Assassin's Creed - All memory corridors 

Anyone else watch these memory corridors throughout the series and think, "Fuck. He has a point."

I wouldn't mind being assassinated by Altair just to have a 5 minute conversation with him before I pass away.

My biggest issue with the Ezio trilogy is the lack of these Memory Corridors. They are reduced to a couple of lines where the Templar targets show no idealism, no faith in their cause. Glad AC3 returned to the longer, more philosophical death scenes

The first Assassins Creed is so underrated.

Every other member of the Levantine Templar Brotherhood: "Actually, you thought I was mindlessly evil but in fact I have some pretty good philosophical points and a very morally gray motivation for my actions." Majd Addin: "Lmao killing people is fun!" No wonder he's the only one who got stabbed twice.

"Such pride...it will destroy you child" Amazing quote that we should consider in our lives

Altair is the best because he learned from both his friends and enemies.

I never realized how much these hinted at Al Mulim being a traitor

14:12 "Ironic, isn't it? That I, your greatest enemy, kept you safe from harm. But now, you've taken my life. And in the process, ended your own." - Robert De Sable.

08:03 "Do you know what it feels like to determine another man's fate?" He asks the man who just shanked him

"You truly believed you were helping them" "It's not what i believe, it's what I know"

"He is the Master of Assassins!" "Oui. Master of lies." I love that bit of dialogue so much.

This is a reason why AC1 is one of my personal favorites in the series. Yea, it's repetitive in it's story structure, but the story itself is phenomenal in my opinion. These type of cutscenes need to reappear. I know Unity has them to an extent, but not quite like this.

Majd Addin seemed to be the only one who was truly evil.

The memory corridors in this game really makes question yourself when you killed the templars. Even though the templars are the enemies, the game make it seem that their actions are the best method of peace and control.

The first AC had that unique atmosphere the other games lacked.

Majd Addin represents the dark side of both Altair and the player, being the personification of the power trip and high of feeling unstoppable while laying waste to those around you.

The Templar and Assassins represent a clash between benevolent authoritarianism and chaotic liberty. The dialogue in AC1 captures that extremely well with good points made on both sides. Can the people be trusted with freedom as the Assassins want? Can those in power be trusted to wield it rationally as the Templar envision? In modern AC the Templar are just tyrants and the Assassins are plucky freedom fighters. The flaws of the Templar and good traits of the Assassins are magnified with no grey area and no challenging questions.

'Templars make logic and reasonable talk' Altair: "Speak sense templar or not at all".

Damn this writing was so fucking good

Looking back, I never gave the goals of each templar any real thought except " I was told you were committing crimes, you must be killed." Watching these scenes again, I noticed that not all of the templars motives were to kill innocent people and enslave them. Some were legitimately trying to help out their people and we cut them down without a second thought.

Oddly enough, after Garnier died, the amount of insane individuals increased two fold in the game.

And people say games aren't fine art or are "just a hobby". Proof they are wrong right here.

This game absolutely had the best dialogue in the series

I've said it plenty of times and I'll say it again; these death speeches are such a work of art. They show the slow realization of Altiar, that while the Templar cause may still be an evil that must be stopped, that maybe what he's doing isn't exactly so great either. For me, they're a huge reason to why I think the first Assassin's Creed is the best in the series. The overall story of Altiar's redemption and eventual realization of the truth is absolutely amazing.

Dear Ubisoft, I'd you want to make a really good assassin's Creed game, focus on the fundamental differences of beliefs between Templars and assassins, security versus freedom as societal values. We are all sick and tired of everyone just running about looking for pieces of eden.

I love how there's this hidden mechanic where throughout cutscenes, when you see a bunch of organic formulas flash on the screen, you can press any button and the camera will change positions to show a more dramatic view. In these corridors it cuts from them dying to them standing and talking normally.

Some of these guys DID have a point, AC 1 really was great when it came to both sides, Assassins and Templars

"Nothing... Nothing waits... And that is what I fear"

Philip Shahbaz did a great work as Altair. At first he is righteously guiding them to light, giving them a chance for salvation. When his targets start to make sense, he begins questioning them, then he becomes sympathetic.

AC and AC3 had the best memory corridors

some of them haves their points

The conversations in this game are best in all frenchise

When Templars were called a Brotherhood, and the Assassins were called an Order.

The best AC’s corridor, cause the templars would actually question the player why he wanted to kill them and for what reason, and they would stand up while talking, on Syndicate, they brought the Stand Up corridor. Which is great in my opinion

1:50 - 2:03 man, that was such excellent dialogue.

William's biggest war crime was his haircut

Damn the bald dude was my favourite villain throughout the whole game.

The Templars from AC1 and AC3 were the best due to the fact that they would make you think twice about what you are doing.

"Destroy the only thing capable of making Ubisoft money? Never."

I couldn't agree more with "the later titles dropped the idea of the Templars as well-intentioned extremists and generally a gray morality story in favor of a zebra-esque black and white main plot conflict". Even though the first game I played and loved was AC2 I now realize it was only good because of the new gameplay and the drama, the story was far better in AC and AC3. I hope they stay on this track now, and don't make more cartoony Rodrigo Borgia characters.

garnier de naplouse's dialogue was my favorite of all. sent shivers down my spine

Sibrand was the only one I truly felt for.

Damn dude listening to this knowing that the master only sent you here to get the apple and kill anyone who knew anything about it because of his greed for power, it makes you see that most templars were actually trying to do good in some areas with just not really understood methods, but Altair was the blind one causing havoc.

Everyone: speeches about their reasoning for each action Majd addin: hahaha power

In my personal opinion, there is a large amount of grey-and-gray morality. Aside from the Borgias and their allies, who weren't true Templars in my opinion, the Templars are portrayed as the antagonists solely because our protagonists are all Assassins. They make some very good points about the world they live in, and how it could benefit from order and purpose, people united in a common goal, but the problem is that they want to achieve this through total control. The Assassins want to preserve human freedom and individuality, another worthy cause, but they KILL people to achieve this. Also, look at how the Assassins have degenerated over time: in AC1, they were a fairly public order which was known about at the very least, and they sought to protect freedom. By AC2, however, they've been reduced to aligning themselves with the dregs of Italian society (prostitutes, thieves and mercenaries) as well as corrupt or brutal leaders such as the Medici and Caterina Sforza. They manage to build themselves up again, but they're still clearly in with the wrong sorts of people. In Constantinople, the Assassins have openly taken a side in the Ottoman-Byzantine conflict rather than leaving them to sort out their own business. By AC3, in Colonial America and in modern times, they've been reduced to a shadow of their former self. And when thing that becomes clear in AC3 is that the Assassins have clearly lost their purpose. They used to aspire to protect freedom and preserve peace, but in AC3 they're just blindly killing Templars because that's all that they know how to do, even though the situation would've been better if they'd just left them alone. Look at the Assassins' history: they flourish in times of conflict, when their services are needed and there are Templars out in the open, ripe for the killing. But the moment the Templars are defeated or go underground and the Assassins are left with the task of managing their Brotherhood, they sooner or later collapse into obscurity

Man, I loved when the Templars were nuanced villains rather than cartoons like in the Ezio trilogy and beyond.

The moment when they start walking and explain them self is so amazing! Thats what make assassins creed unique

Altair: "Speak, so that I may learn from you." Ezio: "Rest in peace." Connor: "I respect your view, but I must disagree." Edward: "Tell me what I must know." Shay: "You didn't give me a choice." Evie: "It is done, do not struggle." Jacob: "Your an arse." Bayek: "Begone to the land beyond."

The thing that draws me into this game, the cryptic conversation between Altair and his targets, how he learn to cast his pride for a greater purpose, and how at some point the templars convinced that what they're doing is for the good of humanity, which is not entirely wrong when you think of it, their method is far too cruel nevertheless, Altair's willingness to hear what they have to say and learned from them is one of the proof of his wisdom and depicted more in The Secret Crusade and later in Ezio's trilogy

I really missed these long scenes in which they explain their deeds and actually think their on the good side, I was disappointed when I didn't see them in AC2, but probably because they thought it was stupid to have such long dialogue when they supposed to be dead. I also was disappoinned with the voice change in Revelations, that really sucked, AC1 voice was so good.

Philosophical conversations in this game are amazing.

I really enjoyed this video. 'Speak sense, Templar! Or none at all!'

This is THE assassin’s creed game for me… every target you assassinate makes you question your motives and makes you doubt yourself on why are you doing what you do…

Whoever wrote script for this game must be Solomon the Wise of this age. Bro deserves an award

The confessions in this game and origins are the best of the series

I remember way back on Tumblr there was an account for bad subtitles, and somebody posted a screencap of Altair and Maria's encounter showing the following "You are not Mike Tyson."

William's son Conrad... I feel like the only reason they bring him up so much in the game is because historically speaking, he was really was killed by the Assassins...apparently Raymond wanted to use Conrad instead of William But William dissapeared in 1191, so it was more accurate with the timeline.

At 8:00 Altair earns his badass card.

Robert Dr Sable proves that quote/saying "Keep your friends close but your enemy closer"

This game really knew how to show the morales of both sides of the story. This game is one of the best at showing the Templars’ point of view as well as the assassins. It provides some of the best back-and-forth dialogue in the whole series.

If you play Assassins creed and actually learn stuff along the way, your IQ is already genius level

As children, we value the Heroes As adults, we understand the Villains

Notice how to make Ezio seem oh so heroic, they had to remove all the philosophy and counterpoints brought up by the Templars? Luckily they brought White Rooms back in AC3.

Majd Addin is so fascinating, He kill because it was fun just because, and the euphoria it brings from Public Execution made him feel like a God, however, interestingly enough, his character kinda asks the question of what kind of person you'd be given the same power and position as him? Can you maintain your character and principles when given massive power, or like him, you'll drown in the euphoria and abuse it?

At first it all makes sense. Talal sends the slaves, Garnier brainwashes, Nuqoud buys the weapons that Tamir supplies, and William forcefully teaches them. But Talal show his slaves are not fit to be soldiers, Garnier knows he helps them. William teaches people order and discipline for their own good. As Vidic said, assassins don't tend to the "tumor" they cut off, it becomes even worse.

Sometimes I wish this was the only Assassin's Creed game.

I always wondered why time seemed to freeze during memory corridors, but I have a theory: What the memory corridors are is an aspect of Eagle Sense where you enter a sort of spiritual realm that you can enter as you are taking a life. Assassins have learned to use it as a tool for allowing their targets to speak their final words, and getting confessions out of them.

I don't know how many may agree or disagree but this is the only Assassins Creed game i respect

The dialogue was very well written in these

Looking back, the formative impact of this game's narrative on my early years is incredible. I always loved the narrative and philosophical pieces of the games.

This is why I enjoyed the original game a tad more than the Ezio trilogy. As great as those games were, they derailed the Templars by changing them from men using questionable or vile means to achieve truly noble ends, into just your average stock dollar store cartoon villains. What makes this series great is that our protagonists and antagonists are morally grey. Both do commit evil but for noble goals. What they want is good, but what makes the Assassins and Templars enemies is how they seek to achieve that end goal. Ezio made it easy to kill the targets because they were obviously evil with no redeemable qualities. With Altair, you knew they had to die but with each you begin to question if there was another way or not.

I like Garnier, Abu'l, William, and Jubair the most with their words and intentions

"A blockade by sea to keep the fool kings and queens from sending reinforcements, once we... once we..." "Conquered the Holy Land?" Tired of the wicked justifications of evil men, the fida'i interrupts him. "Freed it, you fool! ...From the tyranny of faith..." The downed man's breathing grows weaker. His voice gargled with blood. "Freedom?!" Altaïr cannot stand this demon staining such a beautiful word. The stoic composure, so well-cultivated by him, breaks for only a moment. "You worked to overthrow cities! Control men's minds! Murdered any who spoke against you!" A slight smirk shows up in the Templar's face. These are his last seconds in this forsaken world, but he cannot not find the irony amusing. "I followed my orders... believing in my cause... Same as you." Meister Sibrand's last uttering was whispered in the ears of the dark figure towering above him, as he walked into that eternal dream. At that last moment, his terror of non-existing, of being pure matter like the many stones and dust around the two men, vanished. He accepted. He let go. Yet, full of regret for not being able to save more lives in this barbaric war, because of an extremist. One among many in the Levant.

You know I love the assassins and all, but god dammit these templars have some good points.

The Holy Land Templars are the best Templars in the series imo.

Altair: Not 9, 8 you will give me children. Maria: the....what.....

I like how mostly Templar target got their own personality even they appeared shortly and didn't had huge impact on story. And the optional different camera angle made it look like they're talking with you. And i liked how all of them made a rematch with you on the final chapter.

"they do not learn, fixed in their ways as they are"...

"Speak sense Templar, or not at all!" - Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, 1191

How poetic they all are!

Getting rid of these was one of the many mistakes this series has made.....

Abu'l Nuqoud has so much depth. "How could I finance a war in service to the same god that calls me an abomination?" Because he's homosexuall and "gluttenous"(fat), which are both regarded as sin in his religion.

When I first played this game, I didn't really think about what the Templars were saying - like Altair and the rest of us who played him, I didn't think much about what the targets said. They were just offering excuses for their crimes. Now, years later and having seen the complex motives smoothed out in later games, the morally grey characters and their justifications which ring true in some sense is like a breath of fresh air. Funnily enough, Sibrand was the one who made me question what was really going on at the time. The fear in his voice (huge props to the VA for his performance throughout) when he explains that nothing waits for him and his brothers, that faith blinds the people of the Holy Land, that the truth robbed him of his previous certainty - it resonated with me so much, probably because I know what it's like to fear abandoning a faith or creed. After all, if the promise of a reward is false, then what else is false? If death brings nothing but darkness, was it all for naught? For Sibrand, growing up in a world where religious faith is deeply entwined with ordinary life, where it controls almost every aspect of your life, that has to be one of the hardest things to contend with. It puts everything else in a new light. Maybe the Assassins were wrong. Maybe Altair is wrong to do this. Maybe the Templars had a point. The twist at the end was still a surprise in itself, but Altair and his targets had taught me to doubt.

A severly underated game, ubisoft need to remaster it

"La shay' haqiqah, koulo shay' moumkin." *realization kicks in* "So it seems..."

Man, the confessions of the Templars here I find to be a great inspiration for Ubisoft's Memory Corridors in Assassin's Creed: Origins. So similar and yet different

The different-perspective glitches were pretty cool ngl.

The dialogue, nuance writing & conflict peaked here.

I enjoy the Templars here. They showed in fluid words how people who say they are right and just and those who they condemn for being "wrong" are really not different. Just people making different choices and condemning each other or for it based on consequences because of those choices. Anyone who throws around garbage like "the right thing", "treating someone like a human being", or making proclamations of human nature as if they have some transcendent knowledge, I look upon with disgust. The people who you would describe as being bad are just "selfish hedonists"and those who you describe as being good are either fascist or self-righteous moral guardians imposing their way on the world. Being one of either side is just a choice.

I played this a very long time ago but I remember this: every one of those scenes made me question what I did and why, and for that I consider the first AC the best one in the series.

Altair: I will look into your eyes before you die (Takes off the helmet) Maria: I sense you expected someone else Altair:...WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THIS!!?

I originally played the ezio trilogy then played this one this game showed me that the bad guys can be misunderstood.

"My son is an arse." 🤣

Back when Assassins Creed actually knew how to write a fucking story.

Reason why AC1 stands out. Makes you question what you believe in.

Main reason why modern Ubisoft needs to die in a fire and be reborn as a studio that cares about gaming experiences more than money. Far Cry 2 and Assassin's Creed were quite experimental for their times and the results got milked so hard that they became formulas...

Most of these dialogues are great, but for some reason, the one with Jubair made me question my motivation the most. The way he flips the "learn to disagree" argument on its head within seconds, to which Altair has no rational answer, was almost poetic. This is what makes this franchise so great. Not just the open world, but also the philosophical implications involved in it, making you question more than you'd think.

I feel the lines of good and evil in this series are blurred to some degree. The templars and assassins both want a world with peace but assassins want to have peace and freedom while templars are willing to sacrifice freedom.

This game has a heavy irony about.