustain. Most Assassins can peer through Eagle Vision indefinitely, but Arno can only focus up for several seconds before he has to let his mind rest. He then has a Cooldown Period that even the Frye Twins do not have to go through. Next, Arno's Eagle Vision is adversely affected by his mental state, including being drunk and/or hungover, causing him a great headache and disorientation if he uses it in that state. Finally, Arno cannot pull enemies into a Mental Interrogation and affect the flow of questioning or how he extracts information from them. He can only be "along for the ride." His Memory-Vamping doesn't always show him the exact things he wants to see, and a lot of it comes down to blind luck.
So the final answer to why more Assassins don't have Arno's ability to see victims' memories is that his Isu DNA is more diluted, and that affects the way his Fragment of Knowledge manifests.
Leo K [Rogue] intriguing I thought his memory physic ability would have so many strengths
Leo K [Rogue] damn boi das smart
Since you’re on an AC2 marathon, would you be able to do a no upgrades run of this game?
callum I don’t think that’s much of a challenge. I think you have to get one of the shoulder spaulders as a requirement. And if you think about it getting 2 hidden blades is a upgrade.
I could, yeah, but as Brandon says, that's basically my 'normal' AC2 playthrough. Would still be fun to do, though.
Leo K [Rogue] I guess, would still be interesting with limited resources and health.
@@cxllxmm trust me it's not
This is just people's way of tricking me into putting an AC2 playthrough on this channel with 2019 Leo K voice quality. I see through all the shenanigans. I'll probably still do it anyway.
I much prefer Ezio’s robes from AC2 over Brotherhood. I wish the legacy outfit for Ezio’s robes were the AC2 ones.
I like them both, so I think it's a shame that Giovanni's Robes are never featured as legacy outfits. Except for that one time they were in Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, LOL. The minimalist, clean, Masyaf-style of Ezio's Robes (rather than Giovanni's Robes which are more 'noisy') looks great enough that I don't mind _too_ much, but it's a missed opportunity for sure.
@@LeoKRogue that’s a good point. I like how Giovanni’s are more street-y. I feel like they blend in better, myself, but both are good. It’s Ezio, after all, he can rock anything
37:46 wouldn't that make the crowd one of ezio's outlets?
lmaoooo he has PLENTY of outlets xD
La shai'a waqi'on motlaq bal kollon momken
48:08 oh plz do i fucking hate this mission
Hahaha, I'll strongly consider it at some point.
does the throwing knife work the same as the phantom blade?.
i think i'll use it alot!
Yes. Early game guards will be one-shotted. Guards later in the game will take two knives to kill, which means you'll be detected. Use the Hidden Gun instead. Lock on, walk away from them, shoot.
you're a smart man
I am.
@@LeoKRogue soo...can i charge it to make it stronger or something
No. Not from Stealth.
You can do that in Brotherhood.
In your opinion, which AC game has the best side assassination contracts ?
I don't actually know yet, but surely playing all of them for the channel will help me decide. I think it might be Brotherhood, or Black Flag, just based on preliminary guess-work.
@@LeoKRogue I love the idea of assassination contract challenges, but I only ever did the first couple of each game. I never realized that they added challenges and made them more "complicated". I think I'll start a new Black Flag save and try them out !
Reply to this comment-chain and let me know how you react to them. :D
@@LeoKRogue I will ^^ I'll take some quick notes as I do them
@@LeoKRogue The Spanish Commander - Simple assassination, impossible to do undetected without knocking/killing his gaurds. At least not with the starting gear
Unlicensed Dealer - Lured the 4 guards away with Thots, jumped in the well, whistled the guy over and yeeted him in to the well
Beach Bonfire - Just sneak around a jump in the leaves, ez clap
A shipment of powder - Swam around, climbed up and pulled him in to the water :)Was kind of fun.
Didn't write down the name (he dances) - Marked everyone, jumped in to the hay bale. Blended through until I got to the courtesans. Hired them, walked towards my target. Killed him, got detected after he was dead so I still got my full sync. Jumped through the window and lost the guards straight away
A botched escape - Got the first target while blended with courtesans. The other guy started running and I air assassinated him off of a small ledge
The Treasure Hunter - I got spotted :'( Ran away to my ship. It's not a very special assassination
The pirate captain - This mission has lots of trees to run around in. Personally, running around in trees, either in Black Flag or 3 is my favourite thing to do. Climbed around and air assassinated him. His guards got mad and chased me but...Trees bruh
Do they add extra objectives ? Or is it always just don't get spotted for an extra 500 ?
Leo can you play ac black flag multiplayer becasue i think tht might be fun to watch and I just wanna see how good you can get through REAL players!
I'm not sure if Black Flag multiplayer still has many active players.
Finding matches would probably be difficult on those servers and I'm not interested enough to try putting together a group. There's so much out right now that I'm focusing on.
I used to play it a lot though.
@@LeoKRogue cool it would have been nice if u got some footage but im glad
If you have an Xbox one I'd love to take on some missions with you on unity.
Sadly, the only console I do not have. :[
@@LeoKRogue aw shame mayhaps at a future date.
@@LeoKRogue I has a PS4 as well just don't like how the sticks are placed feels odd
i hereby define you as il Mentore
Thank you.
BROTHERHOOD NEXT PLZ
That's the plan, we're going in order. I'm pretty excited.
its not for u to play with combat style u can play stealthily all u want but i wanna know the combo kills
Yeah, just tap your Attack button each time it bounces off the enemy's weapon. :)
You play with no map, you memorised levels by heart?
For these videos yes.
17:40, did you really say porn? perhaps I heard that wrong.
Catch-Ledge Porn, that's correct. :3
im surprised you haven't tried speed running the ac games
There are some really good speedruns up already, notably by Ector Tutu, if you've heard of him. I'm in the clear to focus on other stuff that is not being done by others so Assassin's Creed can have a greater breadth of watchable content. :D
@@LeoKRogue ector tutu has number one in almost every category on every assassins creed game. its really quite impressive. its really cool to see youtubers like you coming out and showing off how good all the assassins creed games really are.
That's right! He's one of my absolute favorites, also an Eastern European guy like me haha
I hope that, with the release of Valhalla, both new and old Assassin's Creed fans can unify and enjoy the series again. I have a lot of things to show players and a lot of things to teach.
For beggars? I just do a run by them and clip them. I make them drop their lute and they get out of my sight
A good strategy for sure. Can draw undue attention if guards are nearby, but works in all other contexts.
Ezio is just.... dude who can explain? idk if altair is better or is desmond though but I say they r equal
They're incredible.
leo so what do u plan to do next
@@LeoKRogue r u gonna finish up valhalla?
Valhalla stuff.
oh wait I am so dumb did i just say altair or desmond? I meant to say altair or ezio is equal
37:44
...heheheheh
;]
play ac 3
Sure.
In the meantime, you should check out Treviso's channel, he has some recent AC3 vids that I really enjoy.
czcams.com/channels/j8N4rvn22IJ9IJx-4UxqBA.html
Also, take a look at my AC3 Modern Day Style Runs:
Skyscraper: czcams.com/video/V2b3fggBpow/video.html
Stadium: czcams.com/video/YkiG6u50Fio/video.html
Abstergo: czcams.com/video/VkoU8RskFTs/video.html
These are actually kinda awful cause the checkpoints are AS FAR AWAY as possible
Some of them, yeah.
Bootleg crouch hahaha