Altair was an assassin above all , born into the order of assassins , killing was the thing he was known for , he was promoted to master assassin in his 20s because he was skilled and always finished the job , he did not have time for women or chasing his desires , he was a man of comittement and focus , and let's be honest he was an arrogant bastard in the begining but that's the beaty of hs character , being as skilled as him all of us will let that get into our head , imagine being in your 20s and having the nickname : the best assassin of his era
The OG. The one who started it all. The most legendary and skilful Assassin of them all. The ultimate blueprint of an Assassin. The one who Ezio himself looked up to his whole life. Altaïr ibn La-Ahad is the GOAT of the franchise.
For me the most impactful moment is altair's memory 5 being a stark contrast from memory 1 in revelation. In memory one he was a naive young man convinced that the brotherhood is the solution and has no regrets about his life with the touch of Al Mualim telling him he will find a way to regret his life as an assassin in time. In memory 5 we see an unnaturaly old altair who is likely one of the wisest people in his lifetime due to him outclipsing by far the average lifespan of 13th century levant He reflects on his youth and how foolish he was to believe being an assassin would help achieve peace, that he regrets being an assassin for so long despite the choice of living another life. That he hates the apple, it's secrets and his mental (and physical) dependance on it. But ending up on a lighter note that he doesn't regret his new purpose of finding the truth Altair purposefully made his library as his tomb with his story being a cautionary tale. Far more valuable than books
That box arr for AC 1 is one of my favorite of all time. It is so simple yet iconic. Every other game should have followed thar template. Nowadays they try to cram the entire country of whatever setting is featured in the game on the box art.
I was 16 when AC 1 was released. I'd always been a fan of assassins and assassin games, and I'd played the Hitman games extensively. Altair was the coolest video game character I'd ever experienced, and AC 1 was a masterpiece. It was a completely fresh idea, with a new play style, which sucked me in from the get go. I love all the AC games, even the newer ones, but Altair is the goat for me. Bayek is a close second.
I say this often but I like Altair's character. I like him moreso than Ezio. He gives me psychopathic vibes, like a master assassin but with the action plan and ruthlessness of a templar. He's not an emotional person and he's perfect for the job.
I’ll admit I was one of those people who also thought of the mission developments as rather repetitive (save for the pieces between the start and finish of each one in which we see Altaïr’s subtle character development), but the idea of these missions having a benefit in-story of drilling into Altaïr’s head what it actually means to be an Assassin makes that method of storyline a lot more interesting than it first appears
I like to believe that losing Adha caused Altaïr to lose faith in the Creed and Al-Mualim's favouritism gave him the ego to turn him from the first Revelations memory to Altaïr from AC1.
I enjoyed AC1, but as we uncovered Altaïr's codex in AC2, I began to fall in love with the development of his character, as you come to understand just how much he grows- and crucially, why. By the end of Revelations, he feels like a realistic, fully fleshed out historical figure that I can't help but want to see more of.
The Armor of Altair was originally conceived of as another invention of Leonardo's, so that probably explains the Italian appearance. Lore-wise, the armor was brought to Italy by the Polos and passed into the possession of Domenico Auditore, who built the Villa Auditore, so it's probable that the fabric sections were actually the robes of Ezio's immediate ancestors and not something originally designed by Altair. This would explain why the top portion of the robes underneath the armor bear a resemblance to Giovanni's robe; it's literally a family resemblance. Realistically any fabric portions that originally came with the armor would have degraded and rotted away in the 200+ years between Altair and Ezio's times. Notably, Altair's illustration of the armor in the codex is solely of top metal portion with no robe. My head-canon is that Altair wore the armor underneath his usual outfit up until his exile, and possibly when he returned, but it was never worn out in the open. His goal was to keep the new metal a secret after all. Taking it a step further, I don't really see the boots and vambrace as being original to the armor either. For one thing, they aren't included in the illustration I mentioned. For another, they being identical to the missaglias armor tells me that they were probably additions by Domenico. Domenico briefly possessed the complete codex in Venice. Perhaps he was able to recreate the metal formula to create additional armor pieces. Alternatively, he simply added the sturdiest armor he could find and Ezio just never knew the difference, hence the Animus referring the whole set as "Armor of Altair". Ezio thought those pieces were unbreakable, so the Animus made them that way. Canonically it was only ever the chest piece that would be put to the test...
Unexciting presentation of the conversations or not, if people are unironically breaking out their phones when Altair is talking to Al Mualim, they never cared about the narrative in the first place, and probably have ADHD.
Altaïr didnt look into the future to make the hidden gun, he literally made it. He made the original blueprints for it that Leonardo used to make Ezio’s.
no, the game states that altair looked into the future, that is the future oof weaponry , and then he made a very very crude black powder gun and strapped it to his wrist
Haven't even really started the video yet, but my favourite assassins are Altair and Connor. So chances are, yeah I think Altair is a good character people just didn't give enough time.
i just played the game and it is still very enjoyable yes it might be a bit repetetive however i doo like that it is so basic we have to remember that every other assassin we play later is some sort of master assassin or leader where as altair is just a high ranking pawn doing the bidding of the grandmaster so it makes sense that all he does revolves around the targets his master gives him basic assassin work however the twist at the end still feels original and the more targetsd you kill the more you realize that your order / master might actually be the bad guy
Thank you so much for this video. I love your analysis of assassin’s creed one. Unfortunately, I’m not too fond of some of your takes on assassin’s creed revelations in regard to character development. In the video you stated that Philip had different versions of the original Altair accent, and you said that there were videos of it online. I haven’t been able to find any of them. Would you mind linking them?
i personally think the assassins wearing white robes stems from the fact that many people in the middle east wore white long clothing because ofo the heat so hisotricly it makes sense
I have to agree with Altairs robes being my favorite as well, but also Bayek Hidden One's Master Assassin Robes are tied with it for different reasons.
As a character he totally grew on me. His voice was cool, but it didnt really fit (at first). He also was how do you say.... as a person he was very unlikeable amongst his own in game and from the gamers perspective. He was a dick. This game was very hyped up and Penny Arcade actually got insider knowledge and was one of the journalists who played the demo, and made a comic for them so i was hyped. He would be like "yes master...." then creep off and i think that as a character that was so damn intriguing. I never saw him as a hero and i thought the actual inner workings of the assassins wouldnt be neccessary. They were murderers after all. I actually thought his master was going to be evil from the beginning. When it got started i was kinda so bothered by all the cutscenes and seeing how the creed worked cause i thought the mystery of it was cool. And altair was so unlikeable and arrogant. Just an asshole. But he really did grow on me when he got more stoic.
If you’re saying it because it saved him from being ruined? Then yes I agree. But if it’s because you think he was not good…dude…that’s an insult to the greatest assassin of all time.
Hello my guy, I don't know if somebody else told you about this already, but there's an spanish content creator, goes for the name Damez Media, that is plagiarizing your content. You're not the first channel he has done this, as he already did the same with Fat Bret's of god of war. I do not mean by this that it's inspired, no, the thumbnail, title, and even script are exactly the same without leaving any credits. Of course this is only a problem if you care, but I still feel you must be informed about it if content is stolen from you. Have a good day
It seems the assassin that died as collateral damage and the killing of an innocent man which probably was not his first time was karma. He changed and became a noble leader but with crime there is still punishment.
1:18:10 You're so badly wrong in your summation of where this memory picks up that I can barely keep watching. Did we play the same game? This is expanded upon in The Secret Crusade, but you don't even need to read that. Altair and Maria discuss what they were up to while walking through the castle and it sure didn't involve running away from the Assassins with the Apple. Adding to this later- you even play the conversation they have, and then proceed to get the timeline of events wrong AGAIN. Seriously, what the hell? You're just making up your own story at this point.
1:22:20 Okay this is just pathetic. All of these questions and more are answered in The Secret Crusade. I usually wouldn't say that a novelization is required reading to follow the plot, except for the fact that "The Secret Crusade" actually exists within the story of Revelations. It's literally the book Ezio takes off of Leandros at the end of the first memory sequence and he canonically reads it while sailing to Constantinople. I don't know how you make a video analyzing Altair's character without reading it for yourself, especially with how much time you spend gushing about him in your other videos.
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I love Altair’s journey from a arrogant and hotheaded killer to a wise sage who sought knowledge and wisdom
Nothing is true! Everything is permitted!
May the father of understanding guides us...
@@rzxwm10That's the templars
Altair was an assassin above all , born into the order of assassins , killing was the thing he was known for , he was promoted to master assassin in his 20s because he was skilled and always finished the job , he did not have time for women or chasing his desires , he was a man of comittement and focus , and let's be honest he was an arrogant bastard in the begining but that's the beaty of hs character , being as skilled as him all of us will let that get into our head , imagine being in your 20s and having the nickname : the best assassin of his era
Bruh, i was STILL thinking that IN my 20s.
The OG. The one who started it all. The most legendary and skilful Assassin of them all. The ultimate blueprint of an Assassin. The one who Ezio himself looked up to his whole life. Altaïr ibn La-Ahad is the GOAT of the franchise.
For me the most impactful moment is altair's memory 5 being a stark contrast from memory 1 in revelation.
In memory one he was a naive young man convinced that the brotherhood is the solution and has no regrets about his life with the touch of Al Mualim telling him he will find a way to regret his life as an assassin in time.
In memory 5 we see an unnaturaly old altair who is likely one of the wisest people in his lifetime due to him outclipsing by far the average lifespan of 13th century levant
He reflects on his youth and how foolish he was to believe being an assassin would help achieve peace, that he regrets being an assassin for so long despite the choice of living another life. That he hates the apple, it's secrets and his mental (and physical) dependance on it. But ending up on a lighter note that he doesn't regret his new purpose of finding the truth
Altair purposefully made his library as his tomb with his story being a cautionary tale. Far more valuable than books
That box arr for AC 1 is one of my favorite of all time. It is so simple yet iconic. Every other game should have followed thar template.
Nowadays they try to cram the entire country of whatever setting is featured in the game on the box art.
I totally agree those first couple of boxes were iconic, it’s a shame now they look so generic
AC may not have use it these days, but almost every other modern high budget game and movie does.
I love your vids , can tell you put so much work into these character analyses. Bayek next by any chance !? 🔥
I was 16 when AC 1 was released. I'd always been a fan of assassins and assassin games, and I'd played the Hitman games extensively.
Altair was the coolest video game character I'd ever experienced, and AC 1 was a masterpiece. It was a completely fresh idea, with a new play style, which sucked me in from the get go.
I love all the AC games, even the newer ones, but Altair is the goat for me. Bayek is a close second.
I say this often but I like Altair's character. I like him moreso than Ezio. He gives me psychopathic vibes, like a master assassin but with the action plan and ruthlessness of a templar. He's not an emotional person and he's perfect for the job.
1:38:56 Exactly why Altair is the GOAT
I’ll admit I was one of those people who also thought of the mission developments as rather repetitive (save for the pieces between the start and finish of each one in which we see Altaïr’s subtle character development), but the idea of these missions having a benefit in-story of drilling into Altaïr’s head what it actually means to be an Assassin makes that method of storyline a lot more interesting than it first appears
I like to believe that losing Adha caused Altaïr to lose faith in the Creed and Al-Mualim's favouritism gave him the ego to turn him from the first Revelations memory to Altaïr from AC1.
I enjoyed AC1, but as we uncovered Altaïr's codex in AC2, I began to fall in love with the development of his character, as you come to understand just how much he grows- and crucially, why. By the end of Revelations, he feels like a realistic, fully fleshed out historical figure that I can't help but want to see more of.
Love your videos man, the character specific deep dives are wonderful
The Armor of Altair was originally conceived of as another invention of Leonardo's, so that probably explains the Italian appearance.
Lore-wise, the armor was brought to Italy by the Polos and passed into the possession of Domenico Auditore, who built the Villa Auditore, so it's probable that the fabric sections were actually the robes of Ezio's immediate ancestors and not something originally designed by Altair. This would explain why the top portion of the robes underneath the armor bear a resemblance to Giovanni's robe; it's literally a family resemblance. Realistically any fabric portions that originally came with the armor would have degraded and rotted away in the 200+ years between Altair and Ezio's times. Notably, Altair's illustration of the armor in the codex is solely of top metal portion with no robe. My head-canon is that Altair wore the armor underneath his usual outfit up until his exile, and possibly when he returned, but it was never worn out in the open. His goal was to keep the new metal a secret after all.
Taking it a step further, I don't really see the boots and vambrace as being original to the armor either. For one thing, they aren't included in the illustration I mentioned. For another, they being identical to the missaglias armor tells me that they were probably additions by Domenico. Domenico briefly possessed the complete codex in Venice. Perhaps he was able to recreate the metal formula to create additional armor pieces. Alternatively, he simply added the sturdiest armor he could find and Ezio just never knew the difference, hence the Animus referring the whole set as "Armor of Altair". Ezio thought those pieces were unbreakable, so the Animus made them that way. Canonically it was only ever the chest piece that would be put to the test...
The Eagle…The Mentor…The GOAT! Altair Ibn La Ahad
Unexciting presentation of the conversations or not, if people are unironically breaking out their phones when Altair is talking to Al Mualim, they never cared about the narrative in the first place, and probably have ADHD.
Well done for the video, Altair needs more spotlight !
No books, no wisdom. Only you, fratello mio. Requiescat in pace, Altair.
Just discovered your account. Deserves a lot more love. Cheers!!!
Altair is always my N1
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i think the armour was only the plates. The suit was added by the Auditore family when they had the keys
I notice now that on the world map at the end there are political boundries that don't exist everywhere on it. lol.
In the Assasasins Creed boek the secret crusade from Oliver Bowden explains tels Altaïr ibn La ahad entier live
I actually cried reading the other stories about the one our man. We dearly loved he Didn't have a happy ending
He was the most Gifted and Loyal Assassin of them all, straight Professional Servant of the Original Creed.
Altaïr didnt look into the future to make the hidden gun, he literally made it. He made the original blueprints for it that Leonardo used to make Ezio’s.
no, the game states that altair looked into the future, that is the future oof weaponry , and then he made a very very crude black powder gun and strapped it to his wrist
😮🤯😲 this is going tho be good
Absolute Banger
Thank you!
i thought that Malik was the one in charge when altair left to fight against the monghols and that abbas staged a coup against him
It is remarkable
Haven't even really started the video yet, but my favourite assassins are Altair and Connor.
So chances are, yeah I think Altair is a good character people just didn't give enough time.
i just played the game and it is still very enjoyable
yes it might be a bit repetetive however i doo like that it is so basic
we have to remember that every other assassin we play later is some sort of master assassin or leader where as altair is just a high ranking pawn doing the bidding of the grandmaster
so it makes sense that all he does revolves around the targets his master gives him
basic assassin work
however the twist at the end still feels original and the more targetsd you kill the more you realize that your order / master might actually be the bad guy
Thank you so much for this video. I love your analysis of assassin’s creed one. Unfortunately, I’m not too fond of some of your takes on assassin’s creed revelations in regard to character development. In the video you stated that Philip had different versions of the original Altair accent, and you said that there were videos of it online. I haven’t been able to find any of them. Would you mind linking them?
Do an analysis on Demaond next, he's underrated
I finished the game, for a 2007 game, it is great
I'm surprised you didn't talk about bloodlines and Altair chronicles Sure their handheld games but they are cannon to his story
This was awesome great job
i personally think the assassins wearing white robes stems from the fact that many people in the middle east wore white long clothing because ofo the heat
so hisotricly it makes sense
1:34:22 😂😂😂 always amazed by your videos, ty very much 😊
The whole lead up and the actual events of the memory seal 3 in AC R are so contrived it hurts.
I have to agree with Altairs robes being my favorite as well, but also Bayek Hidden One's Master Assassin Robes are tied with it for different reasons.
As a character he totally grew on me. His voice was cool, but it didnt really fit (at first). He also was how do you say.... as a person he was very unlikeable amongst his own in game and from the gamers perspective. He was a dick. This game was very hyped up and Penny Arcade actually got insider knowledge and was one of the journalists who played the demo, and made a comic for them so i was hyped. He would be like "yes master...." then creep off and i think that as a character that was so damn intriguing. I never saw him as a hero and i thought the actual inner workings of the assassins wouldnt be neccessary. They were murderers after all. I actually thought his master was going to be evil from the beginning. When it got started i was kinda so bothered by all the cutscenes and seeing how the creed worked cause i thought the mystery of it was cool. And altair was so unlikeable and arrogant. Just an asshole. But he really did grow on me when he got more stoic.
suggestion: analyze haytham, shay, bayek and even characters from other games such as jin sakai
Willis, could you make char. Analysis to harold finch, person of interest ?
icl this was beautiful
Thank you so much! :,)
Lovely video :D
I’m glad we never got anymore altiar content
honestly now that you said it
yes i agree
perfect legacy and every one refuses to touch it
good
If you’re saying it because it saved him from
being ruined? Then yes I agree. But if it’s because you think he was not good…dude…that’s an insult to the greatest assassin of all time.
@@abdurrehmanali7 no it's because we're saying he's the best not the other lol
I'm not
You gonna cover basim at all or eivor she may not be an assassin but still a progtag in the series
When are you going to do Bayek
Hello my guy, I don't know if somebody else told you about this already, but there's an spanish content creator, goes for the name Damez Media, that is plagiarizing your content.
You're not the first channel he has done this, as he already did the same with Fat Bret's of god of war.
I do not mean by this that it's inspired, no, the thumbnail, title, and even script are exactly the same without leaving any credits.
Of course this is only a problem if you care, but I still feel you must be informed about it if content is stolen from you.
Have a good day
It seems the assassin that died as collateral damage and the killing of an innocent man which probably was not his first time was karma. He changed and became a noble leader but with crime there is still punishment.
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They call Connor “boy” because they’re racist not because he’s young 😂
25:40 And a conveniently placed haystack
Sorry but the original Altaïr voice was so much better
Templar FTW
I see altair far more charismatic than ezio
1:18:10 You're so badly wrong in your summation of where this memory picks up that I can barely keep watching. Did we play the same game? This is expanded upon in The Secret Crusade, but you don't even need to read that. Altair and Maria discuss what they were up to while walking through the castle and it sure didn't involve running away from the Assassins with the Apple.
Adding to this later- you even play the conversation they have, and then proceed to get the timeline of events wrong AGAIN. Seriously, what the hell? You're just making up your own story at this point.
you just butchered my name 🤣🤣🤣
it's easy to say Majd
1:22:20 Okay this is just pathetic. All of these questions and more are answered in The Secret Crusade. I usually wouldn't say that a novelization is required reading to follow the plot, except for the fact that "The Secret Crusade" actually exists within the story of Revelations. It's literally the book Ezio takes off of Leandros at the end of the first memory sequence and he canonically reads it while sailing to Constantinople. I don't know how you make a video analyzing Altair's character without reading it for yourself, especially with how much time you spend gushing about him in your other videos.