Tour of Jerusalem | Assassin's Creed Parkour Sequence

Finally got to work on an AC1 parkour sequence! I'm really happy with some of the interactions, vaults, and the routing that they help achieve. On top of that, I wanted to focus on the nearly overwhelming and lively atmosphere of Jerusalem.
Hope you enjoy!

[@jcers]

Nah, this has gotta be the best AC1 parkour run out there fr

[@animusdrifter]

Omg, you have no idea how much it means to hear that, J Love you man

[@SSJ_Lang]

I second this

[@xottic.brotherhood]

I third this

[@insultlk]

Omg wtf

[@insultlk]

Jcers bro

[@LazerzZ]

Dude, this blew me away. The speed and accuracy of some of those moves were just wild, this has to be the best AC1 parkour segment I’ve ever seen. Stellar stuff!

[@animusdrifter]

AYYY!! Thank you so much!! I'm so glad you found it to be that good

[@jhzwwe123]

Funny thing is, this past month, I've seen like 10 ac1 videos with the best parkour ever, yet STILL this one has the best haha. Nice video mate! I'm re-downloading right now 😭 😭

[@animusdrifter]

@@jhzwwe123 Ayy lets go! Enjoy your replay and make sure to look into some good guides if you want to get technical! The game sadly does a terrible job at teaching you anything lol

[@jhzwwe123]

@@animusdrifter I have learned this the hard way, as literally just a week ago I learned of the vault mechanic in ac1. Literally blew my mind when I saw it, and realized I had never used it back in my playthrough in like 2010 lol

[@SSJ_Lang]

Cracked as always, the pacing of this one is like AC2 meets AC1, the crazy quick catch ledge cancels into a side eject is starting to become your signature move

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much homie

[@kinography9085]

Absolute banger. Those were some really tight angles and timings there, and you made it look easy. I hope this is the beginning of more AC1 on this channel!

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much homie, I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)))

[@Carneillon]

Great to see a true AC1 fan parkouring through the city with very impressive and smooth movements.

[@animusdrifter]

[@stealthexecutor563]

You must have insane knowledge about the layouts of the map to pull this off smoothly. Very impressive

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! It takes a bit of roaming and practice, but once you get the choreography and route down it's a breeze to make your way around the map (not the recording part, though haha)

[@mohammadalikawoosh516]

You shocked Altair himself man 😂🤍

[@kirpicast]

KZbin algorithm throws Unity parkour videos at me with a shovel when all I want is to watch Desmond saga parkour. This one especially was a breath of fresh air.

[@animusdrifter]

Glad I could provide some of the fresh air you required lol If you watch enough old school parkour videos for a bit youtube should start recommending them to you more

[@idi-jq6cj]

Truly the best AC1 parkour I've seen by far. It would be cool to see these advanced parkour tactics displayed during missions, like those informant missions where you need to kill Templars, flag collections, or even during certain Templar kill missions like the one where you deal with that book burning Templar and his other men disguised as him.

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much! I'd honestly like to start doing some in-mission and general stealth choreography too, though it's not something i'm as proficient in as the movement

[@NoGaLyX]

Your precision, use of catch ledge, and all of the types of quick drops you do, are so satisfying and inspiring. I cant imagine how many tries this run took, with how quirky the ledges in AC1 can be.

[@animusdrifter]

So glad you enjoyed the moves that much! It definitely took quite a few tries, though surprisingly not as long as I expected it to, as I choreographed and performed the run in 2 to 3 days. Compared to my older and longer runs, that's insanely fast lol

[@Luvsolofficial]

Hehe the wall bump at the end. Fr though, this is a gem. Really appreciate those out there who have a passion for movement and tech like this. Its like a little brotherhood inside of a game about brotherhoods.

[@animusdrifter]

@@Luvsolofficial Thank you so much

[@Gubernatorial98]

Thank you for showing the full potential of AC1. It's really frustrating when people say that the new games have superior parkour, when they simply don't.

[@animusdrifter]

And thank you for checking it out! I'm so glad you enjoyed it

[@RyzenX12]

Why does Altiars running animation look so smooth? I wish they made it look like that in the new games.

[@reclusivestarfisho_o1687]

Clips for AC1 are such a joy to watch and make. What isn’t a joy is completing the game, and every time you want to make a clip, you have to watch the same lectures between Altaïr and Al Mualim. Pain… Endless. Pain.🙂 As always, great clip! Take this, and eat of it. 🍕

[@animusdrifter]

Lmaoo watching through that is a pain indeed, but choreographing this was real fun. I'm so glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the pizza

[@reclusivestarfisho_o1687]

@@animusdrifter “I live to serve.”

[@CorPetit-v6d]

Insane knowledge of the mechanics of this game. Bravo.

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you!!

[@memecliparchives2254]

Now this is how AC parkour should be.

[@insultlk]

I swear u manage to do the most insane stuff that i didn't know u could u do in the old assassin's creeds. Ur insane bro, lucky to have been told ur channel by someone. Ur literally on Jcers level jeez

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much

[@insultlk]

@@animusdrifter ❤

[@HHidden0ne]

Bro the way you carry you carry on without messing up or finding yourself not knowing where to go just blows me away! Finally someone who sees AC1 for what it really is ❤

[@animusdrifter]

[@Broox38]

2:03 crazy Amazing run, I love your catch ledge cancels and punch drops right after landing on edges. Keep going man

[@insultlk]

Real

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much homie

[@rayan49044]

Altair do pretty vaulting and pretty side ejects 🤤 (no grabs missed too absolute perfection)

[@alinclaudiu4754]

Amazing skills and this game looks CRAZY GOOD for 2007!

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much! And it looks great indeed :)

[@GasoCantucci]

Did you see that? He's going to hurt himself. What is he doing! Jokes aside, I subscribed faster than my brain was able to process the amount of inputs per second. Legendary stuff.

[@animusdrifter]

So glad you liked it that much

[@shinobimsh5687]

As expected, ac1 in hands of insane player

[@animusdrifter]

[@bentheultimatelegend]

This is really impressive, I spent hours suffering at the AC1 parkour since the very first time I played it was like 6 months ago, so very good video!

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! AC1 parkour, just like the other classics, has a bit of a learning curve, but the biggest problem is that it never teaches you how to play it properly. A couple guides on how it works and practice goes a long way, despite AC1's occasional jank

[@krisarena4346]

Ottimo gameplay e gioco fantastico. Sinceramente manca poco che la grafica sia piu bella questa degli ultimi assassins creed

[@nischalr577]

Wow such an amazing parkour skills! The cities in AC1 were really well designed for parkour You have earned a new subscriber

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much!

[@stormysoup1083]

Yet another banger from the Animus Drifter

[@animusdrifter]

[@packrunnrjayyy]

this games parkour has so much control and you showcase it so amazingly

[@animusdrifter]

Indeed it does, and thank you so much!

[@thatsaweirdone]

That is some smoooooth parkour

[@animusdrifter]

[@Rapora9]

I've watched a lot of AC1 parkour recently and this is the best I've come across. Such beautiful movement and I really need to get back to this game

[@animusdrifter]

I'm so glad you liked it that much! Always glad to motivate people to come back to these games

[@Rapora9]

@@animusdrifter :) And of course I meant parkour, not speedrun :D

[@maxime6516]

The song in the street of jerusalem was so good ❤

[@Groppy]

better parkour than the rpg trilogy

[@harry_alexander99]

Smooth as hell 👌🏼

[@_.CM96]

It’s Soul destroying that we can’t get combat or parkour/movement like this again, companies now have more money and technology than ever but the games are massively downgraded they can’t seem to get it right. Nothing beats this AC game, perfect, just wish I could play it again but I am on PS5 (btw I loved the RPG games) but I just wish we could get one more proper AC game again!

[@AGamer0515]

First of hopefully many more ac1 vids. Keep em coming

[@animusdrifter]

Will do my best to keep more of em coming! I gotta get back to studying for a final again, but hopefully gonna have time for more AC1 after

[@kaino25]

You have earned yourself a sub, I really am impressed with the quick drops then catch ledge, because to this day, I'm still having a hard time pulling it off on my own whilist trying not watch a tutorial on it because my pride won't allow it.

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! And i certainly get that feeling, but some features and behaviors are obscure enough that its likely you won't fully crack down on them. I'd say looking at the different guides is more than okay, as you can show off how much you know and can do afterward!

[@abhilashmaddali7158]

What sorcery is this? Also that Jesper Kyd music is pure fire!

[@animusdrifter]

Haha, indeed it is, Jesper slaps

[@white6505]

very solid run, well done

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you!

[@samuelj5890]

Quality content as usual, love to see your vids pop up on my feed.

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! Glad I popped up there

[@JU1CY_ED1TS]

This is sick please do more ac1 bro

[@animusdrifter]

Will do my best to get back to it as soon as I can! Cooking something up, but it's going to need a good bit of time lol

[@ebicieb]

how satisfying to see that Altaïr doesn't stumbles like Ezio if you jump to surface edge at a slightly smaller angle

[@animusdrifter]

Definitely great for flow, that's the main gripe i have with the Ezio games

[@rpdt96]

That was exquisite. This must’ve taken a lot of time to route and execute. Have a sub, friend.

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much!

[@aayushkrishnaik7479]

THE BGM 🤩

[@animusdrifter]

[@M.G.F427]

This is by far the best parkour clip I've seen

[@animusdrifter]

I'm so glad you liked it that much

[@M.G.F427]

@@animusdrifter Your knowledge of the map and parkour system in general are really good, I'm not even close to being able to pull out moves like that.

[@animusdrifter]

@@M.G.F427 Ay, thank you! It takes a while to get there, but it's absolutely possible!

[@M.G.F427]

@@animusdrifter Yeah, I actaully started to create content mostly based on AC parkour last year thanks to Leo K, Jcers and Dude jqn, they made me look at the possibilities AC parkour and it's very fun to put it in practice.

[@animusdrifter]

@@M.G.F427 I'm glad they inspired you to start working on your own content too

[@Hood2351]

It's actually funny this games parkour system is my favourite if you just mixed it up with some new animations in the new hopefully upcoming remake you could have more people holding this as their favourite system like me.

[@kenanwallace2124]

Just came to watch based on Jcers hyping you up. Your routes and chains are mad clean dude, hope you get some more exposure with time.

[@animusdrifter]

Ay welcome, and thank you!

[@lnSignia]

People talking about how good the parkour and the game is. Totally agreed, although, this players parkour skills are no less.

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you so much for the kind words

[@ezioauditore4109]

so good

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you!

[@fightingtub4332]

Very good man, appreciate your skills and knowing of the surroundings

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you

[@xottic.brotherhood]

If I had ac1 I would try out everything you just did especially the vault, can’t believe it was a secret. Anyways W video as always.

[@insultlk]

W

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! And hey, if you can ever get your hands on AC1, it'd be absolutely amazing. The vault is so fun to play around with

[@xottic.brotherhood]

@@animusdrifter I might have to go out of my way and get an old gen console. I was hoping to get a PS5 on my birthday but that can wait because I wanna play ac1 so bad

[@animusdrifter]

@@xottic.brotherhood Ah dang i see, you could also get a relatively cheap PC to run it too! That way you get access to both AC1 and the non-remastered Ezio games, which honestly look better IMO

[@xottic.brotherhood]

@@animusdrifter yea and honestly the more I look at it the desaturated look of 1 and 2 look good. I’ll think about the pc and if I can’t get it I’ll get an xbox 360(im a ps4 player so it might feel weird but I also hear on pc that’s the best controller to use) because I used to have one and the game variety is much better

[@babblejacks2818]

You really said screw parkour starters I make my own way up, while still being efficient.

[@animusdrifter]

Lmao indeed

[@skyedavies1042]

Wow. You make it look like ACU parkour.

[@cyberassasin4772]

Bravo bravo 👏

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you!

[@ExecutionProducer]

0:45 peek to drop 🤯

[@animusdrifter]

Indeed! Love the peek punch drop, and it provided the perfect trajectory this time

[@EkarDGames]

Ur insane

[@animusdrifter]

What ac1 parkour does to a mf (it turns them insane) Fr tho, thanks homie

[@DegroDanny]

Очень жду паркур по дамаску, это мой любимый город в ас1, он такой приятный желто-песочный, и в нем по моему мнению лучше всего чувствуется весь этот восточный калорит времен той эпохи, а еще помоему багдад в мираже ближе всего напоминает именно дамаск, и когда люди говорят о том что мираж очень похож на 1ас, я уверен они асациируют это именно с дамаском, а тур по Иерусалиму получится крутой💪✊👍

[@-s-ixth]

Bravo!

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you!

[@friedrichmyers]

AC1 is the only perfect AC game.

[@xXSTEPANOFFRUS]

Insane 🔥

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you!!

[@Mohammed-Baqer-313]

love it, the literall reason why i play Assassin's creed 1 and BTW are you using a controller or keyboard?

[@animusdrifter]

Glad you enjoyed it! I usually play AC1 on KBM, and the Ezios on controller

[@kyle2kyletroii]

i love the og parkour routes you do but could you try some unity?

[@animusdrifter]

Glad you like them! I've been contemplating doing Unity at some point, though I'm pretty on the fence as it's not a system I enjoy as much as the old one. Considering certain limitations and inconsistencies that Unity has, that wouldn't exactly mix too well with me being a pretty big perfectionist - it'd destroy me lol. Jokes aside, it's not off the table, but also isn't a priority right now.

[@Agrosheep1]

How did the parkour go from this in 2007 to mirage in 2023

[@ItsYurVatoAlex]

That was incredible. Are you a mouse and key user btw?

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! In this video I played with mouse and keyboard, but I usually do controller for the Ezio games.

[@milanbasorovic5714]

And for some very peculiar reason, Ubisoft thinks this parkour style wouldn't be interesting enough for the young brainwashed audience, since it requires more than 3 brain cells. Although this already 16-year-old mechanic is objectively the most advanced and imerssive parkour system ever achieved. So we get snapy and overly simplified "parkour" in "back to the roots" AC Mirage. Not only we haven't learned the lesson, but Ubisoft is still more than capable to scam us with a couple of buzzwords. By the way I still can't wrap my had around the fact you pull of all these moves perfectly all the time. This is whole other level. P.S. After completely skipping Odyssey and Valhalla, I did subscribe to Ubisoft+ couple of days ago, in a desperate hope I would find a glimp of my childhood, but of no avail. To all of you who still believe ubisoft will one day ressurect the masterpiece (me included), don't. Don't let them use our own hopes against us anymore. Enough of that.

[@Leo.de69]

As much as it pains me to say this : the old parkour system will never come back because the new generation of gamers cannot handle anything thats not given to them immediately.

[@ashenhnybgr5942]

good stuff

[@SirNoobWulf]

That is fucking beautiful

[@animusdrifter]

So glad you enjoyed it that much

[@maytarzahor]

Better than odyssey till mirage combined

[@nightingale5371]

Wtf.... Why so fast and good

[@animusdrifter]

[@kentoomer8143]

How are you able to seemingly vault at will? I thought it required three jumps first. It seems like all you need is to jump from a ledge? Insanely impressive…

[@Blizatron]

PRAISE BE SALAHADIN !

[@thiagopina4258]

Who wants Acre next like this comment

[@adilbek.ermekov]

Please make the unity next

[@animusdrifter]

Occasionally thought about it, but I'm not sure if I'll be doing Unity any time soon :(

[@adilbek.ermekov]

@@animusdrifter We can wait

[@OffRadarPro_3768]

Ubisoft should remaster this game for next gen platforms

[@A-Gaymer]

At 0:14 did you drop by doing a grab? You did it so fast that I'm not sure what you did lol. Super impressive!

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! That drop was done via a punch drop, essentially by spamming it before the landing to queue it up as quickly as possible, but a grab drop would in that case result in basically the same behavior

[@mad_kattt8173]

Maaan idk what it is, i've watched the games a couple of times, i've played most of the games, (im still in odyssey) and i cannot find what it makes these games so good, idk if its the atmosphere, or the gameplay or the story, all ik is tht the classic games have this feeling tht i cannot explain, they are too good in a way, its like you rlly are there, but with these new games all the immersion is gone, idk i think tht feeling has to comeback cus these new games are good, but they dont have the IT factor imo.

[@mad_kattt8173]

i think is the fact tht you are actually in control of the game, or tht it dont have superpowers tht makes it special.

[@GreenNinj4]

Lore accurate Altaïr

[@IbytheGOAT]

Nah bruh 1:15 is impossible to pull off and you did it maddd

[@animusdrifter]

[@DazhPower]

Did you use mouse and keyboard?

[@animusdrifter]

In this video i did

[@vstarev2715]

2:09 eh Iwas thinking how great would look an ac1 video from you Iwasent mistaken

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you! Also, are you curious about what happend at the time stamp, or?

[@vstarev2715]

@@animusdrifter no its actully so much fun when altaïr is runing and you bump onto someone Sadly ezio dont have new voice for these animations):

[@animusdrifter]

@@vstarev2715 haha true, the crazy reactions some npcs have to being lightly glanced can be hilarious

[@ranex7511]

Bro, can you do one in Paris with Unity?

[@friedrichmyers]

What is that soundtrack? I can't find it.

[@animusdrifter]

Found it by looking up "Damascus horse ride" as part of this game's soundtrack, though not in the official release.

[@friedrichmyers]

@@animusdrifter THANKS BROTHER!!

[@friedrichmyers]

@@animusdrifter There are so many AC1 soundtracks that I can't find. Like the one with the choir when you go to meet Al Mualim

[@animusdrifter]

@@friedrichmyers np

[@animusdrifter]

@@friedrichmyers You can probably find it in the uploads of tracks outside of the official release

[@glitchy210]

0:16 how do you jump from these pipe looking things?

[@animusdrifter]

You can only swing on those poles by design, as i do in the video, except for very rare bugged circumstances.

[@hrz7214]

Does anyone know the track?

[@animusdrifter]

it's Flight Through Jerusalem, from the game's OST

[@hrz7214]

@@animusdrifter bless you

[@muhammadumarwaqar5793]

loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@KhoaHoVoang]

I'm about to play this game for the first time at a netstation. What should I do sa that I can do parkour as good as you?

[@animusdrifter]

Ay, hope you'll have great fun with it! Not sure how familiar you are with AC2 - Revelations movement, which would definitely help, but it all boils down to slowly learning new tech, and practicing it a good bit, pushing your creativity as far as you can. The rest just depends on how well versed in classic movement you are already, on top of working with some quirks specific to AC1, both good and bad ones. In short, make sure to maintain button discipline, try to read your environment as well as possible as the entirety of it is your playground, slowly learn to apply your expanding mechanical knowledge through a good bit of practice and have patience, both with yourself and the game.

[@KhoaHoVoang]

@@animusdrifter sounds great advice. I have one more question. Do you play AC on consoles or pc? I need to know bc I'm gonna play on pc the next week.

[@animusdrifter]

@@KhoaHoVoang Oh i play everything on PC, which actually brings me to an important point for running AC1 on a good enough pc (which is every pc today lol), and it's that you have to make sure vsync is turned on, and also externally lock the game to 60 fps if possible. Vsync being off can screw up leap of faith landings because of how the game internally handles them, potentially causing a hard landing on the hay and desyncing you, and fps above 60 (or if unlocked, even if it's set to 60Hz in game) causes Altair to freeze up after a certain amount of airtime in big, freeform jumps. The latter isn't the biggest deal, but can be a bit annoying when you want to make bigger, risky leaps.

[@KhoaHoVoang]

@@animusdrifter Vsync? In the menu?

[@animusdrifter]

@@KhoaHoVoang Yup, in the game's graphic settings

[@Growmetheus]

K. Ima sub.

[@IsharkOnYT]

what platform do u use

[@animusdrifter]

I'm on PC

[@kaino25]

​@@animusdrifterCan I know if you use a keyboard and mouse or a controller?

[@animusdrifter]

@@kaino25 So for the Ezio games I tend to use controller, but for AC1 I used keyboard and mouse

[@kaino25]

@@animusdrifter ah I see, why is that tho? Is it just a preference or something else.

[@animusdrifter]

@@kaino25 I usually prefer controller for recording, but setting it up for AC1 takes a bit longer so I was instead lazy and went for kbm, but as I'm proficient with both, it was fine lol The reasons i usually prefer a controller for choreo recording are smoother camera controls and movement omnidirectionality that doesn't require a camera input, though.

[@LordZeck]

Sexy work there bro lol

[@animusdrifter]

Ayy thanks!

[@JohnDoe-cz5zk]

Whats the music?

[@mk_aquila]

Flight Through Jerusalem

[@JohnDoe-cz5zk]

@@mk_aquila nice one mate. Got it soon after asking

[@user-fm9ww2wk1i]

"AC1 is so clunky & outdated"

[@animusdrifter]

Sooooo clunky and slow and janky and inconsistent smhhh

[@Idrinkbleachyes]

Wow this is pretty COOL!

[@animusdrifter]

Thank you!

[@FAK3_US3R]

This game never looks old.

[@g10viwho70]

Fr

[@jizzer9000]

It’s the lighting. They could get in loads of detail because it only presents 1 time of day, and if doesn’t have to be dynamic. Each mission is essentially a painting at that point. The series only ever surpassed this game graphically speaking after Black Flag I think, but stylistically the series is still behind the first game

[@Antty-]

This has to be some canon Altair's practice

[@tgkthebawse]

Safety and Peace... this video has given me both.

[@animusdrifter]

[@177SCmaro]

Ah, yes. Back when it was up to the player to make the parkor look good.

[@animusdrifter]

And it looked better than any automated system after, imo

[@177SCmaro]

@@animusdrifter You're not wrong.

[@icarusgaming6269]

You don't have to queue up contextual vaults in midair like that. That's just for air vaults. Just hold open hand as soon as you connect with the adjacent object

[@animusdrifter]

Indeed yeah, it was possible to avoid holding empty hand so early, but I just focused on getting the direction and landings right after a good few tries to the point where muscle memory took over for the vault - will do my best to do it cleaner in the next one

[@charlissedelapena5167]

A.C Brotherhood, A.C IV: Black Flag, And A.C Rogue Are My Favorite A.C Games In The Franchise, But A.C III, A.C Unity, And A.C Revelations Has The Best Parkour Elements Of Them All.

[@animusdrifter]

Ay, some interesting preferences, cool!

[@mk_aquila]

Man, they don't make games like this anymore. Assassin's Creed 1 is one of my favourite games of all time, the vibe of the original game is UNMATCHED. Masyaf and Damascus in the Abbasid Age, the Crusaders patrolling the streets, the Order of Assassins, and the Sci-fi going on with the Animus and Abstergo and the Pieces of Eden Where did Ubisoft go so wrong? Also, your gameplay is amazing dude, best I've seen on KZbin

[@animusdrifter]

Indeed they don't, and thank you so much!

[@Blacklungs-Sanji]

When the first game in the series ahs better parkour then any of them 😂 people say unity was good but it was just the animations, every ac parkour been jank asf after 2

[@animusdrifter]

Lmao true, though i'd say there are more non-janky parkour systems lol. Still, I'd also say it peaked with 2

[@Cursedmanplays4631]

I wish to go back to 2008, when I finally got the PS3. My first games? Spider Man 3, Turok, CoD 4, MGS4 AND Assassin's Creed. Man... those were good times...

[@NiZaRiOn]

Back when ubisoft used to give a shit. When their games were actually bringing something new to the gaming industry.