Present Day Cutscenes in 3rd Person [AC: Black Flag]

Modern day cutscenes in 3rd person in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. There are leftover full-body animations of the present-day protagonist from motion capture.

[@Sliderv2]

*Out of Bounds Secrets in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmTcn2mmtisoJI

[@GamerHale]

When your life's ambition is to be an 18th century pirate, but you also have a 9-5 job.

[@user-yv4lb8kt7m]

Edward Kenway: "I'm not getting payed enough for this"

[@Tsusari]

Assassin Creed 4: Minimum Wage

[@TheMockingjay74]

When you realize that's why he was pyrating

[@droylajarhirthefelinethief81]

I love how they don't even bother animating the chairs. Unironically, I love it when devs get lazy like that. Makes their games feel that much more human.

[@Deivid-bn6yw]

Less so about laziness and more about being efficient. If the player can’t see themselves sitting in a chair in cutscene then there’s no need to spend time, money, people animating it

[@Persy-uk9ij]

You love it cause you're a black flag fanboy, you would've complained about it if it was Valhalla.

[@buttnakedsnake9357]

@@Persy-uk9ijok you know everything

[@gabriellopesguimaraes3513]

@@Persy-uk9ij Always that one guy who wants to turn everything into a fight

[@justsomeoldyoutuber6093]

@@gabriellopesguimaraes3513I think it’s validated with Ubisoft track record lately. You fanboys are just as bad for having this crap company still sell crap in the form of golden crap

[@mattmadill8668]

Abstergo: how do the assassins keep leaking our data!? Edward: *sips coffee aggressively*

[@kylewilkins919]

0:38 Edward: What the hell are you doing?

[@BOT_AHHHH]

Damn, didn't know the bleeding effect can tranform someone into there ancestors

[@Amikeur]

Even more powerful knowing that Edward is not his / her ancestor (they just use Desmond’s DNA)

[@paulmayson3129]

@@Amikeur Honestly they never should have "updated the Animus" so that the Modern Day protagonist is not a descendant. It was made such a big deal in the first 5 AC games that Desmond was a descendant of all the 3 ancestors, Altair, Ezio and Ratonhnhaketon. And it made the Modern Day feel closer tot he Animus, as if Desmond was developing a relationship through time with his ancestors, as long lost cousins or something. This is especially visible in AC Brotherhood, which has the best MD of all classic AC games.

[@BOT_AHHHH]

@@Amikeur God damn, so the Egyptian girl (forgot her name) from the modern day can turn into Bayek, Kassandra, Eivor, etc.

[@Amikeur]

@@paulmayson3129 Moreover I liked the idea of showing an American having Arabs, Europeans, Native ancestors or whatever. Showing that finally we might all come from the same places.

[@WalkyLyz]

​@@Amikeur Their

[@lephantomchickn3676]

This makes me think they used Edward as a placeholder model for an actual MD character with a body, instead deciding on essentially a floating head late in development.

[@Idkwhattoputhere5123]

I doubt that that would ever happen, newbie is supposed to be representative of the player, and if they gave them a body, they would likely have to make them have a specific gender and ethnicity for it. It is possible for both of them to be neutral (such as covering the entire body up) but it would make little sense given how the others are dressed.

[@Idkwhattoputhere5123]

I'll add that the point of the motion captured protagonist likely was to be a reference for the actors, and for the head Bob in the cutscenes.

[@G.reviewz]

2:07 mans got an itch he cant fkn reach 😂

[@mr.majkenocs]

up in his small intestine

[@G.reviewz]

@@mr.majkenocs well having all that clothing in the way aing gonna help much

[@Sebbir]

I’m surprised the animation is this polished (with some exceptions) considering you are not going to see most of it

[@thisisthenews1254]

Probably, was gonna be third person before they changed it.

[@mackenziemcdaniel-paul8163]

​@@thisisthenews1254doubt given how many first person elements are included

[@cybercop3108]

​@@mackenziemcdaniel-paul8163that could still mean it was going to be third person before changing it to first and putting first person elements.

[@DrFreezes]

“Wait we were Edward this hold time” “Yes you were” 🔫

[@fab_81]

looks like edward if he had lobotomy

[@charlessimons2851]

A method Animus user

[@Amikeur]

Sliderv2 is on fire right now. Thanks for the content

[@longan12]

Fr tho. His AC content is goated

[@bloodymares]

Surprising all the cloth physics are present in those animations as well. It's as if they were designed with Edward in mind.

[@blackraptor1154]

No it’s more that the cloth physics are made to work in any environment, then the environment is built around it.

[@Wtrxprs007able]

Wait so at the start we were all just scratching our asses? 😂

[@cheesydanishgaming3333]

Why does it feel like your gta online character in a cutscene Also i like the idea it’s just been edward the entire time

[@Altair2000]

got his fingers in davy jones’s locker when talking to standish

[@hellhobbiespro]

i just continue my Assassin's Creed marathon, i ended June with finishing AC3, and i started July 1st with Black Flag, and again this video appear 😂 gotta subscribe

[@chillyman7340]

This is insane lol, I really wonder who they intended for the character to be? I really wonder how Shawn and Rebecca managed to get a job at abstergo without getting caught, great video man :)

[@kasrsgolzade2418]

so we played as a cosplayer all along ?

[@OrangeDragon04]

Maybe he replaced the invisible model with Edward so you can see the animations.

[@PopularCat27]

Part of me thinks we’re actually playing as Layla in 4, Rogue, Unity & Syndicate before her introduction in Origins. She worked on the Animus project (which is pretty much how we’re able to play as Edward) then in Rogue we learned more about the Templars with Shay and in the post-credit scene with Violet, Otso & Melanie recruiting you but it cuts to black. Then for Unity & Syndicate Layla slowly joins the Assassins by learning skills from Arno, Jacob & Evie to eventually travel to Egypt.

[@rpu7009]

Sorry bro, I don't think so, it was like that

[@RodZombie]

Layla was trying to get onto the Animus Project for years but Abstergo never promoted / moved her to it. It is one of the reasons why she resents Abstergo, and was trying to prove how valuable for it she would be by making a discovery worth their attention. That discovery is Bayek, Aya, and the origins of the Assassins (as Hidden Ones). But they terminated her friend Deanna, and were ordered to kill Layla as well but of course they failed.

[@user-cp8do1bk1w]

We are also waiting for secrets in the Rogue part

[@KnightOfTheCross99]

Interesting. Melanie has a strong French accent in the German version, while she seems to speak perfect, accent-free English in the original version.

[@finesthour97]

argh yar matey Edward: SHUT. YOUR. GODDAMN. MOUTH.

[@UnisX0]

I had no idea about this thanks man keep it up 👍

[@Frenzyrif]

1:58 Edward is not suitable for this job 😂

[@marknutt4398]

2:04 Edward is certainly calibrating something 😂

[@keldabecc]

1:57 edward scratching his butt lmao

[@MobscastBlackOut]

he is reaching for his prostate

[@lefunnyN1]

0:06 0:06 lol i had no idea the model displayed is still edward

[@kubukoz_]

I thought the uploader just used edward's model but it could've been a random NPC instead (or no model at all)

[@splintergectornathan9045]

​​@@kubukoz_ uploader admited it was no model but he replaced it with Edward to make animation being able to see

[@MrJaxStories]

I feel like you should've replaced the invisible protagonist with someone random instead of Edward. People gonna think Edward actually appears

[@Assassino275]

The devs did this not homeboy

[@MrJaxStories]

@@Assassino275 He literally said in this video's comments: "I replaced the invisible protagonist with Edward so you can see the full animations."

[@Assassino275]

@@MrJaxStories oop

[@Stirfry47]

​@@Assassino275 I love spreading misinformation on the internet

[@Alexalmo]

They actually gave him real animations even though we never see our own body. I wonder why

[@S_smokey]

2:17 Don't let bro use his hand after scratching his butt crack

[@MizzterFu]

0:34 is fucking gold. Ik the devs were laughing like crazy

[@theguardian928]

Cool

[@_WalterBlack]

Wow the player placeholder is edward

[@Sliderv2]

He's not. I replaced the invisible protagonist with Edward so you can see the full animations.

[@pharaonbastet]

Comment peut-on faire pour jouer à la 3ème personne dans AC BF please ? Est-ce que c’est un mode piraté créé par l’auteur de la vidéo ou il y a un moyen de faire ça directement dans le jeu officiel ?

[@captainpowers]

2:00 that is a bad wedgie

[@ZeroAjalahID]

Maybe Unity or Rogue later?

[@edvaldolima2980]

Make ac rogue present Day out of bounds and third person cutscenes

[@Kraken1Kid]

Wait even outside the anilmus you're still edward? or not? i'm so confused

[@Jezzio93]

If that were post game Edward, the entire building wouldnt be alive

[@corewwwi]

"Happy Pirating!"

[@gothamgymnast4638]

Should have used Desmond's Model

[@AfifVrchindo]

1:56 WTF EDWARD?!?!?! DON'T EMBARRASED YOURSELF😂

[@velvoxstudios]

crazy mannnnnnnnnnnnnn 🎇

[@itsmeadmiral]

o \// /\ *Sit back and RELAX-*

[@Steveo0547]

Wow this is wild so Ubisoft’s was to lazy to make a character 😂 no wonder it was in first person so we didn’t now 😂😂😂

[@jeanpaul5195]

whats the music playing called?

[@Sliderv2]

The Nexus Eye from Assassin's Creed Nexus

[@rounigames74]

Do AC rogue next

[@sowpmactavish]

Why is he even textured and everything lmao why isnt he Male_Model_001

[@SirSkroop]

lmao he looks so bored

[@krookedile]

wheres the music from?

[@Sliderv2]

The Nexus Eye from Assassin's Creed Nexus

[@Johnalicate]

Faz do rogue

[@D.E.V.I.L.R.Y.]

We are ubisoft

[@kam5551]

If this game had been as free-playing as the Dishonored series, everyone in the company would have been slaughtered.

[@Kazuma_Drake]

Can you do a Third person perspective of shattered dimensions when the first person cutscenes and combat sections occur