I completely agree

Ezio's story is the best of the whole AC franchise. even his hidden blades are the coolest ones

I genuinely enjoy Valhalla and odyssey. I didn’t like origins. Here’s hoping Code Red will revive this series. As for Valhalla….. I just wish there was no collectibles they way the do I’m that game. It’s just… ridiculous. Like they have the story telling but the 300+ dots everytime I open my map makes my eyes bleed.

Followed by the longest credits of my life lol

They could have ended the series right there and it would have been a great finale.

@@DarrenOrson Like that was ever gonna happen.

@@dragonbornexpress5650 victim of its own success. Any series that makes money gets dragged out forever.

@@DarrenOrson no it would have been a huge cliffhanger 3 is where it should have ended since they decided to kill of Desmond and basically end the Solar Flare plotline

Agreed. It would be amazing if he was consistent.

I haven’t been able to play the games past 3, so watching this is so enthralling. When I can I’ll get to playing mirage. This video has been a life saver for me lol. It’s really well done!

Thank you! And you are right. I probably should have clarified why I chose only to explain the "bad ending". I follow Odyssey's novelisation because it's considered the "canon" version of events by Ubisoft - it's a straight-up retelling of Kassandra's journey with no modern day element, so no alternate Animus simulations. I always thought it was kind of odd that Ubi went the way of making the "true ending" something bleak as opposed to the more neutral/positive endings other RPGs often go for.

Completely with you on this. It does feel like many of Valhalla's genuinely incredible expansions to the universe were overshadowed by the (admittedly fatiguing) RPG-Creed tendencies that so many old school fans had grown tired of by 2020. If you were to siphon Valhalla's best narrative ideas into the structure of Brotherhood, or even Syndicate, it would be a very fondly remembered AC game.

yeah it definitely could be. really hope Mirage will at least deliver in the story department but im really anxious to get my hopes up. if it doesn't I guess im waiting for Hexe

They've retconned the story a dozen times. You shouldn't feel bad for misunderstanding anything. They killed off Juno in a comic book. This franchise storyline is a mess

@@bobafett8768 To be fair, that tends to happen with any long running series; Even masterpieces like Dark Souls have had plenty of retcons and changes to fit the current narrative.

​@@bobafett8768- Agreed that it's been a MESS! 🙄 I really enjoyed the whole precursor story, and was excited to find out more about the origins of mankind, Adam & Eve, what Juno's plan was gonna be, etc. Then all of sudden... hardly any of it mattered anymore. I was SO disappointed they killed off Desmond. Cuz... why?? lol F*cking WHY did they need to do that?? What purpose does it serve?? I haven't liked a modern day protagonist as much as him ever since. It's been a mess indeed.

​@dragonbornexpress5650 Yes stories do change over time but very rarely to this degree so quickly with so many entries, even star wars had more consistency in legends over 40 years than AC did in tye last 10 years

Me and you are one in the same

Should hopefully have something out this week. Just absorbing all of the reviews and their feedback so I can angle the most correct, upvotable opinion of all 🙏🙏

I had to scrap the vid but it would be a shame not to swap thoughts with my greatest ac youtube contemporary! To be honest, I wasn't really moved by any of the previews. I mostly felt affirmed in my expectations that Mirage is going to be a spiritual successor to Rogue; a counterfeit Assassin's Creed game cobbled together with the parts of its predecessor, whose mission statement was significantly more well-calibrated with its systems. I can already see certain fans flocking to Red on release and other fans doing the same with Hexe, lending to a narrative that Mirage is the "misunderstood one" in retrospective videos/posts/articles etc. Of course I'd like for the game to be good, but it just looks so, so, so mid lmao. The only "gameplay pillar" that looks markedly improved is stealth - a wider selection of tools and more reliable detection is a pretty undeniable win. Movement looks as sauceless as ever, though. I don't mean to be uncharitable, but movement speed has always felt like a pretty secondary issue when compared to actual articulation. I'd much sooner take side ejects, grab ledge and/or manual jump with Bayek's running speed than Mirage's compromise. Combat looks...questionable? I like what we'd been hearing about glass cannon combat and a return to "Kill, Run, Hide", but the combat doesn't look nearly difficult enough to encourage that. In the footage I've seen, yes, Basim does look fairly weak - in health and damage output - but his counterkills look far too effortless for their lethality. It's the narrative that actually has me kind of concerned. Majdoub really isn't doing it for me so far. Of course he could develop his performance in the direction of Valhalla's Basim, but man, I don't even see/hear a younger version of the character in performance/writing. Maybe Rota would've struggled to de-age his voice like RCS did with Ezio, but I would've happily forgiven his deep graveliness for a greater sense of consistency with his excellent performance in Valhalla. It's not just Majdoub either, it's Nehal's actress and her lack of chemistry with Majdoub. What we saw of the story just wasn't doing a lot for me. I reckon I'll probably play it, and then begin looking forward to Hexe. Hexe save 🙏🙏

Wrong timestamp entirely. Edit: There you go. It's likely that was Loki talking.

That's *Loki* speaking. "Basim" was taken over by him long before Valhalla started. That's is plot we are going to see in Mirage, and my idea the Djinn entity is nothing more than Loki's consciousness and that Basim sees a 'monster' because he is unable to grasp its true nature.

@@abeaconintheoffice Turns out you were partially right: It was specifically the Loki side of Basim's memories, but took the form of a creature in his mind in order to control him through fear.

True. It probably says a lot that they gave up on pre-game recaps with Black Flag lol.

Definitely the best additions to lore and world the franchise had seen for a long time. Love the Yggdrasil.

@@WalshieYT1 the problem is you need to be deep in ac fandom to understand some of it and the important informations about the story are often in side quests and documents

As long as you’ve watched this video and get the lore, you can pretty much play what ever ac you want. But I do recommend playing the older games.

No, it ain't out yet. Gotta wait until early October, so less than a month from now.

I don't think Basim is necessarily evil, though; Hell, maybe him exploring his memories in Mirage will cause him to reflect on everything he's done up to that point. One thing's for sure, though: He's not expressly evil, but he's also not a good guy; He just wants his family back and will do whatever it takes to do so, but he's also still against the Templars for obvious reasons.

It's not entirely unwarranted, though.

It's a prequel in the past sense since it's set during Basim's past before arriving in Norway (So we get to learn about the Baghdad branch), but is almost certainly a sequel present day wise since Basim is also a Sage, albeit not because of Juno's shenanigans, who was able to survive into the present day.

"Qu'est-ce que tu fais, frère adoptif?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

On the other hand, it's possible that Basim's exploration of his memories will cause him to reflect on everything he's done up to this point, or at least allow Loki to get some degree of insight as to what he did. Edit: Wow, did this age poorly; Don't even know who's in the Animus for Mirage since all we hear talk is William Miles.

Two distinct castles; Masyaf is in Syria, Alamut is in Iran. Altair and Co operated from within Masyaf, though Altair did stay at Alamut for a time after AC1.

No, two completely different locations. Masyaf is in Syria while Alamut was in Iran.

You'd think so, but the writers went with the bleaker choice. Odyssey's novel isn't "choose your own adventure" in the vein of the game (that'd be quite a mess lol), and it confirms that things play out the way that I described.

@@WalshieYT1 man this is a mess so did kassandra kill nikolas and stentor too?

She spares them both. Pretty sure novel Kassandra is usually quite forgiving.

Basim is technically the protagonist in both eras given his fate in Valhalla, so it'll really be the first time in the entire series where the protagonist of the present day is literally the same as the protagonist in the past, which could result in some nice character development. No idea for the other projects, though; That is entirely up in the air aside from context clues in both Red and Hexe. ( Former moreso than the latter. Also, Jade is confirmed to have a custom character so I'm not counting it.) We know we're gonna be playing as a Shinobi in Red, but the interesting thing is that the Shinobi weren't strictly about killing: More like a Feudal Japanese equivalent to intelligence agencies like the CIA, but independent of any government or group; You pay them enough and they can give you any sort of advantage you want: Politically, economically, socially, you name it. There were also known cases in Feudal Japan of Samurai taking on the occupation of a Shinobi because of the fact that Samurai was a social class, but Shinobi was an occupation; A job. As for modern day protagonists of those games, who the fuck knows? Maybe it'll be Basim again via some shenanigans, or we'll have completely new protagonists.

@@dragonbornexpress5650I really hope they keep Basim around for a while, he’s a great character.

@@kermut They might; After all, he's a Sage in the modern day that has zero interest in working for the Templars for obvious reasons, so I don't think they'll pull a Juno on him. Time will tell either way; Perhaps him reliving his own memories in Mirage will be a good moment of reflection for him.

Yes. 1: He killed a Templar priest for simply being in the way even though the priest had no intentions of fighting back. 2: He attacked a high ranking Templar where everyone could see. 3: He ended up accidentally leading the Templars to Masyaf, which was the regional stronghold of the Assassins; By doing so, he ended up putting the Assassins in danger of extermination.

@dragonbornexpress5650 aye beo u sincerely appreciate the break down, be many moons since I play assassins creed. This video was dope

@@joshualeamer6117 Glad I could help.

YT is still processing the video to HD. Says it's got 9 minutes left

​@@WalshieYT1now it is working😀

Nobody's forcing you to play it; If you don't want to play it, don't play it.

@@dragonbornexpress5650 that's why I'm grateful for the video..

@@nyonmarsolek146 Then just say you're grateful for it instead of complaining about Valhalla; Simpler and more effective.

@@dragonbornexpress5650 hardcore AC fans get to shit on Valhalla my guy😂

@@nyonmarsolek146 Then go to a video criticizing Valhalla; You'll have plenty of shitting on to do there.