Secret Cutscene in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

[@kirius1998]

The facial expressions were so good even in 2010. Just imagine what Ubisoft could create almost 15 years later. Oh wait...

[@letsdoit508]

😅

[@newhybrid101]

Loved Machiavellis reaction to hearing about Desmond,he is like "Hol up"

[@Sliderv2]

...and his smirk at 0:27

[@slobert]

WHO IZ DESMOND

[@joaohenriquegiorgettaregis6438]

The spaniard lives??????

[@paulmayson3129]

​@@Sliderv2 HE KNOWS. HE IS A TEMPLAR

[@prz98]

@@slobertyou should look into playing or at least reading summary of AC games plot from AC1 onwards. He’s basically main character of modern times of the first few games. Modern times were pretty important piece of story back then.

[@MuchWhittering]

The fact it has actual camera angles programmed that look correct, rather than just freezing on Ezio the whole time, suggests to me that at some point it was intended for this to be actually seen.

[@simonaspalovis1204]

Maybe after a play test, the developers found that Ezio’s exposition was hard to fully understand without visual representation? That’s my theory, anyway.

[@fearedjames]

@@simonaspalovis1204 I mean its pretty obvious that's it considering all the animations, camera changes and motions are all perfect. They just did the equivalent of having audioless FMVs play over the screen blocking your view because it was the easiest way to implement it.

[@stormmeansnowork]

If they could have shown more of the reactions of the other characters, it would have been way better if they used the Ezio cutscene (the hidden scene) than the one being chosen to be shown. Story telling in the old days has always been like this, even just 20 years ago

[@OrangeDragon04]

Damn, this is uber cool. I miss the old Ac creator team. Such passion for what they were doing.

[@Sliderv2]

I have something for Revelations as well. Stay tuned... 👀

[@spenceramey406]

I agree, after Ubisoft expelled Patrice Desilets. Then later Jade Raymond & Corey May soon left Ubisoft. Assassin's Creed franchise to me was not the same. I'm glad Patrice Desalts won the creative rights of his whenever upcoming game, "Amsterdam: 1666".

[@Assassino275]

As was the entire gaming industry

[@Fanthomas1742]

@@spenceramey406 dont forget Jeffrey Yohalem. Besides the ezio trilogy he was a writer on other great games as well like far cry 3 ac syndicate and immortals

[@PalaceDude]

Caterina is like "cool story bro, did you kill the Spaniard?"

[@newhybrid101]

Machiavelli: "KILL...KILL KILL HIM! DO IT,FULLFIL YOUR DESTINY"

[@Saelendious]

01:26 my reaction to this information

[@penumbrum3135]

I can't believe such wonders!

[@blade0552]

The old Assassins Creed games will always be greater than anything else Ubisoft will make. Just the atmosphere of this scene itself is just something incredible.

[@gabrielandjavierpinales3689]

I love the reactions of Ezio's family, Machiavelli, and Caterina. When Ezio told them of his confrontation against Rodrigo in the Vault. It showed how much they took seriously about finding the grand temple to stop the sun disaster. Showing they had planned a ending before Ubisoft got greedy and distorted the franchise.

[@amadeus2938]

Who else enjoyed walking in Monterrigioni during night?

[@catalysttv834]

Me, I did that with Ezio and with Desmond. Walking with Desmond in Monterrigioni is really something

[@TpRedNinja]

Ig they removed it so just in case new players played they had a visual reference

[@benytshow0417]

As Caterina said:"Amazing~"

[@genetret]

Over ten years ago I played a version of Brotherhood on a pirated DVD where all BINK cutscenes, including the Vatican Vault, were removed to include a game alongside with Assassin's Creed III on one DVD, so I saw this hidden cutscene. I cound not imagine it's something fascinating for many players around the world, and a reason to make a video about it. I see it is now.

[@jeffboi6959]

Bruh the cutscene looked more natural than pre-rendered video ngl it could’ve been way better

[@Wtrxprs007able]

This games mo cap looks way way wayyyy better than anything after unity.

[@thispurplebeanYT]

Fr it just feels so fluid

[@stealthexecutor563]

Origins had good mocap

[@agony5344]

Origins the last game with mocap cutscenes

[@fearedjames]

@@stealthexecutor563 Origins has the same exact problems as Oddssey, its just got really good story cutscenes you'll see nearly 10 hours apart due to the game level gating you and preventing you focusing the story over the filler garbage.

[@kibathefang6022]

The first AC I played was AC Brotherhood. Starting out in Vatican, going to Monteriggioni and hearing about this left me so absolutely out of the loop.

[@stopdroptroll1465]

Same. They did a decent job with recapping but still wish I'd picked up ac2 first

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

Was probably the original, but then they found that Ezio’s speech was hard to follow/ not engaging enough without visuals overlaid

[@likeastroke]

Actually pretty glad they kept the original rather than the unused one. "Show. Don't tell".

[@randomstranger_3]

Damn, seeing this feels like being back at the early 2010s again, when everyone was searching anything that has hidden secrets in these games.

[@SealMeall]

A middle ground showing smooth cuts between showing the flashbacks and showing the reactions would have been the best choice. I like both versions, but a mix would have been perfect

[@Biel7318]

they should have used a semi transparent animated mask on the video, so both content is seen

[@b5eq]

that would be perfect

[@egorserdtsev8674]

like videos projected on walls in Splinter Cell Conviction, but designed like an Animus glitch, background data from Shaun

[@SeriousDragonify]

And the fact is Ubi went downhill after Syndicate. Rogue is AC4 BF with cut content being as "new" game rather than being big dlc for BF which has AC3 New York city with undestroyed buildings. Origins was good but rpg type of combat and terrible dlc's werent.

[@rkmugen]

Seeing the scenes side-by-side, it really is a shame they didn't find some way to incorporate this in "AC: The Ezio Collection". I'm not necessarily talking about the limitations of the game's engine (to display both pre-rendered movie clips and the live rendering of the conversation Ezio is having.... all at the same time), but rather the fact that they had to choose which of the two scenes/methods was the most effective at conveying the impact of the events that happened at the end of AC2.

[@heartran]

As a game developer student myself I think this is actually a fallback: if, for any reason, the pre-rendered video was unable to start, at least the player still sees something logical instead of the group being in t-pose or frozen

[@dimaztri19]

This channel is better than the current ubisoft itself ❤

[@TheDanibits]

Ah yes. Remember when they foreshadowed that Desmond was going to be really important in saving the world, and then they fired the series creator and killed him off? Good times.

[@Revenn_n]

When the Assassin Creed saga gave us hype in each game and there were theories about what would happen

[@nixrs1441]

Wow, after so long I never thought there was a hidden cinematic :0

[@aradhyasakpal8083]

This makes sense even more.. Ac Brotherhood was mever meant to be a separate game. But it did. Developers did this with Flashbacks to remind everyone of the ending of AC2 as an act of Recap. Cause Brotherhood became a separate game.

[@demondmayk0l]

i think i have a mandela effect but i believe i seen this cutscene before. Also back then when i first played the game i played the pirated version of it

[@Sliderv2]

Yeah. It's possible since pirated games were ripped of "unnecessary" files to have less size back in 2010s.

[@stopdroptroll1465]

Gotta be Mandela or piracy shenanigans because I played pirated too and somehow feel like I've seen this before too

[@yannickbamona1164]

There's nothing secret about it, it's just simple video editing, all the scenes that we see ingame being placed above the scene of Ezio talking to his people

[@thrasher122489]

Why do I remember this?

[@AJ-dx6bn]

I think you the only one who just found it today, because I've play ac2 on launch day and found this cut scene

[@CLADZEJAYKAY]

This aint AC2 however

[@N1k4_Gr1v]

Desmond, is that you?

[@liltrump953]

i remember specifically hearing this, so it might be not that secret bro

[@juno6208]

I didn’t know it’s hidden, I remember they played it many times even when I started to play with the Ezio collection.

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

0:18 they can't remove such a beautiful shot of Caterina, common ubi L. The ending of ac2 was mind blowing, they shouldve kept the established companions reactions than a replay of ac2s cutscenes

[@randam1005]

They probably had testers say that they couldn't remember AC2 properly. Either that or that they had never played AC2 so they would need a proper recap

[@rockman2550]

This is in the Ezio collection version it’s not secret

[@avelinonunez5510]

In the vault , we saw the other side of these conversation😮.. gunlodr speaking to ezio 😮

[@id_raka]

I thought the remastered one use this kind of scene. Because I just finish Ezio's story last month on my switch and remember this scene

[@Yo_y_punto]

I watched this so many years ago I really thought everyone knew about ut

[@semu8030]

I don't know why but I remember seeing this cutscene more than once. I'm playing the Ezio Collection on Switch though, don't know if that has to do with anything

[@Nokard]

I've seen this, a long time ago, can't remember how.

[@teneesh3376]

Yeah they should have kept it as is. Save space and it's less distracting

[@chrisstonehouse9551]

I remember getting this Christmas Day. All my mates had it and were buzzing. Asked my mam to take me to Tesco and she got me it 😂

[@hag1z396]

Well now I have to play through the ezio trilogy again...

[@CrabHead501]

it could've been a backup if the video didnt play for some reason

[@Sliderv2]

I don't think so since there is fade out effect before playing the video.

[@super9149]

AC2 and Brotherhood were the greatest games to ever befall mankind. 😭🙌

[@ShadowWulfGaming]

oooh now im getting the Mandela Affect for this...did i jump a timeline in which we saw the latter and not the unused footage? bc i remember it jumping between both

[@taramaforhaikido7272]

Wait a moment. If Desmond is in the future... Would this mean that the simulation is like in the Matrix movie? Maybe they're self aware aware AI at this point.

[@vamp0669]

what i wouldn't do for a remake

[@esodn762]

I replayed the game just a few days ago and the pre-rendered cutscene didn't, just Ezio speaking in the Codex room, I wonder if it has something to do with the game just being all around buggy in modern hardware.

[@francescobernardini2810]

? Secret? But it is canonic? I see it for many times, as i play and replay it

[@cheesydanishgaming3333]

So there’s gonna be a mod to restore this cutscene in the actual game right? I feel like i’d prefer this over the pre rendered cutscene

[@ouroboricscribe3201]

I would have preferred to not have the cutscene. Leaving that bit up to imagination adds so much more to the atmosphere. New players would be equally as confused and intrigued by Ezio's story.

[@tylerdurden2482]

You are the hero you think you are

[@Mykenai]

I wish they used the cut one.

[@adamcotton8163]

Didnt they redo that fight at the end of odyssey when the templar reaches your group

[@HellsGayngel]

I'm more interested to know what AI program you used to simulate Nolan North's voice?

[@Trane141Kingz]

I got the Florentine noble attire for free because I'm still a Ubisoft connect member. Is it possible to get that outfit back for this game, and wear it like originally? And NO, please don't say mods,or PC

[@sentient243]

Can you explore ac syndicate out of bounds?

[@agentbarcelona88]

I dont understand, this was so long ago I remember those scenes and killing the pope and the cutscene after, but what do you mean " *removing the cutscene* "

[@fearedjames]

The non-flashback stuff is the cut content. Tbh I'm torn. If you've never played AC II, this is probably a better way to show the content. But I feel a lot of this works better for those who've already beaten II.

[@SonOfVenus92494]

This is not a "hidden" scene I've played AC brotherhood countless times and have seen this cutscene over & over as I restarted the story.

[@fenix_tx_1342]

What we had all seen was the right side version at 00:49, what nobody (outside of developers) had seen, was the left side version, without the flashback visuals. They had the whole scene of Ezio explaining this with mocap, facial animations, and camera angles, even though we don't seem them, meaning the flashback from AC2 was a late addition, and we were meant originally to see the characters react to what Ezio was saying in real time rather than be watching an AC2 flashback.

[@SonOfVenus92494]

@@fenix_tx_1342 Wow that's a lotta words, too bad I'm not readin' em. 😎

[@Vampyre618]

The Spaniard lives!?

[@amersekic8535]

Why do i remember this as a part of the game??? I remember it clearly. 🤨

[@staciehaaga2281]

That happened to my game

[@Assassino275]

Recap was much better honestly

[@arturcreed]

This is not a secret cutscene

[@MetalJT24]

Brotherhood was good, too bad most of AC2 characters didn't return.

[@Fyrehart97]

Yeah they clearly made a creative choice here and one I don't like, honestly. I hate it when TV shows, movies and games do these kinds of hand-holdy flashback sequences. Most players will go straight into Brotherhood and the ending of the last game will be fresh in one's mind and the reactions of the other characters are important for conveying just how radical and fantastical this is to everyone present. Still a great game though, but no product is perfect and will please everyone all of the time.

[@lemur_official]

I think what you're not considering is the amount of time there was between 2 and brotherhood's releases. By the time Brotherhood came out, the flashback sequence likely would have been a welcome refresher for a lot of people playing the game for the first time

[@Fyrehart97]

@@lemur_official I can see that, but I still disagree. Assassin's Creed had already become an annual release at that point, so it would have been less than a year for an average player to wait and probably close to the amount of time it took for Ezio and Mario to return from Roma to Monteriggioni. They also could have extended the prologue to include more of the "moving painting" sequence.

[@Sablizzlebazzle]

I love you

[@aradhyasakpal8083]

This makes sense even more.. Ac Brotherhood was mever meant to be a separate game. But it did. Developers did this with Flashbacks to remind everyone of the ending of AC2 as an act of Recap. Cause Brotherhood became a separate game.