Assassin's Creed II: Unpolished & Unrefined

00:00:00.480before we start this video i just want

00:00:01.920to give you a heads up that there will

00:00:03.199obviously be spoilers for assassin's

00:00:04.960creed 2.

00:00:05.920i'd also like to thank our gold tier

00:00:07.440patrons a beat christopher cyprus husky

00:00:09.840frank riff ghostly gaming hutch puppy

00:00:11.840lucas and pyrite

00:00:13.360thanks so much and i hope you enjoy the

00:00:15.280video

00:00:17.119assassin's creed is one of the most

00:00:18.400prominent series of games in my life

00:00:20.240since the release of assassin's creed 2

00:00:21.840i was totally on board with the

00:00:23.119franchise and purchased every new

00:00:24.400release when it came out i love seeing

00:00:26.160ezio's journey come to a close in

00:00:27.680revelations i loved pillaging ships and

00:00:29.599discovering treasure in black flag i

00:00:31.359loved unity's improved stealth combat

00:00:33.200and parkour

00:00:34.000and the game was absolute eye candy i

00:00:35.840haven't enjoyed the complete shift to a

00:00:37.280more rpg heavy game that origins and

00:00:39.280odyssey took

00:00:39.920assassin's creed 2 however well

00:00:43.360i don't really like assassin's creed 2.

00:00:45.760of course a great deal can be said for

00:00:47.120the way assassin's creed 2 improved on

00:00:48.719the first game as it clearly refined the

00:00:50.399mechanics of assassin's creed 1 and by

00:00:52.079all means serves as a good sequel

00:00:53.760the graphics are great for the time and

00:00:55.280even to this day still look pretty good

00:00:56.960and the world and costume design are

00:00:58.320arguably top notch

00:00:59.520however the game definitely has its

00:01:01.440flaws which made an

00:01:02.559ultimately unenjoyable experience for me

00:01:04.640i found that assassin's creed 2's

00:01:06.000gameplay was quite dull and even lacking

00:01:07.840in some cases the south was borderline

00:01:09.600non-existent and whatever semblance of

00:01:11.040stealth there was isn't fleshed out or

00:01:12.640even given to the player all the time

00:01:14.320the combat felt repetitive and i got a

00:01:16.080sense i'd seen just about everything the

00:01:18.000combat had to offer by the end of the

00:01:19.600first few missions

00:01:20.720the parkour while ambitious is quite

00:01:22.560janky and jank is one of my biggest

00:01:24.320issues with the game

00:01:25.360having to restart missions and being

00:01:26.720detected by enemies across the map was

00:01:28.400ultimately the cherry on top for my

00:01:30.000mind-numbing replay of this game

00:01:31.680drawn out sequences bugs and a myriad of

00:01:33.759other things left me feeling like this

00:01:34.960game was a trip down memory lane that i

00:01:36.960would never go down again now before i

00:01:39.280get into my reasoning behind such

00:01:40.560controversial statements i need to

00:01:41.920clarify a few things and i implore you

00:01:43.600to not skip this part of the video as

00:01:45.280its vital context

00:01:46.799firstly i don't think assassin's creed 2

00:01:48.720is a bad game by any means in fact i'd

00:01:50.560say it's a good game but it's just not

00:01:52.399for me

00:01:53.040secondly just because i don't like this

00:01:54.960game does not mean that i think you're

00:01:56.320stupid if you do like it if you like

00:01:58.159this game that is totally fine and i

00:01:59.759don't think my taste is better than

00:02:01.040yours there's no sense of superiority

00:02:02.880here and i don't want this video to come

00:02:04.320across as antagonistic or an aggressive

00:02:06.240attack against those who like the game

00:02:07.680but rather defense of my own opinion

00:02:09.599third if i say that i'm not a fan of for

00:02:11.520example the story of this game that does

00:02:13.200not mean that i like the other game's

00:02:14.800stories

00:02:15.360some of you seem to think that because i

00:02:16.800enjoyed odyssey i only want spartan

00:02:18.640kicks and rpg elements in video games

00:02:20.560which just isn't true

00:02:22.319fourth i'm going to again request that

00:02:24.000we please be civil in the comments if

00:02:25.680you disagree and want to say why you

00:02:27.040like the game then by all means do so

00:02:28.959i'm open to having a discussion i'm

00:02:30.319totally open to having my mind changed

00:02:32.000however if you start a comment by saying

00:02:33.840okay idiot let me show you why your

00:02:35.280taste is bland and that you have no idea

00:02:36.959what an assassin's creed game is all

00:02:38.400about

00:02:39.280then i probably just won't read it

00:02:41.360finally i'll be looking at this game in

00:02:43.040a vacuum of sorts to prevent it from

00:02:44.480turning into a huge comparison to the

00:02:46.000other games and to keep this video from

00:02:47.680being way too long

00:02:48.800okay now with that out of the way we can

00:02:50.160move forward and hopefully have a

00:02:51.519respectful and civil discussion and of

00:02:53.360course this is all my opinion

00:02:54.959anything i criticize is not me saying

00:02:56.560that something is objectively bad

00:02:58.400finally i want to clarify that the

00:03:00.000opinion i am about to present and

00:03:01.440attempt to justify is coming from a

00:03:03.120self-proclaimed fan of the franchise

00:03:05.040i've played almost every mainline game

00:03:06.720in the franchise with the exception of

00:03:08.159origins and rogue i have at least

00:03:09.760purchased both of those games i'm about

00:03:11.280two hours into origins but i'm too busy

00:03:13.120to get to those yet but i plan to

00:03:14.959as far as the ezio games i have 100

00:03:16.879completed all of the seo games and on

00:03:18.720top of that i've also 100 completed

00:03:20.800unity and syndicate so i feel like i'm

00:03:22.720quite familiar with the series at this

00:03:24.159point and i've been playing the games

00:03:25.440for years now

00:03:26.560one of the first things i need to

00:03:27.680mention is that this game is definitely

00:03:29.280old by now

00:03:30.000coming out in late 2009 i of course

00:03:31.680won't criticize things like graphics as

00:03:33.360they are more than likely a product of

00:03:34.799the times and criticizing it now would

00:03:36.319be a little ridiculous

00:03:37.599the graphics in this game obviously are

00:03:39.280not top of the line for today's

00:03:40.480standards but surprisingly the overall

00:03:42.239presentation still holds up

00:03:43.680don't get me wrong there are still some

00:03:44.879character models that look a little

00:03:46.159funny to say the least

00:03:47.440but damn if this game isn't pretty the

00:03:49.440costume and world design in particular

00:03:51.040look spectacular and it's clear that a

00:03:52.480lot of time and effort went into

00:03:53.680designing the character models the

00:03:55.040buildings the weapons and it all comes

00:03:56.720together to form a product that on the

00:03:58.080surface is still kind to the eyes

00:03:59.760furthering this is the ui which has a

00:04:01.360slick modern design to it which reminds

00:04:03.120you that you are still within the animus

00:04:04.879cutscenes still look great and the lip

00:04:06.239syncing is overall pretty good voice

00:04:08.000acting itself is good too and i never

00:04:09.519heard any lines that stood out to me for

00:04:10.959being either poorly delivered or written

00:04:12.879animations for this game still look

00:04:14.319pretty good too with combat animations

00:04:15.840looking brutal and these combat

00:04:17.120animations have quite a bit of variety

00:04:18.560too

00:04:18.880ranging from the takedowns to your fists

00:04:20.400to the much faster dagger swipes the

00:04:22.079buildings have some unique designs

00:04:23.360however there are a few cases of

00:04:24.720building assets and even entire

00:04:26.240buildings being copy and pasted such as

00:04:28.160this building here in venice and this

00:04:29.840near identical building in florence

00:04:31.759fortunately you don't usually notice

00:04:33.199these things while playing the game as

00:04:34.320you're always running

00:04:35.199jumping and climbing your way to the

00:04:36.560next objective the parkour is another

00:04:38.720aspect of the game that still holds up

00:04:40.160pretty well

00:04:40.960of course when comparing it to games

00:04:42.240like unity the difference for me is

00:04:43.680night and day but it still functions

00:04:45.199most of the time

00:04:46.080my biggest issue with the parkour is its

00:04:48.000lack of flow

00:04:49.120there's often a lot of stop and go to

00:04:50.720the animations and climbing and it can

00:04:52.400feel pretty sluggish at times

00:04:54.080sometimes you just get into a flow of

00:04:55.440reaching and lifting yourself brick by

00:04:56.960brick but this doesn't happen too

00:04:58.479often and the animations for getting up

00:05:00.160here got quite old as it's the same

00:05:01.840reaching animation over and over

00:05:04.000when the different animations do play it

00:05:05.759unfortunately results in that stop and

00:05:07.360go that i mentioned earlier

00:05:08.800this game also followed the series trend

00:05:10.479of it being faster to get somewhere on

00:05:12.080the ground than it is to use your

00:05:13.360parkour abilities

00:05:14.560on top of that it's usually safer to

00:05:16.080stick to the ground too as when you're

00:05:17.360in the later stages such as venice the

00:05:19.120buildings are high enough that a fall

00:05:20.400could be fatal

00:05:21.360still i think the fact that you can

00:05:22.639climb basically every surface in the

00:05:24.160game is still incredible even if it is

00:05:25.840rough around the edges within the

00:05:27.280context of the time of this game's

00:05:28.720release

00:05:29.280i don't think any other game had a free

00:05:30.880running system with this much depth and

00:05:32.560even to this day

00:05:33.440few of them do i think for the time it

00:05:35.440was a little too ambitious but it's

00:05:37.039ultimately a thing i really enjoyed

00:05:38.479about the game

00:05:39.600i really enjoyed the renovations that

00:05:41.039could be made to the villa i know it

00:05:42.479seems a little dumb but i enjoyed having

00:05:44.080a constant source of income and actually

00:05:45.600seeing the individual changes made to

00:05:47.199the many shops

00:05:48.240i know it's totally a pointless aspect

00:05:49.919of the game but i thought it was just

00:05:51.039pretty enjoyable as it gave you

00:05:52.240something to put your money towards once

00:05:53.600you bought all the weapons and armor you

00:05:54.960needed

00:05:55.520so i guess i should stop beating around

00:05:57.360the bush and talk about the things i

00:05:59.039don't like

00:06:00.240let's start with the combat the combat

00:06:01.759while being reasonably fun for the first

00:06:03.280few hours gets quite old quite quickly

00:06:05.440you have a myriad of abilities to choose

00:06:07.199from ranging from a basic attack a

00:06:08.880counter and a grab

00:06:10.160when trying to execute a counter waiting

00:06:11.680for a guard to strike may take some time

00:06:13.520so instead of waiting you can taunt the

00:06:14.960enemy which will force an attack from

00:06:16.479them

00:06:16.960there are even different enemy types

00:06:18.319within the game being the basic soldier

00:06:20.080the more nibble and agile soldier the

00:06:21.919armored standard soldier

00:06:23.120and the beefy super armored soldier the

00:06:25.039nimble enemies attack faster than the

00:06:26.639normal enemies and are the only enemy

00:06:28.240type that can actually outrun ezio

00:06:30.080they can quickly dodge a lot of your

00:06:31.440attacks but they lack armor meaning that

00:06:33.039it won't take long to finish them off

00:06:34.639the typical enemy and the armored ones

00:06:36.240can be taken down in the same way

00:06:37.520however the armored ones have the

00:06:38.800ability to parry some of your attacks

00:06:40.639the beefier ones are slowest but do the

00:06:42.319most damage and take the most damage

00:06:44.080too while it may seem nice to have a

00:06:45.759variety of different enemy types they

00:06:47.280all unfortunately

00:06:48.080are taken down the same way be that

00:06:49.759through wailing on them with your sword

00:06:51.039by mashing axe or by counter-killing

00:06:52.960them

00:06:53.440i found at the beginning of the game

00:06:54.880most of the enemies can be killed with a

00:06:56.400single counter however this quickly

00:06:58.080turned the game into wait and press a

00:06:59.680single button

00:07:00.560sure you could attack the enemies but it

00:07:02.080never did as much damage as an instant

00:07:03.840kill counter did

00:07:04.800the later stages present beefier enemies

00:07:06.639that only take a square or two of damage

00:07:08.240when being countered and the bosses are

00:07:09.840a mash x marathon

00:07:11.039these beefier enemies can't be taken out

00:07:12.639by countering with your sword or dagger

00:07:14.240but instead

00:07:14.880switching to your fists where you can

00:07:16.080disarm an enemy upon countering them

00:07:18.000upon disarming and equipping their

00:07:19.360weapon you can immediately press x to

00:07:21.039instantly kill them with their own

00:07:22.240weapon

00:07:22.720you could also throw a smoke bomb or use

00:07:24.479poison but the disarm encounter method

00:07:26.080was my go-to

00:07:27.199the bosses in the game are the beefiest

00:07:28.720of health sponges and i found them to be

00:07:30.240quite boring for the most part the

00:07:31.599bosses function

00:07:32.400the exact same as a normal enemy with

00:07:34.160the only difference being their massive

00:07:35.599health bars

00:07:36.479this led to boss fights being

00:07:37.759uninteresting as they didn't change

00:07:39.199anything compared to the basic minute to

00:07:40.880minute gameplay

00:07:41.759they could have designed the bosses

00:07:42.960differently to make them more engaging

00:07:44.319for the player

00:07:45.039maybe they could program a boss that

00:07:46.319swings his sword multiple times and you

00:07:47.759would have to counter their attacks one

00:07:49.120after the other and if you don't counter

00:07:50.639or get the timing wrong you would take a

00:07:52.400hit

00:07:52.720rodrigo borgia specifically was a boss

00:07:54.720fight that felt not only underwhelming

00:07:56.240but

00:07:56.560far too easy the overall lack of

00:07:58.560difficulty with the combat is easily my

00:08:00.240biggest

00:08:00.639issue there are two particular abilities

00:08:02.479or methods of killing that i've left

00:08:04.160out those being the instant kill combo

00:08:06.160and the hidden blade counters

00:08:07.680firstly when attacking an enemy an enemy

00:08:09.599may parry your attack

00:08:11.120if this happens and you immediately tap

00:08:12.879the attack button upon seeing the parry

00:08:14.400animation then you will kill the enemy

00:08:16.240this method is never explained to you in

00:08:17.840game and if it is then miraculously both

00:08:19.759myself and nm1239 have missed it

00:08:22.720while it may seem like this adds quite a

00:08:24.240lot of depth to the game it

00:08:25.840unfortunately can be performed by just

00:08:27.360mashing square and hence it's not very

00:08:29.360difficult

00:08:30.400hidden blades on the other hand are

00:08:31.840absolutely broken in this game

00:08:33.519it can counter any enemy now the window

00:08:35.599that you have to counter an enemy is

00:08:37.039much shorter than that of a sword or a

00:08:38.479dagger but it's still so large that it

00:08:40.159ultimately makes the game way too easy

00:08:42.320i even went out of my way to play the

00:08:44.159game without using the hidden blades or

00:08:45.760any armor until i received the armor of

00:08:47.440altair

00:08:48.240even when taking the game's difficulty

00:08:49.760into my own hands i found the game was

00:08:51.360brutally easy

00:08:52.399and having abilities such as a hidden

00:08:54.000blade counter and instant kill combo on

00:08:55.680top of the armor of altair which grows

00:08:57.519your health bar to where it takes up

00:08:58.880half the screen

00:09:00.080doesn't really help with the difficulty

00:09:02.080what you see in the first hour of the

00:09:03.279game is essentially what you get when it

00:09:04.720comes to the combat

00:09:05.839while there are some different mechanics

00:09:07.279such as dodging strafing throwing dirt

00:09:09.040at the enemy grabbing and using

00:09:10.320projectiles all of them are introduced

00:09:12.160quite early and

00:09:13.200all are rarely effective i'm not gonna

00:09:15.360sit here and claim the game should have

00:09:16.880combat that changes or evolves as the

00:09:18.560game progresses

00:09:19.440as a difficult task for any game

00:09:20.880especially one that isn't necessarily

00:09:22.320combat centric however i feel it is

00:09:24.320unfair to criticize some of the more

00:09:25.680recent games in the franchise for having

00:09:27.360repetitive combat while ignoring that

00:09:29.040same issue which is present in this game

00:09:31.200i don't believe that the combat being

00:09:32.640shallow or repetitive is strictly a

00:09:34.240matter of technology

00:09:35.440other games that have come out at the

00:09:36.720time have had combat much more enjoyable

00:09:38.640and have had combat systems with many

00:09:40.399deeper layers to them the first to come

00:09:42.080to mind

00:09:42.640a game that was released a few months

00:09:44.240before assassin's creed 2 would be demon

00:09:46.320souls

00:09:46.880i could very easily go on about the

00:09:48.399combat and the depth of the combat but

00:09:50.080i'd rather not go on too much of a

00:09:51.360tangent

00:09:52.000devil may cry 4 also has quite a deep

00:09:53.920and complex combat system and that game

00:09:55.680came out in 2008

00:09:56.959a year before assassin's creed 2. the

00:09:58.880point of this comparison is not to say

00:10:00.399that these games are better than

00:10:01.519assassin's creed 2. but to say that the

00:10:03.360technology

00:10:04.000and the ability to create a combat

00:10:05.600system with depth was there for the time

00:10:07.440period and for me

00:10:08.640i'm not seeing it here i feel the need

00:10:10.560to make this point because a common

00:10:11.839rebuttal i've seen to pretty much any

00:10:13.360criticism of this game including the

00:10:15.120combat

00:10:15.680is well of course the combat isn't deep

00:10:17.519it's 11 years old

00:10:18.800now of course i don't expect the game to

00:10:20.640have devil may cry levels of depth

00:10:22.160within the combat and i think it would

00:10:23.519be ridiculous to expect such from a game

00:10:25.360however

00:10:26.000i think the combat we got here is

00:10:27.200severely lacking i understand that dmc's

00:10:29.279gameplay also steps outside of realism

00:10:31.279quite a lot and i'm not saying that i

00:10:32.800want assassin's creed 2 to be like that

00:10:34.480but the point i'm trying to make is that

00:10:35.839the ability to create a deep combat

00:10:37.440system was there

00:10:38.720now my own assumptions when playing the

00:10:40.160game as to why the combat felt so dull

00:10:42.000and overall boring was because you

00:10:43.519weren't really meant to use it i mean

00:10:45.200being an assassin

00:10:46.000is all about being a stealth badass who

00:10:47.760lurks in the shadows only to cut through

00:10:49.440enemies when they least expect it right

00:10:52.320right the south in this game really

00:10:56.399confuses me

00:10:57.360the game takes a different spin on the

00:10:58.800typical stealth you would see in

00:10:59.920something like metal gear solid

00:11:01.440instead of sticking to the shadows the

00:11:02.800game encourages you to hide in plain

00:11:04.399sight which is really awesome

00:11:06.000there are different groups that you can

00:11:07.120hire and you can order them to either

00:11:08.480follow you allowing you to blend in with

00:11:10.079the crowd

00:11:10.560or order them to distract guards you can

00:11:12.560sit on a bench to go invisible to guards

00:11:14.399or hide in the many haysacks littered

00:11:15.920throughout ancient italy one of my

00:11:17.360issues with this system however is that

00:11:18.959it's never expanded upon

00:11:20.560the game teaches you very early on how

00:11:22.240to order cortisones around and how to

00:11:23.839use them to distract guards or blend in

00:11:25.920and that's all it is there really isn't

00:11:28.160any depth past that

00:11:29.519it would have been cool if there were

00:11:30.480some guards that were giga chads and

00:11:32.000wouldn't be so easily distracted by

00:11:33.440those pesky knockers

00:11:34.880these special guards would have to be

00:11:36.160distracted in some other way through the

00:11:37.600use of thieves or mercenaries

00:11:39.279unfortunately the south segments of the

00:11:40.880game can be very quickly boiled down to

00:11:42.640just finding the nearest faction

00:11:44.160don't get me wrong the first few times

00:11:45.680it can instill a great sense of

00:11:46.880satisfaction

00:11:48.079but you quickly realize that that is

00:11:49.600always the easiest and in some cases the

00:11:51.600only option

00:11:52.720i don't necessarily have an issue with

00:11:54.240the system itself but more in the way

00:11:55.760that it's used

00:11:56.720or in this case the way it's not used it

00:11:59.040often felt like an easy win to any

00:12:00.880mission

00:12:01.360many of the tailing missions saw me

00:12:02.720exclusively sticking to the courtesans

00:12:04.240and when these tailing portions are

00:12:05.519upwards of six minutes

00:12:07.040it became pretty boring for me as far as

00:12:09.279systems like the benches and the

00:12:10.480haystacks littered around i don't

00:12:11.920believe that they should be expanded

00:12:13.120upon as they work perfectly fine the way

00:12:14.800they are and they work pretty well

00:12:16.000within the game's design

00:12:17.360since we're on the topic of design we

00:12:18.720should talk about the enemy detection

00:12:20.240because it's actually

00:12:21.760pretty decent sort of the enemies detect

00:12:23.920you at a reasonable rate and obviously

00:12:25.440once you get in their face they'll

00:12:26.639detect you

00:12:27.440however an issue with this is that when

00:12:29.519killing an enemy from above for example

00:12:31.600you'll kill him right on what feels like

00:12:33.360the exact frame in which he detects you

00:12:35.279when there is a mission that requires

00:12:36.560you to not be detected this single split

00:12:38.480second in which the enemy has detected

00:12:40.160you will cause you to fail

00:12:41.360the later levels in the game really

00:12:42.800exemplify how brutal the stealth can be

00:12:44.639as you're almost always just walking up

00:12:46.320to guards to stab them because running

00:12:47.839makes too much noise or using the

00:12:49.360throwing knives

00:12:50.399throwing knives however do little to no

00:12:52.320damage until you upgrade them through

00:12:53.760training at the villa

00:12:54.800unfortunately training at the villa

00:12:56.160isn't something you were encouraged to

00:12:57.440do so this led to a lot of players

00:12:59.040including myself feeling quite

00:13:00.320frustrated

00:13:01.120the knives much like any other resource

00:13:02.720like the smoke bombs are unfortunately

00:13:04.320finite however you can always buy more

00:13:06.000or loot some off of dead bodies this is

00:13:08.399eventually remedied through the purchase

00:13:09.920of upgrades to your knife belt allowing

00:13:11.519you to carry in excess of knives for

00:13:13.120whatever mission you're on

00:13:14.399unfortunately this leads to many

00:13:15.920missions in which taking out guards is

00:13:17.519unnecessarily difficult if you don't

00:13:19.200have the knife

00:13:19.839upgrades but if you do then it becomes a

00:13:21.680matter of tapping x when you see an

00:13:23.360enemy

00:13:24.000what confuses me the most about the

00:13:25.440stealth in this game is the way it

00:13:26.560completely ignores the basics of a

00:13:28.079stealth system while having levels that

00:13:29.600feel like they were made for a game that

00:13:31.200has the fundamentals of a stealth game

00:13:33.279i wonder why the game doesn't have a

00:13:34.800crouch button or at least a cover system

00:13:36.880i feel like it would help immensely with

00:13:38.320some of the south portions of this game

00:13:40.079the reason i say this is because there

00:13:41.440are some missions such as sequence 8

00:13:43.040memory 5 which see you storming the fort

00:13:45.040using leonardo da vinci's flying machine

00:13:47.199while the flying machine was a blast of

00:13:48.639a set piece to play through the end of

00:13:50.160the level stumbles quite hard

00:13:51.839you have to either spam knives or

00:13:53.360carefully walk around the guard's cones

00:13:54.959of vision in order to not be seen

00:13:56.639a typical strategy of paying the

00:13:57.920courtesans here won't work as they

00:13:59.760surprisingly enough don't operate well

00:14:01.839on high rises

00:14:03.040the issues with the enemies detecting

00:14:04.560you immediately if performing any

00:14:06.079assassination aside from the walking

00:14:07.680assassination is unfortunately present

00:14:09.519here

00:14:09.920i feel like this mission would be

00:14:11.040greatly improved upon if ezio could

00:14:12.480quickly snap to a wall or at least

00:14:14.079crouch making him harder to detect

00:14:16.000i know it sounds like such a simple

00:14:17.360change but it would help greatly for the

00:14:18.880many missions this game has to offer

00:14:20.800in the many tailing missions within the

00:14:22.399game there are multiple times where

00:14:23.519whoever you are tracking will turn

00:14:24.959around out of suspicion

00:14:26.399obviously quickly sitting on a bench or

00:14:28.000finding a crowd would be your first

00:14:29.279option if you weren't already there but

00:14:30.959would it not also make sense to quickly

00:14:32.720press circle for example to scurry

00:14:34.399behind a wall or some barrels

00:14:35.920there's only one real saving grace when

00:14:37.680it comes to the stealth and that is

00:14:38.880easily the gun

00:14:40.000the wrist mounted gun is an upgrade

00:14:41.519given to you about halfway through the

00:14:42.959game and is

00:14:43.680the ultimate cheese weapon there were so

00:14:45.519many missions where i was supposed to

00:14:46.720assassinate someone only for it to be

00:14:48.240completed in seconds by locking on and

00:14:50.000pulling the trigger

00:14:51.120take this objective in sequence 9 memory

00:14:53.1208 where you have to assassinate a target

00:14:54.959on a boat

00:14:55.680this place is heavily guarded and just

00:14:57.440about every one of those guards is armed

00:14:59.199to the teeth

00:14:59.920i'm actually not sure what you're

00:15:01.199supposed to do here maybe you are

00:15:02.720supposed to run up and take him out

00:15:04.079before he enters the captain's quarters

00:15:05.680but who knows because i just sniped his

00:15:07.120ass from a group of courtesans i assume

00:15:09.040you're supposed to stab him as a

00:15:10.399cutscene that plays upon assassinating

00:15:11.920him shows ezio close to him as if he was

00:15:14.160stabbed

00:15:14.880this and countless other missions were

00:15:16.240made to be a cakewalk by using the gun

00:15:18.160but damn if it wasn't a lot more fun

00:15:19.680than fiddling with the detection system

00:15:21.279until it worked in my favor

00:15:22.560i mean hell by the time i was in

00:15:23.839sequence 13 i had guards detecting me

00:15:25.680from across a map

00:15:26.880it was also certainly a lot more

00:15:28.320appealing than spamming smoke bombs

00:15:30.240speaking of sequence 13 in sequence 13

00:15:32.560memory 8 there's a templar in open field

00:15:34.720surrounded by guards and being detected

00:15:36.639causes you to instantly fail the mission

00:15:38.480i couldn't figure out a way to kill him

00:15:40.079without the gun and trying to take out

00:15:41.680any of the guards overseeing the field

00:15:43.360resulted in a quick desynchronization

00:15:46.000missions like this one and frankly a lot

00:15:47.600of the missions in sequence 13 felt

00:15:49.279brutally counter-intuitive

00:15:50.800such as sequence 13 memory 6 where there

00:15:53.279is a templar on a boat and he is sitting

00:15:55.279right at the door to the captain's

00:15:56.720quarters and of course getting caught

00:15:58.240will result in an instant failure

00:16:00.160you can't snipe him as he's covered by

00:16:01.680the sides of the entrance and the many

00:16:03.360guards

00:16:03.920you can't use courtesans as there are

00:16:05.360far too many guards around and they

00:16:06.959would quickly be depleted

00:16:08.320your best bet from what i've seen online

00:16:09.920is to try and spam smoke bombs while

00:16:11.600making your way to the templar or in my

00:16:13.440case get extremely lucky and that i was

00:16:15.120able to run up and stab him just as i

00:16:16.720got detected

00:16:17.759so i feel i should again bring up this

00:16:19.279point just to cover all bases but the

00:16:20.959stealth mechanics in the game

00:16:22.160or rather the lack of said mechanics are

00:16:24.079not a product of the game's time

00:16:25.839i could of course bring up examples such

00:16:27.440as metal gear solid but why not look at

00:16:29.040a game within ubisoft montreal

00:16:31.040ubisoft montreal developed assassin's

00:16:33.040creed ii ubisoft montreal also developed

00:16:35.600splinter

00:16:36.000saw chaos theory chaos theory came out

00:16:38.320nearly four years before assassin's

00:16:40.000creed ii

00:16:40.560in 2005. in chaos theory there is a

00:16:43.279crouch mechanic a cover system a sound

00:16:45.040and lighting detection system

00:16:46.320and these could be considered the

00:16:47.519absolute basics when it comes to

00:16:49.120designing a game around stealth however

00:16:51.120only a sound based detection system is

00:16:52.880present in assassin's creed 2 and it's

00:16:54.720nowhere near as deep as it is in

00:16:56.160splinter cell chaos theory

00:16:57.680so not only was the technology and the

00:16:59.360resources necessary available

00:17:01.199it was available within the company so i

00:17:03.279personally believe that saying the game

00:17:04.799is old and the technology wasn't there

00:17:07.439doesn't apply here as it's clear that

00:17:09.199the game is designed as if those

00:17:10.480mechanics were there

00:17:12.079so since we've now talked about both

00:17:13.520stealth and combat i feel like i can

00:17:15.199properly make the next statement about

00:17:16.799the different abilities and mechanics of

00:17:18.400the game

00:17:18.959i feel like assassin's creed ii has a

00:17:20.559lot of mechanics and abilities for you

00:17:22.240to use but there are a small selection

00:17:23.919of those mechanics and abilities that

00:17:25.439are exponentially more efficient and

00:17:27.039effective rendering all the other

00:17:28.400options near pointless

00:17:29.679when it comes to the combat what's the

00:17:31.280point in buying or even using the

00:17:32.799different weapons in the game if the

00:17:34.000hidden blade from the moment you get it

00:17:35.760will instantly counter kill any enemy

00:17:37.919what's the point of investing in the

00:17:39.280armor for the game if you don't really

00:17:40.880need it

00:17:41.440what's the point of learning the

00:17:42.559different combat moves and abilities

00:17:43.919from the villa if the hidden blades do

00:17:45.440the job perfectly well

00:17:46.720what's the point of using throwing

00:17:47.919knives if cortisones work better and by

00:17:49.760the time you get to a mission where you

00:17:50.880can't use headquarters ins you have the

00:17:52.559gun which serves as an

00:17:53.679instant win you have so many tools for

00:17:55.520the job but only a few of them are worth

00:17:57.120using while the others are

00:17:58.320for what people wanting an extra

00:18:00.080challenge that's what i'd initially

00:18:01.600thought

00:18:02.000i thought okay i won't use the hidden

00:18:04.000blades to instant kill in order to make

00:18:05.360the game more fun for myself

00:18:06.640that way i won't get bored during combat

00:18:08.559well using the sword is essentially the

00:18:10.320same thing but it's much slower

00:18:12.000i'm still countering enemies and waiting

00:18:13.679for them to attack except now i'm doing

00:18:15.520it more and with a larger counter window

00:18:17.679at least the different animations for

00:18:19.039the different styles of weapons made

00:18:20.480using a sword or a dagger somewhat

00:18:22.080interesting but that interest wore off

00:18:23.919after less than an hour

00:18:25.039it's like bringing an entire toolbox to

00:18:26.960screw in a nut you just need the wrench

00:18:29.360i mean sure you can try and do it with

00:18:30.799the screwdriver in hell maybe you could

00:18:32.640actually pull it off however the

00:18:34.160screwdriver wasn't designed for it

00:18:36.400social stealth wasn't designed for these

00:18:37.840levels where you have to sneak onto a

00:18:39.280boat or somehow get past a small army of

00:18:41.360guards protecting a templar in an open

00:18:43.039field and the basic stealth mechanics

00:18:44.720that are in the game just simply aren't

00:18:46.240refined enough

00:18:47.280so i think i've spoken enough about the

00:18:48.799mechanics of the game and i'd like to

00:18:50.480take some time to talk about the actual

00:18:51.840missions in the game and go over some of

00:18:53.679the sequences

00:18:54.640a common claim that i've heard

00:18:55.760throughout the community is that

00:18:56.720assassin's creed 2 is an awesome game

00:18:58.480because every mission was different and

00:19:00.080left an impression on the player

00:19:01.679i have to completely disagree with this

00:19:03.280as a majority of the game is what seems

00:19:04.799to be a rotation of three different

00:19:06.240objectives

00:19:06.880go here kill x go here protect x and go

00:19:09.600here grab x

00:19:10.640there are a few missions that break this

00:19:11.919mold such as the missions with the

00:19:13.120flying machine but all the missions

00:19:14.480blend together so much

00:19:15.840i actually didn't mind the basic mission

00:19:17.600structure but i did feel like the end of

00:19:19.280the game was drawn out to a crawl

00:19:21.200the biggest examples of padding are the

00:19:22.880codex pages and the entirety of sequence

00:19:25.28013.

00:19:26.080the codex pages are collectible that can

00:19:27.760be napped throughout your journey

00:19:28.720through ancient italy and they can be

00:19:30.080brought to leonardo da vinci to increase

00:19:31.840your maximum health

00:19:32.880the codex pages are also required to

00:19:34.640progress to sequence 14.

00:19:36.240now the game does tell you that the

00:19:37.520codex pages will be needed to access

00:19:39.200later memories but a majority of players

00:19:40.960including myself and a few friends

00:19:42.559found that they didn't have enough by

00:19:43.919the time that they were required and

00:19:45.520grabbing them was a huge pain

00:19:47.120the only redeeming quality is that they

00:19:48.720do mark them on your map once you

00:19:50.160synchronize a viewpoint and if for some

00:19:51.760reason

00:19:52.000you don't have all viewpoints

00:19:53.200synchronized then they will show up on

00:19:54.720your map

00:19:55.360but getting them felt a little

00:19:56.559unnecessary for me unfortunately they

00:19:58.640also don't mark these on your map until

00:20:00.799you get to the room

00:20:01.919where sequence 14 takes place this meant

00:20:04.320going to the mission and literally

00:20:05.760having a wall and a texas says

00:20:08.640not yet i can understand if this wasn't

00:20:10.799an issue for you guys but for me it

00:20:12.400really rubbed me the wrong way

00:20:14.000sequence 13 on the other hand is so

00:20:15.760blatantly filler nearly the entire

00:20:17.760sequence is filled with missions that

00:20:19.039are akin to that of many assassination

00:20:20.960side missions in the game and a large

00:20:22.559number of them will cause you to

00:20:23.600desynchronize upon being detected

00:20:25.600like some that i've mentioned earlier

00:20:27.120such as the templar on a boat or the one

00:20:29.039in a field a majority of these missions

00:20:30.799feel counter-intuitive and because of

00:20:32.320how easily they can be cheesed with the

00:20:33.679gun

00:20:34.320it felt like an hour and a half of busy

00:20:35.919work by the time you do get to this

00:20:37.520point of the game you've already

00:20:38.480performed multiple assassinations in a

00:20:40.320myriad of different ways and that's

00:20:41.840assuming you didn't bother with the

00:20:43.200bundles of assassination contracts which

00:20:45.120are available quite early on

00:20:46.880these missions don't offer anything new

00:20:48.559for you to do in the sense of getting to

00:20:50.240or taking down the enemy and the only

00:20:52.000thing the missions in the sequence do

00:20:53.440that the side quests don't is

00:20:54.960upping the enemy count to a limiting

00:20:56.559degree due to the amount of enemies

00:20:58.480present in such a condensed mission area

00:21:00.559there were few and sometimes only one

00:21:02.559place and route for you to take to your

00:21:04.320target

00:21:04.799because if you step outside those routes

00:21:06.320you were spotted and subsequently

00:21:07.679detected quite fast

00:21:09.120i wish they had left more gaps for the

00:21:10.720player to work with maybe during the

00:21:12.240mission where you have to assassinate

00:21:13.600the doctor they could leave a gap in the

00:21:15.120guards that are guarding the doctor

00:21:16.720making it easier to sneak between the

00:21:18.320guards and slip on the old sleeping

00:21:19.679medication

00:21:20.559i figure before we get into the story i

00:21:22.480should mention the bugs that showed up

00:21:24.000in my game

00:21:24.960i know that bugs are a tough thing to

00:21:26.320cover since each player will experience

00:21:27.919different bugs on each playthrough and

00:21:29.520some people might experience a ton of

00:21:31.120bugs and some might experience

00:21:32.640not at all i however found that i ran

00:21:34.720into quite a few

00:21:35.679some of which leaving me giggling like a

00:21:37.200little child and some that forced me to

00:21:38.880desynchronize

00:21:39.840there was a specific mission within

00:21:41.280sequence 5 memory 4 where preacher needs

00:21:43.280to be assassinated

00:21:44.240on top of a tower after getting up to

00:21:46.159the tower and taking out the guards i

00:21:47.840realized that my target was nowhere to

00:21:49.600be found

00:21:50.240i had to jump off and desynchronize

00:21:51.760myself as there isn't a reload to the

00:21:53.280last checkpoint feature in the main menu

00:21:55.440in other news there was quite a

00:21:56.720hilarious bug during sequence 10 memory

00:21:58.640one and i'll just let you watch this one

00:22:14.159so i actually don't want to criticize

00:22:15.600the game for bugs like this because it

00:22:17.039110 percent did not affect my experience

00:22:19.600though i thought i'd mention it because

00:22:20.799it was pretty funny

00:22:22.000another bug that was definitely swinging

00:22:23.600more towards frustration than humor was

00:22:25.679during

00:22:26.000sequence 13. i was being detected by

00:22:28.240groups from across a map

00:22:29.600through walls or even through entire

00:22:31.280city blocks unfortunately the most

00:22:33.120egregious and longest lasting bug was

00:22:34.799during sequence 13

00:22:36.080where i had two detection symbols on me

00:22:37.919at all times even through loading

00:22:39.760screens and desynchronizations the

00:22:41.360symbols were there and this lasted for

00:22:43.120upwards of half an hour

00:22:44.720i can at least admit that eventually i

00:22:46.400just stopped noticing it but geez man it

00:22:48.400certainly wasn't the high point of my

00:22:49.840experience

00:22:50.799now i could go on talking about bugs in

00:22:52.559this game but it just isn't worth it

00:22:54.080your experience may vary but in this

00:22:55.760case i saw more bugs in this game than

00:22:57.520unity on day one

00:22:59.200finally i want to talk about ezio and

00:23:00.960the story of this game

00:23:02.320i didn't enjoy ezio as a character very

00:23:04.000much and i didn't enjoy the story

00:23:05.360surrounding him

00:23:06.159now of course this portion of the video

00:23:07.919will be the most subjective however i

00:23:09.919still ask that you hear me out

00:23:12.000ezio is a mary sue in this case gary sue

00:23:15.280would be a more suitable term but by my

00:23:16.880own definition in the definitions of

00:23:18.480friends

00:23:18.880a mary sue gary stew is a fictional

00:23:21.280character who is so competent or perfect

00:23:23.280that it appears absurd

00:23:24.559even in the context of the fictional

00:23:26.240setting literally from the first moment

00:23:28.080that you see ezio as a little baby he is

00:23:30.080held in the air as if to say

00:23:31.919look at how special you'll be he's

00:23:34.320blatantly told on multiple occasions

00:23:36.159that there is a prophecy surrounding a

00:23:37.679prophet who will change the world and

00:23:39.280the creed

00:23:39.919literally tells him that he is the

00:23:41.440prophet and the chosen one

00:23:43.440a prophet's arrival was foretold

00:23:46.640and unbeknownst to us here you are

00:23:50.480perhaps all along you were the one we

00:23:52.720sought

00:23:54.320now don't get me wrong there are tons of

00:23:56.000protagonists that are special but ezio

00:23:58.000never makes a mistake

00:23:59.440if he does make a mistake he never

00:24:00.960suffers any consequences for them either

00:24:02.960every bad thing that happens to ezio is

00:24:04.799a product of his environment or someone

00:24:06.640around him

00:24:07.440his parents dying are a product of a

00:24:09.120templar conspiracy against his family

00:24:10.880and it was pure luck that he was able to

00:24:12.720evade the guards

00:24:13.760some have argued that ezio made the

00:24:15.360mistake of giving the letter to uberto

00:24:17.279but how was that his fault

00:24:18.960he didn't know hiberto was a templar

00:24:20.640neither did ezio's father

00:24:22.159the only time ezio genuinely gets bested

00:24:24.240is due to a brutal level of incompetence

00:24:26.720when chasing down a templar in sequence

00:24:28.40012 he completely lets his guard down and

00:24:30.320somehow when he is delivering the final

00:24:31.919blow to this templar he does not notice

00:24:34.159a knife

00:24:34.799piercing his body until the entire blade

00:24:37.440is inside of him

00:24:38.559this is the only time he suffers a

00:24:40.000consequence and it's less of a

00:24:41.279consequence to the character and more of

00:24:42.960a consequence to the player

00:24:44.400since this action is what ignites

00:24:46.000sequence 13 and sequence 13 is easily

00:24:48.640the worst sequence in the game

00:24:50.880it could be argued that ezio messes up

00:24:52.480when he kills vieira as he doesn't give

00:24:54.080him the proper respect but again there

00:24:55.679is no consequence to this

00:24:57.440sure he suffers a huge consequence at

00:24:59.279the beginning of brotherhood from not

00:25:00.799killing rodrigo

00:25:02.240but not only is that in a different game

00:25:04.159but it's a consequence to an action that

00:25:05.919is portrayed as morally correct in this

00:25:07.840game

00:25:08.400another sign of a gary stew is when a

00:25:10.080character is perfect at everything

00:25:11.919ezio's immediately irresistible to every

00:25:14.080woman he meets

00:25:15.120ranging from christina at the beginning

00:25:16.720of the game to katarina's forza much

00:25:18.960later on

00:25:19.840even the courtesans are practically

00:25:21.360falling over themselves to get some and

00:25:23.360it just feels like we're playing as the

00:25:24.720product of some fan fiction

00:25:26.320ezio's literally responsible for the

00:25:28.720latte

00:25:29.360he just casually says he likes to have

00:25:31.200milk with his coffee like

00:25:33.200what

00:25:38.400a little peter if you ask me just seems

00:25:40.880lacking somehow

00:25:42.720i don't know have you considered adding

00:25:44.240sugar maybe or latte

00:25:46.400i suppose it's something of an acquired

00:25:48.080taste where is ezio's ark

00:25:50.000it's clear that at the end of the game

00:25:51.440he is no longer trying to avenge his

00:25:53.200parents by killing templars but this is

00:25:55.200literally happening out of nowhere at

00:25:57.039the end of sequence 13 he gives a speech

00:25:59.039about how you need to find your own

00:26:00.320truth and how letting vengeance consume

00:26:02.000you won't bring your family back he then

00:26:03.840points to his friends as if to say they

00:26:05.440were responsible for guiding him to this

00:26:07.039realization

00:26:08.240from what i've seen mario not only

00:26:10.320prevented ezio from potentially fleeing

00:26:12.320the country but sent him out on his

00:26:14.240quest for revenge by telling him about

00:26:15.919the templars

00:26:16.799and about how they need to be stopped

00:26:18.799mario then proceeds to train him

00:26:20.480in the act of killing and even gives him

00:26:22.400further tools to kill people

00:26:24.080also he could further his quest for

00:26:25.679vengeance the templars seek dominion

00:26:28.559over man

00:26:29.760and we the assassins are sworn to stand

00:26:32.799against them

00:26:34.640was uberto one of them yes and the other

00:26:38.159names on my father's list

00:26:40.559templars as well paola teaches ezio how

00:26:43.120to blend in and even shows that she too

00:26:44.880has been betrayed like ezio however

00:26:46.720instead of passing on the knowledge of

00:26:48.320not to revel in vengeance she instead

00:26:50.159gives him the abilities and skills

00:26:51.520needed to not only steal from people but

00:26:53.360to further his quest

00:26:55.039lavolpe doesn't really teach ezio

00:26:56.799anything as he just ends up showing ezio

00:26:58.320where a templar meaning is and

00:26:59.760informs him of some templar plots

00:27:01.679machiavelli shows up right as you obtain

00:27:03.360the apple

00:27:03.919all he seems to do is tell you that

00:27:05.200you're the prophet so i'm not

00:27:06.960necessarily sure where ezio gets this

00:27:08.559revelation but regardless he throws it

00:27:10.240out the window when he tries to kill

00:27:11.600rodrigo twice

00:27:12.720he literally says i thought

00:27:16.720i thought i was beyond this but i'm not

00:27:22.240i've waited too long lost too much

00:27:27.360requies you bastard i don't think

00:27:31.279so and then upon failing to finish the

00:27:33.520job he then draws his sword and hopes to

00:27:35.679strike him down yet again

00:27:37.600only for him to be stabbed again at

00:27:39.360which point he finally decides that he

00:27:41.039won't kill rodrigo

00:27:42.399it made no sense for him to kill

00:27:43.919hundreds of soldiers and a large handful

00:27:45.679of templar conspirators and figures only

00:27:47.919to stop at the leader

00:27:49.360i'm gonna briefly mention another game

00:27:51.039because it baffled me that this game

00:27:52.399received criticism while

00:27:53.600assassin's creed 2 didn't if you don't

00:27:55.760want spoilers for the last of us part 2

00:27:58.320then please skip to this point in the

00:27:59.840video ready

00:28:01.360at the end of the last of us 2 ellie

00:28:02.960after killing hundreds of people on her

00:28:04.640quest to avenge her pseudo family stops

00:28:06.640at abby because it won't change what

00:28:08.399happened to joel

00:28:09.360people were livid about this as it made

00:28:11.200the entire journey leading up to this

00:28:12.720point feel pointless

00:28:14.000regardless of how i feel about it why is

00:28:16.720that criticism applied to the last of us

00:28:18.559part 2

00:28:19.600and not assassin's creed 2 why does ezio

00:28:22.559get a pass for essentially doing the

00:28:24.080same thing

00:28:25.200the story itself has an awkward pacing

00:28:26.960as the time jumps in between sequences

00:28:28.559make each sequence feel weirdly

00:28:30.080disconnected

00:28:30.960i understand that this and many other

00:28:32.559things can be explained through the

00:28:33.840ultimate plot device the animus but it

00:28:35.679doesn't change the way these time jumps

00:28:37.279came across

00:28:38.480so with that being said those are my

00:28:41.279major reasons for not liking assassin's

00:28:43.120creed 2. i could bring up some smaller

00:28:45.039issues but i don't want to dip into

00:28:46.640nitpick territory

00:28:47.840i think assassin's creed 2 was an

00:28:49.279ambitious game and it was a huge

00:28:50.720improvement on the first game however

00:28:52.640just because a game is better than the

00:28:54.320previous entry does not make the game

00:28:56.240immune to criticism

00:28:57.440i mean isn't that the point of a sequel

00:28:59.200to improve and expand upon the world

00:29:00.720story and gameplay mechanics of the

00:29:02.399previous game

00:29:03.279in that sense i think assassin's creed 2

00:29:05.039succeeds in improving on the first

00:29:06.480assassin's creed however

00:29:07.840that doesn't change the major issues i

00:29:09.600have with the game i want to clarify

00:29:11.600again that this is not meant to be an

00:29:13.039antagonistic video

00:29:14.640if you like this game i'm not saying you

00:29:16.640are wrong i am just presenting a

00:29:18.559different perspective

00:29:19.840if even after hearing these points you

00:29:21.440still like the game awesome

00:29:23.440i'll never talk down to someone or hate

00:29:25.279on someone for enjoying something

00:29:26.640especially when it's as harmless as a

00:29:28.240video game

00:29:29.120i don't think assassin's creed 2 is a

00:29:30.720bad game however it's just not my cup of

00:29:32.720tea

00:29:33.200again i'm totally open to discussion i'm

00:29:35.120open to having my mind changed in fact

00:29:37.039i'd like to have my mind changed

00:29:38.720liking things is so much more fun than

00:29:40.480not liking things and that's why i'd

00:29:41.840like to keep my videos as positive as

00:29:43.440possible

00:29:44.080it's just more fun to me that way the

00:29:45.919reason i'm making this video is because

00:29:47.360upon saying that i didn't like the game

00:29:48.880on live streams and on twitter

00:29:50.720i was labeled as a contrarian and i felt

00:29:52.720it was necessary to clarify

00:29:54.000where i'm coming from without being

00:29:55.200restricted by 280 characters

00:29:57.679i personally think it's fine if people

00:29:59.039do or don't like a video game it's not

00:30:00.880hurting anyone right

00:30:02.159anyways i hope i made myself as clear as

00:30:04.159possible and of course i can further

00:30:05.600clarify any points in the comments

00:30:07.120section

00:30:07.600if you've made it this far then i'm

00:30:08.640grateful that you've heard my side of

00:30:09.840the argument and have given it a chance

00:30:11.919i can get why you like this game so much

00:30:13.760but for me well

00:30:15.679let's just say i don't think i'll be

00:30:16.880hopping back into the animus anytime

00:30:18.559soon

00:30:21.520hey guys thank you so much for uh making

00:30:23.760it to the end i hope you're not too uh

00:30:26.480angry at me for uh for this opinion

00:30:29.679um i just want to thank the patrons

00:30:31.279again a beat christopher

00:30:33.520cypress husky frank griff ghostly gaming

00:30:36.000hutch puppy

00:30:37.039lucas pyrite avery howdy partner

00:30:40.480jacob tristan white wolf tyler meador

00:30:43.279john

00:30:44.000denzel and ashwin i really appreciate

00:30:46.720you guys for uh

00:30:48.000for supporting me through these uh these

00:30:50.799tough times

00:30:51.919and uh yeah i'm now live streaming on

00:30:55.200youtube

00:30:56.000so i'm live streaming on this channel

00:30:57.840rather than twitch so i suggest you uh

00:30:59.519come by and hang out

00:31:00.559we have a pretty good time there we're

00:31:02.159playing through ghost of tsushima right

00:31:03.519now and it's

00:31:04.000uh it's pretty fun i also suggest you

00:31:06.320follow me on twitter

00:31:07.360at that boy aqua you can always kind of

00:31:09.600keep keep up to date on there and of

00:31:11.440course if you want to see videos up to

00:31:12.720three days early you can hit me up on

00:31:14.320patreon

00:31:15.760um i just wanted to say that this is the

00:31:17.840first video back

00:31:18.880since i have been hacked and uh

00:31:22.159yeah definitely a lot of stress has been

00:31:24.640taken off my shoulders i appreciate your

00:31:26.240guys support throughout all this

00:31:28.240and uh if you're looking for more video

00:31:29.919essay stuff feel free to check out

00:31:31.399nm12399 he just released a full

00:31:34.880movie length video on persona 4 and it

00:31:38.320is

00:31:38.559really good i highly suggest you check

00:31:40.240it out and uh

00:31:41.919yeah that's pretty much all i got the

00:31:43.440next video will be on arkham origins

00:31:45.279and i'm basically gonna go get started

00:31:47.679on that right away

00:31:48.799i love you guys and i'll see you guys

00:31:50.640next

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