Evolution of Parkour in Assassin's Creed Games 2007-Now (4K 60FPS)

Watch the evolution of graphics and parkour gameplay in Assassin's Creed games from 2007 to 2023.
00:10 Assassin's Creed (2007)
01:11 Assassin's Creed II (2009)
02:00 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010)
03:00 Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011)
03:56 Assassin's Creed III (2012)
05:09 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013)
06:10 Assassin's Creed Rogue (2014)
07:07 Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014)
08:32 Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2015)
09:34 Assassin's Creed Origins (2017)
10:42 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018)
12:03 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020)
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[@ACV]

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[@arkguy5103]

You know you're amazing when you managed to parkour on odyssey

[@CrisR07.]

Why is that game bad?

[@bigabi2774]

@@CrisR07. No parkour, no assassin, no creed, etc.

[@CrisR07.]

@@bigabi2774 in short it's ass 😂

[@uncolored2060]

@@bigabi2774 no parkour, no assassin... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3jWgmWEoqlkers

[@rayaanahmed5180]

​@@bigabi2774well it's the story of Aya's grandmother or grandfather of course there are no assassin's but the worst thing about it is no pants

[@arkguy5103]

Finally a parkour evolution video where the player actually knows how to parkour and shows the new features on each games instead of just running and climb walls in literally the same way in every game then call it "parkour evolution"

[@ACV]

Thank you for acknowledging my efforts and for your kind comment.

[@LGhostRunner7]

If the game does not develop in any way, and in each part of it, the same without changes, then it is a bad and boring game. "Ubisoft" are good in this regard, separate various parkour animations for each part of the game are unique and many people like them.

[@christopherarauz3880]

I’ll never forget how insanely different AC3 felt it when it was released. I absolutely loved the parkour in the game.

[@Falconwing66]

3’s animations were on another level.

[@TeaGamingPanda]

Imagine a mix of AC1, 3, and Unity? Be a near perfect combo. Great feel, good animations, good realism, good freedom, learning curve, amazing control, and phenomenal fluidity! Especially momentum! AC1 parkour still has me blown away! Also Unity. A man can dream…a man can dream

[@ACV]

That would be cool!

[@chicagotimesskateboarding_2149]

That is my brain too bro😂. 3 was my first game of the series

[@hrthrhs]

Such an AC would be awesome. Won't happen because too many people like dumb RPG mechanics so that sells more.

[@KillBilly13]

Unity is wild

[@sarge4285]

​@@hrthrhsI fucking hate the rpg style

[@paarthurnaxthewise8469]

The amount of freedom and control you had on the OG ones is unmatched, also the playgrounds ,perfection

[@andysamaa]

i didnt even know you can jump to hays with assassinating animation

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

What a well made showcase, bravo! AC3 doesn't get nearly enough praise for its tree-parkour. Nor Revelations for it's implementation of the hook blade in traversal.

[@ACV]

Thank you so much :)

[@I-need-2-win]

Agreed and the parachute as well.

[@TheSnatchbuckler]

I know AC3 gets a lot of hate, but it has some of the best parkour (especially with the addition of being able to climb trees) and the best cqc in the series

[@sdp640]

Unity's parkour is light years ahead

[@TheSnatchbuckler]

@@sdp640 kind of unfair to make a direct comparison, as they're 2 games and a console generation seperating the two, but I definitely wouldn't say light years. It's not even enough of an advancement that shows the generation's separation. And even the "unlikable" Connor is a better protagonist than the whiny Arno.

[@tommywright2487]

@@sdp640 light years ahead? is that why Arno takes light years to listen to my gah dayum inputs?

[@sdp640]

@@TheSnatchbuckler Both are trash protagonist i agree..but Unity's parkour is still much more dynamic than one click parkour in AC3

[@sdp640]

@@tommywright2487 Skill issue i see

[@ACV]

Hey everyone, it's been a while, but we're back with a new video! We'll be bringing you regular updates on Assassin's Creed Mirage, and we've got some awesome things planned for the old games too. Thanks for watching!

[@awatifhuman4798]

That back flip in brotherhood was insane I AINT NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE

[@mochiball6199]

1:46 wtf this is the first im seeing of this

[@edwardmorales2005]

I would like to know how he did that

[@afriendlyperson6893]

Spring boards You just free run onto them and you jump off.

[@nestormelendez9005]

​@@edwardmorales2005it's Parr of tbe dlc

[@soydarkxz8507]

1:59 that shit was smooth lol

[@user-rx1gc1vi8v]

That’s what I love about this game and man those graphics are amazing wish I had em on my ps4

[@lurkingdemon7749]

literally the best parkour comparision in AC franchise

[@ACV]

Thanks for the nice comment mate, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@lurkingdemon7749]

@@ACV your wlcm brother

[@kimmern999]

Now we're just waiting for the figuratively best parkour comparison.

[@PetchReviews]

Need more Evolution videos like this from you, also love how you use the default looks for each character

[@ACV]

Thanks! More awesome videos coming soon :)

[@jihwanpark559]

Your playing makes each version of parkour look better than what it really is😂 Even odyssey's parkour looks good when looking through your playing.

[@ACV]

Thanks for watching. Finding the perfect parkour route in RPG games can be much more challenging compared to older titles. The complexity and low density of RPG games often make it harder to identify a flawless path for parkour. In contrast, older titles with more linear designs allowed for more straightforward and fluent parkour sequences.

[@01d_dave]

I started laughing after syndicate😂

[@user-rx1gc1vi8v]

Why I don’t see anything wrong with it but at the same time I never played it

[@isabkyes6507]

@@user-rx1gc1vi8vsyndicate parkour is severly bad

[@Ludopoetic]

An evolution until Unity/Syndicate. After that... it's kind of a regression. Unity still have the best Parkour of the series. Thanks for the video, good job !

[@b4bnik]

nope, unity is a messy over animated system, ac1 to revelations is much better

[@jerniganantonym2684]

​@@b4bnikme when im blinded by nostalgia

[@TJM_0]

@@jerniganantonym2684 your such a unity degenerate lolzzz

[@TJM_0]

@@b4bnik Agreed all the way bro, I like having more freedom in parkour than being magnetized to every place that i dont want to go because it wants to do its silly animations.

[@epikpanstan69]

@@jerniganantonym2684 or he just likes the parkour more

[@PaulsCreed]

among all other AC parkour comparison videos on youtube, you are the only one who tried to show all the available parkour feature in every assassin's creed game. well done my friend.

[@riskyworks]

Yeah, and he actually showed some of the actual parkour in Odyssey, not all of it mind you, but at least some. Like it doesn't feel super biased

[@PaulsCreed]

@@riskyworks idc about neither odyssey nor valhala..these are piece of shits imo..every other AC game is a masterpiece 💙

[@riskyworks]

@@PaulsCreed I personally enjoy them a ton, though I can see why some might not. But they are some of my personal favorites. Anyways, I hope you have a nice day.

[@PaulsCreed]

​@@riskyworks so sorry If I hurt ur feelings. Dont mind bt I have been playing AC since 2009 and the series became popular because of the mind blowing story and gameplay and when I played AC Origins I got neither of them. The protagonist of odyssey and valhala is not even an assassin instead a demi god and a viking so I didnt even try them. whatever, have a good day mr.

[@JulioCesar-ux4tk]

2:00 damn this was cool

[@jamesstoops4018]

From the first game the parkour has improved with every single title, until origins. Origins basically went back to the level of the first game just with better animation and it hasn't improved since. It's pretty much become an RPG in my opinion.

[@t.wcharles2171]

If anything the parkour was actually worse in Origins than in 1.

[@infinitespinergy1220]

AC 1 has one of the best (if not the best) parkour in the series. You had complete control, realistic climbing speed and complex vaulting mechanic. Comparing Origins' parkour to it is like a bad joke.

[@Ginkami]

I'd argue it started souring with syndicate, if not the inconsistencies of unity Unity would be great if it was consistent and not so buggy (and if they gave back the manual jump) but with syndicate every ounce of inconsistency and bugginess from unity quintoupled, and they seemingly gave up and gave you a grappling hook that doubles as a zipline

[@SpeedDemon55]

Brotherhood was a downgrade from two. All it added was the lifts and horse flip thing. Rome wasn’t as well designed for parkour as Venice and Florence where. Revelations was definitely a step up with the hook blade. Ac3 had smoother animations and tree running but less player control. Ac4 had better world design and faster animations. AcRogue had no improvements. Ac Unity was the biggest step up with a dedicated free run down and more animations while still having player control. It had a learning curve to it and it’s very easy to differentiate a master from a noob. Syndicate downgraded the parkour adding a grapple hook and taking away the ability to jump off anywhere you wanted. Also the world wasn’t very well designed for parkour.

[@MohnJarstonWasThere1907]

1 has the excuse of being made in…. 2007!!!!!!

[@andysamaa]

but honestlly im impressed you can pull off every cool moves from every games. much appreciated

[@ACV]

I'm glad you noticed that, the clips I recorded for this video took a lot of effort and time.

[@andysamaa]

@@ACV yeah i have 1 short about unity just to show cool moves i get what you say lmao

[@SAHILKHAN-mp6kc]

you are soo skilled at parkour mate

[@8comentarios8]

So good to see a professional working

[@jpro1969]

I really liked your Rogue run.

[@stolarzwwolnychchwilachlwd8323]

Great job 👏

[@ACV]

Thanks :)

[@Subtleknight]

Damn i remember the first 4 like it was just yesterday 😢

[@vgames5512]

I think Brotherhood, Revelations and Unity had the best parkour in the series. I don’t understand the hate that Unity received for parkour, well, it’s very beautiful, comfortable and fun...

[@epikpanstan69]

mainly cuz in unity you dont have as much control as you do in the other games its not bad its just preference

[@noelmathew6567]

Ngl brotherhood's parkour was way ahead of its time

[@user-wd6dd4jv3t]

Who likes Unity parkour 👇

[@LowKeyDead.]

Parkour is downgraded after Unity, only exception is everything is climbable in newer titles

[@fred15500]

bro nice

[@DetaiIist]

Hey, what reshade did you use for AC Unity, if it’s not reshade did you use nvidia filters etc?

[@Darthkiller3118]

I've played the Ezio trilogy multiple times, but it seems like I played Revelations the most. While AC 2 and Brotherhood, I kept on expecting for the hookblade to come out when Ezio climbed. XD

[@skyttly8331]

To be honest,Origins parkour had so much potential,there was just a lack of possibilities because there weren't that much parkour elements,i'm really hoping we can finally feel fast and smooth in Mirage,because it looks promissing,for now

[@mindrover777]

Indeed they did improve Parkour big time but nothing much in the game to Parkour

[@isabkyes6507]

Mirage parkour is great Its basiclly valhallas parkour But with better back eject faster and great vaulting i really enjoyed it

[@JJy645]

It was so cool seeing ezio s progression when it came to his climbing capabilities

[@whyyoucum3660]

I don't even know you could backflip leap of fate in AC Origin.

[@comradegab3344]

I have been playing AC 1 recently, and it has some of the best parkour controls in the series (I feel it is second to AC3/Black Flag). I used to hate it, but I now love it.

[@epikpanstan69]

at least someone has that opinion too lol i love how theres actual challenge to the parkour instead of just you holding a button

[@DamianHowardTV]

@ACV Was the version of Assassin’s Creed III shown here, the Remastered version or the original from 2013?

[@KaosKrusher]

now you have to include Mirage ^ç^ cool vid ;) edit: Unity has the best parkour imho

[@arara7713]

Amazing video, but what is the best parkour of the series in YOUR opnion? I'd love to know the answer from such a parkour master. Imo Ac 2/brotherhood seems to feel the best even tho Unity has some really cool animations

[@ACV]

Assassin’s Creed Unity’s parkour is great to watch, has cool animations. However, it can still feel clunky at times, and occasionally, it fails to register player inputs. Assassin’s Creed III to Assassin’s Creed Rogue offered a tons of cool vaulting animations and introduced amazing tree parkour, along with retaining all the basic parkour moves from previous games. Assassin’s Creed II to Assassin’s Creed Revelations stand out to me as the most enjoyable, mainly due to their perfect level design. These games provided players with a remarkable sense of freedom and control.

[@learrickbrown271]

yal ever seen a game you ahvent seen in awhile nd start cheesing, bro when this vid first started mann

[@zankodo7542]

You made AC 1 look like it's the best in the series 😮

[@krelcic]

Parkour only went more downstairs with each and every new game (apart from AC1) in the franchise in sense that no human could ever accomplish such movements that all them characters are performing (apart from Altair) IMHO. Altairs movements in first game are the most down to earth, believable and pleasant to observe unlike them others- jerky and too far away from real possibilities of a human being.

[@godzillazfriction]

meanwhile there are humans who can wall run and chain it together in between... nice one buddy 👺👍

[@kulbirbhullar1754]

some people can perform the movements of the protagonists in later games, do your research next time.

[@thecoolnewsguy]

It's a game chill out

[@silverstrike5904]

I had fun playing assassin creed brotherhood Childhood memories

[@rokudodamaza]

Hey, how do you do those wallrun side-ejects in Unity?

[@BatMane95]

How I manage to do them is by spamming Parkour Up while holding the analog stick the direction I want to go (A or D on PC if you play it there). It's not very consistent considering that it's Unity, but it works.

[@kbbomi59]

parkour on valhalla seems average to me but the storyline was amazing i enjoyed every chapter,mystery,problem solving all quite challenging (solve problem w/out watching ytube)🤩🤩

[@johnkingston1337]

Haven’t played an assassin creed since syndicate and after seeing Origins’, Odyssey’s and Valhalla’s ‘parkour’ I don’t think I ever will.

[@johnphybaiju4082]

As a student of BA History, I love this series 😂

[@idopestarrify]

Unity was the best.

[@Dian_Borisov_SW]

Is*

[@SwordQuake2]

worst*

[@zeroo7273]

Worst!!!

[@pfam128]

Ac1 ❤

[@lordnix6255]

@@zeroo7273 ratio

[@sentinel905]

Unity is still the golden best of parkour in the series

[@b4bnik]

nope, over animated mess, ac1 to revelations was far better lol

[@AlsarrafM7]

Revelation and Unity were the best

[@priededmeteor]

With these new AC games and lack of creative parkour, i feel like i took the old games for granted.

[@carterjesso805]

I actually didn’t know ezio would do a flip when free running

[@XaziPlayz]

What are your pc specs?

[@LuXoR1590]

Its this games on ultra settings or ?

[@Bishop_CSB]

Unit was the best, I always liked AC 3’s too!

[@GReyn]

Every iteration since the first AC brings something new to the table.. AC II brings in the light swing, Brotherhood brings in the elevator, Revelations brings in the hook and rope slide, aC III brings in terrain such as trees & cliff, AC IV improved on the terrain movement and brings in the building escape movement, AC Rogue gives flagpole swing & elevator parkour changes by making it a two way system now, Ac Unity brings in possible building traverse and improved a lot of the parkour, AC Syndicate with the Grappling Hook & a few fixes that makes Unity buggy.. Heck even Origins bring something new with the back flip into the haystacks / leaves.. And then there's Odyssey & Valhalla, even their world doesn't support parkour that much.. the movement is as slow or slower than Origins as well..

[@tommywright2487]

aye bro you mean hook right? right?👁️👃🏻👁️

[@GReyn]

@@tommywright2487 yeah mb lol

[@JFVideos960]

Actually AC4 kinda downgraded on the terrain compared to 3, since you couldn’t climb natural rocks and the tree parkour was clunky compared to 3

[@GReyn]

@@JFVideos960 true.. but, then again, they still added some new stuff that got implemented on later games as well.. 4 was the time where we can sprint in buildings.. That got further improved on unity & syndicate.. Tho yeah, AC 3 terrain climbing was great.. such a shame the setting for the city after black flag is a rural townscape.. no terrain climbing.. It is back in origins again, but damn it became much worse..

[@takoshihitsamaru4675]

Actually, AC3 was the first game in the series to feature building interior sequences of traversal. I believe ACIV, Unity and Syndicate had versions of it too :)

[@SNIPE98]

i parkour in real life and i say unity has best parkour system even when arno can jump distances that no normal freerunner would not jump but its still nice to see variations in animations in unity

[@insane7718]

For assassins creed mirage you should use portal 2 speedrun gameplay

[@mgiebus1869]

D-evolution when u throw Valhalla on there

[@GenuineGameplaysOfficial]

Nothing beats Unity's fluidity and realism in terms of movements & body reactions to inputs, looked so much natural than the scripted crap we got lately 😬. I was truly hoping mirage would just copy paste that system since they said "Basim is the fastest assassin" but I guess not 😂

[@b4bnik]

you know unity is very scripted right? it’s all animation based, not momentum, so it actually has way less player input and control than ac1 to revelations parkour

[@KillBilly13]

Unity hands down!!! The older ones and Valhalla are pretty good as well. The thing with Valhalla and the newer roleplay oriented ones (minus Mirage) is that their themes don't really fit with the level of parkour we are used to in the previous assassins creed games and so their environments are limited in order to be somewhat historically accurate. Also previous ideas like the grappling hook in Revelations were a good way to spice up the gameplay and make it more interesting in theory but in practice only deprived us from more organic and realistic climbing motions and sequences (even though the point isn't to be realistic).

[@susanna8612]

Syndicate also had grappling hook. It was actually good because buildings were so tall and distances longer so it saved your time to move around.

[@navecamnedia]

origins onwards: it’s evolving, just backwards

[@thebatman9163]

It's as if modern game developers does not want to give players full control over their characters movements on purpose. That's why AC 1 is the best because the physics were very realistic mechanics made every jump,climb, a thoughtful process. Just play spiderman 2 on ps2 compared to every game after and you know what I mean. Devs take away control of the character for the players. It's there conscious and deliberate decision to do. I don't know why but I know for sure that's what they do. Perhaps they don't want the players to fall in love with a particular game mechanics and play religiously or longer than they want us to. Otherwise why wouldn't they just improve and refine AC1 parkour which had amazing control mechanics or the most real swing mechanics in spiderman 2 ps2 and just downgrade their best efforts?? Think about it. This is all my honest analysis and personal experience/opinion.

[@andysamaa]

been gaming since kid, i know what u mean, ive played since ac1 and spiderman 2, mechanic wise its perfect spiderman simulator, the web wont ever let go as long as you hold r2 and swings with honest physics, which is FUN. nowadays i think they go more towards aesthetics or feels i guess? like more flowy flashy fun, not the mechanical experience fun. i'd prefer the latter pesonally

[@iaintchewlawa645]

Im wondering, how you got the original ac3

[@thecoolnewsguy]

Not gonna lie, something is different in AC 3 with Connor. It just feels smooth to me for some reason and idk why

[@ThePROProductions]

I feel like Ac 1 and 3 had the smoothest parkour change my mind

[@x_l5603]

How is it possible to never have seen this 😮6:10

[@pakilla4578]

After AC3: "It's evolving, just backwards"

[@ReikiMaulana]

The early AC games already had a solid parkour mechanics, if only they could polish Unity's parkour mechanics it would definitely be top tier

[@rehh2415]

The most impressive thing is you owning literally every AC game

[@romengoggins4718]

How is that impressive in any way? Most of these games are fairly cheap and not exactly old either

[@noelaubin4633]

Unity et malheureusement sous côté pour moi un très bon jeu

[@Soloisbac]

The old AC games when they jumped felt like gravity was working properly whereas in the RPG they jump up high for a second and then like a loony tunes cartoon come right down.

[@KaveeshaFathima-jx5df]

Assassins cread rouge,3 and unity is my best game forever

[@samayoubi3408]

All the best and feel all are the best and cant pick bestiest since parkours to awesome and paying the most ac origins omso acorigins parkour

[@thefuturetellsourpast4570]

I wish they would make the future AC games parkour more like unity , also add more real elements like falling or crash landing and not so perfect unrealistic animations. I rather be parkouring fast and be struggling falling and tripping slightly to add more realism

[@user-mz5ss9vn8g]

ユニティが一番好き

[@bonkregulator5237]

They could've made the best parkour system if they use the unity parkour with syndicate floatiness when jumping (syndicate have the most natural jump and also smooth flow) even tho the game is😬 The recent ones is heavy and lack smoothness and flow

[@maxinick5381]

Degradation of... :D Right decision will be take unity base and add more variable city's environment , like a Springboard from brotherhood, lighters from revelations, fast lifts and another stuff.

[@charlissedelapena5167]

Lazy vault 4:30 Reverse vault 4:29 was awesome

[@vermerschcorinne9]

Comment on est passé d’un parkour quasiment parfait à ça 😢

[@Kaino-wo3vc]

In terms of looks Unity just looks so good but when I play both and I know how to play parkour very well on both of em ac1 still wins be a mile like the open world design of ac1 has like infinite possibilities on how you take them, while Unity can be inconsistent becuase let's be honest it's still unpolished.

[@GetaMotion]

I like how unity made it so you didn’t auto run through buildings

[@eddieh6818]

How do you play unity to look and be that smooth. He was always locking onto points I didn’t want him to go and just all over the place and I could never get those smooth transitions and tricks. And this was just last week so it’s been updated

[@BatMane95]

It takes lots and lots of practice and trickery

[@MDzstation567]

Unity become beast with its mods now only if unity style parkour and ezio's world

[@leongarza7687]

Unity is the best

[@Bastialex0801]

because they always forget about assassins creed bloodlines, altair chronicles and assassins creed II discovery

[@LiuSenpai]

making ac odyssey looking "parkour-able" is crazy

[@MrRaxicorniopholus]

Call me crazy but I actually like how heavy and weighty Valhalla feels we never got that in AC parkour and I feel like I do better than faster paced systems

[@dariodelprete1324]

Non ho mai giocato ad ac 1 ma il parkour è ottimo molto semplice.Quello in rivelations anche bello e veloce grazie alla lama uncinata. Il parkour piu bello secondo me è in origins(per me un assassin's creed perfetto). Unity e Valhalla sono buoni ma goffi

[@mostafa.75]

assasin 3 its amazing❤❤❤❤

[@matthewwilliams3827]

So basically the parkour system barely changes. 95% of what you can do in AC Unity you can do in AC1 lol. Got it.

[@dylanking6683]

Cool video but you missed AC Liberation 😅 ........and AC Mirage~ but that last one I understand why it wasn't put in cuz it's like copy and paste from AC Valhalla~

[@mysticmason]

Crazy after Sydincate the parkour went downhill Unity got the best one i hope in Shadows and AC games moving forward we go back to Assassin’s and the parkour being fluid just mix AC2/3,Brotherhood and Unity and call it a day

[@gustavoaraujo2868]

In AC Valhalla you are practically Spider-Man but without a web

[@DamianHowardTV]

You can tell that the older games DEFINITELY need/needed a graphical update. Unity, though.. Which is what? Close to a decade old? Still holds up well, today.. Visually. Even if it was a buggy mess for most of its lifespan. I’m wondering how much better ACII, Brotherhood and Revelations could/would look with something like ReShade. Those games don’t seem to have aged that well, visually.

[@Farzan.1991]

AC Rouge was so perfect

[@bilal_kochay]

Assassin Creed rouge 😢❤

[@he.4035]

yo bro what would you rate unity on a scale of 0-10?

[@ACV]

8, it’s a good game but could be better.

[@he.4035]

@@ACV thanks, i'm playing it these days and i'm really enjoying it