Assassin's Creed Chronicles China is Actually Fantastic
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:42 - Paying the Bills
04:18 - The Story
12:09 - The Assassin Fantasy (Gameplay)
24:58 - Outro
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@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
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@1980Shadowwolf 2 ай бұрын
I always figured the box would have them disks of Altiars life in it.
@victorsouza4554 10 ай бұрын
Never in my wildest dreams would I think my hatred for what the Assassin's Creed saga has become would be rivaled by someone else's, but I'm glad for this bond.
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
It truly keeps us together
@keyentity2285 10 ай бұрын
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@degariuslozak2169 10 ай бұрын
You and me both
@leone9482 10 ай бұрын
I fucking hate what this franchise has become now yet i just can't stop buying these games and thus i know my hate to it is worthless either way
@dott8348 8 ай бұрын
Why do you hate it?
@mohamednail1707 10 ай бұрын
Shao Jun has a really cool design and she deserves her own mainline assassin's creed game but i know ubisoft is gonna fucked it up somehow
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
One of my favourite designs tbh, and one of the only times I'm totally fine with them breaking away from white and red robes (because im a filthy purist) her black and red ones look phenomenal
@mohamednail1707 10 ай бұрын
@@LazerzZ I couldn't agree more (I'm also a filthy purist), and I love her outfit. At least her design resembles an actual assassin, unlike the last 2 games
@SomasAcademy 10 ай бұрын
When this game came out I remember describing it as "The most Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed game since AC1" - despite how very different the style of the game is, something about the combination of aesthetic and challenging gameplay scratched an itch that no other game since the first has nailed for me.
@BrokeAssassin 10 ай бұрын
It's weird how underated ac1 is
@ag2731 2 ай бұрын
@@BrokeAssassinyeah since I'm actually one of the people who like AC1
@RubbleD 10 ай бұрын
I love that this game plays a lot like an evolution of the old school Prince of Persia games, which is fun since Assassin's Creed was originally supposed to be a Prince of Persia spinoff
@deantzu 10 ай бұрын
wow an actual full circle moment.
@xXClicky03Xx 9 ай бұрын
It's sad how the series I grew up on and used to "love" has now turned into "loved" for every other person who grew up with it too. It's the ones who fell in love with Altair and Ezio are who truly appreciate the core values of what used to make this series so great. We in sense grew up with Ezio from his birth until his death, and now we're experiencing the birth and possibly the death of Assassin's Creed.
@guesswho180 10 ай бұрын
Let’s go. I love that the game encourages you to not kill anyone except for your targets. Stay your blade from innocents.
@vincentlo8693 10 ай бұрын
I think her character is the only one that truly deserved a rendition of Ezio's theme. The theme could've embodied what Ezio passed down to her. Ezio's theme could've been more meaningful and personalized, but now it's just a theme for every assassin no matter where they're from. Like you said, it would've been nice to have a more meaningful journey with her. So sad she doesn't have a mainline game. I think she would've been a nice character to explore off the heels of Ezio. Just start the game with the events of Embers to act as a tutorial. We could say one last goodbye to Ezio and it'll be a bridge into a new story.
@wontononionslicer1004 8 ай бұрын
It also quite poetic, Polo family travel from Italy to China while preserving Altair’s wisdom, and later on Shao travels back to Italy to search for the same wisdom from Ezio and along the way who knows how much brotherhood was grown.
@sleepycreed4285 10 ай бұрын
About the different voice actors, its a super not important thing but in odyssey Victoria Bibeau talks with a normal american accent and in the last descendants audiobook she has a 100% french stereotype accent. Same with Gavin Banks, 2 audiobooks and 1 is normal american guy and the 2nd is a literal 85yr old man voice. Like no consistency whatsoever
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
Classic Ubisoft really, they have little consistency in how characters are portrayed, whether by actor but also how they look can wildly change between games too. It’s strange.
10 ай бұрын
Chronicles China really was the peak of this side games. I do think the Anastasia sections from Russia were cool tho, simply for the fact that they were pure stealth.
@Berkian 10 ай бұрын
Legendary Assassin's Creed youtuber is back with more Assassin's creed content I hope you livestream playthrough of Assassin's creed Valhalla on your channel. Good luck Assassin, hope you have a nice day
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
nothing and true and everything is permitted, we work in the dark to serve the light 🙇
@lilautistico1635 10 ай бұрын
What about Valhalla 😂
@Atlan73 10 ай бұрын
I love all the Chronicles games and always hated how underrated they were, seriously i loved all of them 3 alot and i say this as a hardcore AC fan who played every single main game and buys every new title, i love all the AC games at least at an extent but the fact that these 3 games that tried something like this got absolutely ignored for most of the time is awful, i loved Shao Jung story and Nikolai Orelov's character, i didn't like much the indian one even though it was still a great time.
@pickedceasar1216 8 ай бұрын
It’s the closest we’ve gotten to the modern day without actually being modern I’m still interested to see the Jazz age assassin
@AntiqueKeeper 6 ай бұрын
Man thank you for covering one of my all time favourites series sharing so much information and giving love for some of my favourite games growing up sharing very similar experiences. Been replaying a lot of the AC Games and getting up to 3 and 4 and Rogue so hope we see a similar retrospectives for those one day!
@Cyrex_XIII 10 ай бұрын
Its crazy how the chronicles game really showcase the series lineage. I mean china can be considered like the ac1-revelations era. India is like ac3-ac rogue and russia is like unity-syndicate.
@Cyrex_XIII 10 ай бұрын
I played and finished china and I couldnt play india or russia
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
That’s actually a really funny way of looking at it, but it’s really true
@jamesrason3731 10 ай бұрын
It’s always a joy to watch your videos James thanks
@samz8691 Ай бұрын
As someone who played China for the first time, I loved it and wish Ubisoft would consider giving us more Chronicles-style games. (I really liked the glass cannon nature of the combat.) I haven't played India or Russia yet so I am hoping I enjoy them.
@nick_panag 10 ай бұрын
I played chronicle China and just finished India and I had a blast. The animations are very unique and the gameplay feels very smooth. One of the most underrated ac games and it doesn't deserve that.
@IndyMiraaga 10 ай бұрын
Playing it after playing Mark of the Ninja was definitely an odd feeling, but it's also been close to 10 years since I touched either so I can only remember that and not much else. I hope they make a stealth-centric AC game again someday, preferably one with a new proper parkour engine and good combat. We'll see how Mirage goes, I'll probably buy it used on console so I don't help Ubi profit.
@J_U_D_G_E_M_E_N_T 10 ай бұрын
LazerzZ, you NEED to play Mark of the Ninja. It's the game that inspired the AC chronicles games. However, it has way more depth and focuses on stealth more. I played it after ACC China and I was never the same man again IT'S AMAZING
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
I’ll have to check it out!
@platinumconquest2365 10 ай бұрын
@@LazerzZ You absolutely should. Mark of the Ninja is probably one of my favourite stealth games of all time, and It's influence on Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China is immediately obvious just from looking at any gameplay. Very much the same appeal, mechanically.
@timhorn3829 10 ай бұрын
I agree chronicle China is the best out of all three of the games that come on the disk. I bought it for cheap at GameStop and also it reminds me of the sides calling games like to play super Nintendo in high school.
@johnmarstondancing3745 10 ай бұрын
This game is so aesthetically pleasing to look at and so smooth to play once you master the systems
@cheesy713 Ай бұрын
This was actually my first Assassin's Creed game and I really enjoyed the feeling of stealthily making it to your target without being spotted and taking out *only* the target. Then, deciding to actually play the first AC game, I was thrown off by not being punished for taking out guards simply in the way, ha. It feels a bit weird having gone from this gameplay style to that one, but different strokes for different folks, I guess.
@mrjonathanvella 10 ай бұрын
Well this is a video I didn't expect
@lilautistico1635 10 ай бұрын
Me neither lol
@deviltime009 10 ай бұрын
the canon connection (partially in my opinion) is that, An abstergo agent, likely Otso Berg, was going through archives trying to track the box ever since they saw it in Shay Cormac's memories. They knew Ezio had it at a point in his life and tracked it through any assassins he had come into contact with with led them to Shao Jun. After following her memories they continued researching what happened to the box until they discovered it resurfacing in India, leading to Chronicles India. Finally they had to track it again through Russia, but at the same time wanted to see how the box reacted to other pieces of Eden, discovering that the box created a sort of Bleeding Effect on Anastasia making her believe she was Shao Jun. The final cutscene reveals that Abstergo (or at least that specific scientist) wanted the box for Project Phoenix, which was a plan to fully revive Juno into a new body
@darthmarth87 10 ай бұрын
I actually kind of the the chronicles games. I just treated them more of a puzzle game to do each section in perfect stealth and playing it that way was pretty fun. Not "Classic" AC by any means but it was pretty clear from the offset it was a spinoff series so I really didn't mind.
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
For sure, the puzzle aspect is what really reels me in, when you execute a route perfectly without being seen it's the same feeling I get from taking out a target unnoticed in AC1. It's a totally different sort of game but the feeling it evokes is wonderful
@TheCapitalWanderer 10 ай бұрын
for me Chronicles China is the sequel of AC that i want, it has that classic multiple approach to assasination style (though for C China, it's levels), and i can play it with different playstyles. honestly loved it, need a better computer to run it tho, and a better keyboard keybind, cuz it is painful to run it with its default keybind.
@witchywoman2008 10 ай бұрын
I played the Chronicles games a few months back and really enjoyed them! The art style is beautiful, the gameplay is fun, you have to think carefully about how to get through a room. Great games.
@TheKuno 10 ай бұрын
gonna add this next to when you put the clip of you finishing ac rogue for the first time
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
😰
@hasnainsoofi8088 10 ай бұрын
Great video as always, keep up the good work. I’m looking forward to the next one. Also I never understood why people hated AC1, I played it when I was 12 years old and I loved it, I played it not long ago and even though it was a bit repetitive I thought it was really good.
@holzy-kv5wp 5 ай бұрын
FINALLY someone has said it!!! I love this game SO MUCH I have replayed it so many times. There's something so brilliant in the art and the feeling of the game. When I talk about video games being art, this game is what I think about.
@KlaxoPisitl 10 ай бұрын
Chronicles is always so satisfying when you pull off a section perfectly and get that gold rating. Not a big fan of getting a lower rank if you assassinate non-targets but when you get to your target and can finally just kill him, it's a great pay off. Russia is probably my favorite of the three despite the weird Shao Jun possession plot line, but my god do I hate India with a passion. China has its difficult sections that might take a few attempts but if I needed to restart I knew it was my fault. India felt like most sections were trail and error, having timed section that you need to know the path beforehand to actually pull it off. Amazing video as always, looking forward to what you create next!
@martinblagoev2390 10 ай бұрын
Man, you should try Styx one day it has almost the exact same system(shadow, assassin, brawler) and is just as satisfying if not more and the level design OMG you will be so impressed. And one of the best plot twists in gaming history in my opinion.
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
I've heard good things about that one, I'll have to give it a look some time!
@10bayekofsiwa15 10 ай бұрын
I haven’t watched the video yet but I have a soft spot for chronicles. Those three characters were some of my first assassin’s creed games played in full
@Deivid-bn6yw 10 ай бұрын
I remember enjoying Chronicles China quite a bit compared to India (I never played Russia, I couldn’t be bothered) it felt way less restrictive than India and let experiment a bit more. All I remember from India was being incredibly frustrated because 90% of the game just forced you into stealth rather than encourage it and there was only one specific way of going through a level
@fotsidi415 10 ай бұрын
Nice video might give china a chance played only India didn't like it so I didn't bother with the rest but now im intrigued to try it also I like that valhalla didn't sour your opinion about darby
@FantasticMsFish 6 ай бұрын
this was the first AC game I ever played and I thought this is how all the games are, so I happily went out & bought Syndicate...
@6000neo 10 ай бұрын
I AGREE WITH YOUR VIDEO ON ASSASSINS CREED 1, IT WAS A GREAT VIDEO AND I WATCHED ALL OF IT
@Vch229 Ай бұрын
Shao Jun is one of the scariest assassin she will crack your neck by her bare hands
@Tarcon_Vaagh_69 10 ай бұрын
I got it for free when they gave it away at lunar new year, and they did it like 2 years in a row I believe so all my friends have it as I mentioned it being pretty good. Since then they gave away all the 3 chronicles away for free in the launcher idk on what occasion tho
@joanofarc21 10 ай бұрын
ubisoft really did china setting dirty, why waste such a culturally rich era by making it a Odyssey 2.0 🫠🙆
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
yeah true, it is a shame we didn't see a fully fledged AC game in China, Shao would've been a great protag and it would've fit the classic formula incredibly well, but at least what we did get (before the new mobile game) is a good game, even if it's not traditional AC
@lilautistico1635 10 ай бұрын
What Odyssey 2.0 you talking about the mobile game?
@lilautistico1635 10 ай бұрын
@@LazerzZ Yeah China is a perfect setting it be cool if we got a Mongolia game back in the day following AC1 and a Shao Jun game written by Darby McDevitt directed by James Welford and instead of a game in ancient Greece that made no sense a short game in ancient China 210 bc with Wei Yu I think the mobile game is ancient China but I guarantee they aren’t even gonna use the actual AC lore that’s there 😭
@joanofarc21 10 ай бұрын
@@lilautistico1635 yes
@zjay 10 ай бұрын
This is the motivation i needed to finally give it another shot
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
DO IT!
@zjay 10 ай бұрын
@@LazerzZ i definitely will as soon as i finish the Ezio trilogy, i'm actually hyped to play it now!
@bigtasty2767 10 ай бұрын
I think it'd be very cool if AC Red's main character was the new recruit Shao talked to at the end of the game Also. At 17:18 i got an ad, and it took a second to play, so for all I knew, he did a freeze frame on this for comedic affect, and i gotts say, it was affective
@colinothebambino 10 ай бұрын
I literally just played this the other week for the first time, and heavily disagree with the title
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
Could I ask why? Just wondering what you felt wasn’t great about the game design or mechanics. I might forget to check back to this comment but I’ll try to remember if you reply 😅
@juliobetancourt4399 8 ай бұрын
Have you played Assassin’s Creed Discovery? I remember it being genuinely good, and a nice little spinoff that was actually briefly mentioned in Revelations. On top of that, that’s the game that started this style of 2D AC spinoffs.
@misanikolic1096 10 ай бұрын
slick plug bruh
@lordbarco8337 5 ай бұрын
Assassins creed chronicles China is a masterpiece… Shao Jun deserves a base game… she is my favorite Assassin of them all!
@Ameen2310 8 ай бұрын
So Assassin's Creed has a dragon scroll. You can never go wrong with borrowing an idea from Kung Fu Panda.
@Rushmore0Miles 10 ай бұрын
The chronicles trilogy is literally my favorite game of all time. Got me obsessed with platform stealth (a highly underutilized subgenre). All ill say in defense of india and russia is that they had loads of potential with the additional mechanics. This goes largely unrealized thanks to bad level design esepcially in russia. But both of those games have challenge levels that utilize their toolsets to the fullest. Anyway watch Aquas video on the trilogy if you want some in depth discussion on them.
@SouLP196 10 ай бұрын
This setting and character would have deserved a main line title.. I hoped for long time that Ubi will do a remake and we get it as a „normal“ AC. But with the release of Codename jade I don’t think we will see that.
@randam1005 9 ай бұрын
I remember liking the Shao Jun manga (which is probably better than this games story) so I'll have to play this sometime
@minz4937 6 ай бұрын
i dont know why they didnt make a mainline game about her. her design is nice, and the setting being in china wouldve made for a nice change of pace. it wouldve been like ghost of sushima before ghost of sushima
@LazerzZ 6 ай бұрын
They’re cowards
@arara7713 6 ай бұрын
Im glad to say I only used the Helix hability twice in the game, I hate that this is in the game, but at leats it is mostly an easy mode option, it forced me to push my habilities to the limit trying not to use it
@spark0420 8 ай бұрын
Mirage is fully a real ac game not looking for beef just stating the obvious that it is brilliant 🙌🏻
@luko177 10 ай бұрын
Cant believe they made this a 2d game such potential for a good game I enjoy this game for what it was but the whole time I was imagining a full ac game maybe with some call backs to ezio
@lukismilenar 10 ай бұрын
For people that love this game Id recommend to play Mark of The Ninja. It pretty much better in every way.
@macabre_and_cheese 9 ай бұрын
Watching your video on the upcoming Mirage and then this one is really just....depressing, cuz I checked out at Black flag when I heard they were going to do pirates and focus on ship combat, I got excited for Unity and saw how buggy it was and never bothered to buy it and then was cautiously hyped for Syndicate which was fun but even when I was checked out of the franchise I still kept up on the sidelines but it wasn't until the first game that was just skyrim wearing the skin of Assassin's Creed like a freakish coat that I fully checked out.
@lordkratos6093 9 ай бұрын
AC Chronicles may be the best Assassin's Creed games since the end of the PS3 games.
@Snaaake_Beater 9 ай бұрын
Assassin's Creed Unity was Not bad at all on my base PS4.just the frames
@Reverendhero 10 ай бұрын
I really liked China when I got it free and was so excited that there was two more games to go through. I was very disappointed when they were shit so I’ve never beaten them, but China’s a lot of fun
@CarpetBanana 10 ай бұрын
I wish the chronicals got a switch port
@ethan-scott 10 ай бұрын
James just can't get away from Assassin's Creed lol I love it. Neither can I. I still go back and play Black Flag all the time.
@user-ol9ck7ig2f 5 ай бұрын
I'd play this, if i could get my controller to work in the game
@bruulbrainsmasher1210 10 ай бұрын
This looks like a worse Mark of the Ninja. If you like this, try that game. Great 2D stealth.
@imamfn 10 ай бұрын
They actually giving away all the AC Chronicles last year around 15th anniversary of AC Wanna ask, what differentiate Chronicles China from India & Russia ones?
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
They have poor level design and mechanical integration so become frustrating and boring. Nothing flows quite right.
@saintjimmy_ajh 10 ай бұрын
It’s true. I’m an absolute filthy whore for James Talking about Assassin’s Creed
@yodaddyrc1220 10 ай бұрын
19:13 Tbf ac2 does have persistent blending. I actually tested it recently. Without using crowds, I figured out that guards meters fill up faster when Ezio is in high profile or is close to them as opposed to walking and being far away from them. You can even see detection meters drastically fill up faster when going from standing completely still and not pressing any buttons to just pressing high profile and standing still. TLDR ac2 guard detection is based around your actions like the first game but also distance from guards themselves.
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
Yeah to be fair, I suppose I’ve been a bit unfair because you’re right the ezio trilogy does treat the detection meters full differently depending on high vs low profile. I think how AC1 does it is still ultimately deeper as a system, but there are elements of it in the ezio trilogy for sure. I think the main difference is that you can’t be detected in AC2 unless you’re notorious or in a mission that makes you notorious, whereas in AC1 you’re always on guard which makes detection and blend more important to consider. So you can spend most of AC2 just running around unless you never tear down a poster.
@yodaddyrc1220 10 ай бұрын
@@LazerzZ I agree, it’s way more simplified in ac2 and it’s mostly cuz the notoriety system isn’t well implemented. Ac1 notoriety is probably the best way to keep the player on their toes. But if we are in control of notoriety, then I think we should retain ac1 social stealth but also implement AC3 like notoriety. I know this might be a hot take, but ac3 actually makes you feel as tho the city is constantly responding to your actions and it gets harder to navigate as enemies get more vigilant and reactive to your presence. Idk if it was executed as well as it could’ve been, but imo I think it was going in the right direction.
@ethengreen Ай бұрын
Having played the Chronicles trilogy I can say that China is by a country mile the best of them. The art style is the best looking of the 3 and the gameplay is just fun. I would even go on to say that China is one of the best Assassin's creed games even though it is a side scroller. Better than AC1, Rogue and sorry to say Valhalla. For me it is up there with the likes of Brotherhood and Odyssey as the best AC games. Great review LazerzZ. Well done.
@stillthinking_ 10 ай бұрын
ac chronicles china with multiplayer would've been an instant 10/10
@lilautistico1635 10 ай бұрын
I thought you said Assassin’s Creed 1 was a mid masterpiece at the beginning I was so confused
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
Maybe my wording was a bit scuffed there 😅
@themagicalblingbling 10 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this game's setting, music, atmosphere and gameplay, especially the whole "don't be seen and kill only your targets" approach (which is how I like to play these games anyway). The one elephant in the room that must be addressed though, is that Shao Jun's voice actor does one of the worst jobs I have ever heard. The voice acting is shamefully bad.
@Will-I-Maybe 10 ай бұрын
Honestly surprised to see someone with the same opinion as me. I got chronicles China free with PS+ in 2017 and I really loved the game, enough that I bought chronicles India a few weeks after I beat it and was heavily disappointed.
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
Yeah, I always loved China. India and Russia even more so were hugely disappointing
@zedgenius9347 10 ай бұрын
When I first got the chronicles games I initially thought they are shit. But then I realised you can back eject and it got me hooked into it. I feel like India wasn't that bad either. There is this trophy in the game that requires you to finish the game without killing any random guards, which is how ac games would be played out canonically. Russia was definitely bad though. Once again proved how guns ruin the ac games and it felt more like a call of duty side scroller
@WarriorStarXI2005 10 ай бұрын
I would love to see assassins creed taking places in Asia
@drunktoast3289 10 ай бұрын
Ubisoft has got you. Don’t worry you get a mobile game and an odyssey clone. Lucky you
@zjay 10 ай бұрын
While it's not really an AC game Ghost of Tsushima scratched that itch for me
@drunktoast3289 10 ай бұрын
@@zjay it really is amazing. Like old ac probably better
@zjay 10 ай бұрын
@@drunktoast3289 it lacks in some areas in comparison to AC especially when it comes to the setting, but only when compared to the first 4 games, combat is unmatched tho. This is my opinion of course
@drunktoast3289 10 ай бұрын
@@zjay setting does come down to preference but it’s ur right with the combat
@ThatBeingCed 8 ай бұрын
My main problem with this game is that I went for the plat and... this ruined the game for me. Of course that's my very own mistake.
@TheHiddenOne690 10 ай бұрын
Underrated game!
@leone9482 10 ай бұрын
I just realized that James has deleted all his Assassin's Creed Valhalla videos all his walkthroughs let's play everything lol Why did he do that 🤔
@Stevethyawesome 10 ай бұрын
Don't rightly know
@leone9482 10 ай бұрын
@@Stevethyawesome yeah man it was weird for him to do that i wonder why
@Mustafa-db2xz 10 ай бұрын
mark of the ninja best 2d stealth game it solos china
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
I need to give it a play, heard tons of good things in the comments.
@CMW003 10 ай бұрын
So like yeah there is humour to a video championing the game's quality spend the first stretch destroying the story but also the shadow/assassin/brawler playstyle sounds like the options hitman gives you, no? Eliminating only targets and remaining undetected, being a bit more liberal with kills or just guning everything down but punishing the combat option. Same options as given in the dishonoured games which are probably a better comparison given the tools and approach. Great vid as always though james, although thats 3 positive ac vids in one year which must feel wretched for you
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
yeah the ranking system is VERY Hitman, I did make that comparison in my head but never wrote it down for some reason. A lot of the best stealth games give you different rewards for different options. Thanks for the kind words and, y'know it's nice to be positive, at least about the good ones, feels better than constantly shitting on stuff I hate 😂
@claudialamberty510 10 ай бұрын
It may seem like im joking but ac 3 chronicles china and valhalla are my favourite games (at least after black flag)
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
I mean, at least you're honest. Although I've never seen 3 games being such opposite and also someone's favourites
@zoubeirfaouzi149 10 ай бұрын
Since playstation gave out almost all AC games for free and Valhalla for 17 bucks. I'm playing all these games in chronological time order. I skipped Odessy after the first mission btw 🤣 I'm just waiting for Mirage to play it after Orgins. Btw I hate the present storyline. I hated it first and started to love it with Desmond. But then they ruined that also for us. 🤣
@lilautistico1635 10 ай бұрын
The game is free if you have Xbox live gold
@Durandal46579 10 ай бұрын
Kinda curious: why do you think ACC India or Russia were "dogshit"? I thought India's setting (with great, colourful art), music and story were quite fun and unique. AC Russia has this sense of urgency and grim feeling to it that you don't often get in AC imo & the difficulty caused by the AI using modern tools (mainly guns, tanks, etc.) were quite challenging and fun as well (+ the sniper was fun to use in an AC game). I'd rank the games as follows: ACC India > ACC China > ACC Russia, the first 2 being in this order only because I loved India's art more than China's. Not looking to prove a point or argue, just curious to hear why you or other people may have viewed these 2 games as "dogshit" as opposed to ACC China.
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, the thing about India and Russia is that aside from the settings they don't really add anything interesting to the formula and the level design ends up beign kinda wack. I mean, I like Russia's setting, I think early 20th century era is really pretty but aside from some specific moments the levels are just not fun to play for me.
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
I think they're just designed poorly. The level design, the mechanics, it doesn't flow or feels anywhere near as rewarding or fun as China does. It feels clunky and messy. I think Leo K has commentaries on them that outline a lot better than I can here what the issues really were. I can't remember where he does, but I'm pretty sure he does. I know that's pretty useless information, but that's as good as I've got 😅
@Durandal46579 10 ай бұрын
Don't't really remember being put off by design apart from some missions in Russia being quite challenging (= is it bad design or insane difficulty?), but I guess it's just personal preference. Thanks for you guys' answers ;) And thanks for the video James, enjoyed it a lot
@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457 10 ай бұрын
I hate those Unity gaslighters, like it's so easy to google what was wrong with ACUnity and they still somehow ignored it like they're evidence allergic or something.
@devin6079 9 ай бұрын
Bullshit. This game and Shao Jun are wasted potential. This should’ve been a full mainline assassins creed game. Especially with her being the last to see ezio and getting taught by him.
@lukesweeting1686 10 ай бұрын
i wonder if people speedrun this game?
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
The world record is around 50 minutes, which is wild, but I bet it's fun as fuck to run
@lukesweeting1686 10 ай бұрын
@LazerzZ could make an interesting stream series learning the tech if there's any fun glitches
@BeautifulJoyful 6 ай бұрын
hey, i make videos on ac china, it's so nice to see someone else who likes it 😂
@lilautistico1635 10 ай бұрын
Just give Shao Jun a full fledged game that’s not 2d and make Ezio return as a side character
@multiversetheory3231 10 ай бұрын
We are gonna need that last of us 2 rant soon ... Remember is a good game but it's not a last of us game sequel.
@JanHorvat98 9 ай бұрын
I've been thinking, what if the other actress sounds different is because she speaks in her native language and they just present it to us like it's English?
@AzureHadit 10 ай бұрын
22:35 you blocked me on twitter but i'll have to agree with you here Ezio's family is the ''Let it go'' equivalent from frozen i turn it off the moment i hear it play
@jacobholly2096 8 ай бұрын
She's my third favorite assassin after ezio and Connor.
@retro_gamer7071 9 ай бұрын
Mirage is a bit of an absolute banger isn’t it … that I was certainly not expecting, at all. Shocked .. if every game was like mirage it would be a great series across the board. Every part of ACM Gameplay loop is hitman like from detection, mission style, to NPC’s shoutout at guards to chase Basim .. easily top 6 AC game with BF and golden 4 first games. I’m shocked with Bordeaux … it feels AC , Baghdad is an incredible location for an AC game; on a low budget with 2 year development did a pretty good job there. It doesn’t feel like an assasins coat of paint. It feels the AC vibes r fundamental to its gameplay fabric but also the story too, certainly it is about an assasin journey, not ashamed to be AC. Shows Assassins at its core is a great concept. If only … Montreal Ubisoft we’re like this particular smaller team Jesus
@paradonas 10 ай бұрын
Assassin's Creed and Star Wars suffers from the exact same shit : (
@J_U_D_G_E_M_E_N_T 10 ай бұрын
I'm not a Star Wars fan so what is it exactly? Is it the disconnect between corporate management and the fans?
@miketyson4153 9 ай бұрын
Assassin's creed India also has the same side view
@Inali097 8 ай бұрын
Opens vid, skips to gameplay section, hears “this game has a ranking system” and quits. When will developers realize how many of us don’t want to be graded by our entertainment?
@LazerzZ 8 ай бұрын
See, the thing is, lots of people do like this, especially in game with a high skill ceiling. It's nice to be able to rise the ranks, to see your skill level get higher and higher as you achieve better medals and overcome the challenge of the game. If you don't like that, fair enough, but that's personal taste, not the fault of the game trying to achieve something that there is a large audience for.
@jeffb-c 10 ай бұрын
“This game was free and slightly better than I expected, therefore underrated”
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
I mean true, but also it is actually really fun and would be worth money if I paid money which I didn't
@Noctuam734 10 ай бұрын
No it isn’t lol
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
???
@ComteMatthieu-ek2rl 10 ай бұрын
> come >disagree with a reasonable argument > leaves
@LazerzZ 10 ай бұрын
Pretty based tbf
@seankingdon8346 10 ай бұрын
You’re not just… trying to throw Ubisoft off are you?…
@yourmother9747 8 ай бұрын
Gotta be honest dude, I’m an og ac fan, and social stealth was never very fun. It was cool ig, but waiting while a crowd slowly moves around for you to do anything was never a fun gameplay mechanic. Stay mad tho
@Banfrid 9 ай бұрын
I like that the extremely racist accents of Ezio and the Chinese girl are missed 😅 please remember that, as an Italian, we find Ezio accent terrible