Assassin's Creed 2 Game vs Real Life - Florence Landmarks Comparison 

Bleeding affect

@@leocastrillo759 You are legend 💪

I wanna do the same one day :/

@@ninjapurpura1 me too

I think the same thing when I went to Rome in January and May 2019

Ac unity is also incredibly impressive in this regard

As another architecture student I can say it isn't as impressive. Historically it has many anachronisms, just like the lack of the Baptistery, Duomo's 19th century façade being built instead of the Faciatta Arnolfina, Santa Croce's façade (built in the 19th century too)... It has good points too, but it's far from being historically accurate. It's also funny seeing how there are many tabernacles in the streets that have the same image of the Byzantine icon of Perpetual Help's Virgin. But the rendering and the visuals are incredibly made. I can't deny it's really cool. And I've played so many hours in that game because the gameplay was really easy (I'm only into easy games because I suck at them) and the story and battles were interesting.

​@@Black_Nut_Cryso I did not say it is historically accurate. I said it is close to perfection on its representation of real and significant buildings. The narrative itself is not a real story - it is only based on real events and characters. That being said, developers surely assumed some creative freedom to adapt some archictectural elements in order to make the game technically optimized and to serve its function as a background to the main focus of the game: its narrative. Some anachrononisms and lack of details are irrelevant from this point of view, since the game does not attempt an expert teaching of architecture itself, but presenting it in a interactive way while attatched to the game storyline and gameplay. You can see by this video's comments that the game was succesful on achieving players' curiosity and interest on the city, even though it has some flaws. Some people (including me) might even say that could not stop remembering the game when visiting Florence. I'd say that means that the game was able to capture and reproduce the city and its archicteture "soul".

@@alva6672 You have a point. Thanks to that game I started being more interested in Florence (I was before I started playing it because it was the reason I wanted to play it) since I wanted to find all anachronisms. The game was fun, and the rendering and the way it was captured made me want to play more hours than I've ever played in any other games.

Until Valhalla completely threw authenticity into a bin.

Phrea Spirit welcome! thanks for watching. stay tuned - Rome is Next!

This is because the game has to be playable, rather than just blindly simulate real life. Therefore the developers decide to make the overall city smaller, scaled down, because if it really took half an hour to get from one point to another, players would quickly get bored or irritated, so they have to do a healthy mix of both; reality and playability. hope this clears out why! ^ ^

Phrea Spirit The buildings need to be closer in game

The buildings have to be smaller so that Ezio can find ledges to climb and the climbing can take place faster.

First Assassin's Creed games were made on a 0.5 reduced scale on purpose. They started using 1:1 scale in AC Unity.

@SM PLAY PRO beacause it's better

Home in Florence

so many geniuss in here

Better spotify it

Haha I had AC2 music (Dreams of Venice) playing over this instead too.

Miguel Santiago its diferent with remastered

That red tint looks awful, looks much clearer in the remaster. But that's my opinion.

@@shernandez31 i have the feeling u havent played ac 2 when it came out a long time ago

@@shernandez31 remaster looks like shit

I swear that game has one of the best color palette in all gaming the game looks like a Leonardo da Vinci paint

Santa Croce was the same. But in the 15th century the Duomo had the lower 1st third of the facade decorated with a gothic design and some sculptures that were designed and carved by Arnolfo di Cambio, the Faciatta Arnolfina. But in 1587 it was demolished because Florentines wanted to finish the facade with a Manierist design. Building its facade was a challenge for Florentines during all the 17th to 19th century. In the 18th there was also a trial of simply painting it. Those paintings survived until the 19th century because there are photographies.

There isn't an option to turn off the hub, my friend finished the game and confirmed that there is no option to do so.

Fandom Trash WTF

There is

Strange Tragedy Gentlemen yes there is lol

Strange Tragedy Gentlemen there is. I literally just did it now

+Felipe Euan Thanks! I might prepare Rome comparison soon ;)

Purple Guy Darn. WhAt did he do to you?

vze21gwa possibly because of copyright. Sometimes famous places like that are protracted by copyright.. like the sistine chapel

@@mat2941 Copyright? No

Ares Rahl probably it’s more like the other guy says, but places are protected by copyrights, you can’t take pictures in some places.

Mat that’s not copyright. It can either be an atmospheric thing (photos are distracting) or an instance where flash photography can damage old paintings. These rules vary place to place but aren’t legal regulations. Public buildings like churches do not have any rules against photography because obviously you cannot police people taking photos from the street. These changes in AC2 are likely simply due to developer creative choices or mistakes. Or sometimes (like the facade of Santa Maria Del Fiore) they simplify the level of detail because actually creating it would be too difficult to do convincingly/ with the hardware.

carol attila Auditore is fictional

Molto molto grave, si; anche perche' il battistero (che potrebbe essere di origine Romana /forse il tempio di marte) e' molto piu' antico di santa Maria del fiore (Duomo) fine 13° sec. Non solo, la facciata del Duomo e' stata eseguita nella seconda meta' del 19° sec. e tante altre cose

@@evanderacchedi4621 I know. Santa Croce's Facade, Duomo's Faciatta Arnolfina (the one that was demolished in 1587 before the time it had a naked façade), Saint Laurence's dome (built some centuries after AC), Santa Croce... There are many mistakes that I've been discovering. I recommend you reading the manga "Arte" if you want to find anachronisms and well drawn details of Florence. "Arte" has both good and bad points in the backgrounds.

@@Black_Nut_Cryso sono nato a Firenze nel 1967, conosco bene la storia della mia citta'.

PastorOfMuppets it was too complicated to do.

@Fjæsing664 it was already built by 1476

Agreed! The Baptitery was actually built around the XI century (even earlier than the Cathedral). That helps to explain the different styles of construction. While the Cathedral is gothic, the Baptistery is romanesque. Both are very beautiful though!