It took me 10 years to realize you could just do this...

Normally we just instantly chase and eliminate Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro but if you pay close attention to the camera during the cutscene, it actually indirectly points towards a secret route to catch them off guard.
This is high quality creative Assassin's Creed 2 gameplay.

[@brigadier-tc8565]

And this is why you don't teach your players that alternative paths will only fail the mission... Ubisoft!!!!

[@EpicGamer-fl7fn]

the worst part is hwo this entire mission is structured to make you think that once they reach the ship its game over...except its not, its the timer that decides that, so once they go to the ship they are just gonna stand there for another 5 minutes, And you literally have to be mentally challenged or never interacted with a videogame before to fuck something like this up, as i did it when i was just 6 years old.

[@OrenTubing]

Ive been conditioned so hard to keep close to the targets, i usually just sprint after them completely losing any sense of where i am

[@felixderknig2009]

This had me dying, i'm exactly like this hahhahha

[@thefiresworddragon927]

Ubisoft trying to condition people to only believe their way works only to cause mass gamer outrage:

[@Pooky1991]

Omg I got so pissed off in a few of the games when I found alternate paths only to be failed because I didn't follow the right path. It makes these missions that do have alternate paths hard to distinguish from others.

[@brianrns2421]

200% synchronization

[@ijustworkhere1008]

Meanwhile in 99% of the other chase missions they hit you with the “reduce distance to target” until you desynchronise

[@daemonvanmeir9697]

she reduce distance on my target till i desync

[@sistermaryclarence3603]

@@daemonvanmeir9697he* u mean when gay men suck ur cock dry

[@chimeratheo1855]

a) didn't realize you could take that route b) didn't realize you could assassinate via hanging c) what was that door and where did it lead to

[@space8381]

That door is a Templar lair, part of the Bonfire of the Vanities & Secret Locations DLC. They are similar to Assassin tombs but their prize is just a lot of florins.

[@ghostlyriverspirit6984]

​@@space8381Are they from those DLCs? I though they were exclusive to the newer version of the game as I have never found them before.

[@space8381]

@@ghostlyriverspirit6984 They were in the old version of the game! I haven't played the newer version but, as far as I know, they didn't add any new content that wasn't already there, just new graphics and new bugs xD

[@divyagupta6854]

Yes I agree, the similar doors can be found in ACB as well, in its Da Vinci Disappearance DLC. The missions are pretty wholesome as well with some unique puzzles and mesmerizing environments, different from traditional memory missions.

[@assassinationspartan_]

d) didn't realize you could actually walk on the masts of those little boats

[@americandissident9062]

This would have been so immersive. Ezio is an assassin, not a cop chasing a suspect. The target would have basically seen Ezio in the melee, and took off running, only to arrive in a safe location having not seen Ezio anywhere behind him in chase at all. Then Ezio appears from above.

[@177SCmaro]

Yeah, to me this is the more correct lore accurate thing for Ezio to do, not take the direct route of just chasing them down but doing some crazy parkour to cut them off and abush them. They don't see it coming.

[@Solobuddy]

​@177SCmaro Meanwhile Connor " running through the whole city and creating chaotic chase alarming all enemies :

[@xooperz]

I wish there was more like this, like for example you could see the target's destination, or even his route, and you can choose any route you want within a certain time limit

[@K-One582]

Looking at it like that gives off vibes of Batman’s disappearing and reappearing act

[@rebelion160]

@@xooperz It'd have been good if they maybe gave a quick look around before dropping you in, like your character analyzing the surroundings and options. Like other games give close ups on the details of your objective or aids.

[@bobjason7540]

This is what the offical game manual says to do

[@TheArcher101]

Probably why this route exists in the first place

[@aspirewot8408]

Yea I don't understand either , it's nothing new lol

[@Xilujen]

Who read the manual of a game? I played this game for years twice at 100 % why I should have followed such a path?

[@BoldAMATUER]

@@XilujenI read manuals if I have the physical manual. I don’t like how digital manuals require internet. Anyway I don’t think they meant game manual. I think they meant to say game guide book.

[@noblesseoblige319]

.... What? It does?

[@Tyler_Evans0411]

Playing AC2 without a hud is surprisingly gorgeous. I wish they'd give this game the full remaster treatment

[@SPM0717]

They did remaster it; they'd have to remake it.

[@Tyler_Evans0411]

@@SPM0717 that’s what I meant by full remaster. But I didn’t think to just say remake

[@gaviano7]

​@@Tyler_Evans0411AC2 with Unity graphics

[@a2jc234]

With what Ubisoft is pushing now, NO THANKS!

[@deepflare1028]

You're gonna have to wait a long time bud, according to leaks from mostly reliable sources they're remaking AC4 and then AC1 for some reason. AC4 doesn't even need a remake and I can already imagine them fking up the combat system.

[@yoavbenclaudia3073]

Ezio is like: “I’m not playing these games.”

[@TREMOR1000]

This really a "Nothing is true, everything is permitted" moment

[@the_loloblox]

fr fr

[@R0ckmans]

A masterclass showcase on the creative freedom the player could employ in assassination missions in AC1 and AC2.

[@177SCmaro]

This kind of stuff is what's been missing from AC for near to a decade now.

[@jemert96]

What are you talking about? You don't like the auto-assinate mechanic we have now??

[@hdns4]

You’ve got rose-tinted glasses. The reason it took this player “10 years” to realize this existed is because 90% of the time you can’t do shit like this. Most of the time with chase sequences, if you dare to try and go in another direction, the game will start yelling at you to “REDUCE DISTANCE TO TARGET” before saying “MISSION FAILED: Target Lost” and forcing you to start over at the last checkpoint. I agree that there are things I like better in the old games compared to the new games, but I’m not going to pretend that “creative freedom” was one of them. The restrictions these games put on you were one of the biggest criticisms they received back in the day, in fact.

[@serhafiye7046]

​@@hdns4 exactly.

[@dc4296]

probably something lore accurate Ezio would do

[@yjiokhi4479]

You know how in the Marco Barbarigo assassination, Dante Moro is an unbeatable guard that the game puts in your path to make it impossible to get out of detection by killing all the guards? I killed him by colliding with him near water. It's fun breaking the lore like this.

[@natestadler2352]

Did the game desync you when that happened, or did it just move on and pretend nothing happened?

[@applejuice565]

I also wanna know. Did you desync or did he just respawn after a cut scene?

[@GijzzzBlackEyedPeas]

Oh man, now I have to replay AC2… again..

[@wardogbobby2974]

​@applejuice565 I did this in my most recent playthrough. Does not desync, and yes he just reappears later. I think he died either 2 or 3 times. But I forget what the 3rd might have been

[@applejuice565]

@@wardogbobby2974 oooo interesting! Thank you!

[@zoubeirfaouzi149]

You know what I found out years later. If you go back to his old house. You can see his whole family again.

[@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606]

What ?

[@iz723]

​If you visit Ezios family house once back in Florence. You see the ghosts of his family.

[@degariuslozak2169]

​@@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606turn on eagle vision there

[@zoubeirfaouzi149]

@@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606 yeah you can see them as ghosts.

[@premchandwani24]

​@@iz723not in PC version

[@Naverdo]

If you play AC1 theres a straightforward way to do the assassinations but if you complete all the side missions before that the game gives you clues about recommended path to take, location of guards etc to make it wayy easier than it is. Its always been ubisofts intention(during their golden era alteast) to have a lore accurate way of doing things

[@mantisreturns2757]

You should wait to them getting into the ship, then you Will get uniques dialogues.

[@somedudewatchintv5297]

What do they say?

[@mantisreturns2757]

@@somedudewatchintv5297 The ship didnt wait for them, so now they need to prepare a New One to exit. (The One they reach)

[@KasumiRINA]

This is amazing, and makes me wish they remastered Assassin's Creed 2 with replayable story missions and hopefully less bullet spongy guards later.

[@Arno_Frye-Auditore]

Pro tip: on a ship, up on the mast, where you stopped mid sprint (0:43) if you manual jump forward, you'll tranzition more smoothly...

[@joealred4312]

Pro tip they weren't doing a deep run so who gives a shit nerd

[@SirSaperon]

Non TemiEte l'OscurIta, accietAte il suo abràci-o

[@signorUBO]

They had the Italian translation of the game (for Italian players), why making an English speaker use Italian instead of taking the excerpt from the ita dubbing? Who knows

[@dizzyheads]

An assassin in Assassin's Creed doing assassin things is so cool

[@maj746]

I can't resist an AC2 video.

[@Sammy_Scratch]

Incredible! It looks like it should be done this way

[@HoLDoN4Sec]

that's technically how it should've been done. at least from what i've just seen on the official AC2 game guide didn't stop me from finishing the game 3 times going the other route though lol

[@TravisTrixta85]

Are you serious?! I’ve been chasing them this whole damn time when I could’ve just done this??! Good video, good sir.

[@burneraccount5591]

Reminds me of the Ezio we see in the cinematic trailer. Nice moves

[@bigbanger7548]

Man this game was so good. The world felt so alove just to run around in. The part kn this video where ezio is climbing the boats is so great bc it shows how traversal in the older ac games was like a puzzle and actually requored some degree of thought to get from point A to point B how you wanted. The newer games you kust hold straight and climb thru everything like spiderman :/

[@jhzwwe123]

Honestly after all the games I've played, I can almost easily say, AC2 has the best adventure of all time. The story, the highs and lows, the emotions, the brilliant twists and deep meaning, the amazing side characters, the most beautiful world, graphics still hold up. The AC game I've replayed the most, at least 7 times. AC2 🐐

[@muninraven3327]

Done similar things on almost all "assassinations" of the early games over the years. Enjoyed the experimentation and fails (testing the boundaries) more than the actual wins when I found one. I'm currently toying with the horrific tail missions and trying to find fun and rhythmically flowing challenges that look smooth and nice. Appreciate the upload.

[@dead-uwu]

i bought this game on release and have played it probably 7-8 times since then, didn't figure out high profile ledge assassinations existed until last year

[@aerrae5608]

Oh my god, the path is there and everything...

[@wesleymiller6674]

I love it when you can find ways to think outside the box. I remember an early mission, where you race your brother to the top of a church. At first, it was pretty hard for me to chase after him, but then I just climbed up the face of the building and it was super easy.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Wow. I never knew you could do that too. I might just try it too next time I play this game. That is if I remember.

[@bouncebouncetiger]

Ok. This here. This made a lil bit mad.

[@SOWEGAGuy]

This is the most gangster shit I’ve ever seen! Total badassery!

[@srdjanstevanovic4245]

I love that GTA 4 mission when you are meeting someone in a torn down old hospital ruin, to sell a lot of drugs, only to get ambushed by like 50 swat operatives... you can actually(really tricky) enter the building alternatively from the back of the complex, plus climb the broken benches(scaffolding?? Not sure about the word) by jumping straight up from a huge wooden wheel-like object, grabbing onto a wooden board that used to hold the ceiling and climbing up Assassin'a s Creed style(really really tricky). That way you find yourself on the destroyed upper level/first floor/ of the ruined structure, leveled with the heavy-hitting swat guys. Normally, you would stumble through the ground-floor hallways while being destroyed by gunfire from the floor above, but this way(even if maybe not even intended) you are dealing with the ambush in a pretty different, unique way.

[@helmenhjelmen1955]

I have never completed this mission any other way. Because i was to bad at the game to just chase them. Then i found this exact path. Awh the memories of at least 12 years back

[@agucci]

This is the true path of the Creed. ❤

[@santatwiggy422]

With arms wide open

[@agucci]

@@santatwiggy422 what do you mean?

[@mdmcanflreee]

@@santatwiggy422 under the sunlight

[@agucci]

@@mdmcanflreee oh, now I see he was quoting the lyrics of a song by Creed... Thanks!

[@Sorrus-B4lyfe]

Yep… they basically just run to the other side of the dock.

[@alaia-awakened]

Now I’m fantasizing what an AC2 full arc reboot could be like in the hands of CD Project Red

[@capuducul]

A buggy mess at launch ?

[@aethous9163]

You... ...YOU CAN PARKOUR ON A F****IN SHIPS?!

[@degariuslozak2169]

Bro's never played AC before

[@rockypup6138]

Requiescant in pace classic Ezio last words

[@MrChristianDT]

I didn't know about this, but a tip for the traditional route- when he deploys the lines of guards to block you, jump right before you get into sword range. Causes them to fuck up more than it breaks your stride & at least you get back to your feet without stumbling.

[@ghostflame9211]

I’m replaying this game, about to get to this part. Gonna have to try this now 😂

[@paulvandoren7999]

That’s what is called fine and replayable gamedesign 👌🏾

[@Grantallica]

If this was a Rockstar game you just know going up that first beam would trigger the mission failed screen

[@bengibson502]

when you’re fighting out the front gate you can actually climb up the side of the front gate of L’Arsenale and assassinate Silvio as he’s barking orders at the top but the game will still get you to chase him in the next part of the mission

[@GameBreaker1055]

With how everything alligned perfectly, this is obviously a route set up exactly for this

[@BorderlandsBoy0]

This just made me realize they had already made the ship model made in AC2…and AC3/Blackflag sailing was around 3 years later.

[@janklimek9972]

Wow 😮 Amazing 🤩 Thanks a lot for sharing this shortcut!! As I always say - simplicity is the key 🔑

[@luisflores3699]

Glad you guys are still here 🦅🥹 I thought me and me friend were the only one still running this on our Xbox 360 😂

[@kingpower4631]

I still play 360 best games and better controller than ps4 and 5 games aren't interesting anymore

[@agostinodinuzzo5852]

As an Italian, "get out, stronzo" hits me hard.

[@themac3738]

Big brain play bruh

[@chroma2844]

Ezio really had that arm strength to hold on till one of them came his way

[@GR8NE55]

Glad to know since I just started playing AC 2 again recently

[@user-vd8dj5zt8q]

I never knew. But it doesn't matter, so long the two pathetic people are dead. I just love Ezio, he is my all time favorite assassin, and then Conner

[@8bitnation419]

I used to struggle on this mission a lot back in the day.

[@nosejajalol5282]

1:12 bro why the eyes looking so bad lol

[@Snacks256]

Too much of that concoction Antonio bought from a Turk merchant.

[@MrChristianDT]

The dead eyes was one of the last things they were trying to figure out with realistic graphics & cinematic cutscenes. I forget when they finally cracked it, but I know if was after this game came out. Lol

[@ACJourney2162]

And there's me doing the usual and chasing them via the rooftops. NICE

[@kastos_the_samurai3071]

In my first walkthrough on PC (back in 2010th) got them both with double kill before they get to the ship. Unfortunately, the later years, of replaying the "FAVORITE GAME of series" it never happened(((( But still remember this double kill.

[@somedudewatchintv5297]

The camera move at the start is so obvious in retrospect.

[@obiwan4561]

what is that glowing door at 0:17 ?

[@joezo06]

a templar mission, its not part of the mission in the video, but its an optional mission in the game

[@CommunismNeverWorked]

DLC templar chambers like those to unlock Altaïr's armour

[@amrhany7349]

Same exact question. what mission is this I need to see it so bad!!

[@CommunismNeverWorked]

@@amrhany7349 dlc mission. Templar chambers, something like those you have to go through to unlock Altaïr's armour

[@MrChristianDT]

Shipyard Templar Lair. I forget what it's called. There's 3 of them that you could get with a DLC pack & a fourth one you unlocked over Uplay.

[@horsethi3f]

Next gen gameplay by todays standards.

[@mrcat3493]

Surprised UBI didn’t script that to be an auto fail when they were so right about all the other chase missions.

[@spider1g5]

I just started playing this again two days ago! This is amazing!!

[@KicktheSky34]

Dell'Assassino Creed 2: Bandiera nera

[@StealthAC]

Thats cool as hell

[@akinamegu9896]

respect ! that was awesome !

[@graemebell8534]

I didn't realise there was any other way... although I always waited on the ship's mast and dropped from there onto them, out of reach of the soldiers.

[@elvisdepressedly9708]

It took me less than a second to realize that I fcking hate this type of video description.

[@randallsfortressofsolitude3297]

He's not playing assassin's creed he is assassin's creed 😂😂😂😂😂

[@William-Sunderland]

1000 IQ

[@tadashiminami7595]

Only if you know the path beforehand

[@samsungtab3977]

You could also do that on the ship since the game gives you more time than them escaping so you can have a battle on the ship.

[@Durzy007]

There is something that blows me away more! The remaster version runs on the PS5 at 30 frames and... has, massive lags when browsing the map 🤦‍♂️ No wonder the best Assasins Creed style game is Ghost of Cushima.

[@EmpireZzzz]

Well the remaster did come out in 2016 for ps4 so Ubisoft haven’t updated for next gen consoles

[@Durzy007]

@@EmpireZzzz God of War, the PS4 version has a 60 fps patch for PS5. The same for The Last of Us 2 PS4. Is it possible? You can only have to want to. All it takes is a small patch you don't just have to do the whole PS5 version.

[@EmpireZzzz]

@@Durzy007 tell that to Ubisoft not me

[@aerrae5608]

Ubisoft remasters suck at 60 fps. They butchered 2 and 3 with their hideous "remasters". Look more like visual downgrades.

[@stefantherainbowphoenix]

​​@@Durzy007 Both of these games were released after 2016 though. Also, both of them were published by Sony and are console exclusives for PlayStation consoles.

[@ksual_]

Missing these AC so much

[@samuelgl4870]

U change my life bro 😳

[@thesupersonicstig]

Sigh…. *boots up the Ezio Collection

[@c4t4r4c]

That's some Hitman level shit

[@burieddreamer]

Good times when Assassin's Creed was a great game.

[@degariuslozak2169]

I figured this out on my 2nd playthrough

[@somedudewatchintv5297]

I just learned today, honestly I probably wouldn't have tried it myself. As cool as this is, it would never be allowed in games with the full synchronization requirements.

[@uglovasgaming]

Apparently it was in the game manual so it would be the full sync requirement itself in a way

[@PetersonRodrigues0]

back when Assassin's Creed had interesting mechanics and lore.

[@fredalex3479]

master assassin

[@shiningnight12]

WELL I'LL BE DAMNED. Seriously though I appreciate this cause the path I use always fucked me and I ended up messing up my double assassination

[@adriantepesut]

Welp time to start my 20th play through just to do this

[@aaron75fy]

"do you see the assassin?" "no I do not" "ha, we lost him. now it's time to complete our missioARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH" Ezio: why do they never look up?

[@markhunt6949]

In Rome in holiday when I go into the basilicas I asked my mrs how they make her feel and what she things her reply was peaceful she asked me the same question I replied assassin creed ezio

[@elianbogado6746]

Lo voy a tener en cuenta la próxima

[@AdmiralStoicRum]

Hey a getta da pasta

[@bigmyke2008]

I miss this era of AC

[@regnoditalia2014]

Me: hehe pistol goes bum

[@Mordring]

Chasing targets level: Batman.

[@pedrot.9418]

Everytime I play any AC title apart from Unity or Syndicate I can't unotice how limited they are for not providing alternative ways to deal with targets or to get to certain points. Like, in most other games where getting a little bit detected already triggers the telepathic bond between guards and then they all know where you are. I don't like Unity or Syndicate that much but at least they improved the freedom of choice a lot in those 2 games

[@Hynotama]

The game has a nasty habit of desynchronising you if you get too far from your target. Of course you didn’t think to do that. Especially when the game also arranged the debris and scaffolding in such a way to railroad you into the chase.

[@matttan8066]

Then there's me throwing them with Daggers and it was a success 💀

[@Lestherparedes1995]

OMG THAT ITALIAN DIALOG HOLY FUCK

[@darkqueen2338]

Bruh I know this game from the back of my hand and I never knew that😭

[@mazestudio2742]

And this is probably what Ezio would have done

[@NoMadKid]

I tried, it didn’t synchronize.

[@robertomacetti7069]

being italian ezio english voice hurts my soul but that thing is cool i'm literally reinstalling the game to try it myself right now

[@josephbugeja3208]

Finding out about this shortcut 10 years too late: 🤬🤬🤬🤬 ” *…FFFUUUUUUUUUUU!….-* ” 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@blindmartialartist9987]

In this game I remember once being seen by everyone and i killed everyone but the target then hid the game thought i killed him so the death cutscene got triigered