AC2 | Parkour Montage

[@Flatter_Sine]

Local Italian man proving he can still match the pace of a French man from 3 centuries later...

[@jcers]

Ezio actually feels so much faster than Arno due to how quickly he responds to button presses. I always feel like I'm waiting for Arno to catch up to me when I parkour in Unity.

[@thatsaweirdone]

@@jcers yeah. Even looking at Unity feels like Arno is late in his movements

[@REALLYrandomforya]

14th century vs 17th century , I think old people where better

[@REALLYrandomforya]

@@thatsaweirdone wait , Arno has other games other then unity

[@auhsoj3adie]

@@REALLYrandomforya No, unless you count the Dead Kings DLC

[@0supermoose804]

Man, this is neat. I don’t often see people pushing the stylish movement in these games- normally it’s just the stealth/quick kill aspects.

[@jcers]

Thanks! Even in my stealth showcase videos, I always try to include some stylish movement, especially in AC1-Rev. Even then, I like to make videos like these to really highlight the extent of what’s possible with the movement systems.

[@disgracednomad]

I love the respect that the thieves have for Ezio it's really a nice detail that's often overlooked but it's really nice how they admire him and his skill

[@jcers]

Very true

[@dezynjikReal]

i like to slow down a bit to listen to their compliments

[@unyieldingrage1389]

“What an athlete”

[@scrollingon1637]

That rooftop tile running sound is pure ASMR

[@ZeroRegen]

Best parkour system to grace this series.

[@jcers]

Hey Tim, I agree! I'm a little busy with exams right now, but let's get in touch soon!

[@Agito4774]

I definitely agree cuz I like this parkour system more than Unity's in my opinion

[@ironmatto3]

Hahaha, Unity is laughing at you.

[@jcers]

@@ironmatto3 Unity is mid tier at best.

[@ironmatto3]

@@jcers You do you. Anything before 3 is mediocre in today's age. Too much inconsistency with the controls, creates more frustration then fun.

[@HOBTheRunner]

i remember when Assassins Creed actually had a good parkour system

[@jcers]

Same

[@zac-1]

so never?

[@kyle2kyletroii]

@@zac-1bro somehow thinks this is bad

[@zac-1]

​@@kyle2kyletroii it's certainly not good. I'm sure you also think star wars is a good franchise lmao

[@kyle2kyletroii]

@@zac-1 how in the world is this parkour system bad, especially for a 2009 game? seems to encapsulate every single aspect of risk-reward that jumping across rooftops has to offer

[@fortunatesoul12]

What kind of parallel gateway have we opened that Lang, Jcers, Leo and Memento are uploading so much good content on classic AC

[@Brandon_Y.]

Isn’t memento some Twitter guy who acts as a AC photographer. I don’t think he has a KZbin presence.

[@fortunatesoul12]

@@Brandon_Y. Albeit small, he has some great Unity playlist and just yesterday uploaded some AC1 gameplay kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5nKfmSurayag9E

[@jcers]

I'm in a classic AC mood, and so is everyone else, apparently.

[@archetypal9628]

@@jcers Everyone should be.

[@Agito4774]

@@archetypal9628 I definitely agree. Classic AC is the best! :D

[@damionmandy7978]

Another example of why AC1-Rev had the best parkour, this was awesome.

[@jcers]

Thanks! I definitely agree, this movement system is so great.

[@StolasXB]

It is definity not anywhere near the best parkour. Unity parkour is far superior.

[@damionmandy7978]

@@StolasXB parkour in unity looks better due to the animation, but AC1-rev gives you more control

[@StolasXB]

@@damionmandy7978 AC Unity gives you more control by giving you more options of movement. A button dedicated to freerunning down makes it so much better. The parkour in AC1-Rev is sticky in some places, leaving you stuck in a certain position, and then not sticky enough at others. Ever tried to jump from a roof to a rope and ezio jumps 45 degrees off and lands in the street? Its inconsistant.

[@damionmandy7978]

@Stolas XB in unity you can side eject whenever you want and back eject doesn't work as well either. Also Arno feels "laggy" because of all the animation you tend to put inputs in ahead of him

[@TylerOgden]

8:09 that animation when Ezio slides out the well is so similar to Altaïr’s vault.

[@jcers]

It is pretty similar, yea.

[@leandroisaac2000]

Just like getting out of hay isn't it?

[@ExecutionProducer]

0:27 I like that you avoided climbing animation there. Turning off music was very good decision - it's calming. Moreover thanks to it I heard for the first time crane's beam screak (1:43)

[@jcers]

Thanks! Yea, the sound design with the world objects is already very good in AC1-Rev, but it because even better when the music is off.

[@DaSkyrim]

Best mechanic in the game

[@KonohanaShuffler]

Why side ejects should never EVER have been removed. The amount of flow they add is a difference of night and day. Off topic but is this isn't vanilla AC2 right? I don't remember the game looking this vibrant. Venice and Monterigioni especially look really nice

[@jcers]

Yep, it really is unmatched. And yes, this is original AC2 on PC.

[@TheSinlessAssassin]

7:23 gave me so much anxiety lol

[@jcers]

Aiming that while being on a platform that shifted under Ezio’s weight was very precarious, lmao

[@fredster594]

AC2 is such a classic, one of my favorite games of all time.

[@jcers]

AC2 is awesome.

[@mikewasowski6964]

The parkour in this game is honestly phenomenal, doesn’t have to be all flashy moves and animations likes unity, I do love unity parkour I’ll admit, but there’s something about parkouring around all the different beautiful locations as a local Italian man that just hits different

[@pudimy]

I personally think that France matches more the parkour vibes, even the word parkour is french

[@ForeveraBoss117]

Arno may have the flashiest parkour but Ezio had the fastest. Arno moves like a dude at peak physical form and technique but Ezio basically flys over the rooftops, scales a flat wall in two steps, and does so with enough armor and weaponry to arm a militia.

[@mg-us7ug]

This game is insanely fun once you master the parkour. Sometimes, I just tackle a guard and run away with the entire Florence garrison at my tail - leaping from building to building, throwing money into the crowds to slow them down, hiring thieves/mercenaries/courtesans to fight them. It's super fun.

[@ciocolici]

such pleasure to watch your videos. parkour in the first 4 games remains the one with most depth in the series, no matter how realistic they make it in the the other games, this one is the most complex and satisfying system of them all

[@oyblech8671]

1:57 i ladri spitting straight facts. true skill indeed

[@jcers]

Haha, thanks, I appreciate it!

[@oyblech8671]

@@jcers the appreciation is all mine, dude! I'm relying on these beauties for my classic ac parkour fix for the time being since I fractured my hand in all my incompetence and stupidity lmao the only thing I can play with just my left hand is gothic which is an absolute gem, but something is missing as I've been playing one of classic ac game at least every few days for almost two years straight now.

[@jcers]

@@oyblech8671 damn, sorry about your hand, lol. Get well soon!

[@oyblech8671]

@@jcers thanks, man, kind of you ^^ between you, lang, leo, swifty, and memento (whom I only recently found here on yt, I thought he was twitter only) I'm in good hands with all of these amazing classic vids keeping me afloat :D

[@vak.o]

I recently finished this game for the first time and I loved it. ive never really played the original games too much but I remembered playing ac2 a bit when I was younger, and so I hopped back into it again for a play-through. Was not disappointed, the parkour system is impeccable, I can't tell you how many times I just walked up to a guard and got their attention to just run along the rooftops of Venice with the entire force on my tail and doing fancy side ejects that don't really make sense as to why i did them but they were so cool that i didn't care. amazing game, excited to see what the other games in this franchise have in store for their parkour system.

[@blitz5293]

I miss the side ejects so much.

[@eljaguar1969]

Excellent video, I had not seen that way of doing parkour in this game, I loved it.

[@jcers]

Thanks! I'm glad I was able to give you a new idea as to what's possible in early AC :)

[@francescomicheli8243]

Great video man! Can you do a parkour montage video with ac brotherhood? That would be awesome to see

[@jcers]

Thanks! I can eventually!

[@Agito4774]

@@jcers Also Revelations please if you can :)

[@Zombieslayer10668]

Ezio Auditore Da Firenze is a Supermaster in Parkour! 👍

[@jcers]

Damn right

[@agustin3710]

Watching the parkour in Valhalla after seeing this is depressing

[@jcers]

Indeed

[@dark_purx7473]

0:15, 4:05 he could have just jumped without side ejecting but, he might have wanted to put a little skill into it which I respect. (I do not mean to send any hate torwards his parkour gameplay, so I do respect that he wants to put skill into it)

[@jcers]

Yea, I just used ejects because I liked how it looked.

[@nnoir]

holy shit that wallrun into 90 degree turn is awesome. Im going to try to use that waaaaay more often

[@zhroom8623]

He must be late.. and she must be beautiful!

[@jcers]

“What a skilled athlete!”

[@SandmanURL]

"Must be a drunken wager or something"

[@ryf772]

"Must've been drinking the good stuff"

[@flyinryan1459]

"How did you do that? Seriously! How does he do that?"

[@UserNot_Known]

Time to go visit my uncle

[@one1A]

bro your so smooth nd just so nice with it good stuff 👌🏿

[@babblejacks2818]

I know people hate the feathers, but I don't mind collecting them because it gives me time to practice parkour.

[@SandmanURL]

Camera is so wild at some parts

[@jcers]

AC2 be like that sometimes

[@Broox38]

Really immersive! Good job

[@jcers]

Thank you :)

[@wolfmanwilliam5801]

How did we go from this to Odyssey? Absolutely baffling

[@themandals7273]

But is your problem with Odyssey?

[@takeyourheart114]

@@themandals7273 it sucks end of descussion

[@REALLYrandomforya]

This game will always be neat in parkour and beat any game other then syndicate in parkour for me

[@jcers]

Syndicate is an interesting choice. Why Syndicate?

[@REALLYrandomforya]

@@jcers I like how in syndicate , we can switch to an civilian clothes right there and this always become helps when I jumped in the crowded areas

[@shinobimsh5687]

3:27 these wood or metal structure with flower/decoration have some unique climbing mechanism.

[@shinobimsh5687]

Just make those structure close left or right to you and climb the wall infront of you.Ezio will hop directly to those structure.

[@jcers]

That’s pretty cool, I never knew that!

[@drizzypuffs523]

Great use of side ejects and ledge grabs.

[@jcers]

Thanks! I always try to include as many uses of advanced movement in my clips as possible.

[@THEROGUEGUY3214]

I don’t know if anyone knows but you can actually leap of faith backwards (i dont mean back eject) the way u do this is by holding on to a wall, let go and it should do a sweet animation ive never seen b4, it’s not useful but still cool...

[@jcers]

Haha yea, the “Leap of Fall”, as I like to call it.

[@TASM7862]

1.1k views with 0 dislikes. Ezio is a legend.

[@jcers]

He do be styling on us with his graceful movement, tho

[@АзнаурБоташев-б8ф]

Mate can u make a ACU video with a lot of Kong vaults, am sure that you know the spots where you can perform it. Great vid👍

[@jcers]

Thanks! I actually don’t know a lot about where to kong vault in Unity, but when I inevitably make an ACU parkour video, I’ll be on the lookout for one!

[@takeyourheart114]

Tbh this parkour looks better then the one in the new games

[@jcers]

That would be because it is better than the new games (and all of the other games that came after it)!

[@Quantum722]

If Batman had that kind of agility

[@thatsaweirdone]

Okay, this video is pretty cool and awesome. But I have a question. People say the AC games 1-Rev have the best parkour (no doubt, I have played all of them, and I know it), but I have noticed something in Revelations. When I start the wallrun animation, I can cancel and side/back eject, no problem there. I can quickly side/back eject after the hook has latched onto the wall, but I can't side/back eject when the hook is out of the bracer and is about to latch onto the wall. Also, I have to wait for half a second for Ezio to "settle down" after hanging from a wall with his feet planted against it before I can do ejects again. What is this? I have no idea, and it does break some flow. Please check and tell me

[@jcers]

Thanks! As for your question about Revelations, yes, what you are experiencing is intended behaviour from the game. The unfortunate reality is that Revelations does remove the unlimited animation cancelling featured in the first 3 games, and doesn’t let you animation cancel out of climbing animations that involve the Hookblade until the Hookblade connects with the wall. It does still have button-triggered catch ledge and works mostly the same as the first three games, but I consider it the worst system in classic AC because of the nerfed animation cancelling.

[@thatsaweirdone]

@@jcers oh wow. So I was right! But such a victory is hollow. Anyways, grim stuff aside, what are your opinions on the sudden camera 360s when you side eject? They don't happen all the time (luckily) but whenever they do, I feel like I outsmarted the game; it thought I would move in a certain direction, but I moved in another, so it had to do the sudden 360 to get the camera where I was going. Again, thanks for the answer.

[@jcers]

@@thatsaweirdone camera jank is kinda annoying, but it doesn’t happen enough to bother me. It was getting in my way in several of these clips though, lol

[@shikihayate]

Why the soundtrack off? It likes a lifeless city without it, soundtracks one of the best part of AC2

[@knucklesmcchuckles]

asmr, better than all of those streamers that try to do it

[@jcers]

Haha, thanks!

[@jiyousa4037]

This is calming

[@jcers]

Haha, I’m glad you think so!

[@izamanaick]

what do you think of the springboards? ive never been able to get them working reliably

[@Brandon_Y.]

Springboard usage?

[@jcers]

I had a clip with one in it but I ultimately didn’t like the clip overall so I cut it. If I end up covering any of the Bonfire of the Vanities missions, I’ll mostly likely end up using them there.

[@kyle2kyletroii]

if they could make parkour this functional with unity’s animations and fluidity (when it works) that would be the perfect parkour system

[@ennuiedstealthgamesfan621]

This is really impressive but just as a suggestion for next time , could you turn music to 100 and all other sounds to like 20 or something

[@jcers]

Hey, thanks! Generally, I like to keep the music off for these videos because otherwise the sounds don’t blend nicely into the next clips, but I appreciate the suggestion.

[@arularasi7345]

Dude can you do assassin's creed rouge parkour montage please. That game is criminally underrated

[@zilong4133]

Wdym underrated? This is the game where people know Ezio

[@kyle2kyletroii]

it’s not underrated shits lowkey ass

[@MarkoVuckovic32]

Really impressive! Do you play with a keyboard and mouse or a controller?

[@jcers]

Thanks! I play with a DualShock 4.

[@louie_4266]

I just bought ac 1 and the ezio trilogy I'm so gassed to play

[@jcers]

Awesome :)

[@KrishnaGUPTA-bx7pw]

is there any graphics mod u are using ?

[@jcers]

Nope!

[@doublex4193]

I aspire to be like this someday

[@jcers]

Practice and confidence can make that aspiration a reality.

[@doublex4193]

@@jcers how many hours you got bro?

[@jcers]

@@doublex4193 across all of classic AC, probably at least 500 hours. I don’t have an exact measurement. I’ve probably played AC1 the most out of any of those games, though

[@doublex4193]

@@jcers funny enough after seeing a bunch of your vids, your ac2 Vids made me rlly go back and practice on that game and damn, ur right bro ac2 fs is the best parkour wise

[@hendragunawantbi2906]

When u decide to become athlete in video games

[@jcers]

Epic gamer moment

[@mobarambo3800]

You fast as fck boi

[@jcers]

Thanks, Moba :)

[@SmoothSmoothie127]

waiting for the odyssey parkour montage

[@jcers]

I can assure you that I will not be making one of those, lol

[@haydenparker9440]

The good old days 😔

[@jcers]

Indeed.

[@Stealthful_]

I prefer AC2's parkour over Unity's parkour.

[@ironmatto3]

Going back to this title in 10 years has been a sour experience. It's too clunky and unresponsive, I don't feel it's aged well. They haven't got anything as good as Unity.

[@thatsaweirdone]

Yo bro, I am ina little trouble now. So as I told you, I had been working on my own AC2 parkour montage, and I'm done with it. Problem was, the video, with everything came up to be a 10 minute long one. I was worried that people may or may not get bored watching a 10 minute long video of a man jumping around. So I decided to scrap some of the clips, and now I have another version which is 8 minutes long. Now I'm confused, which one do I upload? The 10 min one had some locations like San Gimignano, which isn't in the 8 minute one. What do you say?

[@jcers]

Upload the one that you like more. Don’t worry too much about what people who watch your videos will stick around for, especially considering you’re still a small channel and audience retention doesn’t affect revenue or anything like that. The main thing to keep in mind is to upload the content that you want to make. The people that want to watch it will, and you’ll build your audience/community around them.

[@thatsaweirdone]

@@jcers ".....still a small channel..." Brooo I'm no channel at all lool Anyways, thanks for your answer. I now know what to do

[@thatsaweirdone]

Also, the montage's up!!

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

@@thatsaweirdone And it's an amazing montage. Bravo

[@thatsaweirdone]

@@Pedro_Le_Chef thanks a lot man! Really happy to see you liked it!

[@uberbeats2668]

ay hi jcers havent been watching your vids revently but imma get back into it also how come only 1 other person commented

[@jcers]

Hey! No worries, thanks for checking out my video today!

[@Your_only_one_mia]

Yo jcers you on controller for this or kbm

[@jcers]

Controller for everything I can use controller for :)

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

@@jcers Wait, even shooters?

[@jcers]

@@Pedro_Le_Chef For FPS, i make an exception.

[@mrpassta8ii]

what are you pc specs and i have dual core 4gb ram 64bit will it work without lag

[@jcers]

My specs: CPU: Intel Core i7 10700F GPU: RTX 2070 SUPER 16GB RAM You should be fine with what you have. Even a computer that’s very weak by today’s standards should be able to run AC2 decently enough.

[@mrpassta8ii]

@@jcers thank you for your reply take care of corona wear a mask

[@benc77]

Better than unity parkour imo

[@jcers]

Not just in your opinion. In reality.

[@louie_4266]

For the next game I hope they just refine the parkour system, I would like a unity style system but you can cancel animations, more responsive too

[@jcers]

I honestly think that adding parkour down to AC1-Rev’s system and giving new animations would give everyone everything they’re looking for in an AC movement system. Sucks that we’ll probably never see that.

[@louie_4266]

@@jcers I feel like it would be easy to do as well but I feel ubisoft rlly take the easy way out

[@100gubbe.]

Thing is Ezio is very slow when it comes to climbing walls

[@jcers]

That's why you've gotta pick the right spots to climb walls if you're gonna scale them (or just skip scaling by using your full moveset).

[@kyle2kyletroii]

that’s why you’re supposed to actually use the mechanics that the system gives you

[@uberbeats2668]

You upload alot 2 eh whatever imma be here

[@rainrain2233]

Is it just me or does controlling ezio, altair or hell even edward feel way more responsive and fast compared to arno ? arno has style but he feels so slow compared to the earlier assassins

[@betokun3462]

I think its probably because of his stylish animation that made him slower like when you pull yourself on a wall he’ll do a damn 360

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

@@betokun3462 That and Unity has some of the worst input lag in the series. Arno needs more time to obey your commands which makes controlling him feel sluggish.

[@poookie4628]

Siiick

[@jcers]

Thank you :)

[@niteeshthiruchelvan7004]

this shit has better parkour than odyssey and valhalla

[@jcers]

This game has better parkour than any other AC game :P

[@plaguemusic9104]

better than unity

[@jcers]

I agree

[@wolfie6005]

This was perfect!

[@jcers]

Thanks :D

[@am_sousa2246]

why they removed the colour filter in the ezio trilogy game ah yes lets remove the colour filter and say its a "remaster"

[@Sub-Zero_.]

When I'm late for college:

[@jcers]

“He must be late, and she must be beautiful” Nah bro I’m just 15 minutes late for Geography 120

[@kirpalsingh7088]

What if Tommy vercetti sees it P

[@BucsFan1307]

Ezio fucking moves

[@joseortizreflects]

Do you know the term "the hand is quicker than the eye?" Well, what about "Mentor Jcers is quicker than the eye?"

[@jcers]

Within the context of a choreographed run, I can be, on occasion.

[@KrishnaGUPTA-bx7pw]

2:08 man i hated monterrigoinni for bad parkour u prove me wrong

[@jcers]

:D

[@lewisbgardner4449]

And yet some people belive the current system is the best

[@jcers]

Ikr? And the current system is so bad, too. I’d understand Unity, but Origins-Valhalla parkour?

[@themandals7273]

@@jcers Bruh they are heavily armed soldiers from the mythological era of ac. What do you expect?

[@takeyourheart114]

@@themandals7273 assassin's not demi gods teleporting with Kuni and vikings screaming and yelling

[@kelissonedu]

way better than Unity

[@wizard932]

Could go almost anywhere without ever touching the ground ..

[@harshvardhangodara5852]

He must be late and she must be beautiful 😂🤣 Who is the person to say this to a guy who jumps over buildings

[@301Made]

Really don’t know why ppl praised the stealth in the old ac games. unity was the most fluent and you didn’t get stuck or bounced on every single object lol

[@jcers]

I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not lol

[@MikuMuiscOfficialo]

I completed the hole game in 8fps the lagg

[@winterlif]

ooooh.. so this is why the newer games don’t feel like.. AC. Kassandra and Eivor feel so bulky 🥲 I can’t say I hate the newer games, but I do get frustrated that they don’t play like the older ones.

[@jcers]

The parkour being awful is definitely a major component in those games’ failure to deliver on an Assassin-like player fantasy.

[@border_psycho273]

Watching this in 2024 and it is so sad to See how much we lost. I forgot how many possibilities we had. I am even more angry to See how quick Ezio gets down from buildungs. When did any Assassin lose the ability to just walk of an obstacel. It is pathetic nowadays. Maybe in the furure the devil offers me a deal fory soul and I can wish for a good old parkour system. But than again, this would make Ubisoft a lot of money and that isn't smth I'd like to do.

[@darksoulsvet5456]

I never liked the Altair armor. I always thought the color scheme was ugly

[@user-pp8xk8nw2p]

I need to reinstall this game

[@jcers]

You should! It’s not even very big, anyway, so you don’t need to worry about storage space for it.

[@mickobongalos929]

I rather Buy the Ezio Collection..

[@TyrooShino]

I really really hate AC2 parkour, it doesn't work 70% of the time. Compared to AC1 and AC Brotherhood. Drives me insane, this is a lucky dude or he just mastered this awful game.

[@jcers]

That hasn’t been my experience at all. AC2 has always felt significantly more polished than AC1’s system to me, mainly due to how AC1 handles wallrun from beams that jut out of walls. As for Brotherhood, it feels largely the same to me, but Ezio is noticeably heavier, which I’m not a fan of, and the game locks horizontal camera movement during a wallrun, which bothers me more and more every time I play the game, haha. Could you give some examples as to what goes wrong for you most commonly in AC2? It’s possible that I could help.