Assassin's Creed Syndicate (Zero Punctuation)

[@BlazeBluetm35]

Why do they keep posting the same Assassins Creed review?

[@BlazeBluetm35]

+Substance D Never thought this series would be the new CoD.

[@DannOfSteel]

+Blaze Blue I see what you did there

[@samwilliams6820]

+Blaze Blue Took you a while.

[@TheAnthery]

+Blaze Blue After Brotherhood or Revelations? After those, I knew it was over, and the series went to shit.

[@BlazeBluetm35]

TheAnthery i think after Revelations, since the ending to that is one of the greatest moments in gaming for me.

[@Allison-qk1ws]

That was one of the things I liked about AC III. Haytham Kenway was not just a clone of Snidely Whiplash. Until you actually saw him openly say he was a Templar (the ceremony to induct Charles Lee), you probably would guess he was an Assassin. And that was a good part of the game. It introduced both factions as somewhat morally gray and the Templars as somewhat sympathetic. Hell, by the end of the game I was questioning whether or not the Templars were right in this instance. Their goals were to protect the Natives and create an equal society out of the 13 colonies by negotiating a separation from England. Then Connor comes in, stabs them all up, and a war breaks out which results in Connor's village being sold, Natives being forced off their land, and slavery still existing. Sure some of the Templars like Benjamin Church and Charles Lee to a certain extent were awful people, but you had Pitcairn and Kenway to balance it out. And the first Assassin you recruit is a stab-happy French Canadian who goes around killing random British soldiers in response to some of his stuff getting stolen. Not exactly a proportional response. It's like they think people can't handle any moral complexity because ACIII was not well received. It wasn't the plot and writing that messed it up, it was the buggy mechanics, too much emphasis/effort required on the homestead to get the best gear, and shitty underground part that messed up the game.

[@tommerker8063]

for me the reason it failed WAS the story, connor was as bland and uninteresting as it gets (wich is kind of surprising because i like native russian culture a lot). he constantly made terrible decisions and the whole talk about freedom over peace was completely contradicting to the established goals of the assassins. i agree that the twist of haythem was decently executed, but it came way too late into the game, especially if you pay the slightest bit of attention and have a bit of knowledge about USR history. not to mention that the cover art showed connor and we most certainly did not play as connor in the beginning.

[@jakechinn6561]

@@tommerker8063 It says a lot that I resonated more with Haythem then I did Connor. In my eyes one of the main issues was not starting with an established assassin's order. Rather then having purpose, motive or direction in opposing the templars Connor sort of just bummed around doing whatever a random historical figure asked of him. He had very little characterisation for example you're supposed to be mad that his mother and tribe was killed but you barely even see his village until it's already been attacked. I haven't had time to form any attachments to that place, I felt nothing for it. It's been stated a lot that the lack of emphasis in his voice is because he's a Native American. Just because it's true doesn't mean it makes for a good -main- character, you're supposed to be putting yourself in Connors shoes which is hard to do when his capacity to show emotion is hamstringed out the box. A side character is fine you can be far more objective with a character you don't control. Plus the setting was meh for a game based on free running through tight streets. The colonial period was full of short buildings with wide streets and large open forests. Hell they barely even added freerunning through trees so large swathes of the game was just running/riding through the open. Then add in lots of combat set pieces with a combat system that has always been more tedious then it was hard. It was just a bad game that I only managed to struggle through because of my love for the period and it's ties with the Assassin's creed series. Speaking for my love of the period there were loads of missed opportunities, for a period renowned for its irregular warfare the game barely showed any. Never mind weird things like the majority of natives sided with the British during the war as they were more worried about American pioneers then the British Empire who at the time was preventing westward expansion. They could have shown Connor with divided loyalties or any number of new spins on his character. Instead we got an impulsive character shouting about a village we hardly saw and 'Freeeeedom' for colonial Americans not his own people.

[@JonTheJedi]

AC 3 is still my favorite to this day.

[@liampendergast8670]

You know Ubisoft is kind of like Darth Vader is some ways. When he was young he started with promise, did some great things for the masses, and then he turned to the dark side.

[@paradoxacres1063]

Has Ubisoft killed younglings yet?

[@Wilybat]

+Paradox Acres If by younglings you mean gamers' trust, then yes.

[@obune1]

+Paradox Acres You mean the Assassin's Creed Series and some other lesser games

[@marvelousmoostacheman5560]

+Paradox Acres Yes, Rayman Legends release date.

[@rader3200able]

+Paradox Acres yes

[@icarusty6481]

Can we please have an Assassin's Creed game where Desmond relives the memories of an ancestor to figure out where his grandpa put the salad tongs?

[@DoctorNumber10]

I imagine it'd be just as exciting as your average assassin's creed game.

[@lavetissene339]

Assassin's creed: Veganism

[@David-yd7cj]

"Hello Patricia, you're looking jolly hookshotable today." Valentines is coming up, I'm definitely stealing that phrase!

[@jasonfajardo8109]

4:56 I fucking lost it right here.

[@whodatninja439]

+Jason Fajardo Zero Punctuation Episode 2: Attack of the Sideburns

[@CraftKitty007]

eh, there's something about the way he said "stab them in the tits" that really got me.xD

[@marcelrows506]

+Jason Fajardo I made the fatal mistake of watching this in a public place. God that was funny.

[@PrincessHarmonyMoonlight]

+Jason Fajardo it wasnt all that funny

[@jasonfajardo8109]

Princess Rainbow Dash I wouldn't expect YOU people to understand. You Santa fuckers.

[@aquamarinemystique]

_"I'm afraid it's too late for me," intones Ubisoft as it solemnly begins to remove its helmet and horror grips my heart as the sideburns begin to emerge._

[@timebomb4562]

Beware the sideburns

[@r_____________________]

It was the famous Charles Dickens™️ all along

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

I see that you too watched the video...

[@mossalto]

The Unity fuss actually originated as a general grumble of 'oh great, another game with only white male protagonists' with no major fuss, and it was only when the Ubisoft rep basically shat into a microphone and said 'we can't have female characters because animating boobs is hard and that is clearly the most important part of a female character' that it became a real issue.

[@hhhhbkdx55555]

but they made ac liberation !? between ac 3 and black flag which had aveline so

[@themoleman6806]

It's actually accurate once you realize that they design all the parkour stuff by measuring how the mocap actors climb and how fast they do it, then they map out routes and time trials based on that. Obviously you cannot just paste a new body with different hight and climbing speed and expect everything to match up perfectly.

[@blasterjosh]

@@themoleman6806 Except Shadows of Mordor threw in a female character skin that does all the same actions without much ceremony or trouble.

[@themoleman6806]

@@blasterjosh So because a different game with entirely different gameplay did it, therefore every game should be able to do it? Seriously, the "parkour" in Shadow of (whichever you're referring to) is clearly far less grounded in reality than the parkour in the AC series that was made by actually motion capturing a real person. What made you think that was a good comparison?

[@princessaria]

Skyler Tesar except the literal animation director of previous assassins creed games came out and debunked that, saying it would have only taken a couple of hours to animate the female character. They have existing models, they’re not starting from scratch for every AC game and having to do mocap for every action. And frankly, in a game as shitty as Unity, most people wouldn’t have really cared if the female protagonist didn’t move in a ~feminine~ way. There were so many other glaring issues that it would have been hardly noticed. Also they already had the animations because Aveline did exist prior to Unity, and Syndicate’s female protagonist was already being worked on. So it wouldn’t have even been a big deal, they’d just be saving themselves work that would need to be done for the next game which was already deep into development. Aveline existed, but she was in a game that only came out for a dying system that barely anyone bought and it was treated as a throwaway by Ubisoft. I feel like that’s a really disingenuous argument, when it’s obvious that people were talking about an actual main series entry, not a game for a handheld that no one fucking played.

[@vallgron]

I'd love if in the next game they say this was made solely by white middle class straight men

[@NexusUnder]

Dont discriminate against my kind.

[@flansable]

+darragh o halloran That isn't the case though. . . Look up Ubisofts latest developers picture. It's about 50 women to 3 men.

[@angeloluna529]

+darragh o halloran you better watch your privilege

[@cia4U9525]

I think ubisoft is trying to outliberal itself each year.

[@skynat247]

+darragh o halloran Isn't that a bit classist and racist?

[@rebeccatrishel]

So the start of the game is a message saying "We employ women and minorities"? Um .... Good on you, I guess, but I thought that would be a given.

[@rebeccatrishel]

In the U.S., employers aren't legally allowed to discriminate on the basis of race, religion or gender, so it's like starting with a screen that says "WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL LAWS"

[@lukealmond340]

+Rebecca Johnson WE WERE NOT SELLING DOPE IN THE MAKING OF THIS GAME

[@catiseith]

+Luke Almond NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS GAME.

[@ZBWorth]

It happens though, people just get told its for another reason, like "We don't think you'll fit in with the team" or something. Or they just don't tell them. Unless it's proved discrimination, there's not really anything the law can do about it.

[@1colonelsanders]

It is supposed to be a given but people still for get overjoyed at this kind of thing for some reason. It's like if a huge guy is beating the crap out of you for a few minutes. Then when he finally takes a break you cheer and congratulate him instead of thinking "Finally!"

[@hugmonger]

"As the sideburns begin to emerge" is still my favorite line from ZP

[@fletchy40]

Assassins Creed Symilar

[@ZoruaHunter]

+HaveANiceDay I'm so ashamed for doing so much as to smirk at this.

[@jeanicehoffing8935]

+HaveANiceDay Why do you do this?

[@LaptopGamingDude]

"We've jumped 60 years, about 250 miles but we haven't budged a fucking inch" -Zero Punctuation 2015

[@paradoxacres1063]

Please review *HuniePop*, Yahtzee. It's your destiny.

[@dioraimccusker4817]

Just 5 minutes of fapping noises

[@Teamflavwardog]

+IRISH Sharpshooter is it bad that I would be ok with that?

[@florinsecry]

+Paradox Acres You know it be true!

[@dioraimccusker4817]

+Teamflavwardog Dude.... there's a favourites box for that kinda stuff

[@riquelme3764]

+Paradox Acres yesyes

[@scryfish7615]

I always come second, and therefore am more pleasing to women

[@scryfish7615]

Dammit, well coming third is just weird

[@Ilmaricinema]

+jobrien No as fourth is.

[@spamhonx56]

+Ilmaricinema unless it's round two.

[@Dead_Duck_DK]

+jobrien "AND GAY MEN"

[@TheBigHunger70]

+jobrien Train more so you won't be so slow in the competition.

[@toureiro]

"The Batman Bye-Bye" should become an official term.

[@doifhg]

the sideburns joke still makes me laugh years later

[@MartinKincl1993]

IMO one of the best Zero Punctuation episodes so far. Both funny and very accurate. Thanks Yahtzee!

[@dlanightfury]

I’ve been rewatching all of these over the past couple of months, I was doing something else while listening to this one in the background and after hearing “Well here we are again” I instantly knew assassins creed was the subject

[@ZURATAMA1324]

The part about Ubisoft pandering to gender politicians was right on the spot.

[@thestallion8413]

+ZURATAMA1324 Well howdy hi

[@thestallion8413]

spinosauruskin Yo yo, moving on up in the world I see.

[@ebonifragaria]

+ZURATAMA1324 Vivian James Mabel, so precious! I love it

[@ZURATAMA1324]

***** Not familiar with history. How so? Did they grab pitchforks and raided a prison as well?

[@thestallion8413]

ZURATAMA1324 Many women were in the French resistance, since during the occupation France couldn't openly fight back.

[@rasmustagu]

I don't know how you do this.. but nobody competes with the entertainment value and/or production quality with your reviews, especially given the timeframe. At this point I'm not even binging the entire Zero Punctuation series, I'm rewatching said binge. Never stop, bloody brilliant!

[@EddJones25]

I know he's fictional but Sherlock Holmes should have been in it.

[@GalanDun]

Game set in Victorian London and you DON'T get to play as Sherlock Holmes? Boo! Seriously, it would have been awesome to go parkouring all over Victorian London as Holmes and Watson.

[@EddJones25]

I was thinking more as a friend who helps you, like Leonardo in AC 2 :)

[@GalanDun]

Edd Jones Well yeah, but I'd love to play as Holmes in an AC game.

[@GalanDun]

Edd Jones Doyle's been dead for almost a century, and as such, Sherlock Holmes popped into the public domain a while ago.

[@andrewdenneno653]

It's kinda weird hearing yahtzee talk fast again after watching all of judging by the cover in one burst

[@VenomSnakee]

I like how in the combat system of assassin's creed syndicate you can brutality beat women to a pulp. 10/10 not since Commander Shepard could you brutalize women in video games.

[@VenomSnakee]

Key Strix yes but in MK and any other game they didn't make so much fuse about their women like Ubisoft and Bioware did

[@WDSimp]

Let me know when we can get back to the dandy pirate adventures.

[@SqueakyNeb]

"The hookshot is taking out gameplay" YES, THAT"S THE POINT, holding A and up to climb buildings for 30% of the gameplay time isn't that fun if you've played three+ prequels doing that. I fucking loved it.

[@jayzerbeam9733]

Yeah, it made stealth so fast-paced and fun. Still my favourite part of the game, which is in my top 3 AC games

[@rexcorvorum4262]

Also instead of a ship you have a train, which does actually move around the map

[@nielsmichiels1939]

After unity i just gave up on this franchise. Everything i liked about it got cut out.

[@1krani]

+NIELS MICHIELS It took you that long? I gave up after 2 bored me to tears and only stopped in again because everyone kept going on and on about how great Black Flag was. Which they were totally right about.

[@TorresUMADBRO]

+Ikrani Interesting, I guess everyone's preferences are different. I loved 2 at the time, might have aged a bit now but couldn't get enough of the setting of Florence and Venice, the tombs and the historical stuff. Thought Brotherhood was solid, the same as 2 but just a bit worse (although I know plenty of people who feel that Brotherhood was the peak of the series), didn't buy Revelations, bought 3 because of the hype and hardly played any of it - thought it was fucking awful, and then haven't trusted Ubisoft enough to buy any AC games since.

[@1krani]

TorresUMADBRO Believe the hype around Black Flag. It is _that_ good.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

***** Yeah, i agree. black flag is a verry good *pirate* game, but it wasn't an AC

[@LolsTheGreatAndPowerful]

+NIELS MICHIELS Back in III, m8.

[@mkm7251]

The batman bye-bye. Absolutely amazing.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

yeah, next thing you know they are gonna the rights to Metal Gear and IT TURNS OUT THE PATRIOTS ARE TEMPLARS AND BIG BOSS WAS AN ASSASSIN ALL ALONG! Cause that's how lazy it seems to have gotten (also i miss the system where i had my own League of Assassins i could train from Brotherhood and Revelations.). ..........Actually Metal Gear seems to make that premise sound more interesting. Damn, is there no plot that can't be improved by Metal Gear?

[@cili4231]

+ShadowWolfRising COD Ghosts plot.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Colston is da name What's Ghosts' plot? i haven't played COD since 4.

[@telephonontv]

+ShadowWolfRising WAIT! IF BIG BOSS WAS AT THERE, THEN. WHO. IS.........

[@bitcrusher1355]

+ShadowWolfRising *Complicated by Metal Gear.

[@themoleman6806]

+ShadowWolfRising You know it's bad when your series has a less coherent plot than MGS.

[@awesomesauce6601]

I do love all the references to the Prince of Persia games in these, nice to hear someone else reference them

[@F1nicky]

"Someone talked shit about Caitlyn Jenner"... Tip O' the hat-that-I-cant-wear to you, Crosshaw.

[@Darkalfondso]

that was easily the funniest Yatzee ending I've seen him make

[@LordDeathwing17]

I will never stop dry heaving from laughter at the repeated sideburns mentions.

[@SirCraigius]

This is the first Assassins Creed game I've played since the first one. I'm really liking it so far. Love the setting. Love the characters. Even the combat and stealth is pretty well done.

[@Aidansim511]

I thought about getting this up until the point where you revealed the new intro screen equality card thing.

[@OberonTheGoat]

+Aidan Sim soooo annoying when devs pander to the mass media! it's like, gahhh don't they know that equality will RUIN EVERYTHING? Video games are meant for MALES ONLY, just like my anus

[@Aidansim511]

OberonTheGoat I don't care who makes the game. I just don't see the point in putting it before the game. At least the religious and cultural background one had something to do with the nature of the game.

[@OberonTheGoat]

+Aidan Sim ok, all sarcasm aside.. I haven't played Syndicate yet so I can't comment on whether the game's gender politics are touchy enough to really warrant the disclaimer. Although I do recall reading a review that mentioned that one character is a trans guy? But you know how context is everything when it comes to sexism, racism, other bigotry, right? Well, there is a school of thought in all art forms that the creator is himself or herself part of that context, and knowing something about the creator can change what the art means. This is exactly the reason why Wagner's operas (i.e. the "Ring" cycle) are often accused of being pro-fascist. Once you learn that he glorified Nordic mythology because of his personal beliefs of German superiority, it's hard to continue thinking of his works as just being these innocent little Nordic-myth operas. This is why I can see the merit in disclosing something about the creators - they're trying to exert some influence on the context in which their art is received. Plenty others believe art should stand on its own - context be damned! - and while I understand that perspective, I don't agree. Anyway, cheers.

[@bitcrusher1355]

+Aidan Sim Yeah, it's exactly that one sentence that has ruined the franchise.

[@LolsTheGreatAndPowerful]

+OberonTheGoat Lili Elbe was the first known recipient of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, in Germany in 1930. She was the subject of five surgeries: one of penectomy and orchiectomy, one intended to transplant ovaries, two to remove the ovaries after transplant rejection, and vaginoplasty. However, she died three months after her fifth operation. Assassin's creed syndicate is set in 1868. Aside from that, throwing away historical accuracy in a game that has for a long time prided itself on being historically accurate in such a large way, especially if it's just to make sure the Social justice whales don't piss themselves in a rage of salt and blue hair dye, is fucking retarded.

[@Daysed.and.Konfuzed]

This definition of "gimmick" is at least inaccurate, I'm afraid. That would include almost any feature in almost any game. "So you switched from the VW to a Ferrari? Same thing, but better, huh?" *"Gimmick!"*

[@georgesears934]

I never GOT Assassin's Creed. I bought the first one and was absolutely bored to tears halfway though it. The movement was fun but kind of pointless since there was nothing to find but arbitrary "A winner is you" flags that add nothing but padding, the story was interesting enough but nothing that hadn't been done to death before, and the combat was the most tedious repetitive and stale combat I'd ever experienced. EVERY SINGLE FIGHT boiled down to mashing the counter button in a big circle of guys until they were all dead. There was no skill, no challenge, and no satisfaction as I simply mashed one button and watched the same five or six preanimated take downs over and over and over and over again. I didn't get why people were so into it, and after all these years I am at a complete loss for how the series has survived this long.

[@Postal3Fan9000]

Finally someone who had the SAME experience (except my first one was 2)

[@shikniwho7215]

+George Sears because compare to the first game, there are a lot new changed in AC2? even more junk to find, faster way to kill guards, more assassin skills, add in 100% sync challenges. And with each games, there a little bit changed, some are good, some are bad. At least check the gameplay of other games before talk about a long run series by it first game.

[@georgesears934]

Shikni Ful I never said I didn't play the others, I just said I only bought the first. I played 2 and 3 and found myself thinking the same. I admit to not going too deep into either since I only borrowed them for a short time and they didn't hook me quickly enough. I also admit to only playing those 3 (plus the Iphone one but obviously I don't count that) but really I just found that saying the same sentences 3 times in a row just replacing flags with feathers seemed redundant.

[@Blueshirt38]

+George Sears It got better, then much better, then slightly worse, then a lot worse, and worse, and so on. The first one was trash. II, Brotherhood, and Revelations were great, III was pretty alright, IV was good, everything from there was downhill.

[@georgesears934]

***** I get that. Not everything is gonna be for me, that's just how art works. There are some things I'll just never be into because they are not suited to my tastes or don't quite "click". And that's fine, because the market isn't there to please me and exclusively me. I'm just saying I don't get how everyone seems to complain about it online and yet the sales don't reflect those complaints. If you love them though I am glad for you, as you've found something that gives you happiness. Even if it doesn't make me happy I'm glad other people can enjoy them.

[@freespeeches7356]

I will say this review remains entirely hookshotable to this day.

[@aydenmikita]

I know everyone is desperate for a Japanese ninja assassin's creed game, but I'm I the only one who would like to see a ww2 ac game?

[@thaddeushamlet]

Ayden Mikita Yes. Most people (myself included) think that guns are becoming far too prevalent in the series and are slowly turning into third person shooters.

[@discoder]

I think they said they'd never do it because, as a historical era, it's been overdone. Besides, it would just be The Saboteur again.

[@timothymclean]

Remember how Yahtzee's first Assassin's Creed review complimented it for trying something new?

[@thefox1901]

The whole brash male protagonist and reserved, smart female duo is so overdone. I want a story where there's this fiery, violent, badass female protagonist and a stoic, smart, but badass guy always criticizing her. That would be awesome.

[@RogueCowTurd]

+The Fox i would rather both characters to be intellegent but one would prefer a more violent rout than the other. like if we kill this guy then a large protion of his followers will dispand but we would need to be discrete (female character). while the other one might want to infiltrate his camp silently and try to extort him(male)

[@ZeMovinPixxle]

+The Fox Is there actually a good plot with characters like this?

[@890gig]

+The Fox Don't you understand?! Women are perfect angels that should never EVER be criticized! They are far more then human, they are UBERWOMYN! /s

[@dolphin8146]

+The Fox What about two geniuses that are really violent, but in a smart way. Like poisoning the water source. Or making final destination-esque machines that end up with a guy getting his eyeballs shoved in the grinder. That would be cool. Or putting glass shards in his shot glass, so when he downs it, his throat is torn to shreds.

[@lnsflare1]

Mmmaybe Grandia 2, with regards to Millennia and Ryudo? Horizon Zero Dawn probably counts, though that depends on how much Protagonist-status you wish to confer on Sylens (sp?).

[@f1s53r]

3:23 Why do I have a feeling that line would sound better as "Hello Zelda, you look mighty hookshotable this evening".

[@bibniebt]

God I miss Black Flag

[@memebyerin4712]

Genuinely my favourite Zero Punctuation episode in ages

[@WeeklyMusicalShitposts]

4:36 shit starts getting real. Oh Yahtzee, you always have the gonads to say the stuff we all are thinking. Props to you.

[@tiny099]

I remember reading somewhere that all those collectibles that inhabit Ubisoft games is because some exec said the first AC was boring or empty while it was in development so the game director at the time who hated the idea of collectibles added flags to it with no in game maps hoping it turns out awful. It turns out he was both right and wrong at the same time.

[@ChickenPika]

They should just put "please don't be offended" at the beginning of each AC game now. You cannot stop the tumblr from screeching about something. You might as well not even pretend to give a shit.

[@nathanclark2424]

ChickenPika No, I think it's moreso it's getting more offensive they keep making this tripe.

[@kingonmax]

Oi stop having a life and make more ytps

[@Crazy_Cakes]

wow only just noticed they started uploading vids in 1080p good job Escapist

[@Gwoendolei]

I foresee the next AC using trigger warnings.

[@ColonelMcboot]

The last line of this review is amazing

[@suspectsn0thing]

Look, I'm all for female enemies in games, but they have to actually make fucking sense in their context.

[@rikterterran3833]

Late response, I know. Even with the whole "ostensibly detailing the genetically mined urban parkour habits of superheroes", AC has always tried to be historically accurate. In this regard, the series isn't absolutely perfect, but having female guards in Victorian London sure stands out a lot.

[@rikterterran3833]

As I said, the series wasn't perfect when it came to historical accuracy, but it was more of them trying to build games around the eras. Most entries of the franchise tended to be as believable as possible when it came to portraying the various time periods they presented and mostly stretched things when either the gameplay or story needed it. As for the guards, it doesn't personally bother me, but I understand how people would find it strange given the values of the Victorian Era. I think most would agree that it doesn't stretch history too much given that they are usually reserved for those enemy types you mentioned. But again, it still very much does stand out considering how the time period worked, inequalities and all. Also, is it really hard to imagine anyone besides sexists to take issue with these kinds of things? Is that really beyond human capacity?

[@rikterterran3833]

But you have to realize that even with the scenario you mentioned, it isn't beyond reality for people beyond sexists to still take issue with such things. I don't really get this narrowed view of people who complain about things. One reason I could think of is, aside from the altered disclaimer at the beginning, this whole thing could have been just Ubisoft trying their hardest to avoid another controversy instead of being purely an artistic choice. I do know for a fact that there are people out there who just simply hate corporate decisions like these. Call them dumb criticisms or nitpicking, but it isn't always sexism. I keep saying this, the series isn't perfect in regards to history, but it does try its hardest to be as accurate as possible. I know a lot of the historical figures like da Vinci throughout to series are portrayed differently from history, but it was already established from the beginning that many of them are a part of the primary narrative's ancient conspiracy plot. While we were always led to believe that the general societies/populations outside the Assassin and Templar conflict remain the same as they were in the history books, which makes female combatants fighting out in the open stand out. While the series had its share of female members on both sides, its definitely the first we've seen them as nameless, common generic enemies. You'd think people seeing women openly fighting in uniform, breeches and all, would've impacted Victorian society and values in some way. And alright, I simply use the term 'guards' as a blanket term for most human enemies in games, especially ones with stealth mechanics. Also I don't think I addressed all your points yet, but I haven't ate breakfast yet while typing down this comment so I'll leave it at this for now.

[@cronotekk9193]

Knowing that Yahtzee will eventually review undertale it fills you with determination.

[@electromika]

...and gay men?

[@jasonfajardo8109]

+Sulthan14 *nods* ... and gay men.

[@kana22693]

If there's not at least one trans-racial furry otherkin then I'm not buying it, these bloody video games always oppress minorities.

[@quentinmyself]

+Edward Armstrong Please don't use "bloody" in a pejorative sense. Me being a vampire-kin, I find it very triggering and oppressive.

[@rinusluijk3514]

+PoptartInvasion I find this very offensive. Apologize immediately.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

+Sulthan14 I said that too, Add some _'s to give it some weight though. Like so: _...and gay men_

[@Flynn94]

Assassin’s Creed: Graph and the Line Graph’s With You

[@EstaliorSensei]

I saw Anita's review and I kinda agree with her. Women in this game are well made, and the sounds they make for battle are not pornlike. Its just boring same old Assassin's creed.

[@SuperLordGaming]

+EstaliorSensei Agreeing...with...Anita...? *ERROR ERROR ERROR*

[@Angelus.DGeist]

+UnknownAnon DOES NOT COMPUTE, WORLD ENDING AS WE KNOW IT. OH THE ARTIFICIAL HUMANITY.

[@anonymous_5016]

How many times has the opposite happened in video games?

[@words3147]

+EstaliorSensei I take issue with the fact that theres so many female enemies. Its not really accurate for the time. Even if the game took place today the female enemies wouldn't be as common as male ones.

[@SuperLordGaming]

AcidDragonPuncher *TELL...MY...CPU...I...LOVE...HER*

[@feartheolivebread]

He's not kidding about the writting, the whole thing feels like Assassin's Creed : Sytcom.

[@john46525]

I actually thought Syndicate was pretty good, definitely my favorite since 4

[@zredfernhall]

You know, if you look at it closely enough, even the AC logo looks like a massive stylized pair of sideburns.

[@retcon1991]

Interesting comment about the gender stereotypes. It would have been much more interesting if they'd been reversed.

[@LtCmderPasternak]

+bassben04 Actually, BassBen-san? I highly believe that would have made no difference whatsoever. Given the current, deplorable state of modern gaming and the cancerous Social Justice Warriors and Feminazis, if Jacob were the quiet, stealthy one and Evie were the brawler, punch-first-ask-no-questions one, SJWs and Feminazis would bitch and whine and complain either way. It's a lose-lose dilemma, my friend. :P

[@LtCmderPasternak]

+Digital Mint Well, fair enough. But you should probably keep in mind: that "parody" is probably an accurate description of the Feminazis and SJW view. And that's already scary, my friend. :P

[@stars111535]

+bassben04 Yup, pretty funny how Ubisoft is trying to show how "progressive" they are and shit but they can't even escape basic stereotypes.

[@LtCmderPasternak]

LOL Damn. Gee, you guys and girls, (Rolls Eyes) My point in the first place is this: Jacob is a brawler and Evie is the stealthy one, people bitch and complain. So, I think this may be fairly accurate: if the roles were reversed, if Jacob were the stealthy one and Evie were the brawler, then people would no doubt bitch and complain. It's simple as that: one way or another, the internet bitches and complains and whines. It's a lose-lose situation. :P

[@bibniebt]

A brash, stubborn, hard-drinking low-intellect but charismatic female lead? That sounds fucking amazing

[@rocksownstone9491]

I know these take time, and to put one out daily would numb us to them and take the magic away, but I would love to see like 2 a week. Essentially, MOAR!

[@logmouth]

I'm calling that the next review will be BO3

[@WiiSage]

+logmouth well the next one is halo 5, already out on the website

[@HORRIOR1]

+WiiSage  Personally I hope the review after that will be for Fallout 4. Someone needs to point out that the current season is fall, not Fallout.

[@eewweeppkk]

+maxbarrass1 The current season is an arbitrary length of time created by farmers to know when to plant/harvest crops. Fuck off with your bullshit language-difference instigating. It's petty.

[@RickJaeger]

+maxbarrass1 Because he's got a chip on his shoulder, and he'll be damned if he's going to let a little thing like "it was obviously a joke" from airing his very serious grievances about those goddamn farmers, who do they think they are.

[@rasundesilva6088]

Spunkgargleweewee

[@Blancinnoir]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that lovingly remembers prince of persia: sands of time

[@chrismorris6865]

Great review, but I still think Syndicate is better than Unity, and Ubisoft actually seems to be getting their shit together.

[@TristamWolf]

Hey, Yahtzee! As always, I really enjoyed your bit here, but I did want to point out one thing for you: Victorian London had gangs that were predominantly or completely female. In London, the 'Forty Elephants' gang was all female, focusing mostly on shoplifting. They were allied with the Elephant and Castle gang which acted as the muscle of the group. Now, I'm not going to say that Ubisoft didn't add them in because people whined about it, but at least they made sure to have some historical cover for it.

[@D0NTST4RT]

The series ended when Patrice Desilets bailed from Ubisoft right before Brotherhood came out.

[@SPM0717]

4:12 Head over to Worth A Buy's review on Assassin's Creed Origins and a ton of people are having a tantrum over the opening screen, seemingly blind to the fact that it's nothing new to the series (albeit an extended sentence). Too bad they won't see Yahtzee's completely civil explanation of it.

[@rydeentertainment]

Thank you! After da Vinci, I felt like the historical characters were really just cameos instead of actual characters that the assassin interacted with. I know Connor and George Washington had a lot of talks but Connor was such a bitch that I couldn't care less

[@lkvt123]

Walk around and listen to the small conversations within this game in all the districts, there's hundreds of them, same with the musicians. It's not lazy at all, that part as least.

[@RobinGething]

judging from what you just said there...... welcome to #gamergate

[@RobinGething]

sorry your preference in journalism is nepotism and placating the perpetually offended.

[@RobinGething]

Well, due to many on the press left of the spectrum labelling it a right wing hate campaign, guess who thought they had bedfellows? GG is split by ethical concerns and people wanting to use us to further their culture war. who would of thought the left and right would exploit a situation for their own purposes? Ill be honest. Most of the people pushing this had NO interest in games before it got its "cool". but they did have money and friends in the press. I say fuck the pair of them.

[@RobinGething]

guess who has been in this consumer revolt from the get go?

[@franklyno8952]

+TheDoubleAgent You don't need to be right-wing in order to oppose left-wing extremists. Most in gamergate are on the left, polls have demonstrated this.

[@RobinGething]

TheDoubleAgent please, tell me what i know. perhaps you might want to look into call out culture. His letter wasnt meant for gamers but others in social justice circles. it happened to take gamers interest due to confirming lots of our suspicions that indie was just as bad as AAA. Zoe's conduct towards the wizards has nothing to do with her ex. TFYC is NOTHING to do with her ex.

[@2013branth]

0:49 "Absurdly large sideburns" Can't un-see that the Assassin's Symbol looks like it has sideburns.

[@Megafreakx3]

Why on earth that the Assassins in the recent games feel extremely weak? What happened to trained Assassins who had mastered the art of kill, I wonder when they're going to announce the next assassin's creed...so darn tired of these games... The series no longer have the "Assassin" feel to it anymore. frown emoticon

[@luigiforsthoffer]

+MegAnimefreakx3, what happened to it? Spectacle fighters that's what happened. With Assassin's Creed III I felt like I supposed to be a really strong character who could fight the enemies face to face. Maybe it was Assassin's Creed Brotherhood that started that. But following that every Assassin's creed games felt they've been fighting a losing fight to maintain its original identity while keeping the spectacle fights. More like Batmans Arkham series, and less like the original Assassin's Creed.

[@nfzeta128]

+Sol Brightly Its like the MGS roller coaster all over again.

[@Ghost-ql3hl]

i love the assassins creed series but this review is fusing spot on ......and bloody funny

[@DannOfSteel]

Facial hair? The internet is gonna love this one! I can't wait for Assassin's Creed: Millenials (projected for 2030) when you get to play as a skinny jean wearing, man-bunned killer who also really likes Fleet Foxes.

[@ZenoJohnsonGamesOn]

kek

[@fieldofsenses]

+Substance D LEL

[@KatherineFtw]

Is that the game where we get to kill Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings?

[@casacara]

the last sideburns joke had me in fucking stitches

[@JazzyGaming]

based on your review i get the feeling you played for 10 minutes and then read some stuff online about the ending and then spewed random generic 'i hate this game series' nonsense for 5 mins. I dont feel like you actually played this game. Very few people I know who have played and know the series quite enjoy it and think its IMMENSELY better than Unity was. I've rather enjoyed the new mechanics and features that have been brought to the game this time. the world is beautiful and there is a lot of space to explore and adventure in. All in all, imo, if youre just going to go through the motions with a review of a game in a series, you might be better off just not doing the review at all.....

[@RobsterMiner]

This is the development cycle of Assassin Creed: 1. Pick a random time period for game to take place in. 2. Copy and paste previous game. 3. Redo some texture work here and there so no one notices 4. Add random new gimic *cough* i mean feature so it looks like we're "innovating" 5. Paste random word after Assassin Creed 6.Make all the monies

[@ImCaveJohnson]

Assasins creed: another one. LMFAO Who cares about AC anymore? that series was over once desmonds story line ended with a horribly written THUD. Thumbs up if you agree.

[@mynightfall1768]

Where's the dislike button then? I actually do still care about the AC franchise. It has been and always will be my favourite franchise(or at least until someone brings out something i love even more). If you don't like it, bloody fine. Just don't assume things

[@ImCaveJohnson]

MyNightfall17 Im not assuming. AC started off strong and is getting weaker with every game, you know that. Everyone knows it. Its perfectly ok to like AC. But as an AC fan you deserve better. In my opinion AC 2 is the best example of what captivated people in the series. But now the AC story line is dead weight. Its fat that needs to be cut off. I would praise the hell out of ubisoft if they just took the Game engine and made a different franchise with it that made for a more captivating story.

[@mynightfall1768]

Cave Johnson No. You're assuming that no one cares about it anymore. If you didn't, you wouldn't have asked

[@ImCaveJohnson]

MyNightfall17 I didn't assume anything. People intrests in AC is dying. The UK had the weakest launch for syndicate. It popular because its made to be popular. The series inst going anywhere. Its plateaued

[@MediHusky]

2:31 a prime example of why one should never eat cereal while watching yahtzee videos.

[@TheFull15]

Jethro the Time Horse is my spirit animal XD

[@stalk8r]

I remember Assassins Creed 1 and 2 were absolutely groundbreaking experiences for my young self and taught me that videogames not only can be creative enough to be called art, but highly intelligent as well. There are no words that would let me describe how much I despise Ubisoft and this franchise today.

[@tealefti]

What is the classical song at the end when they are advertising their t-shirts?

[@Captainflowers1011]

Why would any player want to save Charles Dickens again? Any redeeming qualities of "A Tale of Two Cities" is instantly negated by "Great Expectations". A game about projecting back into an ancestors memories and this is still the most unbelievable part.

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

Beware of the sideburns! Sounds like a good idea to base a story around and make a novel about.

[@0Darkaos]

Now we can add absurd sideburns to the list of things Yatzee fears and despise... I can't even think how would he react if stalked by a guy in a pooh costume stylized to look like clint eastwood or something in those lines.

[@ObiJuanKenobi3]

I would pay money to see a feature length zero punctuation film. I think it would play out very much like Ashens' (great KZbinr, if you like zero punctuation than you'll like him, he's like Yahtzee but with toys and physical products) movie, Ashens and The Quest for The Gamechild

[@lReb]

Ubisoft need to hire this guy to make their scripts!

[@LairOfDarkchinchilla]

Wait, wasn't the whole idea of running away from your enemies to find a gang of allies to fight them for you pretty much already available in Brotherhood? Because that's one part I distinctly remember, what with the mercenaries, thieves and vigilante groups you could find.

[@elliottreed5283]

Oh my god that ending though. Comparing Ubisoft to Vader was genus lol.

[@backarro]

*He actually liked Sands of time and not the better game Warrior within. What an absolute madman !*

[@zachwester3754]

When he was talking about how the new gimmicks made some mechanics useless I thought of how new technology makes things obsolete today.

[@busorenkin8]

The people who made Prince of Persia Sands of Time left to form Red Barrel and make Outlast

[@stevenatorbensonica4653]

2:00 where did you find that pony?

[@Soulless261]

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[@Ishpeck]

"Hello, Patritia! You're looking jolly hook-shottable!"

[@xDartuzax]

Sideburns will be the newest novelty gameplay mechanic.

[@eldadmaster]

Hmm, that Vader cameo reminded me of something. Did anybody find it strange that the star wars film had a thank you to Ubisoft for helping with the effects, while they given EA the exclusivity to make Star wars games?

[@TheRealCharlieSuper]

Ffs, the ending always gets me xD

[@AdurianJ]

The ending is more relevant this year then back then

[@enkiimuto1041]

I still don't know how Ubisoft didn't think to use Elise as a playable character. They could have made her one and then say you get memories of both because of their children. Would be a better way to explore a big city.