Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Is Worse Than You Remember

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In this video, I talk about the pros and surprisingly plentiful cons of the third installment in the Assassin's Creed series. Uh oh!
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[@painof7]

Thanks for the dayum good work

[@JuanPablo-su6vw]

Are you SURE that MGSV Is done?

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

Done with that shitty game finally

[@Branflakes1503]

@@RobertEdwinHouse9 as someone who's platinumed that game i disagree

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

@@Branflakes1503 ok

[@ihappy1]

I know you're only going over the single player but what I loved about brotherhood was the multiplayer mode. I played so much of it just because of how unique and fun it was. For those who don't know: it was like a big circular game of cat and mouse, every player was dressed as a fancy npc and you were dropped into a level that was a slice of a larger location (many of them don't even appear in the story mode, just made for multiplayer). You're the assigned another player to go hunt, with all of the regular NPCs in the area sharing the exact same models the players are using. So while you're navigating the levels and following your target, you also have someone chasing you. It led to some bonkers moments where multiple people are chasing each other around the map, person A would assassinate person B, but then person C would fall from the ceiling to kill person A, then person D would sprint up to kill person C, etc. What balanced it a little was you got more points the more stealthy your kill was, so while you could sprint and use the hidden gun, you wanted to stay sneaky and undetected as much as possible. Plus it felt like a cool social deduction game, walking along the NPCs that look like you hid you really well, while seeing someone climb to the roof and sprint away made it obvious they were a player. Just really good memories there. Either way fantastic video as always, I don't remember much from the single player of brotherhood except calling in friends so seeing that it was kind of short and forgettable made sense

[@mohammedsarker5756]

goddamnit Ubisoft, bring back the multiplayer!!

[@eliott.b76]

Just like black flag's right?

[@gummypusswatterson1322]

the multiplayer is insanely good. a mistreated, hidden gem that didn't reach it's full potential. so glad to see it appreciated

[@greif333]

The multiplayer was so unique, I couldn't even guess how many nights I spend on that. And rather interesting to see that it wasn't really copied by others (or rather, those that tried didn't manage to find ways to make the gameplay work out competitively). I tried to get back into it two years or so ago, but nowadays it's all about killing as fast and acrobatic as possible - something that came with the black flag multiplayer I think. Bit sad that the Brotherhood MP times are gone forever, but man was it a joy to be part of it originally.

[@pessigrandma-69]

@@greif333amazing that y’all got to play it at its peak

[@Duskets]

Sadly, some plot elements like letting Rodrigo live had to be adhered to in order to keep it congruent with real world events, since the real Rodrigo Borgio didn’t die until 1503. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still very stupid, but it’s a case of AC2 trying to have its cake and eat it too by ending their game with a climactic fight against the main antagonist while also trying to keep with accurate dates.

[@Operative15]

That is true, but that didn't stop them in AC1. The main villain in that game, Robert de Sable, was a real person who died long after the game takes place. They could have come up with unique ways to get around this, like the Borgias using the Apple to create a fake Rodrigo to fool everyone so as not to lose their power, or even Rodrigo using another Piece of Eden to fake his death to Ezio. But I suppose that was too much creativity for what ultimately boils down to a full priced expansion pack.

[@zacharyeicher390]

​​@@Operative15I think using the Apple to create an illusion of Rodrigo wouldn't have been practical. He makes too many public appearances as the Pope to have that be a sustainable solution. Someone would have seen through the illusion eventually. On the other hand, if it was revealed that Rodrigo had another piece of Eden to fake his death, then you have to explain how he got that piece of Eden without it sounding like a major asspull.

[@Bran-WhatsUpYou]

@@Operative15 Yeah, that makes sense. After Ezio kills Rodrigo, the Borgias use the Apple to create a fake illusion. Or, Ezio does kill Rodrigo, but the latter has some other Piece of Eden that revives him. Or finally, who cares about adhering to dates? If Rodrigo dies a few years earlier than real life via Ezio's Hidden Blade, who cares? Just go with it

[@DhruvMonga]

Eat their cake and have it too. Having a cake and eating it is what people normally do.

[@Duskets]

@@DhruvMonga No, “you cannot have your cake and eat it too” is the correct expression because by eating your cake you no longer have it - it’s gone. “Have” in this sense implies retaining possession of it, hence the impossibility.

[@CropDudia480p]

I still feel this game had the most tightly designed stealth in the series. which reeally isn't saying much LMAO

[@cjallenroxs6239]

You mean the worst next to Valhalla

[@FutureIndustrieseditz]

Nah many games in the series slam brotherhood in stealth especially Unity and Syndicate.

[@therealsaminplayz8695]

@@FutureIndustrieseditz Bro the stealth in Brotherhood is terrible. I literally get detected AFTER I assassinate guards.

[@painof7]

You can cross off "Uncle completes the thing he says he's never done before" from your BINGO Board

[@CalavErik]

The first "Romulus" I heard from this video made me go watch Star Trek Nemesis, the one movie from the series I completely forgot to watch. Thanks.

[@Rice1is1nice]

Just yesterday I found your AC I Video and today I watched yours on AC II and I immediately wanted to start this one, what a lucky coincidence, that it just released! :D

[@Luke-fw1sn]

I know it’s a bit late but there is a work around for the da Vinci tanks 100% synch requirement. Essentially if you’re about to get hit you can go to the inventory menu and swap capes or outfits which will spawn you from your last checkpoint which in this case is the beginning of the tank segment. You just have to swap outfits or capes before you get hit otherwise you’ll have to start from the beginning.

[@natestadler2352]

You can also copy your save on a flash drive once you reach the tank, then every time you get hit, overwrite the game's save with the one on your flash, you'll only have to redo the tank section, not the whole mission. I know this works for the PS4 version, not entirely sure about the other consoles, although I'm sure it works PC as well since the save should be stored on your PC

[@deathcold_longplaysua4846]

Yeah, I kinda agree on the title. Like, back in the days I loved this game and og AC2, but now... not so much. Like, most of the missions that you have to do is limited and you can't complete them the way you want, and if you try then you automatically lose and have to restart all over again. And that was annoying as hell. Sure, there is missions like that in AC2, but they are not forcing you that much unlike in Brotherhood. And the most missions that pissed me of, is those where you have to follow your target, and if you fall behind then game will give you this shaking screen and tell you to keep up with your target, and if you fail then you will lose and have to restart all over again. And then there is Rome that looks very boring. Like, in AC2 there was different cities, that has different structure and atmosphere to it and stuff, and in general, they were fun to explore even outside of the main missions. But in Brotherhood there is only Rome, where there is only half of the city, and the rest is open areas with nothing to it. And even the new armor that you have to unlock looks bulky and lacks a thought behind it's design. The only thing that I liked about Brotherhood is new abilities and stuff. Like, the mechanic with other assassins, when you can tell them to attack your target and help you finish the mission, or the new added crossbow, that should have been in AC1 but was cut. It was fun to use it. And the main outfit of Ezio is even more cool looking than in AC2. But that is the only things that I like in Brotherhood. Everything else are bad, or lack a thought behind it. It just feels like Ubisoft cut a huge chunk of AC2 from a main game, and made a new game out of it. Also, by the end of the game none of the assassins recruits did made it up to actual assassin status and ceremony and shit. Like, maybe because I wasn't using them that much, but I already beat whole game, bought everything, upgraded everything and there is nothing to do, besides stupid challenges and synchronization shit that I'm not gonna do, but somehow none of the assassins got upgraded to assassin status. I have no idea why, again, maybe because I wasn't using them too much, but I don't want to grind my ass off so screw them.

[@DaPhantomThief]

Dude I love your videos and enjoy them so much every time they drop I watch a lot of KZbinrs and KZbin vids on gaming and I’m telling you man, honestly, you could really be one of the BIGGEST KZbinrs man!!! You need to try drop vids more often and be more consistent with it and I promise you, you will blow up !! I know life shit gets in the way but if you can find the motivation to put in that extra hard work in any free time you have (I know these videos take a lot of time) then you will see the fruits of your labour Let’s go!!!

[@mrflufflebunny4529]

Tbf AC2 is also guilty of relegating important info regarding the awkward time skips exclusively to extended media.

[@frogglen6350]

I like how AssCreed 1 is so irrelevant that it's not even on ps5. While AC 3 is the only AC on Nintendo Switch. I've never seen a game franchise hop around this much since Kingdom Hearts jumping from platform to platform in the early 2010s

[@lmaolol7702]

i feel like ubisoft is trying to make us forget about ac1

[@tandy9631]

24:51 actually the reason u go to the location is because Machiavelli tells you to find him at the baths, other than that. Great video

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

When you remember that Desmond is hooked to a machine in the frame story, it's weird as hell to wonder what's going on in Desmond's real time-place when Ezio is getting laid. What does that look like in the modern day? Is Desmond getting Animus emissions?

[@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842]

Good. It's -the kids who are wrong- my memories, that are correct. And I don't plan on replaying. Honestly Ezio trilogy had many things that were regrettably simplistic and a lot of missed opportunities, quite a few things that were rather annoying, but it was a jewel of its time. I can't remove years of experience to try this game like the first time again. If AC:B didn't stand the test of time, it doesn't necessarily mean *_I could've_* played something better at the time.

[@TheAvenger732]

The music from the Naruto Storm games is a great touch 😆

[@Kerosecstacy]

Oh my god, not to mention, if you start the last two sequences with breakable armor, you can not fix it at all for the rest of the game. I had to do that last fight scene with fucking prissy boy with three health squares. It was brutal! And my attack button kept glitching and making me kick him instead of attack him!! I came so close to scraping it and just watching someone else beat the game. All the issues you raised aside, I actually loved this game a lot. Right up till sequence 8. Those last few sequences ruined it for me. The apple also glitched for me. It never killed anyone. I literally had to keep outrunning the guards until my arrow storm built up. I thought it was the most useless thing ever until I watched a walk through where it actually killed people. Would not work with me at all. Tap the button, hold down the button, nadda, zilch, nothing but a pretty light show with the occasional guard cowerering.

[@kingty3187]

I love the use of Naruto Storm music in you Assassins Creed and Metal Gear videos.

[@droopydupey]

Yay! Also congrats on the new PC :D

[@12DAMDO]

calling AC2 perfect then saying Brotherhood is worse than you remember is such a wild take because it's basically the same game but DLC-ish, kinda like what Tears Of The Kingdom is for Breath Of The Wild.. you'd think that if you liked AC2, you'd love Brotherhood..

[@Cuhnelo]

Exactly what I needed on a rainy night

[@superdoctor14]

First time through 100% synch. That along with Lucy betrayal at the end, made me stop playing the series. Recently got back into it, but still as annoying

[@farhadrasooly4864]

What's the deal with the hate on tailing missions? I know using them a lot is not good in a game, but in case of brotherhood, those tailing missions are a way for story to be build up, a way to insert exposition into story. Most games have them and there's no problem with it. would you prefer if they just give you a long cutscene with the characters talking? The only valid point here is the sync system

[@B1g_B0sssss]

Yes, I actually would, coz u can skip that. U can’t skip a tailing mission.

[@BriantheBrain42]

I actually 100% the entire ezio trilogy and I can say I really don't like optional objectives for the same reason and the tank section was not fun. I do enjoy the do not be detected objectives but the detection and not being able to save it isd quite annoying. Also I bought the brothherhood dlc after they removed access, it was still on the market and I could not play it and had to download some stuff from the internet to do so.

[@mrbubbles6468]

‘We’ll got to Lost Legacy when we get to it.’ A year then. Ok.

[@BevinEG]

Uh oh! Back to the Vatican! We messed up!

[@kiryowtk2869]

Honestly I didn't realize there were so many tailing missions in this game it really didnt feel as bad as black flag to me. And yeah the Michelleto mision is worse than the tank mission in my opinion.

[@shanedawndusk3290]

Imagine if someone from AC was in Smash?

[@WideOldDan]

"Random ass guy" *que Billy Gunns entrance music*

[@Springy191]

the naruto music goes so fkn hard

[@TheKpa11]

Takes most of the game to get to the “BROTHERHOOD” part But that concept is very appealing. Reminds me of Pokémon Mystery dungeon

[@koboldparty4708]

Brotherhood was my exit from this series.

[@Operative15]

Find someone who loves you the way Ubisoft loves tailing missions. I used to think Black Flag was the biggest offender for tailing mission overload in this series, but this video convinced me that this might be the actual one.

[@Roler42]

I think the biggest reason nobody caught on the tailing missions was because everyone was just enjoying themselves playing as Ezio and seeing where the story was going (plus for Brotherhood at least they had nerfed the stupid target lost timer). I think it became a meme in Black Flag because everyone was excited to be a pirate thanks to the marketing and the naval missions in 3... And then the game starts you off with a tailing mission, lol.

[@monksmom1]

Tank mission....jeez. if i have to do this ONE MORE TIME.... also, the Nero 8 minute mission, i think the 1st one with the fountains at the beginning... how is it even possible to do it in 8 minutes???

[@KiomonDuck]

That Naruto background music is weirdly fitting.

[@Sev51]

The whole mentor mechanic is cool but.... the gameplay suffered. I wish Ezio became a mentor during AC 2

[@ravenlinosoriano2867]

I like how this game is the basis for making Full Syncs tolerable in future games. And yeah, the Full Syncs here is horrendous and whack. Especially the Tank mission, goddamnit.

[@Chickau]

Hell yes new video thank you uncle

[@insaiyan4998]

Glad to see Silent Mastodon reach assassins status.

[@co1orfasthydra]

i hate how it makes you buy amor at the start, robes are too sleek for it :c

[@KusmaUksus]

We need a brotherhood multiplayer client. Like plutonium for cod so we can play brotherhood multiplayer again

[@elolawynladriel]

35:00 I believe you.

[@USECXJ13]

I played this game about two years ago again still top-tier

[@Vikas-gz4ov]

Ac2 > Trash Brotherhood..

[@Vadim_Slastihin]

You do realize that you don't have to do 100% sync right? It's like complaining about collecting 480 flags for full sync in AC 1. Nobody does this shit except for some lunatics like me.

[@Comicward]

This game has some of the worst combat I have ever experienced in any game. Assassins creed 2’s gameplay was 10x better. Enemies are able to attack you in kill animations (the same kill animations where you don’t have a choice in initiating them). Overall the gameplay is just super blocky the attacks you throw are slow compared to the enemies which requires you to take like 4 medicines in every damn fight😂

[@DirtyDogGamingTheGoodOne]

“Gosh I wish Italy was real” 😂

[@brucemohamed5316]

tbh the beginning at rome was super boring but the second half i liked it so much

[@youthberktempest]

my dude brotherhood is the second best assassins creed and there is nothing wrong with it

[@dylanmcnab2980]

“Don’t get hit” It’s a tank, the whole point of having a tank is so it can get hit and still move. Who plays a tank and expects not to get hit?

[@MistahJay7]

That's why you ignore full sync like me and actually enjoy the game lol

[@Alpha545]

Ah, but Ezio is the bestest, you see :) He can just kind of hitless his first time in a clunky tank in proper combat against trained tank operators.

[@Sebulba2000]

​@@MistahJay7 it's difficult to enjoy the game, when some Cristina missions are locked behind that stupid full sync and I doubt you can do it without worrying about full sync in some missions

[@SilverTypo5081]

​@MistahJay7 I tried that but when you don't at the end of the mission it will give you a score letting you know you fucked up. It just makes the game more difficult to fully enjoy as a person that doesn't like 100% games.

[@1.8T20V]

funny thing i somehow managed a hitless run on my very first try ever lol

[@BraveInstance]

My only issue with Brotherhood is that it's so short. Considering they only had about 10 months to make it, it's a miracle in every other sense.

[@theexalt3060]

Honest truth right here. I just finished repalying it, and I literally couldn't believe how fast I got to the last sequence. Side conted was pretty good tho so plenty to wrap up after the main story

[@jayelex2459]

I thought the length was pefect. I thought ac2 was too long and dragged out. Having a shorter and tighter experience for brotherhood felt much better.

[@nolenrobinson8900]

@@jayelex2459I agree

[@WideOldDan]

I'd say it's too long considering how much filler there is.

[@specioustest4321]

Uh, Revelations was the one with a 10 month development cycle.

[@fraughtmonster8]

13:33 actually I still prefer throwing knives. If you equip them and HOLD down the throw button ezio can kill multiple guys by throwing multiple knives at the same time. Very handy if you need to kill multiple guys without being detected from a distance

[@MasterJunior93]

True, but half the time the multi knife throw misses a few guards that are not stationary. Not only that, but you can only take down 3 at once, and the guards patrol in groups of 4. That last guard will always be a problem.

[@steaketc2476]

why not just throw a smoke bomb instead save your throwing knives for kill streaks

[@fraughtmonster8]

@@steaketc2476 ehhh I can always loot them and get them back. Your not wrong tho. But their are some instances where I need to kill two people without being detected

[@barackyobama6139]

I still dont get how monteriggioni makes 15000 every 20 mins and max money rome makes 16000? Claudia was a better accountant than we thought.

[@Wielkimati]

Secret ingredient was probably tax fraud

[@trustypotato9998]

she needs more money for the romanies

[@DarthAndrew520]

For what it was, I actually reeeeeally liked recruiting, and having a bunch of assassins that I could customize and level up. And the whole ceremony when they hit max level was pretty cool too. But them now being locked into looking like a clone of me reeeeeally annoyed me. Like c'mon why take away that customization and uniqueness of each of my peeps. I ended up trying to not use my maxed out guys as a result

[@Apprentice234]

Revelations made the recruits feel more uniqe with the diferent colors and weapons

[@the_seer_0421]

​@@Apprentice234and the actual assassin missions.

[@Superibis.]

What annoyed me the most with the recruits is that you have a button to summon them, but not to make them flee. These morons will fight to death and there's nothing you can do for this (except if you're quick enough to suicide so they just pop out of existence before dying)

[@whizxcoffee]

it was really fun ngl

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

This makes me wish they'd done that as a tactics game. I see card game opportunities the way you describe it here, too. It's such an exciting idea for a franchise & it seems like Ubisoft don't know how many dimensions they could explore.

[@MineplexVLOfficial]

Not gonna lie, Ezio would've been so fire for Smash Bros At least we got an Altair Mii Outfit

[@HateChimps1]

Gen Z turd.

[@Roler42]

You know, from personal experience, I feel the main reason this game is beloved is because of how fun the story is with Ezio's journey, the progress made in the modern story, AND the fact that Roma is an improvement in terms of open world and side content, playing side content between story missions kinda paces things out and makes you not notice most of what you pointed out. That being said, I love this game and yet, I 100% agree with you, you can tell they knew people hated the full sync objectives because Revelation onwards has far more reasonable ones, and a much improved checkpoint system, so no more restarting 30+ minute missions. I did not bother 100% completing this one, in fact I gave up on it the minute I noticed just how many of them were "take no damage" objectives... With the sheer BS the combat system of this game? No thanks... Amazing video as usual Uncle!

[@godzillazfriction]

Roma being an improvement in the open world aspect.... uhhhhh that's definitely not true when talking about its level design as its a whole downgrade compared to AC2

[@Roler42]

@@godzillazfriction Obviously it's my own dumb opinion, but I call it an improvement because it was nice and bite sized enough that I actually went out of my way to do everything (except the flags and whatever got locked behind the now defunct online).

[@kingbattle393]

Wym BS combat system? It was simple and fun for me.

[@darshil2317]

Apart from the damage and timer and some other bs stuff, the sync part was really fun for me since it gave you a feeling of doing things the way Ezio did it. Really improved the role playing aspect of it.

[@thatemocat]

The combat system was fine. It made way for the flow of it in later games.

[@MistahJay7]

Yea I never gave a shit about full sync and just did it my own way lol my biggest gripe with this game is just the trash mission design. Especially the Do not be detected ones. They didn't place the enemies in proper spots for alot of those missions. So it just became me cheesing most of the game with my cross bow. Saving grace was the Combat and Soundtrack. Best soundtrack in an AC game by far

[@the_bigdaddy420]

My love for Brotherhood is my copium

[@JustPlayingTheClassics]

Man, I just played AC, II, Brotherhood, and Revelations for the first time last month. Brotherhood was definitely my favorite, but I'm going to give this a watch either way!

[@alexmckenzie2969]

THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT BRUH! The 100% synchronization stipulation to every level annoyed me sooo much. You couldn't even explore in a level because randomly there would be a "finish this in 8 minutes" stipulation. So you pretty much had to do a speedrun. Or look up guides online. So annoying, when they build this recreation of environments back then and you can't explore it. I just remember dreading the new missions cause it would take so logn to get 100%. And it was im everrrrrrey mission smh

[@osarotongo7833]

why tf would you even want to explore while on a mission?? the open world is there for a reason lmao

[@Scorpzion18]

I still remember my first time going after the Cardinal and right before cornering him, hearing the blare of the 1 minute sync timer. It seemed even cutscenes counted for time so as the scene finished the final ten second beeping began before even giving back control. While this certainly showed some problems with 100% sync, it was probably the most I'd ever been engaged with the actions of Ezio and finishing him off with a OHK with seconds to spare was probably the most fun I'd ever had in the series.

[@Ryze0v0]

Finally, I've been waiting so long for this!!

[@ripdito]

waaaiitttingggg so longggggg

[@Godasdogas]

Dont get why people are so rude when you are just stating your opinions Wether they agree or disagree they shouldn't shame you for your opinion (Cant wait to see more of your content and hopefully more AC videos, even if i dont agree with everything you say i can see where you are coming from)

[@MasterJunior93]

38:08 this would always get me as well, but there is a work around. You have to call your recruits while the guards are inside, spawning them practically next to the guards. I have done this numerous times, and this method was the only way I fully synched this mission.

[@prod.a.b.i.l1930]

My only problem with this game is how Ezio buying and owning multiple buildings in the city of Rome is never mentioned in the present timeline

[@thatmajestictoad]

Well why would it? It doesn't have anything to do with the narrative of the modern timeline similar to Kenway's fleet. Also in terms of Ezio he died and yeah he could've passed down the ownership of the properties to his sister and from there to her children but the immediate Auditore family most likely died out and the properties were bought up by the city so there isn't a need to mention it.

[@MOTANAICE]

Uhm kinda useless comment you made. In the game your supposed to rebuilt Rome that's why.

[@arthurdurham]

I remember first finishing AC2 and being really intrigued by the modern day story. Tying into the Myan calander and foreshadowing some big apocalyptic event. I even used to go on forums to read about speculations and things I missed bc I was invested. But then Brotherhood happened. And while I liked it, I barely registered the Ezio story, so even less the modern day one. It felt like was what a tight and clear vision suddenly got padded. Learning more recently that the games were always meant to be a trilogy but forced to become a franchise really explains it. And I wish we got to see what the devs originally planned. What's worse is that they could have done both. We still could have had the next games (bc not having Black Flag would be a crime against gaming), with new modern day stories after Desmond and team saved the world. The idea of someone reliving the life of an acestor, even more assassin ones, has endless potential and could tie into new ideas for the modern day. But UBI clearly didn't care about artistic integrity and feared any deviation from what worked in AC2 wouldn't be able to be milked.

[@Trash_Cat21]

I've replayed it already this year on the ps3. I wouldn't say it's worse than I remember. Full synchronization was a horrifically bad idea though; getting full sync requires too much to pull off.

[@AlexWilliams-yd4dv]

Brotherhoods combat mechanics were so much more satisfying than AC2 so while AC2 had the better story I think I played Brotherhood more as just a playground sandbox assassination game.

[@aquanb93]

I agree

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

I know a sandbox playground assassin game that's actually great and not mid It's called hitman

[@0uttaS1TE]

​@@RobertEdwinHouse9...But I don't want to play a baldy

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

@@0uttaS1TE baldy with a God tier face

[@jackdumgaming]

@@RobertEdwinHouse9 In that case play God Of War

[@dangerguy32]

The drip in the game alone means it couldnt be lower than an 8 on my scale

[@askyouruncle]

I'll give it that

[@louislam369]

Story's weaker but combat's more polished. Chain assassination is dope in brotherhood. And it gets worse in revelation because there're too many elite soldiers you won't be able to one shot around the map in end game.

[@godzillazfriction]

oh no... that's your first mistake... 'Story's weaker' oh no

[@godzillazfriction]

chain killing is just too easy in Brotherhood... there needed to be a challenge and Revelations perfected that

[@gabriele3665]

​@@godzillazfrictionI'm with you, the way in brotherhood you could mass murder the freaking Swiss guard was underwhelming already at the time

[@HateChimps1]

THE COMBAT SUCKS! ARE YOU AN IDIOT?

[@EarthSpirit.easyzdota]

3 hours til my shift. I should really sleep Nah I can squeeze it in

[@MistahJay7]

💀 R.I.P to you during your shift today 😂

[@EarthSpirit.easyzdota]

@@MistahJay7 im dying bro lol but it was worth it

[@darkglobe420]

forced conflict? no apparent reason? i mean i get its unreasonable, but not wanting your sister to work in a brothel seems like a pretty normal thing lol

[@CIOTECHSFX]

it feels forced coming from the guy who kills people on the reg

[@askyouruncle]

Considering that one cutscene later, he says that he could teach the courtesans better than Claudia could, I don't think that's his problem.

[@darkglobe420]

@@askyouruncle LOL comedic effect?

[@Mrskeezdogthebigcheese]

Hey guys let the girl boss girl boss I am a feminist 🥸

[@zacharyeicher390]

It is interesting to see how you and That Boy Aqua have such different ideas about AC2 and Brotherhood. If you have watched those videos, any thoughts?

[@BriantheBrain42]

13:33 I actually found the throwing knivwes very useful in this game for their charged multishot function, also I don't think I once used the hidden gun in the entire ezio trilogy unless required.

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

Actually, the Papal guards use a WHEELLOCK pistol, not a flintlock pistol. Just pointing that out.

[@BuffAmogus]

On my recent playthrough of this game, I was so happy to get the Tank mission 100% sync on my first try. I struggled on that one so hard when I played it on 360 back in the day. Good to see your PC upgrade gave you the confidence and luck to get it on the first try as well!

[@daedalus6796]

Brotherhood was my favourite for awhile just due to being able to have a bunch of assassins with you

[@vincenttorrijos9680]

About Ezio following Christina. It worked for my grandfather, he followed my grandma home and THEN asked her out... yeah you really shouldn't trust this as a reliable strategy.

[@slowmercy69]

💀

[@rileygotpb]

i love you uncle, been around since the kh3 video (which i loved) and everything you’ve done since has been the upper echelon of content on youtube. Here for your success ❤️

[@TheBigRalph]

41:52 Is that one the Skyrim guys? I keep waiting for a Talos lecture whenever he speaks

[@twillz265]

Ezio's story was so good that it made us ignore the game's flaws.

[@soundberry]

The thing that made me not like this game as much as 2 is the controls. I think that so far 1 has had the best controls (still far from perfect though). I didn't like how in brotherhood the camera was forced to be fixed in one spot or wasn't allowed to be turned. And for some reason the targeting is messed up. There were so many times when I was suppose to kill a guard in a crowd of people, so I go right behind him, LOCK ON with F, press attack and yet Ezio still attacks the 2 random people next to the actual target, which gives me a warning that killing 1 more innocent will desynch me. (But to be fair these 2 problems existed in ac2 aswell, they're just worse here) I also hated the 100% synch thing but I also felt like the game was forcing me to play the way the devs want me to. Like one time I got an idea to do a mission in a unique way but the game straight up wouldn't let me, which is a shame because one of the things that made me love ac is that you can complete missions in many different ways

[@slowmercy69]

I LOVED Brotherhood until I went back and played II. Brotherhood is small and some levels are very annoying! Oh, and the Database was a downgrade

[@Pooky1991]

I'm one of the rare ones who actually prefer Revelations over Brotherhood. I just despised the optional objectives and found them annoying to do; on par with 3 in my opinion for annoying objectives. I loved the addition of the assassin recruits though and aish more was done with the recruits, though Revelations did it to an extent by giving them their own stories and such. Revelations also gave them more costomization even at max level. Its just ashame the series didn't build on more on that mechanic. 3 dumbed it down which i didn't like, but at least gave them a little more backstory and some added mechanics like playing bodyguard or assigning them to perform ranged combat were cool and useful in some missions.

[@Zero-ds9ws]

Good video: I feel like a lot of the love fellas have for Brotherhood comes from the refinement of AC2's mechanics and how it continues Ezio's journey, pacing non-withstanding. I'm sure everyone remembers the plot and the way the game felt to play, and I feel like standards were a lot lower back then. I, for one, enjoyed the restrictions that Full Synchronization imposed on me, as it felt like its own miniature challenge, and I never found them frustrating since I didn't take them too seriously to begin with. Building up the assassins was just busy work for the most part, but I did also enjoy building up Rome in its entirety so I could just... have good armor without standing out much more than I already do. I quite liked the note that basically says that the man that killed Julius Caesar was also an assassin, neat little reward on top of the armor and the knife. Kinda surprised you didn't do The Da Vinci Dissapearance DLC though, since that more or less is the way Leonardo exits stage right from the Ezio Trilogy... unless you either couldn't do it, or didn't think it significant enough for you to cover it. Either way's fair, I'm just shocked it didn't get a mention at the very least.

[@Roler42]

The Da Vinci disappearance DLC is amazing, but it has possibly the worst opening mission for a questline I've seen in years. On top of the no damage side objective, you have to fight off a swarm of hooded men who are INVINCIBLE because they're like the lightweight enemy soldiers, they can dodge everything, they can counter your blocks, they can quickly attack you, and they all focus on Leonardo's assistant. I was so pissed with that mission I swore off the DLC until I decided to look at it as the last thing I'd do before uninstalling the game, and... The fact the rest of the missions were night and day by comparison only made me hate that opening mission even more, lol.

[@leonsim9159]

42:14 I have a funny story about this mission, I was playing it with my brother watching and we were enjoying the one-liners this guy keeps spouting during the chase, the thing that made us lose our shit laughing was when at the end of the chase and when combat starts and he's being overly confident about himself, I just threw my massive heavy broadsword oneshoting him point blank. It was stuck in his head and I couldn't get it back cuz of collision so I had to leave and get a new one.

[@LadyDem]

I love how silent mastodon makes a return, my favorite reoccuring askyouruncle character.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

Brotherhood is far better than AC2 gameplay wise. I just ignore the 100% sync. Combat is far better than AC2 and it doesnt have a forced DLC.

[@painof7]

WUT - We get a "Did you know segment" but not framed as a "Did you know? Hideo Kojima swore in a reddit comment that he most empathized with Donald- I mean, Dirty Duck."

[@FutureIndustrieseditz]

Brotherhood was an absolute chore Ac2 was far better and playable, Brotherhood is only a fan favorite because of Ezio carrying such a awful game.

[@PeteDunes]

*_"Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Is Worse Than You Remember"_* Nope, absolutely not. You start digging in a game (any game) to look for issues to talk down on a game. Guess what? We can do that with every game....troll.

[@B1g_B0sssss]

U don’t have to dig much in this game how terrible the full sync, the amount of tailing missions and how simplistic a lot of the mechanics are.

[@Barisdagame]

He made brotherhood sound it should've been a dlc to ac 2

[@wtfcheesenips2098]

As someone who just hopped on brotherhood a few days ago. I will tell you imo. The game is still just as great as i remember.

[@OfficialRaveBlitz]

My guy, Brotherhood is the Best game in the series in terms of Parkour, Combat and Stealth on top Modern Day and story. What is this guy smoking?

[@B1g_B0sssss]

I only played the ezio collection and if this is really the best this series has to offer in terms of combat and stealth… yikes.

[@samwellcheck562]

Brotherhood does a lot to refine and expand upon AC2, exactly what you want to see in a sequel, and exactly why AC2 is so beloved. Unlike AC2, however, Brotherhood undoes everything it did right by introducing the god forsaken full-synch system, the worst mechanic in the entire series as far as I'm concerned; it poisons EVERY mission in the game, at best making it very difficult to appreciate the game's improvements, at worst actively encouraging you to not take advantage of them and play the mission the least fun way it could possibly be completed. Something else that never gets brought up is the degradation in dialogue from a historical perspective; no one in Brotherhood sounds or acts like they are from 1500s Italy, which is very jarring when a lot of characters are returning from AC2 where they did. I imagine they did this to make characters more relatable to modern people (and also just out of laziness), but it always just threw me out of the experience completely.

[@sirjordancarter]

replayed it, it's absolutely not worse, great game, still better than 2

[@HenriqueHCA14]

The timeskips by the end of the game almost hurt the entire experience. At least i give the benefit of the effort that Ubi had on trying to keep it historically accurate(something i can't say about the new games) and later they released the Da Vinci DLC which fills some gaps. But overall i prefer to play Revelations.

[@Tikky503]

ACB isnt worse than I remember, its as absolutely trash racoon garbage as I remember.

[@aleity]

multiplayer for acb is still alive on pc btw

[@landonvervaecke6300]

Im a pretty average gamer guys and i just 100 percented this game casually so i dont think its as hard as you guys think it is. Its phenomenal.