Ezio Meets Minerva (Assassin's Creed 2 | End of Game)
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- Minerva, previously known as Merva and Mera, was a member of the First Civilization. She worked in close collaboration with Jupiter and Juno to prevent the First Disaster, and its recurrence. Later, a holographic projection recorded before her eventual death started to act in her stead. In 2012, the projection spoke with the First Civilization descendant, Desmond Miles, through the Prophet, Ezio Auditore da Firenze - another descendant - before speaking with Desmond directly upon his arrival at the Grand Temple... Watch more Assassin's Creed 2 videos: bit.ly/TEZ8j3. Assassin's Creed 1 (2007): bit.ly/SPz5nE.
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this was such a wtf moment when she mentioned desmond in ezio's presence. great ending to a great game
@dingir xul lol
When she looked at the camera!!!
this was also a reference from the developing team to the players, that they are the ones that came before, they created this, giving us a message that they are now dead and no more, it's all up to us.
i mean, this hits so deep when knowing what happened to the franchise since ubisoft got taken over and the entire AC franchise got over taken as well.
to this day all AC franchises that have been release since, have desperately tried to tie this moment up with all other games, to make it seem like just some mumbo jumbo in the game and take away the real message from the developers to the players that happened in this moment.
yep. Completely blew me away
[Meme]
I need a good-fist fight with the Pope.
For many years, Ezio yearned to understand the meaning of Minerva's "message"
It wasn't until Revelations that he realized he wasn't meant to
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he actually wanted to retire before brotherhood
minerva: ezio shut the fuck up I'm trying to talk to the former bartender
When she looks at the camera past ezio is one of the greatest moments in gaming superbly done
YES
@ϏƗȐȺ Ϫ999 no it’s not a message against religion
No doubt! Shook my soul
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@ϏƗȐȺ Ϫ999 that warning had nothing to do with a religious warning, and the world ending in 2012 was just a superstition since there’s only 12 months in a year
What an absolute mindfuck for Ezio. A crazy godlike being addressing both you and someone from centuries into the future viewing your own memories.
It's just advanced beings, advanced technologically beings, people consider them god
@@ZanderJaverson yes, that's what they say in the video.
I don't know if the animus is also a first civilization's technology.
her addressing the camera freaked me out so fucking much as a kid
This game and ending was fucking awesome When i was a kid i wish they kept going with this first civilization story
This whole game is a message to the players and to the world.. they are warning us. AC is one of the highest selling games ever. They are trying to tell you a message, about our past And future.. I cant believe no one else can see what i see the developers are pushing in this series. They know the truth and they are showing you right in your face and blind people still cannot see. "You may not comprehend us but you will comprehend our warning" who are you talking to? Our message is not for you" very creepy.. they are telling us the earths true history and it flies over all your guys heads. This whole game is very true and prophetic. Theres been two forces fighting for the control of earths destiny for centuries. 2 sets of E.T.s maybe? Both Allied with humans? Either malevolent or benevolent? The apple of EDEN was aka the ark of the covenant. A very powerful device with infinite power. Think of it as a singuarlity in a crystal ball. A mini universe with all sorts of capabilities. Anti gravity, healing, destruction, Thats what was in the sarcafagus of the great pyramid. And has been the reason for most if not all of the major wars in history. Moses left with it from egypt, then Jesus was born or baptized in the vicinity of this object and had super DNA. Hitler was looking for it. The all seeing eye represents the keepers of this object. Its here in America.. when the templars found it during the crusades and left europe with it. thats why they were fought in the first place the Ark IS the holy grail its not some stupid cup. It goes deeper than u can possibly imagine. You had all the right to be scared when she looked at the camera warning you! Very eerie indeed. But oh its just a video game right? If u can comprehend what im saying look up Nassim haramein and the ark here on YT and youll find out.
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Chase what you mean ?????????
+Dre Cristo: Stop playing games and go outside for a breath of fresh air.
“Who is Desmond?” Is still the most chilling phrase I’ve heard in this franchise
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Ezio's descendant 500 years from now
Anyone else feels bad for Ezio in this scene ? He worked so hard to get to this, from a vengeful boy to a calm man, became the Prophet and all Minerva told him was "Just STFU and let me talk to someone else" XD
Ezio did reflect this in Revelation tho, "that I am merely a conduit for a message far beyond my understanding". While the scene is epic, it's just sad if you think about it
Actually he is a messenger of God who passed it to his descendant Desmond, so he can save humanity from extinction.
laveenr but Minerva clearly said they are not gods
I agree times infinite.
@@Gush27 yeah but she's an idiot... clearly they are gods
He did not " become " the prophet. He was always the prophet, since the day he was born
I miss the days when AC games had a good story. Ezio, Desmond you live on in my heart. You where the best of the saga.
Altair is my favourite the creed's best assassin and Grandmaster to ever live
To be honest the story wasnt anything amazing. But the current shit show is so bad it makes the initial story amazing
@ACW Presents Incredible? Game of thrones books have amazing writing. Ezio's trilogy is revenge story with some appetisers and revelations that show us ezio trying to find a new objective in life after finishing his revenge and establishing the order in italy. It's nothing groundbreaking but it feels good to follow that story. I'd say it was well executed.
@@Fireballun got is a fucking shitshow for incels inbread, perhaps the books were well written but the series was garbage.
@@TheRealUnkn0wn_289 you may be right only younger generation plays them and from what I see only we care about this world
This ending BLEW my bloody mind off its puny hinges and left me like Desmond, 'What. The. Fuck?!'
Only a handful of times has a game captivated me enough to chill me to the CORE in some moment, and Minerva looking SQUARE into the camera is absolutely one of those moments, comparable only to one particular death scene from Dead Space's final boss. Minerva, though - They were so subtle with it, in those first moments she clearly does it but you're left wondering, "Did that just happen?" then...
@@fffiilpsnamecaps9004let me blow your mind, minerva represents an angel or demon. Holy relics like ark of the covenant are stargates, pieces of eden, shiva lingams. Connected to souls of angels, demons, planets. Akhenaten (ark of the covenant) naten/ra, soul of the sun. 7 rishis manu (noah). Creation energy brahma. 7 chakras 3rd eye. Christ, krishna. All real.
let me blow your mind, minerva represents an angel or demon. Holy relics like ark of the covenant are stargates, pieces of eden, shiva lingams. Connected to souls of angels, demons, planets. Akhenaten, ark of the covenant, naten, soul of the sun. 7 rishis manu (noah). Creation energy brahma. 7 chakras 3rd eye. Christ, krishna, creation energy, all real.
The way she just looked at the camera like she knows we are watching that moment was great
26 years old and this is still the most mindfuck ending I've ever witnessed in a lifetime of playing videogames. This ending here set the bar so high. I wish I could experience it all for the first time again. Ezio's trilogy was pinnacle AC.
have you played valhalla?
@@lyndongaming ew
@@jlipawen6453 the game is bad the ending is great
Got the same age by now and have just finished the game. The ending makes me think about things beyond our human understanding.
I swear everytime I see the Isu ruins throughout Assassins Creed, I get chills. I absolutely love this whole idea of a first civilization. More so when characters learn that they are not gods, but beings that simply exist before we did.
Not sure if you would be interested, but do check out Graham Hancock and his series following Fingerprint of the Gods! Brings in a lot of modern archeological evidence of a supposed ancient community of advanced humans whose civilization was disrupted by the Younger Dryas. Check out Joe Rogan #1284.
To put it simply, they are still pretty much gods even if she doesn't admit it
@@rover5058 nope. Just 'advanced' humans. What youre saying is like Chimpanzees calling humans Gods. We are not gods lol
@@rover5058 The Isu are mortal, they were simply more advanced, or simply came before. They just appear god-like because of their technology.
Anyone else came back here after hearing the same voice in AC Valhalla?
I came back when the Hushed Voice said “Who are you?” to see if it was Ezio, and it was!
Look at 2:55 you hear an isu talking in a pyramid in ac origins and you see that exact image
i came because people says this game has *fourth wall breaking* ending
More like, they created a 5th wall and broke it just for fun.
She didn't really break our wall. She fourth-wall-breaking into Desmond's wall. xD
@@alfiandihestiono2165 2 4th walls in AC. player and character's animus (which is kind of like videogaming with memories)
There's no fourth wall. She's not talking to the player but the character you're playing as. It's just a crazy plot line. People think it's "fourth wall breaking" since she looks at the camera lol. She's just looking at Desmond.
@@TheSCPStudio In reality, she is just a poser because Desmond is in Ezio's body.
Whether Assassins Creed went as a Book series, comic, or film franchise, it indeed has a great story built by great ideas and concepts.
lol
Not their story lmao it's all facts
The Assassin's never existed. The Knights Templar in real life perished long ago, and were very different from the game's interpretation. Many things in the games are _not_ facts.
House Lannister Of Casterly Rock actually they did. they were called the Ḥashshāshīn or Nizari and based in the Middle East from around the First Crusade until about the late 13th century. The Crusaders were aware of and feared them and, yes, called them Assassins.
Dart Mada Not the same assassins.
Minerva-You are the prophet, you played you part.
2:29 Ezios face like WTF?
One thing that bugs me about AC2:Brotherhood is that Ezio refers to this sequence as talking to "the moving painting of Minerva". Ezio would have absolutely no concept or reference that Minerva's projection is artificial. if anything, he would call it an apparition, specter or ghost.
He was refering to the hologram-screen Minerva showed in the last part, not Minerva's hologram... He tought she was a god, that suits better than aparición or ghost since she's known as a Roman god.
Hope that helps :)
I'm pretty sure he referred to it at magic
I came back after seeing Gunlodr (Minerva) try to speak to "The Prophet" in AC Valhalla, can't believe it all came full circle.
YESSSS ! Sent chills down my spine
“Who are you?”
Only hole is that gunlodr clearly barely understands who/what she is talking to on the other side let only have the foresight to speak through ezio to Desmond with such conviction
@@Viper-dz2kw probably the relay was prototype and still cant tell who's on the other end
Also her log mentioned that she was still tracing "the threads", so maybe after she's done with the tracing she would know who will stand before the relay and know who will be able to take action
The ending of this scene with the music and Minerva's inital creepiness still creeps me out.
First time I played, I thought she was deadass talking to me
Tshepiso Morake When you think about it, she kinda is speaking to humankind in general. 😂
Who’s here after Valhalla made reference to this exact scene?
The insanity of this revelation isn't just that Minerva spoke to Desmond through Ezio across centuries of time, but the fact that she wasn't seeing into the future. She calculated it and anticipated nearly every major event to come before the 2nd disaster to befall the earth
And thus one of the trippiest scenes in any video game ever made its debut.
Not many games leave you staring at credits just digesting what you experienced
This is easily one of my favorite moments in video game history.
1:36 “you are...gods?” Ezio was shocked asf 🤣
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Me when I first played and saw this ending
I think it's basically everyone who played the game since it's something that really didn't cross anyone's mind. Normally endings to anything share something somehow in some way: Happy ending, revenge, piece for the time being until a sequel is made, yada yada yada. But to drop in a... 4th wall..? (Not sure if it really can be considered a fourth wall as we are playing as Desmond who is living the memories of Ezio) is so original.
Zarem Xarinos she did say “through you” to Desmond. Maybe Minerva knew at that point that Desmond was watching Ezio’s life through him.
I got suspicious when she was looking towards us instead of Ezio. The fact that its canon that the Animus memories are viewed from the 3rd person also added to that. I also thought Minerva was leaving a message for the general future. But when she called out Desmond by name I literally burst out saying WTF!
Can relate.. after that I just sat there in awe, watching the credits and listening to the amazing sound track.. as I decided this is the best game I ever played.
I think there's fate in this ending
1:14 "who are you" - Hushed Voice in AC Valhalla
More people need to see this
@@thestentorian9461 Yes
@@thestentorian9461 what does it mean? I havent play AC Valhalla.. is it connected to ezio?
@@Vandy-- yes. In Ac2 Ezio is talking to Minerva and in Ac Valhalla Odin talks to a Jotun and she claims to be talking to the future. Both voices say "who are You" exactly like Ezio said to Minerva. I feel like the Jotun showed herself as Minerva to Ezio
Edit: Short Sum is Ezio was talking to the Jotun inside of Jotunheim although he was not in the same year or place as the Jotuns. There's a crystal in Jotunhiem that allows you to reach out to the future
@@Vandy-- watch this video it explains it much better
It’s crazy how this was in Valhalla from Minerva’s perspective.
From one of her many perspectives, it was from Jotunheim. The Isu did not exist as single-planar entities, and the Jotun were particularly aware of this in the sense of hugr
@@drigondiiwhere did you get this from? Isn't Jotunheim just how Eivor visualised their memories as Odin/Havi? Through the lens of Nordic lore, rather than the actual hi-tech visuals of the Isu that we saw in the scene you get from doing the Animus puzzles.
15 years later still arguably the biggest mind-fuck in gaming
I love the atmosphere and the eerie soundtrack; makes it so disturbing and puts you in his shoes. Everything you've ever believed just flushed down the toilet in a matter of minutes.
I knew this was intense when she broke the 4th wall and was staying at me. Like “yeah dude shut up, let her talk!” 😂 it was so unreal I still get goosebumps of how crazy this all become. Or the gravity of the real situation at hand. Ezio & Desmond have been a good fit to the series. It’s crazy how it’s become. But GODAMNNN the feels of this story in time.
Still the best assassins creed moment ever!!
When a game is made right!
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I came here in 2020 to say thats AC Valhalla returned to that especific moment and was amazing
that ac valhalla reference to this exact scene in the jotunheim arc was so sick!
2:15 Talk about breaking the 4th wall. lol
Lol, "I do not wish to speak with you(Ezio) but through you(Desmond)"
She didnt break our wall, because she was speaking with Desmond
That isn’t a fourth wall break. She was talking to Ezio about Desmond.
Minerva = Gunlodr
It makes sense after playing AC: Valhalla
Ezio: Hey lady, why do you keep looking away from me when you speak?
I love the way how she put her sight straight on camera, on eyes of the one who sitting behind of screen
Great video. Remains one of the biggest WTF moments in video game history!! Loved the Ezio trilogy and even the modern day stuff with Desmond.
When Minerva looks at the camera and says you will heed our warning, honestly, back then, it scared the sh*t out of me 😂
My favourite game of all time. The gameplay, the characters, the soundtrack. So good.
1:40 that laugh
When I first played this saw this cutscene where Ezio looked into the screen and still surprised until now.
And Ubisoft squandered this ending. GJ Ubisoft.
This is isayama/eren Jeager level plot writing. Such a great moment in the series.
This is exactly what I was thinking! I wonder if Isayama played AC2 and used it as inspiration 🤔
Its soo cool that In valhalla you can view this from minerva’s perspective
Who's minerva called in valhalla
This was kind of creepy. The truth just shoved down his throat. This storyline seems plausible with all of the unknown history and "myths"
Ezio realized he was just a supporting character
I remember watching this part and when she looked at the camera, I was so scared like she was talking to me. This was before 2012 and everyone thought the world was ending. That’s what it sounded like she was talking about. I was shook.
Minerva shouldn’t be annoyed by Ezio’s confusion when she speaks to Desmond.
Watching this clip so many years after last playing this game and Minerva saying Desmond's name still gives me goosebumps.
Only took two games to jump the shark.
And so the mindfuck began...
MASSIVE for lore fans here: In the Saga of the Snows, the shattered mirror in "A Feast to Remember" is literally THIS moment when Ezio says "Who are you?" Eivor nearly saw this moment happen through the lens of Norse mythology while reliving Odin's memories in her visions!
So no one else is making a big deal that Ezio went from a full scruffy beard at the end of AC2 to a super neat circle beard at the beginning of Brotherhood?
silentXVI 🤷🏻♀️
Did razor blades not exist back then?
@@rickyray2794 ¿He shaved in a second in that Vault?
Minerva trimmed his beard to prepare him for Brotherhood
Desmond: "what. the. f*ck?"
Me: "same"
Just finished this game yesterday this scene will forever stick with me. As she stares at the camera I was like tf she lookin at & ezio as well asking her what is she staring at I knew I wasn’t trippin 😅
Anyone here after playing Valhalla ? And realizing it’s ezios voice talking through the mirror ?
Minerva's character model voice are so much better in AC2 than in AC3.
When I played through this scene originally back then, me and Desmond said WTF at the same time 🤣 I loved this game. Quintessential Assassins Creed.
God I just played this for the first time this past week and every time she looked at the camera, I got chills.
I'd played Revelations and all the other main games until origins but never played this one or Brotherhood.
I do not regret my decision to play them.
This was probably the #1 "You got hoed" moment in gaming history. Poor Ezio....
It’s noticeable that Minerva is telling with Desmond and saying his name, not a name of anyone else who used Animus e.g. Subject 16 or Daniel Cross. So she’s already known that they wouldn’t reach this memory sequence, this part of Ezio’s life. Or they reach it but Minerva’s words made Abstergo abduct Desmond.
This is the moment the basic the "good vs. evil" historical plot became high-concept science fiction.
1:13 For anyone that played Valhalla.
didn't even notice it was ezio the first time
They didn't bring Ezio's voice actor back...
I knew it hahaha
I know it's really random to say this, but am I the only one who's waiting for Lara to appear afterwards saying"Don't you think you've seen enough?"and shoot the camera?:s
So Gunlodr managed to connect with Ezio after the feast.
god i love historical accuracy thank you ubisoft cant wait for a game in japan
Didn't you hear? Black people didn't even exist until 1964
@@thecaptain6520people are so racist and dumb. The guy is a literal black samurai from that time period with a likely awesome story and people will say it’s wokeism. No, they’re just pure racist. Those fat nerd vocal gamers are a bunch of imbeciles
I remember experiencing this and the pain I had to endure waiting for Brotherhood to come out
Came back here after finding out Ezio's voice was in Valhalla. "Who are you?" (1:14)
Me too. And boy, that was some serious shit ! I mean, I had to see a diferent video explaining this conection, but even so, I was so surprised to see this ! And came back here and started to play the series ALL OVER AGAIN, just because of this ! It's simply incredible ! Not to say that Desmond appears at the end of the game as The Reader. Man, I think AC is getting back on the right tracks !
A way to destroy what could have been an absolute storytelling masterpiece in the gaming history - Assassin's creed in current timeline, Desmond becoming an assassin and trying to save the world, while fighting modern templars. Instead we have the garbage now that looks more like a DLC than an actual game every year.
"I have so many questions" that made me sad Ezio needs a rest
When I first played this all those years ago, and Minerva looked right at the camera and right into my soul…. I lost my shit and have yet to find it
When she broke the fourth wall that scared the shit outta me
Who else is here because of Valhalla?
Plot twist: The message was directed to the player
4:43 As someone whose first AC game was Brotherhood, I had no idea what the heck was happening. This was the opening scene of Brotherhood.
I really think a civilization like this lived before us loooongggg before us
Joe Rogan much?
You should research the Dogon tribe of Mali and their knowledge of the Solar System during BC times.
1:14, if you played AC Vahalla, you know how crazy this scene is
Most definitely lol
Years after I played AC2 I realized why this episode shook me the most (despite there was plenty of gems in this game).
Ezio bypasses the accomplishments of his father and all the assassins of the past to encounter ancient gods and reach the deepest secrets of mankind and beyond.
He gets so close to reveal and solve every damn question of eternity AND YET he gets rejected when Minerva suddenly starts talking to Desmond.
And at this moment I got swamped by the feeling of fragility of a single human, no matter how great in terms of humanity he is.
Life of a man is finite, it has it’s top point of importance, and the main great Quest will never be complete.
And then you immediately understand that you just witnessed Ezio’s top point.
A mixed feeling of awe and regret at the same time.
Splendid work, Ubisoft.
Just finished this game today. This cutscene took me by surprise. I was like, “What the heck? What’s going on, why am I in space?”
Minerva is gunlodr. In Valhalla we see Gunlodr experimenting with "magic" and trying to talk to the future, what we see here in this AC2 scene is the other side of that conversation.
The only difference is, the Asgard arc that we see in Valhalla is just Eivors recreation based on her Mythology, so Minerva gets converted to Gunlodr and the setting and technology becomes all norse-like, and this isn't what the actual appearances of the characters/locations/technology were like
When i was younger and i played this part for the first time , this part freaked me out when i realized she was talking about Desmond lol damn i miss assassin creeed when it was like this lol
Assassins is nothing like this anymore! I miss this so much!
Your comment is 2 years old, but should you have played Origins or Odyssey you should know it's back in shape, especially Odyssey and its DLC has a lot of first civilization, great stuff!
@@DOSkywalkR What ser you saying, the lore is fucked up, the Atlantis DLC only confuses the Isu thing, Juno is there for no reason, after all, Ubisoft thougt that kill her in a comic would be an awesome idea. And for the game, is a shitty rpg kind of thing with the terrible Mass Effect Andromeda's visuals and bugs
So, the animus is like a radio transmitter to comunicate with the people of the first civilization through the subject's ancestors.
Margaret Easley - Minerva. The voice behind our favorite ghostly character Minerva.
This game was absolutely amazing.
Thats like you play a videogame and one of the characters talk to you and say your name: "WHAT THE FUCK?"
beat the game for the first time last night. same exact feeling : D I even said out loud "What The Fuck ?" just before Desmand said it :D
i freaked out when she stared at my soul, smh goose bump
That’s so sad that Ezio died never fully knowing what his role really was. Like yeah who is Desmond?
Super Girl he did in revelations he figure out that he is just a message being replayed just look up the final mission of acr lol
Keyser Soeze It wasn’t meant for him to fully understand or comprehend, that’s the point. He was just a messenger.... a vessel if you will
Keyser Soeze same here man smh i can truly say those early AC games left a huge mark on my young teenage gaming years.
Keyser Soeze He actually died thinking that he didnt feel like he had everything most of his life because he was doing something he didnt know what, until he was finished. You can watch the Embers short film
@RR CC but it wasn’t tho
That man grew up in an insanely religious time. And he was called prophet by a godlike being. That mustve fucked with him, but like the king he is, Ezio moved on
This was the first scene we saw an isu.
I'm here to listen if the "who are you" from Jotenheim in AC Valhalla is the same a this one. And it is!
One of the best twist in the game it was like i was watching sci fi movie when i played the game
Anyone else finding a relative connection between the message of Minerva and the Ancient Sumerian Tablets of the Annunaki?
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Ezios story was legend and best i remember that old tine