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Weird and Wonderful Places in Assassin's Creed
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
- All Clips Taken From Altair Stealth: / @altairstealth
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Let's explore some very vibey places in Assassin's creed while I run around and tell you what I love about these places. AC really has created some o f the most immersive, beautiful locations and there are so many that not all of them will get attention. So I picked three locations from three different games that I wanted to shout out a little bit more. Enjoy!
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What’s your favourite lesser known location
Foli
I just finished AC III and Cerros (the Mayan temple from the bonus naval mission) is such a tease for AC Mesoamerica
Agate's shelter in the Bayou of Liberation and Aveline's home.
The Viking settlements in Norway look absolutely breathtaking to me.
@@joseortizreflectsdude I just started playing it and that tree is so cool. Honestly I just play Liberation for the Bayou because I fell in love with it in Red Dead Redemption II (I played Mafia III for that aswell)
Origins as a whole was such a immersive game
It is perfection
Even with the level and health bars and hit numbers? Not hating, just a genuine question
@@hahahaha-c6y You Can turn them off
@@gunnerfiner8361you can turn off levels?
@@Sebbir Idk what you can specifically turn off, but I remember turning everything off, and I had no ui. No crosshair, no compass, no quests, nothing. Even the bird has no ui, not even the markers on the loot. Idk what you mean by levels, the yellow glowy thingy when you level up is still there, but idk about the whole level system.
I’m kinda surprised by this video. I feel like usually the ac community always touches on the same topics over and over, and almost all the opinions I’ve seen are very obvious and common sense. I actually think I’ve never seen people dive really deep into these fascinating topics such as art direction, historical places that no one talks about, how the gameplay portraying the way you feel in these locations, such as the mountains you cannot access in Ac 1…
Really enjoyed that one
So glad you liked it mate
Facts. This guy is great
Honestly, the design of the world of AC Unity is a freaking miracle, and I don't know if there's any open world game that comes close.
Scaling the pyramids in origins doesn’t just give you a nice view, it also captures the feeling of adventure and history (similar to black flag in many ways)
But for me the white cliffs of Dover in Valhalla (especially at sunset/sunrise) purely for a view, is incredible.
Also arriving in Havana and Boston for the first time makes you feel so immersed, Havana captures that rogue pirate feel, and with Boston, you just feel the history with every step.
Still love the content bro your admiration for the franchise is infectious.
Some really insane views in the franchise
Despite how I feel about the direction the games went in, I always found the afterlife areas in Origins' DLC breathtaking and the Hades section of Odyssey's second DLC beautiful in a really apocalyptic way.
Yeah that section is glorious
Oh yea for sure, the afterlife areas were absolutely magnificent, i remember running after the ships that were just sailing on wheat, great stuff
(Even though it wasnt real, and is just fantasy its still beautiful)
The video was immersive by itself and very enjoyable to watch. It makes me remember my younger days playing games like the Thief 1 demo. I remember how I explored every nook and cranny of the Bafford Manor with maddened fervor, imagining what lies beyond the walls of the house and being positively surprised when I actually found out and stepped out of the gameworld into soundless, black voids....🤭 Although a few years later I got the full game and obviously enjoyed it, many of the memories that I have of that game was with the demo, and the feeling of wonderment and promising exploration it offered.
You could make another video like this. Maybe one in which you talk about a location in each of the Kenway games, and another focused around the Ezio Trilogy, although I have the suspicion you could make an entire video talking about Rome alone.😁
Thanks so much! Those memories about the thief demo sound glorious
The very first exploration of AC1's garden alone was incredibly done in this video, it links so beautifully to AC1's theme of control. Well done.
Great video, underrated topic. Certain areas in the Assassins Creed games don’t get the recognition they deserve for how cool they are and the attention to detail. If I had to think of one it would be the homestead from Assassin‘s Creed Rogue, it’s cool to see it in its prime used as a training ground and base for assassins and also kinda sad knowing what happens in the story, I would’ve loved the added feature to visit the homestead after finishing the game just to walk around the deserted area with Achilles cooped up in his mansion.
Love all these areas
Venice and Constaniopli in ACII and revelation still has this almost insane effect on me it's beauty and atmosphere somehow it perfectly matches what I imagine of the places historically. Venice large number of consruction makes sense due the large amount of artistic work done at the time it's insane. It'ds like ubisoft location creation in most franchises is grea but it always falls apart in other areas.
Loved the video. Just the way you talk is so calming that I can not not enjoy everything you upload
Complete vibes on this channel
I'll never stop gushing about Atlantis in AC Odyssey. It's just the best depiction of Atlantis ever in my opinion.
(espero que no te moleste que comente en español jajaja) Me encanta que toques temas así porque la rara vez he visto en la comunidad de Assassin's Creed a nadie hablar sobre estos lugares y localizaciones tan extrañamente llamativos de los juegos fuera de hablar de la ciudad principal o monumentos muy característicos, la mayoría de veces solo escucho a gente hablar sobre lo bien recreado que está en el juego X o Y sitio. Nunca he visto a nadie meterse en estos temas de lugares poco conocidos, o la dirección de arte que puedan tener derivando en las sensaciones que evocan a cada jugador. Me encanta que haya mas gente que hable sobre esto porque para mí es uno de los motivos principales para seguir amando estos juegos.
Metiéndome un poco más en el asunto, particularmente a mí me han llamado siempre la atención lugares a los que solo puedes acceder una única vez durante el juego o sitios que puedes ver pero nunca llegar. Te podría dar ejemplos como El Vaticano en Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, que da la sensación de estar y no estar a la vez, ya que es solamente una fachada que no puedes escalar y me evoca cierta sensación de misterio y hermetismo.
También está ahí la última misión de Assassins Creed II, cuando vamos a Roma, da una sensación gris e imponente y a la vez de ser un sitio en el que no deberíamos estar, todo lo contrario a lo que evoca la ciudad en Brotherhood siendo más viva y abierta.
Podría dar más ejemplos y hablar de otras sensaciones que me evocan ciertas cosas de esta saga, pero siento que ya es lo suficientemente largo el comentario xDD
Estoy completamente de acuerdo contigo y no me molesta para nada
Por favor da más ejemplos y que sensaciones te evocan. Siento que es un tema muy interesante.
Personalmente hay infinidad de lugares en la saga de Assassins Creed que me fascinan.
Personally I love the Sainte-Chapelle in Unity. I know it was the place where Arno is kind of inducted into the creed, but I still feel it’s so underrated. Ubi beautifully recreated the cathedral and is the reason I so badly want to visit that location irl. I just so often find myself going there and just walking up and down the area staring at the windows
Yeah the windows are something else
In AC 1 in the Kingdom there is an Area Full of Ruins, there are also Archers guarding the Place, this Place has always Fascinated me, it gives me a feeling of Antiquity/Mysteriousness, It's definitely one of the Strangest places in the Game.
Personally, the place that sparks my imagination is quite simple: it's the Café Théâtre in Assassin's Creed Unity (fully upgraded). I enjoy walking around, watching a play, wandering through every corridor as if I were an assassin without a mission. I particularly love Arno's room, where you can follow the various letters Elise sends him throughout the adventure, imagining all the melancholy Arno must feel. I also like the treasure room and, above all, all the passages leading to the Assassin's Bureau. These beautifully designed underground areas where we had our initiation; it's where I gather my supplies before heading out on a mission.
In general, I greatly enjoy wandering around the Assassin's Bureaus in the Assassin's Creed games, as they add to the immersion. The Bastille is also an interesting place to visit, especially when you've researched the incarceration that happened there!
A second video with more ideas would be amazing!
that is a beautiful place
this is exactly the type of content that scratches the Assassin's creed itch for me. Or for gaming in general. earned a sub forsure.
welcome!
I just discovered your channel and I dig your commentary and the way you got me thinking about AC in different perspectives. Good shit 👍
Thank you my friend!! Welcome
7:05 You literally just described how it feels to play Bloodborne lol. I can't believe I didn't find your channel sooner, you make great AC content!
Welcome aboard!
Its crazy how good unity looks to this day
Fantastic video, I haven't seen this kind of AC content very often and I love it! Great job
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fun fact, the locations in ac are so well detailed and historically accurate that when the Notre Dame cathedral in France burned down, ac unity’s model of it was actually a main point of reference when rebuilding it
I remember, there was this one village in AC Odyssey called Lalaia. It’s such a beautiful, peaceful place and every time I wanted to take a break from the main story or just wanted to exist in this world I would go there and just walk the streets and take in the scenery. It almost felt like it was a place I could call an in-game-home for the ~250h I spent in the game.
(At one point I even googled the real world place, because if I were to go to Greece at one point, I wanted to visit actual Lalaia ^^)
Very nice video, resonated a lot with me! Thanks for bringing back those memories :)
the tomb of Alexander is one of my favorite places in Origins as well, and it's actually my desktop background :) after gaining access to it in the game, I went back several times to just walk and look around. I've went back to many locations to do the same, and this ties to my apprehension to let this game and it's story end. It is by far my fav game and protagonist in the franchise.
that said, I've had favorite locations in probably all AC games, and I like the other two you've mentioned as well. I took your advice of giving AC1 a chance, and am currently playing it.
So happy it is
here i am eating while watching the spaniard again. i also did that same thing in ac1 at the garden lol even though i knew its basically impossible to get there i just gazed at the mountains and the water
We are dreamers
Loved the longer video, fantastic work Spaniard!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It’s insanely funny to me, that the word “Assassin”, a word that evokes so much power, something that everyone in the world can recognise, exists only because the crusaders labeled the extremist group as potheads.
As far as I know the garden in Masyaf was not inspired by history but rather by a novel by Vladimir Bartol called Alamut.
I would like to say that what u said is right about the Hashashins, I recently knew about this from an Egyptian series that will start soon that talks about them
Another interesting fun video from my favorite CZcamsr
Give this man 100k subscribers right now
He deserves it
One day!
Agree with everything you said. AC doesn't miss with the places you can visit.
Makes history even more fun
@@TheSpaniardAssassin Yes, and speaking of Alexander The Great, my course work for this past week was about Alexander and the Hellenistic Period.
Absolutely agree with you, but I’d add the Great Iguana from Black Flag into this list, which was basically Edward’s pirate base, i just love the entire atmosphere at that place, really really astonishing
oh 100%
Great vid as always. Its not unknown by any means but i think crocodilopolis in ac origins have a very unique, beutiful and immersive vibe and aesthetic.
Yeah I agree
Man Dead Kings's open world is just so good that sometimes I think I just like playing that more than Paris. It's just amazing
The fact that its free is also crazy
@@TheSpaniardAssassin Definitely.
AC VR needs to make Masyaf, or Alamut or the bureaus available to explore! And available for multiplayer. Imagine meeting other fans in the fortresses
That would be crazy
Everyone else is saying what i wanted to say about your vid, so very well done, good sir!
I am curious though. Is your AC Unity modded, and if so, what platform do you use? I really love the look Arno had here
i use pc!
I wonder what Games we would have by now if AC Unity and Syndicate were successful.
I think AC mirage deserves a shout for the palace in the center of the city
i agree its amazing
God damn, I almost forgot how stunning Unity was atmosphere-wise. Incredibly fluid parkour and kill animations, beautiful gothic architecture, massive crowds, perfectly somber soundtrack. Great, great game. Such a shame that it came out in that buggy state and forced Ubisoft to change the formula so much...
It really is a shame
Such a great video. You should do a podcast with leo k. That would be crazy
That would be wild
speaking of weird , there is this beggar in AC.1 who always follow us & ruin our attempt to blend with crowd
Man Im looking forward to AC Red, if one thing is certain, it is that Ubisoft will make a beautiful Japan open world .
Thats guaranteed
Superb video sir, you have a new subscriber.
Thanks and welcome
This video is VERY similar to Any Austin's video "unremarkable and odd places in assassin's creed" that he posted a couple months ago. Austin even includes the garden area in masayaf in his video and it's structured and presented in the same way i.e talking about 3 locations, while walking around with no music or hud, and having title cards before talking about each location with a very similar font to the one he uses. this is a way that Spaniard has never done a video in before (as he admits).
If i had to guess, Spaniard saw that video and thought he could do the same thing but with a couple extra locations from other AC games.
Im not saying Spaniard plagiarised Austin, but it would've been nice if he'd atleast done the courtesy of mentioning the video and channel that quite clearly inspired this one.
If you liked this video, definitely check out Austin's one, it has this kind of eerie and mysterious kind of tone that i really love.
Edit: After i wrote this i realised that
"Weird and wonderful places in assassin's creed :)"
Sounds alot like
"Unremarkable and odd places in assassin's creed"
The man even put a smiley face, he ain't even trying to hide it.
You’re completely right! I shouldve shouted him out at the start cos he defo inspired it. I reasoned i could do a video from a more hardcore fans perspective with locations from other games (plus adding lore info on the ac1 location he didnt know cos hes not an ac fan)
If anyone reads this go check out his video its such a vibe. Also completely forgot he also added a smiley face, really thought that was my idea😭 thanks for calling me out
@@TheSpaniardAssassin Yeah i get that. You're a small channel trying to see what works and find your style. Keep up the good work and maybe link Austin's video in the description or something.
@@GINGERDAHNYdone ;)
What I'm thinking is when you have kings etc., they call themselves titles like "the great" and history is written in their favour but what about the ordinary soldiers? The ones sacrificed to the whims of the leaders. Alexander didn't conquer places solo.
And he also wasnt a good guy by todays standards
you should make a video about how you enjoy ac origins to its fullest
I should tbh
I hope u can do the same for other franchise game(zelda-witcher-gta..n
My favorite location in roam around is the sea in black flag it makes me feel like Edward
Bf had a beautiful map
Question: Do you think Assassin's Creed is worthy enough to be Game of the Year (in the future)
the game i think should have won the goty was black flag but unfortunately GTA V was there in 2013.
It can always be if they make a good game
Assassins Creed 1.
I am elated that Assassins Creed One is getting a graphical remake.(I hope)
They should just work on the graphics and add more medieval arming sword options, I would love to use a beautiful Crusader arming sword as Altair.
I don't care one bit about the story outside of history/the animus, I just want the historical content. My top ACs are Origins,2,Brotherhood and Unity. Revelations setting of Constantinople was superb, but the half arsed npc design ( copy and paste potato face) really placed that game on the back burner for me. (Revelations Desmond looked like such a doofus.)
But without a shadow of a doubt my favoutire Assassin's Creed of all time still remains Assassins Creed one.
The setting of the Levant is such a climax in our world's history, the numerous cultures and world views that all convened ,coexisted and cooperated at this crossroads were immense.
Medieval, in cities that are policed by soldiers , guards and police forces , shows exactly why stealth and assassins were a reality/necessity. Those settings are superb.
With iconic cities such as Arce,Demascus and the center of the world Jerusalem , the world in which you find yourself is so rich in history, culture and importance, filled with peoples and packed, lively streets.
In a medieval setting using European arming swords, ME shamsiers , short sword, throwing knives and your iconic hidden blade , makes the close quarters melee combat the best there ever was.
I adored the melee combat in these older AC games, such beautiful, complex, flowing moves that were so elegant and deadly and AC 1 still has the best / most beautiful melee movesets of all the games.
You start with just your hidden blade, then slowly as you develop your skills and rank up you gain access to more and more weapons until you are armed with some of the most elegant and deadly weapons of the middle ages.
You only use a one handed weapon, thus only a single handed or double handed weapon, no Sword+dagger or sword + shield or two sword combo and that is melee perfection to me.
An arming sword in the hand and nothing in the other. In the remake If they added some moves that included damaging the enemy with your hidden blade whilst in a melee duel using your sword, like when you fight janissaries in AC Revelations then it will be pure melee perfection.
The stealth in AC 1 is brilliant, I love that you walk around like a praying monk in robes to blend into the city, even when crowds are unavailable, but if you walk as a praying monk, alone into a restricted area, the guards will still chase you away and become suspicious. It is so good.
In Unity you use a corner to remain out of sight, assassinating an enemy around a corner you kill the target and you neatly place the body against the wall you were hiding against also out of sight. I REALLY hope this will be present in AC 1s remake.
Altair is by far the most intriguing and capable Assassin to me , he is strong, calculating, mysterious and in my opinion the most skilled assassin thus far.
You sit on benches to blend into the crowd, or you join a group of monks in prayer allowing you to vanish from your pursuers.
The way the factions in the game are depicted is good,
Unlike the propaganda of the repulsive woke cult of today , they don’t portray the Christian Crusaders as the villains. Although they did portray the Crusader held territories as cold, bleak, dilapidated and run down where the Muslim areas are vibrant and more appealing which I do not agree with.
Especially the Hospitallar quarters which in reality were some of the cleanest and most clinical areas in the entire Levant since they specialised in surgery and the healing and recuperation of all injured / sickly people , be it wounded crusader knights or Muslim/Christian/Jewish villagers sharing the same cities.
The Crusaders specialised in the construction of wells and water ways / aqueducts that facilitated the flow of fresh , clean water into controlled cities and waste water out of these cities.
(Although I can’t recall if Acre was under siege at the time in game, if that is the case, that could explain the city's dilapidated state.)
But be that as it may, you still fight against the Crusaders as well as the invasive Muslims.
At the end they show that the enemy is not the Templar Knights , but instead the corrupt ,evil leaders on both sides of the conflict.
I love that they correctly show that both factions have evil and corrupt figure heads that you have to assassinate and in turn both factions have good honorable leaders that bring so much good to the world such as King Richard the Lionheart and Saladin.
The toughest enemies to fight are the Great helm wearing Templar Knights and rightly so. These special forces of their time were a force to be reckoned with and even when you use all your combat skill and tricks… you still get a proper run for your money when challenging a Templar Knight to a duel.
I don't want open world, I don't want guns and I loathe MYTHOLOGICAL / MAGICAL shit looking at you AC Viking hype train. Keep it 100% Historical. I loved that AC1 gave tiny hints about God Three in One's existence/presence but that was never the focus.
I want an AC with the depth and realism similar to Red dead Redemption but in a Medieval/Ancient setting.
I can’t stress how much I love AC one and I can’t wait to play it again when the remake comes out.
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Both assassin's Creed 1 and origins make me feel very excited cuz I am a Jew from Israel. No need to explain why I am attached to Assassin's Creed 1's settings. But origins is amazing to me. First of all my people have a very known history there. Secondsly I personally have Egyptian origins... Amazing to visit Alexandria knowing that my grandfather grew up there...
Awesome!
What I got from this video: you need to play the souls games (and especially bloodborne)
Why?!
@@TheSpaniardAssassin their atmosphere and world design is second to none!! your experience in that one building in the unity DLC is very reminiscent of some moments in bloodborne
Nice vids good sir! ❤
Appreciate it!
Assassins Creed Origins
The Setting of Ptolemaic Egypt is superb, the entire region is filled with immense beauty, the setting pulls you in and saturates your brain in another time,in another world.
The setting is so beautiful that you wish not to ride atop your cherished camel ,instead you constantly want to walk the sand covered streets,the agricultural fields of the Bread Basket,in the blissfully idyllic oasis and in the spectacular landscapes of the Egyptian desert.
The wildlife is accurate, engaging and adds an adventurous aspect to the game, like wrestling a Nile crocodile or running away from a charging hippopotamus, it feels so natural and makes you love Egypt even more.
You have a pet falcon that aids in scouting and in combat, the most perfect friend a man can ask for.
I love my little Horus.
The weapons, the outfits/armours are numerous and good.
Although the combat is terrible. I despise health bars and any repulsive damage numbers.
The level icons above the enemy means either you can just button mash to kill lower level enemies or if the level is x1 level above yours, they enemies are damage sponges that one hit you .
Not nearly as good as the older games, it is clunky, with ill fitting button allocations , it relies too much on button mashing and ‘’adrenaline power ups’’ instead of well timed counters and beautiful/elegant counter/take down moves. For the Copesh … the most iconic Egyptian sword...there are only 2 KILL MOVES…
Whilst fighting unarmed , you can’t disarm an enemy , here too it is just button mashing and ‘’adrenaline power ups’’..to do faster button mashing…. It is frightening to me how AC1s combat is far superior to a game created more than a decade later.
You play the entire games Byek but of course it is the femiazi that assassinated Julius Caesar, have to show how a woman kills the most powerful man on the planet. FUCK the woke femiazi cult
Assassinating an enemy around a corner is not as good as in Unity, in Unity you kill the target and you neatly place the body against the wall you were hiding against.
Here you don’t hide as much as crouch awkwardly against a wall trying to face the correct direction when the enemy passes, then once you assassinate him..the body just drops to the floor right there for all to see, then you have to move over the body, pick it up and carry it 2 feet around the corner and flop it down on the floor.
Why did Unities dev team do such a better job than this team?
Unfortunately there is no social stealth….you can only hide in bushes, hay or some sparsely placed closets. No blending into/hiding in crowds, on benches, or working with clerical factions to hide in plain sight. They really missed the ball on this one.
The characters are most engaging, Baek is a brilliant protagonist, a Madjey returning home after a long expedition ,finding his home under occupation and tracking down those in power with ill repute and working on creating a regime change.The way you lose your ring finger in game is epic.
You can disable the idiotic damage numbers which greatly increases immersion.
You can read scattered papyri that tells you so much of this fabled land,of its peoples and its culture, then you get to delve into ancient (even for that time) crypts ,exploring the ancient tombs of Pharaohs a millenia older than Cleopatra herself, that leaves you itching with excitement to see what adventurous treasures lies around the next corner.
This game is a visual piece of art, bringing the past to life.
Although it is not perfect ,It is really good.
8/10 due to the mediocre combat, the feminazi BS and lack of social stealth..
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Deep
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Assassins creed asmr? Im in
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i've always thought the garden behind fort masyaf was supposed to be a reference to the garden behind the alamut castle
Nah alamut didnt really even exist
* in the lore
Hashish is the name of the drug hashashin is a derogatory term used to describe someone who takes us
Yes
Kinda off topic but not really but there was a huge temple and a big I I lived there and was killed by a samurai yadada but what if that was a secret spot in ac red?
What,
Bayek that’s what
The Spaniard, aka The Poet
😍😍
Have you played Shadow of the Colossus original PS2?
Love this channel, but just fyi, Alexander the Great aka Of Macedon has nothing to do with the present day country of North Macedonia
wdym?
How did you get the crossbow in AC1? Mods? Or am I forgetting that there was one in that game?
Mods!
did you see that any austin video? :3
I did!
Yoooo
YOOooooO
removing the music makes these vibes feel harder
;)
i thought only i know about the masiaf back garden & islamic faith of heaven
Nahh ;)
Actually the gardens are the gardens hassan sabbath would trick his followers into believing was the paradise they'd be delivered to
Upon dying after an assassination
Watched later in the video my fault for my redundancy
Yooo
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Hmmm…
Hmmm
Wtf r u on about lol u made that ac1 part up
Which part?
@@TheSpaniardAssassin that first part about the the hassasshins, the drugs and the womens, i don't see how that connect no the games 😅
@@S1LV3R.GH057 its historically accurate like the original assassins the ones who existed in real life and who the assassins from the assassins creed games were based on are Hashashim / Hashasheem
@@S1LV3R.GH057 at least that is the case for AC 1 the other games have no connection to the IRL assassins except for the assassinating part
@@Silent-Cat it is historical accurate, the thing that i don't see is how the womens just standing there represent all that shi about drugs and heaven, kinda a stretch imo
“a bunch of beautiful women because that’s a part of the Islamic faith” no it’s not lmao.
great vid tho
Explained that wrong lmao i meant they believe if you live a good life you are rewarded with like 72 virgins
@@TheSpaniardAssassinNot quite, yes it is based off a weak Hadith but the actual is getting to paradise which you are married to wives known as the Hoor Al Ayn. The number is not quite known but you will have whatever you wish for beyond comprehension in this world. The Hashims used this fact and as you described gave themselves power which is shirk. As only Allah has the ability to send you to paradise or hell. They used probably gullible and unknowable young men to make their own religion from Islam.