AC1 | Parkour Down Montage

The parkour down/controlled descent mechanic was first advertised as a brand new addition to the movement system in Assassin's Creed Unity. However, what most players don't know is that a version of the mechanic called vaulting was present in the series as far back as the first game, Assassin's Creed. This mechanic is never tutorialized by the game and requires specific contexts in order to be possible.
To perform a vault in the general case, Altair must perform at least two jumps in a row and must hold down empty hand as well as HP, forward and legs during the final jump the player wishes to execute a vault on. A special case where Altair is already perched on a non-standing surface allows the player to vault without requiring an initial set-up jump.
An additional mechanic utilized in this video are the roof dents in Damascus's poor district. Running off of these dents in the roofs in HP will allow Altair to smoothly parkour down to street level without taking damage.
Special thanks to Leo K for teaching me how to perform this move via this tutorial ( • [Rogue Academy] AC1 | ... ) and for inspiring me to make this video from a comment he published under that video.

[@aaronhaidle7130]

I still believe to this day that the first AC game had the most fluid, realistic, and almost effortless parkour of its main character. No unrealistic jumps or tricks. Just very controlled and precise.

[@jcers]

I think AC2’s parkour might be a tad more fluid than this game’s, but AC1’s parkour is still god tier in my book.

[@TheTRUEMAN000]

@@jcers what about acb?

[@izamanaick]

@@TheTRUEMAN000 brotherhoods the same, just with the horse launch, elevators and parachute iirc

[@krow_wm]

ok i'm a parkour coach i can say that only ac unity it's a little bit realistic about movement . the phisic of all ac movement trust me are so weird and unrealistic.

[@proppaganja]

@@TheTRUEMAN000 i think what you actually mean is acab🤣

[@LeoKRogue]

Yessss, boy! That's the way!

[@zhade3967]

Yes, That’s satisfactory

[@jcers]

What surprised me as I was making this video is the number of places that true parkour-down vaults were not only possible, but also incredibly useful. Gaining the ability to recognize practical vaulting opportunities when free roaming and incorporating it seamlessly into my general movement gameplay has been quite exhilarating. The additional options it gives you and the flair it adds to your movement is really awesome and it has increased the skill ceiling so much for me. And people have the *audacity* to say that the parkour is bad in this game.

[@LeoKRogue]

@@jcers Yyyuppp~

[@thanostsoutsoulis8131]

Leo, I enjoyed it a lot. JcersHabs018 good job. 👌

[@jcers]

thanos Tsoutsoulis thanks :)

[@MrAdam6751]

Nice clips. I find it a bit funny how a 13 years old game has more advanced movement than recent titles. I miss this parkour system a lot...

[@jcers]

Interestingly enough, the movement began losing complexity immediately after this game. The vaulting mechanic was removed in AC2. Why is something I’ll never quite understand. I miss this gameplay, too.

[@mr.niceguy1095]

It was 'too complex' for the rpg players and the controls 'never work properly' for them. So Ubisoft made it simple for them.

[@DravicPL]

@@jcers isn't AC UNITY the best parkour in the series? I'm playing it right now, it's crazy.

[@inferno33222]

@@DravicPL Unity's is too automated. Best is certainly AC1 or AC2 depending on whether you value the vaulting mechanic or the climb leap/faster climbing more.

[@alinpetrescu2309]

@@DravicPL The animations are objectively the best looking in Unity but they are pretty random and the park our isn't as functional as it was in AC I and II (which probably has the best parkour system overall)

[@kyledonaldson6650]

Imagine unities fluid momentum based parkour but being able to cancel animations and stuff like ac 1- revelations

[@jcers]

Give me that, proper ejects and catch ledge and I’ll be a happy man.

[@titularhero]

@@jcers does unity not have proper ejects?

[@jcers]

Titular Hero yes and no. Unity has back ejects, which can even be triggered manually, but if there’s some handhold for you to grab onto, you will almost always “snap” onto it, regardless of where you’re ejecting from. This can have Arno rocketing downwards toward a ledge rather than smoothly ejecting away from a wall. That and, like all manual jumps in Unity, you basically have to scream at the game for it to let you do one. As for side ejects, they were removed and replaced with side hops. Side hops can function similarly to side ejects, but they are purely contextual animations and cannot be triggered at will. For me to consider them “proper” ejects, they would have to trigger at will, the instant I touch the button, and function consistently. Essentially, they just need to be the same as in AC1-Rev.

[@martinezmartinez6453]

Playing unity for the first time right now and I find the “new” free run system so annoying, yes it’s fast but it’s almost like you have no control, it’s like Arno goes wherever he wants. And trying to escape enemies using it is a nightmare.

[@jcers]

Ioan Smith Unity’s movement system has the most potential to make you fail through no fault of your own of any game in the series. After a good 200-300 hours in the game, people are usually able to wrestle it into doing what they want it to most of the time. The start can be a bit rough, though, that’s for sure

[@MerryBlind]

It’s kind of sad that the old ACs 1 to Revelations had the best parkour system. It wasn’t the flashiest, but it was the most sound gameplay-wise as you felt much more in control of the character.

[@jcers]

It feels that way because you are much more in control. That’s what makes it so great.

[@dieauferstehung]

@@jcers yeah after ac 3 it was just hold trigger and walk towards wall

[@Yoowwyawwye]

Yea thats why i prefer ac1-revelation parkour than unity,i know unity have really good parkour style but the character just do parkours for you,its like your just watching a video.

[@LazerzZ]

This video is evidence of the best parkour system in AC

[@jcers]

Yep. Predictable, fluid, free and expressive. Unmatched by any engine since.

[@Jeremonko]

Ayeeeee the best assassin's Creed KZbinr 😂

[@maksim_3350]

Lazerzz, no offense, but why do you persistently keep sucking on the dirtiest part of Ezio’s asshole. I understand that you miss the old Assassins Creed, and so do I, but I feel like you wont change your opinion at all. Btw, what do you think of the Origins and Odyssey combat system? (I fucking hate it)

[@maksim_3350]

wasnt a hate comment btw

[@Skydrag.V60]

Maksim Radosavljevic god damn you’re pissy lmao

[@capn.c5321]

It's funny how playable this game still is and the movement system was ahead of its time when it launched.. It is still rock solid if you ask me

[@jcers]

This game has my favourite movement system in the series. The Ezio games are really good, too, but the vaulting is what puts it over the top for me.

[@parasthesia1]

@@jcers if you could vault in the ezio trilogy i would play it all day

[@brypleb5792]

@@parasthesia1 yeah i agree

[@Carneillon]

I love AC1 and Altair. The vault system still stunning after all years.

[@jcers]

Same. AC1 is a true classic.

[@Ajay-dy3xw]

I miss citizen's reactions to Altair climbing stuff. "What's he- oh, nevermind.."

[@jcers]

“Strange, I’ve never seen anyone do that before!”

[@Lantanum057]

Stop acting like a child

[@nikjank7106]

"Leave now, or i'l make you leave"-😡

[@MehdiSnoussi]

in Assassin's Creed III some guard will react by saying: "Bloody hell that" in British accent which makes it funnier

[@vstarev2715]

@@MehdiSnoussi yeah😂😂

[@zargrof6418]

This video alone has made me decide to buy and play this game

[@jcers]

You should! It’s a really fun game.

[@PolarbearYGT]

Good choice!

[@thegamerwithin1676]

This game has better parkour than Odyssey

[@jcers]

That it does.

[@MorseCodeStutters]

Any game has better parkour than Odyssey. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater has better Parkour than Odyssey.

[@jordanianchristian8387]

Morse Code Stutters lol yeah. It’s kinda sad how Assassins Creed has slowly went downhill after the first one. Especially after the Ezio Trilogy, (which were masterpieces) this accelerated further.

[@MorseCodeStutters]

@@jordanianchristian8387 in my experience it was still good until Syndicate. I liked Unity, and while I haven't gotten far in Black Flag yet, I see its potential and why so many people like it.

[@jordanianchristian8387]

Morse Code Stutters yeah that’s for a lot of people. In my opinion the game’s in between the Ezio Trilogy and Syndicate were ok, but not good. With a few exceptions. Black flag, some parts of Unity, and maybe some others. My least favorite Assassins Creed games were the ones with the Colonial Brotherhood. I didn’t like the characters or the setting at all.

[@cute_cadaver6616]

2:07 was insane

[@jcers]

I almost didn’t put it in, just because the clip was so short, but I liked it too much to leave it out. That one and 2:30 are my favourites.

[@Rapora9]

@@jcers Such beautiful moves indeed! It's nice to see other people doing these things too. There's a few cool "secrets" in AC gameplay.

[@jcers]

Rapora 9 yea, there sure are. It’s quite disappointing to see how straightforward the gameplay has become in games like Odyssey. Sure, you have all these abilities, but it’s very “what you see is what you get”. There’s no real specific strategy or techniques tied to combining different abilities together. I miss the games having depth.

[@ij6431]

The animation of these are smooth as heck

[@dubstep1over287]

IVE NEVER SEEN THESE NANI I played ac 2 and I never knew this existed I now claim this as most skill based parkour, unity is like second besides the gravity defying parts but who care when you do unity right, AC 1 is lit!

[@exploding_cat3336]

Me playing AC 1: “I am pretty good at parkour” Then I watch this

[@jcers]

Lol, keep in mind that these are little choreographed parkour snippets. I don’t look quite this good when I’m just playing normally. With more practice and better recognition of opportunities to perform stuff like this, doing this kind of stuff will become more instinctive and a lot more easy. I’ve only recently discovered really how much more vaulting opens up the movement, so I still have a lot to learn.

[@nope1959]

@@jcers That's how the saying goes. Although I don't remember, I can easily say that you can learn from a game you already played at released may it be a year ago, 2, 5, 10 or *13*.

[@jcers]

FragKaan I always love seeing comments like “I’ve played this game 12 times and I’ve never seen this move before” because I know I just inspired someone to go back and play this game again.

[@daddychill02]

@@jcers that's so sweet bro 🤩

[@Oatlis]

God damn I miss this parkour

[@jcers]

I’m right there with you.

[@izanazir7088]

I love how indepth Parkour was in AC 1. My favorite game.

[@frankiggs]

2:28 smooth AF.

[@jcers]

I always do that at least once every time I go to Damascus. Feels satisfying as hell.

[@itsOGP]

How did you do that? You jumped to a wall and then side ejected from an angle HOW?

[@TheSinlessAssassin]

Man if only the game taught us some of this stuff. On one element, it's nice to be discovering new things a decade later, but I wonder how my experience would have been with this game had I known or figured more of the advanced stuff. It was nice to do in my recent revisit, at the least.

[@jcers]

It’s kind of paradoxical in that way, isn’t it? The discovery is fun, but at the same time, you have people who have played this game dozens of times and still have no idea of the depth possible with the game’s mechanics, despite having hit a ceiling on one of the earliest playthroughs. I think the best way to handle it is more along the lines of “tell the player that it exists, but let them figure out how to use it”. That’s how I would like advanced movement to be handled in future AC games, if by some miracle they bring it back.

[@saltsnorter7823]

Anyone who said unity had the best parkour I link them a video like this. Games like the other basically feel like you’re on rails and not truly controlling while free running.

[@jcers]

Exactly, not as flashy or cinematic, but much more involved. There’s just so much more you can do with the original engine than in games like Unity.

[@wingedhussar1453]

Yea but unity is more enjoyable, if they let u control unity a Lil bit more it would be best

[@jcers]

winged hussar it’s a matter of personal preference. I enjoy AC1 movement a lot more than I do Unity movement.

[@jcers]

IHasNoLife Productions not really. Almost every jump you do has a predetermined landing point. If you want to manual jump off of a roof, you practically have to scream at the game to let you do it. Other things, like manual side ejects and proper catch ledge, are simply not there. As a result, you lose a large degree of control over your character, handing it over to the automated controls.

[@wingedhussar1453]

@@jcers ac feels like a truck it's not agile at all to feel like parkour

[@vair2165]

The parkour is so smooth! And yet this game is still legendary as always ❤

[@jcers]

Love this game!

[@llama6394]

I found out about the vaulting, shock & awe and air assassination a while back and it blew my mind (I did air assassinate once before by accident but I couldn't replicate it). I'm amazed at how much effort was put into the game especially with things like side ejecting while running up a wall. It feels more like a passion project then the recent games that seem corporate; full of animations but no depth in mechanics.

[@jcers]

Yea, it is really impressive how many little things they included into AC1 to make it really work.

[@mohanish35]

Fans: we need another POP Ubisoft: what? Another AC? Enjoy 20 more

[@jcers]

RIP

[@Longdogsilva]

They should really remaster this, one of the best AC games.

[@jcers]

I agree

[@Shinnok-zj7rk]

This is how the parkour should be in these games. Parkour like this makes feel in control and makes me feel like an actual assassin

[@jcers]

The original parkour engine is so good.

[@stealthexecutor563]

Tbh ac1-Revelations had the best parkour mechanics rather than ac3-odyssey, the left thumbstick do all the work

[@jcers]

Yea, in the Kenway games even more so than Unity, I’ve found. Pretty disappointing.

[@alangeorge5592]

Just need to mention this, The voice acting in this game was good not the greatest, but the voice actor for al mualim did such an amazing job!!! Props to whoever that voice actor was! He was my favourite character!!!

[@jcers]

Yea, the voice acting in AC1 is next level. Al Mualim, Altaïr, Malik and Vidic’s actors are especially good.

[@beansaresodelicious]

yea, idk why they changed altairs voice. it was perfect

[@daws2097]

the fact that the movement-system on AC peaked on the very first game is mind-blowing for me. shame that the Ezio Trilogy removed a lot of the mechanics featured on AC1 in order to be more "video-gamey" as I shoud say haha because people complained about the repetitive structure or finicky controls at the time. the city level-design itself is also pretty good allowing for a lot of movement expression and of course parkour-down optimization.

[@mrjamieson4741]

I miss this game this was my favourite out of the whole series!

[@jcers]

This is an incredibly special and unique game.

[@wkshusiwnb2h27w7ww]

Wow you got a lot of parkour skills, takes ages to perfect them in AC1, but I believe there was another hidden move where if you ran up to the front of one of the market stalls, it would do a little swinging animation and swing you either left or right

[@jcers]

Yea! I do that sometimes, too. What’s funny is that you can also do it in AC2 but in Brotherhood all of the merchant stands have shoddily boarded-up sides to prevent you from doing it anymore, lol. Nice little comedic touch there. Also, AC1 parkour isn’t really that much different from the Ezio games. I have a combined total of less than 400 hours over AC1 and all of the Ezio games. I watched Leo K’s movement guide before I played these games, and it was incredibly helpful. After that, all it takes is just becoming familiar with the environments. If you know where you need to go to get somewhere, you can plan out what you’re going to do before you get there.

[@josephkerr5018]

Still the most satisfying and control friendly parkour in the series. Also I did not know you could vault in this game that's crazy!

[@jcers]

It’s crazy how much shit Ubi put into AC1 and never told people about it.

[@saltsnorter7823]

JcersHabs018 right? I never knew you could back or side eject until I played AC2 and came back to this game just to see if it was possible since the movement was mostly mirrored. Now I can get into cites without having to give a damn about scholars or fighting guards.

[@jcers]

Salt Snorter what shocks me is how hard the dev team worked on making an incredible parkour system and did literally nothing to tell the player about the amazingly powerful movement actions they have at their disposal. AC2-Rev kind of tries by putting tutorials in the tombs, but because those missions are so linear, most players don’t make the connection that everything that’s done in the tombs is possible in the open world. I’m still shocked that Ubi never put out movement guide videos for the games after hearing constant complaints of characters “randomly jumping off of buildings” and “constantly running up smooth walls”. After watching *one* movement guide for AC1-Rev before I played the games, I was able to move incredibly effectively the second I picked up the game. Oh, what could have been.

[@masterassassin791]

No way, I saw this from Leo Ks post you said you were gonna do AC1 videos and wow congrats man

[@jcers]

Hey thanks man, thanks for taking the time to check it out. I have a lot more content for this game on the way, so keep an eye out for those if you’re interested.

[@GreenTea4]

I wish there were more 3rd person games with this kinda complex movement system, AC 1 is a perfection in my eyes, the best AC we'll ever get.

[@jcers]

I agree, complex movement is something that the genre seems to ignore.

[@Hawxaw]

Didn't even know this was possible damn.

[@jcers]

Most people don’t. Lots of people don’t even know that you can eject in this game. I really wish they would have done a better job tutorializing the game’s movement system.

[@Hawxaw]

@@jcers eject made sense thanks to games like mirror's edge and coming back to AC1 after AC2. But that vault animation and vault into hang is so damn smooth. Is it also possible in ac2?

[@jcers]

Hawxaw no, unfortunately. This mechanic is unique to the first AC game.

[@KakashiHatake-cf8vi]

JcersHabs018 how do you preform this on Xbox ? The speed step to descend? Being that rt + a Is the free run buttons and rt+b the release buttons

[@jcers]

Kakashi Hatake Leo K has a good tutorial here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2PGZ6erqp19hac

[@rentalsnake6542]

This game still looks amazing, 13 years old!

[@jcers]

The specific art style they chose for this game helped a lot with that. I would argue that AC2 has aged noticeably worse than AC1.

[@randomrandom4902]

It's a tradition for me to come back to this video every once in a while. Cuz my god, this is perfection! I fricking love your gameplay! This parkour system is so fricking satisfying. Idk man, there's some sorta satisfaction that I get when parkouring in this game that isn't present in any other AC game, even the Ezio trilogy.

[@jcers]

Haha, thank you! I definitely understand how you feel about AC1’s parkour, I’m pretty much the same way.

[@fenison4430]

Oh my god same, for some reason i just absolutely cannot get into ac2-acrev and its parkour, whereas i adore ac1's parkour.

[@ChadBenjamin]

I would love to see an assassination and combat montage. A lot of people don't know that AC1 had Air Assassinations, Hidden Blade Counters, Leg Breakers and Combo Kills.

[@jcers]

I’m gonna be honest, I really can’t fight in this game without using Hidden Blade, lol. I am planning on making a Shock and Awe combat tutorial video, though, and I could do some general free roam videos where I showcase some other techs as well.

[@ninjafrog6966]

I will never understand why they removed the vaulting system in AC2.

[@saribbaig5305]

This... just this... so beautiful I have no words

[@jcers]

Haha, thank you

[@asadmalik2464]

This is so calming to watch

[@jcers]

Thanks! Doing AC1-Rev parkour can legit feel like therapy for me sometimes, lmao

[@babblejacks2818]

Even after ac1 when the vaulting got removed. There are still ways to get down from buildings smoothly, letting go of legs to fall off roofs smoothly (if it's a safe distance), using parkour starters backward to get to the ground, jumping into haybales, or, my favorite, tackling NPC's from the roof. Yet some people still act like the only way down is jumping off the roof and taking damage or slowly climbing down. ( oh, if it isn't clear am talking about the Ezio games)

[@weplo1597]

I love combat in this game more than other ac games Fun fact : You can break enemy's leg once you stun him Just press space if you're on pc

[@jcers]

Yea, the leg breaker counter is sick.

[@luffysmile9446]

I will try

[@chrissant6277]

Yo WHAT

[@grandmasterauto]

This is partially satisfying to watch. The other half is because I played it. 🔥

[@jcers]

Thanks! Yea, this game is near and dear to many hearts, mine included.

[@jamescarlisle7781]

This video …wow just wow. You really have a mastery of all these games. I love your videos man

[@23jrza]

2:30 was some of the steeziest parkour I’ve seen in AC. Well done mate!

[@jcers]

Yea, I’m pretty proud of myself for that one, lol. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@23jrza]

Lol, hell yeah! That vaulting adds a whole new level of cool.

[@jcers]

23jrza when I first learned about it, I thought it was just a unique little hidden mechanic that you could use on rare occasions to make things look a little flashy. When I actually picked up the game and started scouting for places to use it, I realized that there are many architecture/parkour path layouts *specifically designed* for parkouring down using the vault mechanic. They’re not ridiculously commonplace, but you’ll see them often enough, if you know where to look. The fact that Ubi went out of their way to make all of these awesome layouts for parkour that were practically squandered by so many players just climbing straight up the sides of buildings and jumping off of rooftops onto the street to get down is pretty tragic, honestly.

[@23jrza]

JcersHabs018 I’m honestly so surprised I never knew about it. I’ve played AC1 through 3 at least 5 times. But man it’s also tragic that they removed this feature entirely. I’ve been playing AC2 recently and now I think I’m gonna go back to 1 after I’m done to play around with it.

[@jcers]

23jrza there’s never a bad reason to replay AC1. Go have some fun and “Get in the Animus!”

[@muhammaddzakyhasyim549]

I think altair has the best outfit in the series

[@jcers]

It’s between that outfit and Ezio’s Brotherhood robes for me. Bayek’s Hidden One robes are pretty hot, too.

[@muhammaddzakyhasyim549]

don't be mad at me but the ezio costume is the least I like

[@muhammaddzakyhasyim549]

We have our own opinion

[@jcers]

NUKE why would I be mad? It’s just clothes lol. No need to worry, man

[@Tretre0]

@@jcers imo i like arno’s costume

[@hannimodjo7962]

Control decent was already a thing in ac ubisoft just forgot

[@jcers]

FAQ/Links: Updated Vaulting Tutorial by No Nostalgia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2SlhGV-o7GUe6c Original Vaulting Tutorial by Leo K [Rogue]: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2PGZ6erqp19hac Is this possible in the Ezio Trilogy? No, this mechanic is unique to AC1. General AC1-Rev Movement Guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4nVmJJplJh5eKM

[@Xue-tu]

Epic

[@jcers]

@C man Man just because you knew about it, doesn’t mean that anywhere close to a majority of people knew about it. Many people don’t even really understand how to use side ejects in these games.

[@jcers]

@C man Man No offence taken! Sorry if I gave you that impression :(. I'm glad you appreciate the content I and my friends make :D

[@Musikmaker658]

This is the "floor is lava"-playstyle that I need from Mirage

[@rafanj824]

Dude, didn't remember of that vaulting mechanic, now i really need to play AC1 again to see it. I think i never did that LOL

[@shadowentertainment9975]

Holy shit. I actually didn't know that there always THIS much in the first game. Hell, I honestly though that AC 2 is where they implemented all of the neat tricks until onwardss

[@AmpersandeANDeE]

2:30 ok that was amazing

[@kingcarroll229]

Flawless moves! I hope I can master the parkour as good as you have

[@jcers]

All it takes is a little practice. I only got this game about a month ago. It’s super rewarding once everything starts coming together. I’ll often find myself just going around the cities, and I’ll do something improvised that ends up looking super stylish, and I just stop for a second and say “That was hot”. I love these games so much.

[@charliewelch4301]

Back when there was a form of art to parkour in AC and not being able to climb everything that didn’t have a flat surface

[@jcers]

Yea, movement is a much more interesting part of gameplay when you can’t be moving as effectively as the engine allows with one hand and scrolling through Twitter with the other.

[@campfiregames4633]

This game maxes out at about 15fps on my pc at the lowest resolution. But I still enjoy it. Absolutely loved the video brother 👌

[@jcers]

I think you need a new PC, my dude O ______ O

[@campfiregames4633]

@@jcers Yeah, 😅

[@oyblech8671]

can't help but love this game... some feelings it gave me have never been replicated by other games. I remember triggering a vault by mistake once, then spending the next 4 hours running around integrating it into everything I could, the feeling of discovering a mechanic the game doesn't tell you about, practicing to use it and being rewarded with new fluid, sped up, useful movements can't be compared to the sort of gameplay feel other games give you... a similar thing happened when I realised the smushed in bits of roof in damascus always let you get to ground level safely if you hop down with just high profile. a thing that let my jaw hit the floor was when I heard leok talk about the precursor of kill chains in ac1, in combat, kill a guard with the hidden blade and a "stun" animation will trigger on a random guard in the group, if you hidden blade him without being locked to him you can keep that stun passing around the group, 1hitting them all. again, the game rewards you for discovering mechanics, giving you the ability to kill a guard every 3 seconds max if you pull it off. these little things about the game's mechanics and its world design make it so much better and so damn replayable. it took balls to integrate things without telling the player about it, they took the risk that most players would never realise, but they took it knowing that the ones that do would have the most amazing time, I respect the fuck out of that, and I can only hope ubi will get those balls back at some point... almost every playthrough in ac1-revelations feels a bit different because I pick up a new trick, mechanic, or use for one of these things that mixes up gameplay and gives me something to experiment and play around with. the fact people say these games are janky, the characters uncontrollable, the systems shallow and so on just shows how much attention and effort went into coming to that conclusion.

[@jcers]

Yea, I feel the exact same way. That people call these games “simple” or the controls “clunky” absolutely blows my mind because AC1-Rev are probably the least simple of any game in the franchise, considering the advanced movement mechanics they allow for, the stealth techniques they don’t explain to the player, and the options they give the player in combat (and don’t even get me started on how people consider the controls to be clunky, lmao). AC1-Rev are also insanely replayable because of their skill ceiling being pretty high, unlike more recent games, which cap you out maybe 20 hours into your first playthrough. I miss having room to improve _your_ skills in AC, not your character’s skills.

[@oyblech8671]

@@jcers so true... I just love the fact these gems are getting some attention on yt, with you, leo, maceonik and a few others I finally don't feel like a lonly rambler preaching about how these games had way more depth and room for player skill and creativity than people realise even to this day (I mean hell, you can gallop in brotherhood if you install it onto an ssd. I've been playing this game since it released and found that out last week, this week I learned how to do cover assassinations even from behind small walls -thx for thay by the way :P - improving player skill instead of or, even better, alongside character skill is something games apparently don't dare to do very often anymore. a shame, really...

[@jcers]

Oy Blech I recently replayed Brotherhood and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I could gallop on horses thanks to the game being installed on my new PC, which has an SSD. Every time I come back to those games, I’m always better, and the game feels different as a result. The same can be said for every game up to Origins, but even Origins still has _some_ things that it doesn’t make obvious (sleep/poison gas, Senu harass, etc). Sad to see the direction the games took, but I think Valhalla seems to be taking a step back into the right direction in that regard, which I’m quite happy with.

[@oyblech8671]

@@jcers couldn't have said it better! origins was okay imo, the story is what made me complete it but the gameplay also had enough appealing factors to keep me interested tbh; besides the lootboxing and partially the weapon system with legendaries and all that, I still had the feeling of being an assassin, I was deadly on long ranges as well as short (assuming I upgraded all my gear :] but really, upgrading hb and globes wasn't so bad, a chore but ok), could clear entire forts while never alerting anyone but if shit went down, willingly or otherwise, I kept being a deadly murder fairy on all ranges; it took more effort but it made me feel like a badass assassin precursor, I hated the fact that social stealth was dead but hide in plain sight apparently needs a credo to get into a murderer's skull... the thing that more than bugs me about odyssey which keeps being massive in valhalla is the overusage of mysterious elements to the point of basically rpg magic... (and breaking animus lore) on the other hand, social stealth and hb instant kills are back and rpg leveling is apparently gone... I'll admit, I really keep the fence posts stored between my arsecheeks with valhalla, I suppose we'll see when it comes to it ^^

[@jcers]

Oy Blech Valhalla actually shies away from the mythical creature/fantasy routes, at least in terms of what’s actually happening. Yes, you do fight some mythical bosses, but they are all drug-inducted hallucinations and are all side content and are not part of the main story. In terms of stealth, the sentence I use to describe Valhalla’s system is “Imagine AC1, Black Flag and Origins’ stealth systems had a child and made Odyssey the godfather”. I’m really looking forward to stealth in ACV.

[@jacobsfire4733]

This game is INSANE, let alone for it’s time

[@harshvardhangodara5852]

Girls: Why go on rooftops when you have to come down? Assassins: We must not question the creed but rather act for it

[@matics2808]

I’ve been playing these games since day one and I never knew you could do this! It’s a crime that it was removed

[@jcers]

This was removed in favour of the tackle mechanic, because the buttons conflict. I think the easy solution would have been to only let you tackle if you were on the ground/a flat surface, but...yea, they took out nonetheless.

[@Ma1thae1]

Bro I played this game so much when I was a kid and I didn't even knew that you can do all this fancy moves lol

[@jcers]

Well, I’m glad I could put you in the know!

[@obamium9692]

This game is the only reason I want to buy a PS3 but I’m not going to in hopes that Ubisoft will remaster/remake this game for the PS5. It could happen since they’re running out of ideas for next AC games so they might start remastering older games like in 2019

[@thejohnbackflip]

I like the mysterious cult-like element of the brotherhood that ac1 has. With the finger sacrifice and all. “Nowadays feels like all you have to do to be an assassin is wear a hood and stab folk👴🏻”

[@ashwinkanda1]

2:03 I remember finding this move out when I was a kid and was amazed

[@MagnumSpydyrIN]

You have inspired me to pick up this game again. thank you!

[@jcers]

Great to hear. Pretty hard to find a bad reason to replay AC1

[@MagnumSpydyrIN]

you still have sit through Al Mualim's annoying unskippable briefing for replaying.

[@oyblech8671]

idk if this is new information for the community but I'll just share a new thing I learned about vaulting just a day ago: you can vault over wooden racks (on rooftops), if it's close to an edge, climb up it, move towards the rack holding forward, HP, legs, and empty hand and altair will vault it like connor and assassins from later entries do fences and such. apparently the animation of pulling himself up a ledge also counts as a "jump" you have to do to pull off the vault but I'm not sure, I still need to do some testing to see if I can get it to work in other ways, if so, I'll let you know.

[@jcers]

By wooden racks, do you mean the objects like what can be seen on the right side of the screen at 2:39?

[@oyblech8671]

@@jcers yep, I think that one would be too far from the ledge to vault it but that's exactly the thing I meant (a tanning rack maybe?)

[@jcers]

Oy Blech cool! I’ll test that out in places that I can find it.

[@oyblech8671]

@@jcers if you fast travel to jerusalem turn south west, the chimny on the roof next to the pretty useless parkour starter boxes is the perfect distance from the ledge

[@jcers]

Oy Blech awesome, thanks!

[@Oogaboogawoogaa]

I hope Mirage adds the secret vault that is exclusively used in Ac 1, I don't know if it can be done at all but they promised that it's a tribute to the original. I want vault back in Ac FFS 😭

[@Ic3h0rnEt14]

2:43 oof, that was clean

[@jcers]

It’s crazy how often finding the right place to vault just makes everything _work._

[@Chimmy244]

Unity might not have the manual side eject, but it's been replaced with a more advanced automated parkour side. Something being automated is more advanced from a programming perspective if anything and given that the parkour side in Unity works well, you really don't need a manual version. The manual version is if anything limited since its the same exact side jump every single time, whereas in unity the side jump animation dynamically will interact with specific objects to the left and right now you. Also there is diagonal movement and a much better parkour down.

[@jcers]

The fact that Unity does not have manual side ejects and replaces it with the purely contextual side hop removes a lot of player agency. Sure, the programming on it might be more difficult to implement, but it takes advanced movement options away from the player unless they are in very specific contexts. I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve been doing rooftop parkour in Unity, I see a good side eject opportunity and instinctively perform the button input for it only for Arno to do his little shimmy that is game dev speak for “we don’t trust you enough to give you advanced, unabridged control over your character at all times”. In effect, you’re no longer responsible for your actions, and you’re no longer free to move as you see fit. This is antithetical the Assassin’s Creed itself, which tells the player that “everything is permitted” and that “we are the architects of our actions and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic”. Assassin’s Creed used to be about freedom, in both a narrative *and* ludonarrative sense. Making movement options purely contextual flies directly in the face of that. The continual streamlining of the movement controls and removal of player agency over their parkour actions has only worsened over time, and Unity was the initial turning point in that trend.

[@GokuPlayss]

A 15 year old game has better parkour than the new ones?! And that too in just 7 GB?!

[@givemecreditdbld5856]

Bro i just started replaying ac1 and this pops up ,nice moves!

[@jcers]

Thanks! Try it out, it’s pretty fun!

[@mohamedabu7925]

Me after watching your videos :*buys all early AC titles

[@jcers]

😂 I hope you enjoy them! They’re great games!

[@mohamedabu7925]

@@jcers im enjoying more after watchin ur videos😂😂😂

[@diadokhoi5722]

The game looks really good for its time

[@jcers]

It really does.

[@splinterborn]

This game deserves a remake or atleast a remastered version.

[@jcers]

Would be really cool, yea. A remake that stays true to the control set of this one would be amazing.

[@chevalmongole6566]

This game is very nice like this I dont know what you want ti change

[@saltsnorter7823]

Cheval mongole a remaster is still nice. Adding in some texture updates and ambient occlusion could go a long way. Hell even subtitles would be nice addition. A remake imo would be the best, the game is fun but it’s age really shows when you’re repeating the same type of investigations over and over or even worse having to capture flags for informants for whatever reason.

[@chevalmongole6566]

@@saltsnorter7823 the most important is the gameplay and the game design, if this is perfect why changing, losing 80$ just for better texture in the ground you are not suppose to giving attention

[@saltsnorter7823]

Cheval mongole tell to people who actually buy remastered games... Plus current gen consoles have no access to AC1. And Ambient occlusion is WAY more than just better ground textures.

[@277judge]

I miss the old parkour from AC1 - Revelations, it was realistic and you had to plan your next move as you couldn't climb everything. Plus you could make flashy plays and wall eject to climb faster!

[@jcers]

Many people complain about how slow the climbing is in AC1. Outside of the viewpoints, I almost never vertically scale walls. Plus, I usually play without HUD and with minimal map usage, so I rarely even climb viewpoints to begin with. My favourite parkour system is in AC1, but AC1-Rev in general is the best AC parkour has ever been.

[@chevalmongole6566]

Origins have a very pleasant and contrôlable character too, you don't have the character who jump when you want he go down by exemple But yeab AC1 and 2 got a perfect parkour

[@rafaela00002]

This is so satisfying to watch

[@jcers]

It’s doubly so when you’re doing it. Super fun stuff.

[@jordanianchristian8387]

Still my favorite Assassins Creed game. The setting is beautiful and unique. They need to remaster this game. Sadly, this game is very overlooked by newer fans. AC 1 would have been even more amazing with dlc too.

[@jcers]

This game deserves a remake more than any other game in the series (even Unity).

[@samayoubi5818]

Gotta aglow love to underatted channel

[@Legion849]

This parkour is so smooth and somehow it performs better than Odessey. In Odessey parkour is well ......

[@jcers]

I believe the word you’re looking for is “nonexistent”.

[@VibeVoyager4]

you know i download this game today now this is my first time i never played assassin creed before but look like this game is too fun now i am very excited

[@jcers]

That’s awesome! Enjoy your time in the Animus!

[@parasthesia1]

holy shit i just realized i included the first line of your video into my video lol

[@24hstoned85]

It looks still god damn beautiful!

[@jcers]

Sure does.

[@marvelunifan1872]

This is so satisfying

[@jereroivanen7263]

I wish this game was for ps4. I didnt play it because i started playing ac late. Have played almost every game but ac 2 or brotherhood r the best. Parkour is amazing in those games. I want to try ac 1 because the world looks amazing for parkour

[@shaggytheshagger3375]

nice bro, you made it look so smooth

[@jcers]

Thanks :)

[@Sarurhmann]

wow an AC gameplay where the player doesn't just hold down the free running button! I get so triggered when i see the character in AC or the Ezio trilogy jumping off the smallest edge so unrealistically!

[@jcers]

I honestly get so triggered when I see “AC Parkour Evolution” videos and the person doing AC1 parkour is just sprinting everywhere and never uses ejects or catch ledge. All those videos do is judge the attractiveness of the animations at play, which is why so many people see Unity as the best freerunning system. They’re basing it off of animations, not mechanics. Form over function at its finest.

[@creepvidos]

playing AC at least for my whole life i thought that i knew and already saw everything. And this game still have some unlocked secrets to show. My gosh! She is like, i dont know...12 ears old and "after all these years?..god damn allways " Got to play it one more time)

[@jcers]

Glad I gave you an excuse to pick this one up again :)

[@meleeludens]

God i wish we’d get a prince of persia game with a refined version of this exact movement system

[@jcers]

Eh, I’d prefer that they stick closer to the movement system that they used in SoT, tbh. AC’s parkour is good for a game where platforming is _a_ focus, but not for one where it is _the_ focus.

[@u.kw1461]

Very smooth

[@enzodebil989]

Just like LazerzZ said in his parkour video, the game isn't the problem, it's the player during these games.

[@jcers]

Exactly. The movement is very precise and complex, and it has a very high skill ceiling as a result. The best part is the expression possible in these games; the difference in kind you can have between players. The way I move in AC1-Rev looks *very* different from the way others move in these games. My movement in Odyssey looks exactly the same as everyone else’s. There’s nothing creative or interesting about holding “climb” and running in a straight line to your next objective.

[@The_Black_Dot]

This game is waaay better looking than I remember 😍

[@jcers]

This game has aged remarkably well.

[@bruuh4604]

I hope AC would go back to its roots with a fully fledged parkour system where players feel like they are in control of the character like how they did with old gen games and incentivize players for doing sick tricks like how spiderman ps4 did.

[@jcers]

I want that, too.

[@bruuh4604]

@@jcers Even though it is highly unlikely to happen due to ubi finding their market sales good with recent rpgs. Only one can hope they will return.

[@jcers]

Chad Wick well, there’s no reason that you can’t have an interesting movement system in an RPG. They just have to decide to prioritize it, again. We’ll see what happens with Valhalla.

[@bruuh4604]

Well atleast I am hopeful that Ashraf is the game director so he might bring what OG ac fans have been looking for in this gen.

[@jcers]

Chad Wick fingers crossed.

[@krakenalive9709]

Perfection!

[@jcers]

Thanks for the kind word!

[@krakenalive9709]

@@jcers Thanks for rekindling my nostalgia!

[@jcers]

KrakenAlive 970 happy to help!

[@NaD-o2p]

I'd forgotten how brown and grey this game was

[@jcers]

A very recognizable colour palette, for sure. Most games have a bit more colour than this one, lol

[@NaD-o2p]

@@jcers true, especially these days. A lot of games seemed to be desaturated in the early PS3/360 days

[@dwayneparker1182]

I need a AC remake but I will settle for a remaster

[@jcers]

I’d honestly just be happy if this game were playable on PS4/5. As it stands, there is no way to play it on those consoles, which sucks for PlayStation owners.

[@mr.makadoxx2942]

I'm installing ac 1 again gonna try that move

[@jcers]

There’s never a bad reason to replay AC1.

[@jaspreetmaan121]

The work of a masta!

[@DEADxVenom]

I wish I knew this back when I played ac1 I would off done it all the time

[@jcers]

Glad to have given you an excuse to replay this masterpiece :)

[@darudysandstorm3455]

Man, how come none of the sequels were able to top this?

[@jcers]

Because they misunderstood what made it good and took the wrong approach to trying to improve it.

[@ado24taba]

It was simple,and beautiful.

[@jcers]

Exactly.

[@Pix3lB]

For a game that is more than 10 years old the graphics hold up really well.

[@jcers]

Yea, they really do.

[@ap239]

I wonder why they made vaulting so specific.

[@jcers]

For the button inputs, I imagine that it has something to do with them wanting to maintain the integrity of the puppeteering system by keeping all of the character actions on the face buttons. As for why it’s so contextual, I don’t really know, either.

[@andwhat]

I had NO IDEA that vaulting mechanic existed

[@jcers]

With how award the button input for it is and the game never telling you you could do it, that’s not terribly surprising. I have no idea how people found out about this.