Why Assassin’s Creed Unity can’t rebuild Notre Dame cathedral

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After the disastrous 2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, many hoped that Ubisoft's incredibly detailed models of the cathedral used in Assassin's Creed Unity could help save the day. Well, Polygon's Simone is here to tell you that... no. BUT THAT'S NOT A BAD THING! IT'S A GOOD THING!! Let's talk about how Unity's Notre Dame diverges from the real one, and what is actually being done to restore the cathedral.
0:00 Can Assassin's Creed Unity rebuild Notre Dame?
1:47 Unity's gameplay
4:02 Technical limitations
4:57 COPYRIGHT
6:28 Notre Dame fancam
6:41 How Notre Dame is being restored
8:14 The idea of Notre Dame
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@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

So...how do you think they should restore Notre Dame's spire?

@tomato3456 2 жыл бұрын

A brutalist concrete rectangle with advertisements for McDonalds on the sides sounds good to me.

@theturts9626 2 жыл бұрын

Make it a waluigi statue

@Giga-lemesh 2 жыл бұрын

Put a jesus statue on top like an angel on top of a christmas tree

@BrentBlueAllen 2 жыл бұрын

Half and half -- split down the middle so you can choose which time period to look at

@nassiemartinez4399 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t

@billvolk4236 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Notre Dame was a ruin for centuries, of no interest to the Catholic Church or any of the various French governments to come and go, until the Victor Hugo novel made it a tourist destination and basically a theme park. Its value in the modern era is quite literally measured in tourist Euros.

@rattyeely 2 жыл бұрын

And he wrote the novel specifically because he wanted it to be preserved

@austinluther5825 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the novel was intended to raise awareness of the importance of the cathedral. That's why almost everyone dies. Hugo's point was that the cathedral was more important than their petty human squabbles.

@billvolk4236 2 жыл бұрын

@@austinluther5825 Which is funny, because that novel is responsible more than anything else for turning the cathedral into something it never was before, both culturally and physically, profaning the space and making it into a kitschy counterfeit of itself.

@nahometesfay1112 2 жыл бұрын

@@billvolk4236 On the other hand, you just said it was a ruin for centuries, so it would have probably been demolished after further degradation and especially after it caught fire. Can you save the building, keep it open to the public, AND keep it from getting kitschy?

@AlanisonYT 2 жыл бұрын

@@nahometesfay1112 I think cultural preservation is important. But to play the devils advocate here for a moment, maybe we should also consider whether we should preserve the building at all if it is simply a tourist attraction. If something of more economic value could replace it, would that be a better alternative?

@sourwitch2340 2 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that they INTENTIONALLY made the Cathedral historically inaccurate in-game so that people would actually have the experience they'd want to have.

@yuh_uh420 Жыл бұрын

Its still beautiful though. They did it greatly.

@AsteroidWrangler 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, Polygon, the video game channel that is secretly just an architecture channel, and I am here for it.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Chuckling as I add yet another video to the "Architecture and Urbanism" playlist - Simone

@peytonwarren1936 2 жыл бұрын

@@polygon hey you should make a video about how much better walkable communities are in video games than real life (or at least in the good ol us of a), I think your audience would be receptive to it

@nahometesfay1112 2 жыл бұрын

@@peytonwarren1936 it's a dystopia on the verge of apocalypse, but look at that mixed use space! You can commute on foot which is very convenient when the aliens destroy all native electronics with an EMP

@JacobGeller 2 жыл бұрын

Shoutout to cross dude and book dude, holding it down

@LordfizzwigitIII 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me so happy seeing you places, Jacob. Thank you for existing.

@ZMike38 2 жыл бұрын

AC:U's Notre Dame was overall pretty accurate. I just wish it had been depicted with feathers, as shown in the fossil record, rather than the outdated scaly, lizard-like Notre Dames we see in Hollywood movies

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for saying this

@lamenamethefirst Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best comments I've ever read.

@travisgatlin536 2 жыл бұрын

Assassin's Creed Unity's graphics really did age extremely well, wow.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

IT LOOKS SO GOOD. I captured this footage on PS5 and it's just stellar. I could stare at the stained glass and the marble forever. - Simone

@travisgatlin536 2 жыл бұрын

@@polygon The refraction from the stained glass blew my mind a little bit, ngl

@PunchKickBlog 2 жыл бұрын

It only falls apart in the details and framerate in its current state. Played through for the first time just this past month. With the patches its actually plable. Not bug free mind you, but playable. And the scenery is just gorgeous

@vegterble 2 жыл бұрын

@@PunchKickBlog I played through it in ~2019 or so (before the fire, mind you, yes I'm a psychic) and I was surprised just how well it played Might play it again, who knows?

@pseudophori6541 2 жыл бұрын

i seem to remember it having atrocious LODs tho, at least on pc

@a52productions 2 жыл бұрын

Unity's Notre Dame isnt a one-to-one recreation -- but neither is Notre Dame itself.

@Radiodragonofdoom 2 жыл бұрын

Ubisoft is a horrible company whose leadership covered up terrible abuses, but the people who put in the work to create these historical environments are brilliant and they deserve so much respect.

@runthejudes 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. i cant support them anymore, at least until they prove they completely changed and fired everyone responsible, but i hope someday those passionate people make the decisions so i can support them again

@valpro4604 2 жыл бұрын

@Merrygate_ 2 жыл бұрын

You just described most companies

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

So, Assassin's Creed Unity is kind of underrated, right? - Simone

@crunchi6383 2 жыл бұрын

Co-op Assassin's Creed? 100% underrated.

@TylerJMacDonald 2 жыл бұрын

Give me Unity's freerunning and AC: Brotherhoods multiplayer, throw in any good setting (*cough* Edo period Japan *cough*) and I'll be happy

@dorkish5623 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it's one of the weakest stories in the series in my opinion, and the excessive amount of jank and bugs didn't help it either Plus the main feature, the co-op, didn't work well so it was just overall a huge let down for me

@trentonnewman9683 2 жыл бұрын

First Assassin’s creed I ever played. I had a great time honestly. It’s not as good as some other games in the series, but still, it’s pretty good.

@legendofFranktheTank 2 жыл бұрын

I honestly think if it weren't for the buggyness it would go down as one of the more fondley remembered ones

@sianvaladian8574 2 жыл бұрын

My man st dennis being called a warhammer figurine is the funniest thing that's gonna happen this week

@intraum 2 жыл бұрын

FINALLY someone in games journalism isn't scared to talk about ribbed vaulting

@mattallurgical 2 жыл бұрын

Each of you wonderful people from the Polygon team manages to uniquely capture a completely different aspect of my interests in video games and the world in general. This video didn't even really have to do with video games, but the digitalization of architecture, weird quirks of copyright law, and historical restoration and reproduction, and manages to talk about all of that in a fun, interesting, and easily digestible way. You are all awesome!

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Elvalley 2 жыл бұрын

Polygon has managed to capture the rarest of Pokepeoples and put them to work in the most genuine, most earnest (earnestest?) content they could muster. A tip of the hat is the barest minimum they deserve.

@HunterJE 2 жыл бұрын

This discussion reminds me of a story about the rebuilding of Warsaw's old town, the historical buildings there were badly damaged in WWII, and afterwards one of the sources they used (among others) in rebuilding the damaged and destroyed buildings were the works of an 18th century urban landscape painter named Bellotto. But if you look at Bellotto's paintings of other surviving buildings in Warsaw and elsewhere you find he took a good deal of artistic license, adding or changing details to suit the painting often with an eye to "improving" what he actually saw. So the reconstructed buildings are this mix of what was actually there and this artist's idealized vision of what was there, a complicated layering of simulacrum on simulacrum...

@roxas_rucksack1042 2 жыл бұрын

The video title had simone written all over it YAY MORE ARCHITECTURE

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

YEHHHHHHHH MY SPECIAL INTERESTS - Simone

@rachelwahlig8756 2 жыл бұрын

Channeling Abbot Suger there at 2:42.

@DupeFortGaming 2 жыл бұрын

"Assassin's Creed Unity video about the Notre-Dame, can't be nobody but Simone."

@Michael_Lindell 2 жыл бұрын

It can't? Notre-Damn...

@kieran.grant_ 2 жыл бұрын

I love how often Polygon publishes videos that merely use videogames as a hook to get views on cool videos about architecture, books, hair/hair rendering techniques, the list goes on. It's like educational clickbait, and I am *here for it!*

@timelyenigma 2 жыл бұрын

Restoration of buildings is so interesting to me. By necessity, any restoration of one will be anachronistic to the original design. New safety and accessibility features will have to be implemented whenever they're updated. It's a balancing act of "This stays true to the original vision" and "We need smoke detectors! We need ramps for wheelchair bound people!" A few schools in my hometown got renovated this past year, and it is apparent that a great deal of care was put into matching the new buildings being added to originals, which cannot be said for what had been done to them in the 60's. The new structures for sure aren't what could have been made when the original buildings were constructed, but they probably are what the original designers would had access to modern building techniques. Great video!

@ArkhBaegor 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think accessibility is a factor here though, most people aren't supposed to have access to the places that burned down anyway

@TheGrinningViking 2 жыл бұрын

I have mobility problems and I always think of the ripped guy with no legs who went everywhere on a skateboard at my college. I kinda felt sorry for him BUT thats because he was a philosophy major. Ooof, that was a bad life choice. I hope he made it work because that degree definitely held him back more than any physical thing. I think wheelchairs make mobility easier, but they limit actual mobility for anyone with working arms. If my other leg gives out I'm getting a cart. If I can't take the stairs in it, it's not actually helping.

@ankhtahr1401 2 жыл бұрын

"But maybe with more sprinklers please?" combined with the zoom at 10:19 caught me entirely off-guard, I'm still trying to catch my breath from laughing!

@janevim11 2 жыл бұрын

as the daughter of an art restorator (specifically paint on paintings, sculptures and walls), it was SO fascinating to hear someone not in the field talk about this subject. the whole time through I was thinking that originally, most churches were painted in vibrant colors (especially the main portals). my inner historical accuracy nerd was getting angry at the white walls after white walls, but the moment you said it was kept anachronistic on purpose it clicked! I agree, unless there would be a very specific purpose to keep a monument period accurate to a T, it's far more immersive for a normie to look at it and immediately recognize it even though the form is contemporary. also congrats, as much as I try every art history lesson I just cannot care about architecture, yet this video kept me super interested!

@rinothename5563 2 жыл бұрын

6de

@austinmephistopheles734 2 жыл бұрын

Have to say, this doesn't exactly make me like copyright any more than I do, even on the international level. Jesus this stuff was made far before anyone can actually remember, and recreation is so harshly gated. Debate all you want about commercial works, but if ubisoft actually recreated the pipe organ, what do we lose? Only gain. I don't disagree with the point of the video, a perfect recreation isn't exactly the point, but restricting it seems shortsighted in terms of, like, creative development in general. (Oh god, I hope this is intelligible, its 4am)

@arcanelore3791 2 жыл бұрын

Quite intelligible, and I thoroughly agree.

@sarahmaryja9762 2 жыл бұрын

I've literally never seen a Simone deep dive that I wasn't immediately obsessed with!!!

@stevethepocket 2 жыл бұрын

I think those statues that are just a texture _were_ modeled, though; they just ran it through a program to convert the geometry into a bumpmap before importing them into the game. For something that complex, especially if it's going to be copypasted a bunch, it's easier to just go ahead and model it than try to "paint" the 3D by hand.

@itssrhii 2 жыл бұрын

simone back on her assassin’s creed bullshit, we love to see it

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever I get the opportunity to do Assassin's Creed BS on this channel... it is a good day. - Simone

@Rub3n1te 2 жыл бұрын

The Pope is a definitely a true warhammer player with that massive collection of unpainted minis

@The_Jovian 2 жыл бұрын

Y'know, knowing now what kind of modifications were made to the building over the centuries, I wouldn't be opposed to the restoration taking some liberties in design. We can stay true to the older iterations while adding some modern flair

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

It made me question my feelings about it too!! I feel like maybe a Louvre-esque glass pyramid is uh, a bit too far for me but... I don't know! Reading up on Viollet-Le Duc's views on restoration was really interesting, too. - Simone

@The_Jovian 2 жыл бұрын

@@polygon yeah a glass pyramid might be a bit outside of the design philosophy 😅, but I'm sure there's talented architects who could blend modern and Gothic styles in a tasteful way

@benjaminbollens8153 2 жыл бұрын

@@The_Jovian actually one of the modern project submit was a glass arrow... a bit like the louvre :D

@ArkhBaegor 2 жыл бұрын

Not a glass pyramid but a glass spire sounds kinda rad. Although that may be a different kind of fire hazard

@blarg2429 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArkhBaegor A vengeful Notre Dame that sets other buildings on fire via concentrated rays of sunlight sounds hilarious, but maybe a little impractical.

@medievalsim 2 жыл бұрын

every simone architectural video makes me legit more interested in architecture. got me into brutalism and i've been touching buildings. thanks a whole bundle, simone (edit) also if you stop by this comment, have yoursmellf a good day, you probably need it.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully someday we can touch Notre Dame again! - Simone

@Oh_Lionheart 2 жыл бұрын

I am been fairly distant from Polygon since BDG's departure, but I know a video about architecture by Simone when I see one

@BrandNeutral 2 жыл бұрын

If you like touching buildings, I highly recommend reading “The Eyes of the Skin - Architecture and the Senses” by the architect Juhani Pallasmaa. It’s good stuff!

@nicolasgorszczyk9291 2 жыл бұрын

If you like brutalism, you probably want to play control, it's an architectural masterpiece

@mory6572 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wowie this is all of Simone's interest: France, Assassin's Creed and architecture, she finally found a way to put them all in a video!! And as always it's very interesting!!! :D

@FanOfMostEverything 2 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating and heartfelt, but are we all just going to gloss over "the doors are flanked by some of the Pope's most prized Warhammer figures"?

@NotAnEldritchHorror 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: For reasons similar reasons to the copyright on Notre Dame preventing completely accurate reproduction, the Eiffel Tower is still technically under copyright; but only with the lights on, as they were installed at a later date.

@jmal 2 жыл бұрын

That explains why _C&C: Red Alert 2_ had modified versions of several of Paris' landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower.

@DeepOne90 2 жыл бұрын

These kind of videos are some of the best content I've seen relating to how videogames interact with difficult topics like the importance of monument preservation and the condinuation of historical memory. Fantastic work.

@pedrobettt 2 жыл бұрын

This is some hot bullshit. At no point was Ubisoft offering just the in-game model. They offered the photogrammetry data, which was basically the same as Andrew Tallon's data.

@EthanNZ 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing... Seems like it missed the original idea. Cool video though!

@ShadowsFallOnWings 2 жыл бұрын

That's true, and I think Simone could have organized her argument to prevent misleading/inaccurate statements, but I don't think talking about point clouds was her main objective here. Instead, I think she might have been aiming to show us that we already accepted inaccurate art and architecture and mixed styles in our understanding of the spirit of Notre Dame, and that it might not be as difficult to accept whatever changes in the design ultimately come to fruition. This is a gaming journalism channel so the video title & content need to reflect that and AC is known for their exceptional attention to detail in the locations the games are set. I don't think the video would have framed the modeling situation the same way if she were producing independently of Polygon.

@Densuii 2 жыл бұрын

I love these videos about architecture, I'd love to see more stuff like that. I really liked the one about Midgar, too.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

@BestgirlJordanfish 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god this game aged kinda beautifully. Even if imperfect, the love and detail to this single building is incredible. I know this is a punching bag, but it amazes me how a modern Pokemon game just doesn't hold a candle to this meticulous effort despite the potential budget and returns

@yarahelal9412 2 жыл бұрын

i really really love it when you guys make videos about architecture and its relationship with games. that's like, my favorite genre of video game content.

@usagiu 2 жыл бұрын

Its so fun watching a video basically on my major field, but making it so delightful to watch, even after hours in class already talking about it! Thanks once again for an archictecture video lol

@ArcticMonkeyXO 2 жыл бұрын

I just knew this was a Simone video before clicking

@nathaniellindner313 2 жыл бұрын

I was trying to think of who would be hosting this video when I clicked on it, thinking maybe somebody we hadn't seen recently, and then as it started my brain flashed "French stuff! Boy am I dumb".

@thekosmickollector7748 2 жыл бұрын

Such a cool video! Always neat to see how video games adapt real-world locations and the tradeoff between gameplay and accuracy (and copyright in this case). Kinda want to buy a copy of Unity now just to scuttle around Paris, *damn* that game holds up

@kieran.grant_ 2 жыл бұрын

I visited some of the locations in Italy that are featured in the games, it was a *very* weird feeling having a semi-decent idea of how to navigate the area on the first time seeing it all irl.

@kylerclarke2689 2 жыл бұрын

This is some of my favourite KZfaq content. I could listen to Simone gush about videogame architecture all day

@AgentSAMa 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Reminded me a little of the restoration work they completed on Notre Dame de Chartres a few years back, which was not without its controversies.

@davidfalterman8713 2 жыл бұрын

What I love about Polygon is that I have never played video games regularly in my life, but every video has such a unique and interesting story to tell about games, art, and life that I am always compelled anyway. Love y’all!

@maartengoutier2085 2 жыл бұрын

Those copyrights are really intrekking. Also That was a wel made history road you went there with the architecture. Great video in all!

@schmoo... 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Love the architectural history. Also slick set of skis - Simone's ready to tear up that pow.

@zychtf 2 жыл бұрын

As an architect and video game lover you guys nailed this video. Thanks for producing such amazing and meaningful work.

@maxbrooks5468 2 жыл бұрын

This is a super interesting video! Lots of research went into it, great job!

@locklanh 2 жыл бұрын

it is kind of astounding that, given that it is both imperfect and that i have never played the game, the model of notre dame is still so accurate i almost felt like i was kid again standing in the cathedral just looking at this footage

@octaviopartida2001 2 жыл бұрын

LOVED this video! I love architecture and the intersection with video games is always the best! Great work on such a great video.

@dixie_rekd9601 2 жыл бұрын

there's one major flaw with this entire video, Noone claimed they would use the ingame assets to help the reconstruction, these are obviously heavily edited as mentioned in the ill informed video... the implication was that they would provide the terabytes of point cloud data they gathered from scans performed over several months that accurately represent the cathedral to the nearest millimetre. As you mentioned the cathedral has been scanned already, and ubisoft did their own scans which have been offered to help fill any gaps or missing data since scanning techniques differ.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

There's no evidence to suggest Ubisoft did their own point cloud scans. It would have been completely unnecessary for what they needed to do, and a huge cost of time and money. Academics have enough trouble stitching these huge models together and getting them to run smoothly - how would they interface with game development software? Miousse says in multiple interviews she worked off of photos, blueprints, books, and from speaking to people who had been there. Even if Ubisoft had done a point cloud scan of the cathedral, that data would be 7+ years old at this point. So no, this argument doesn't hold water. You can read more about the development of Unity's Notre Dame in my article if you'd like to learn more! www.polygon.com/features/22790314/assassins-creed-unity-notre-dame-restoration-accuracy -Simone

@vasil3ubr33 2 жыл бұрын

It's always so neat to have an answer to a question you didn't even think to ask! Great video! Never thought about historical buildings being a subject of copyright. I wonder how this "no commercial use" rule apply to paintings of the building, that are being sold. But then i guess on a painting, such level of detail, that could potentially infringe, would be almost impossible to achieve.

@ninjahacker2 Жыл бұрын

Wow this is one of the coolest videos I've watch about Notredame with some slight videogame trivia on the background

@Leah-xh1rc 2 жыл бұрын

I love that whenever Simone has to mention how universally hated Unity is she does it in the most accomodating, forgiving tone. I know girl, it's complicated.

@AbsolXGuardian 2 жыл бұрын

Ubisoft also handled it the best way a company could, a free patch and the planned story DLC made free as compensation

@hazeltree7738 2 жыл бұрын

I'm honestly confused on whether Ubisoft is the worst company ever that everyone hates and has unlimited bugs or if they make games people like and play daily

@larsthedude1984 2 жыл бұрын

As an art history enthusiast and game design fanatic, this is such a badass video.

@rmdcade1717 2 жыл бұрын

Let Simone do feature-length documentaries please

@bigbumpusboi4560 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Polygon videos in a while.

@DragonFire381 2 жыл бұрын

I always learn so much from Simone's videos! And this kind of makes me want to replay Unity...

@emparael6860 2 жыл бұрын

Love the tone of this video. Great work on this one!

@CinemaLounge1 2 жыл бұрын

Unity is still one of my favorites in the series. That multiplayer was so fun. It’s a shame the buggy release soured it

@mineturtle1000 2 жыл бұрын

For the love of GG, can polygon make "Simone explains architecture and art through gaming" a series?

@BaronHumbertvonGikkingen 2 жыл бұрын

oh you just KNOW it's a good day when a new architecture video from Simone drops

@imsmolandangery4274 2 жыл бұрын

In secondary school art we learned about Notre Dame de Charte (the French love Mary so she has loads of churches), a cathedral built after a fire destroyed most of the old building. The towers don't match because one was hit by lightning and rebuilt with more drama. It was understood that if something was broken it was god requesting an upgrade

@Silver-gu8zd 2 жыл бұрын

“The pope’s most prized Warhammer figurines.” Not a sentence I thought I’d hear.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

that's a Pat Original - Simone

@Silver-gu8zd 2 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to add a thank you for this wonderful video. Interesting and entertaining content like this and others is why I feel that the Polygon video team and all of its iterations have always been standout.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That's really nice to hear :D - Simone

@austinluther5825 2 жыл бұрын

I visited the Notre Dame cathedral in 2008. HOLY SHIT. It is literally awesome. And because I had a college ID I was allowed to visit the rooms where a lot of the relics are kept. My favorite was an old set of sheet music that I couldn't read at all. And I've been playing the piano since I was four.

@benjaminbollens8153 2 жыл бұрын

the good point is most damages on the building are on the roof, selling, glass, orgua and a few fourniture.. it’s one of the most documented building from this era, thanks to Violet Leduc, rebuilding it is not the most challenging, but the roof was in lead and the carpentry need a lot of oak ( the first is poluting and the second one require a forest..) the actual challenge is in stabilizing everything left in order to rebuild, adding this to the covid crisis and the debate about if it should be done in a modern or a traditional way.. this is going to take a while before it’s finish

@armandsoulliard3296 2 жыл бұрын

Getting a video where Simone gets to talk architecture and design is always a treat!

@TacticusPrime 2 жыл бұрын

If you are interested in the philosophy behind restoration, consider the Ise Jingu. It's the holiest Shinto shrine in Japan. The shrine, actually a series of related shrines, has been there for over a thousand years at least. But... they knock it down and rebuild it every 20 years. As a symbol of the cycle of death and birth, they tear down and rebuild several of the main shrines in generational increments. As far as we know, they've been using the same plans each time but it's been a thousand years. It's easy to imagine that things have evolved over time. The main two shrines were recently rebuilt in 2013. So... are they modern or ancient?

@kilo3989 2 жыл бұрын

This was awesome, thanks for the info and insight!

@ctimerun3693 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh... Memories from a simpler time, when bugs seemed like the only reason to be mad at Ubisoft. They sure changed that, didn't they?

@nathancarter8239 2 жыл бұрын

This video gave me chills. Thanks for making it!

@Saturn-gs6wl 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this video at 2 am because I was saving it for a good moment and BOY was i not disappointed. It's always amazing to get to hear Simone talk about architecture, and I always love how EXCITED she is about it because yeah!!! that is super interesting!!!! Highlights include every time Simone's voice went up or she said things with a laugh. I love videos like this because the JOY is so evident and it never fails to make me go :D.

@Saturn-gs6wl 2 жыл бұрын

Also this title was just une petite peu simonecore. I mean, architecture and France? sure. architecture and assassins creed? go for it. France and assassins creed? i mean, now you're pushing it. but all three? I mean, dead giveaway titlewise that this is going to be an incredible viddy-o.

@Saturn-gs6wl 2 жыл бұрын

time to rewatch this ig sjhgkgfigdhjdg

@ArkhBaegor 2 жыл бұрын

@@Saturn-gs6wl un petit peu*

@guytorie 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing someone refer to Notre Dame as "the damn thing" seems so sacrilegious but so funny

@calstein6701 2 жыл бұрын

Another Simone banger vid - excellent work!

@NikELbErGErBergel 2 жыл бұрын

they let simone talk architecture again hell yeah

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

every day i am fighting for the right to talk about architecture - Simone

@Tayturs 2 жыл бұрын

Super fascinating video. Loved it!

@technojunkie123 2 жыл бұрын

Even though Unity's Notre Dame is not a 100% accurate recreation, when I saw it for the first time in game it took my breath away. I was pretty late to the Unity train and only started playing it in quarantine a year ago, and it was such a joy to visit Notre Dame again in game after seeing the real thing during a trip to Paris the year before. I'm so glad that they added the 18th century spire because being able to run around and see it again after it had burnt down & the cathedral was closed off to visitors for the next few years made it all the more special. It really brought back such wonderful memories I had of my time in the cathedral 🥰

@sylghouls 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS SUCH A COOL VIDEO PREMISE :0

@caligulacorday 2 жыл бұрын

architecture AND france? i have never been more sure who produced a polygon video

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

my niche - simone

@AndEzutarian 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the thoughtful and interesting video!

@whylal 2 жыл бұрын

Simone's videos on architecture have done so much more for my interest in the topic than most tourist guides have done while at supposedly architecturally interesting buildings in person.

@animanya394 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, i still can’t believe that people are not allowed to recreate reality because of copyright…

@daniellacroix7259 2 жыл бұрын

This is really interesting !! Thank you very much.

@thecatfreaky9899 2 жыл бұрын

Polygon. My favorite architecture channel!

@michaelince7998 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@Najork 2 жыл бұрын

This is a super interesting video topic. Good one

@chrisreisine8619 2 жыл бұрын

wanted to come back to this video and say how awesome it was to think this through and understand how these recreations are made!

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@ListerTunes 2 жыл бұрын

As a game designer who majored in architecture for nearly an entire semester, these videos are extremely my jam. Thanks so much.

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Yay!! Love the eternal overlap between game designers and architects.

@ArkhBaegor 2 жыл бұрын

@@polygon you should check out Morphologis's "an architect reviews..." videos, he looks at spaceship designs in star citizens through the lens of an architect, even if you don't care about Star Citizen it's really cool

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the rec!

@murielhartzenberg1447 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you.

@weir9996 2 жыл бұрын

Jardening with Jesus on the roof of Notre Dame

@polygon 2 жыл бұрын

this is really sending me

@snakesnoteyes 2 жыл бұрын

I’d be happy to see more like this

@classicalheroes8910 2 жыл бұрын

this video was great!! thanks simone

@TheBassKitty 2 жыл бұрын

This video was amazing thank you so much!!!!

@natalie5947 2 жыл бұрын

I learned a lot more from this video than I expected to.

@williamhowland9977 2 жыл бұрын

I straight up did not realize there was a spire until it burned down. It's kinda tucked back there.

@yphre 2 жыл бұрын

love when Simone talks about architecture

@jacobsquare4812 2 жыл бұрын

Jeeeeez I love Polygon's content.

@garfieldfan 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Simone!

@GriffenDoesIt 2 жыл бұрын

Wow wouldn't know that I wanted to watch this until I did. Thanks Simone!

@normalperson4sure 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see Simone is heading up the emotion working group, almost missed the announcement with all the other info in the video. Maybe you could put up a shorter video with just the announcement 🤔 or a community post?