It’s funny how I played this game when it released so long ago as a young teen. And now as a young man, I truly understand the struggles of Connor. He truly was the shadow to the tree, both vengeful and moralistic. Rest easy Connor, I miss you as if you were my own brother.
And now me right here, as a teen, i always have pain in my heart whenever i hear about Connor. Believe me, he became like a real person to me, his story is so real and accurate that it makes me feel like he really did live in the past, and all those events are real. Honestly, Connor has a big and special place in my heart, whether true or not, his story is so real and perhaps alot of people had the same things going on with their lives in the past.. And i'm talking abt native Americans, away from the assassin stuff... It's funny how video games can have a great impact on us, perhaps sometimes even change our way of thinking. And Ubisoft did a great job making that. Sorry if i wrote a lot. Just wanted to share my thoughts, Brother.
@@TragicHamad The book Forsaken is a masterpiece. If UBISOFT would have put all the things they put in that book, AC III would have been a masterpiece for everyone.
I feel like this encapsulates a huge problem with Ubisoft. We needed sequels for Connor, Shay, Arno, and Bayek. The reason Ezio and Altair are so beloved is because they were given the sequels to fully develop their characters and tell their stories. Ac 3 felt like the first act in Connor’s journey. A journey that will likely never get its proper ending. I feel the same way about Bayek as well in particular. Instead of constantly changing time periods and settings for a gimmick, Ubisoft should try and tell the stories of these characters properly
@@lucian6273 Sadly, Ubisoft cares only what the new fans like, not the old ones. I want the same as you, man. But honestly, wouldn't It be awesome if a unique game with all those characters would be the final chapter of this saga? Assassin's creed V maybe? I'm waiting to finish AC Black Flag's book to propose an idea of mine to Ubisoft.
I think you can perfectly feel the bitterness of connor when at the end of the game he discovers that nothing has really changed and that his people have had to go anyway, the bitterness of having won the battle to what seems to no avail, of having killed his father when with hindsight perhaps they could have established a relationship, although the song is related to the game pe so it fits well even at the end of the book after connor has read his father's diary.
Life can be... beyond cruel. Life can be torturous, depressingly lonely, and despairing; it can be harsh, cold, and thoroughly stressful. Whether animal, plant, creature, or whatever between; whether sentient, sapient, both, or neither.... All living beings inherently have the compacity to reflect life's dark cruelty. And... yet.... life can be nurturing. Life can be warming, soothing, and inspirational; it can be comforting, beautiful, and serenely relaxing.... Life is a construct capable of dark just as much as light, with no black or white to it. This beautiful light can be twisted as a guise for manipulation, and the cruel dark can teach how to survive long enough to see and respect the beauty.... People have their own perspectives and beliefs. Life is extraordinarily variable, and so the things given life are extraordinarily variable. No two dogs are ever exactly alike, no two fish can ever be perfectly identical, and no two intelligent minds will ever be the same. Some people will let the dark take a firm hold, and some will let the light distract and veer them off course - it is important to recognize that the light is just as dangerous as the dark, and that the dark is just as helpful as the light. Life forces us to struggle in the dark, so that we can better appreciate the light; life gives us light, so that we can brave the dark. One day, we will die. All lights will sputter out eventually, and with the lights gone, so will the dark fade away without light to define it. But before that comes... life and all gifted with it have the capability to experience and know happiness. That happiness may never be perfect - it may be soured or tainted by the backdrop of despair - but it will be there for us... whether we take happiness in family, with friends, perhaps in success, or something else entirely. One day, I will find someone who I may share the rest of this life's days alongside. I can only hope that such a person would be happy alongside me, and that we would stick by each other until the bittersweet and merciful end. Whoever that person may be, whether I have met you or not, know that I love you. To the random readers I have tossed this comment into the sea of the internetwork for, I love all of you too - though, maybe not quite in the same way, hehe. Life is a beautiful thing - please, cherish it with all that you have. There is a meaning to the suffering, and there is always a release afterwards - be not enamored only by misfortune. Cherish life with all that you can; take comfort from around you, wherever that is and whenever you are able. I love you all, one way or another.
Edward got to live happily for a time, Ezio did, so did Altair, and Arno. What did Bayek and Connor get for all their troubles? For the two men who founded the brotherhood and rebuilt it in the Americas respectively, it’s beyond cruel they never got a sliver of happiness for their sacrifices.
" Unhappiness is more common than happiness. Who told you you should be happy? You have come to an age where you must grow up and be responsible about such things. When I was your age, I had many friends. All are dead." - Ragnar to his son, Bjorn
"My father left those for me. Mother, Father, I am sorry. I have failed you both. I made a promise to protect our people. I thought…I thought if I could stop the templars-if I could keep the Revolution free from their influence-that those I supported would do what was right. They did-I suppose-do what was right… What was right for them. As for you, Father: I thought I might unite us, that we would forget the past and forge a better future. In time I believed you could be made to see the world as I did; to understand…but it was just a dream. This too, I should have known. Were we not meant to live in peace, then? Is that it? Are we born to argue? To fight? So many voices, each demanding something else… It has been hard at times, but never harder than today to see all I worked for; perverted, discarded, forgotten! You would say I have described the whole of history, Father. Are you smiling, then? Hoping I might speak the words you long to hear? To validate you? To say that all along, you were right? I will not. Even now, faced as I am with the truth of your cold words, I refuse, because I believe things can still change. I may never succeed-the Assassin's may struggle another thousand years in vain-but we will not stop! Compromise. That is what everyone has insisted upon. And so I have learned it. But differently than most, I think… I realize now that it will take time; that the road ahead is long, and shrouded in darkness. It is a road that will not always take me where I wish to go, and I doubt I will live to see its end. But I will travel down it nonetheless. For at my side walks hope. In the face of all that insists I turn back, I carry on. This… This is my compromise."
4:00 is my favorite because it's that beautiful voice that comes in as soon as Connor stabs Charles Lee. I feel as if that stab was all the pain and frustration finally coming to an end for Connor's story. Beautiful work. :)
My favorite part in the whole game. We see a fully developed Master Assassin Connor finally catching up to the man he has devoted his entire life into hunting. But instead of taking his vengeance. He quietly shares a somber final drink with his enemy out of respect. He doesn’t kill Lee because of his drive for vengeance, he kills him respectfully out of practicality; Lee’s a Templar, Connor’s an Assassin, nothing more. Really shows how much Connor has matured in his development. He no longer lets emotions dictate his actions, now he lets the Creed dictate his. Even Lee took notice of that during his final moments. He now respects Connor as an Assassin, his enemy.
Cannot stop listening to this. The same way when I was a kid, constantly listening to Revelations main theme and An End Once And For All from Mass effect 3.
after ezio connor is the best assassin for me. and the only reason ezio is at the top for me is because of his funny and charming nature but connor you can feel the pain suffering and anger in his voice in his every attack, like a wild beast
As a teen I found Connor a bit annoying, as a adult with 3 nieces and nephews with a 4th on the way I can understand everything he felt. This song is both beautiful and heartbreaking knowing what he fought for and ultimately didn't win.
@@frederickjalbert3298 what? Ezio grew up a privileged playboy who then saw his family murdered at 17. Connor was 4-5 when his village burnt and saw his mother burn alive. He met Achilles when he was 14 to train and become an assassin. He then had to kill his childhood friend because the Templars were swaying his people to fight against Washington, and so his friend believed Connor was a traitor when he intervened. He then had to kill his own father. In the end, after all he had done in support of his people, they still had to go someplace else, and so he was all alone in the end. (canonically he still dies with a family as ezio did)
@@IkeTheSir leave them alone dude , they haven't played games or don't know the story , just commenting popular opinion without any reason I know Ezio is goat but Even bayek of siwa suffered 3x times more than Ezio , Ezio has his sister , wife , daughter and loved them , retired and watched them die together happily Connor's lost his mom, murdered burnt alive , had to kill his best friend, village gone, in the end what did he got? Nothing. His family left him too ( not sure about this one) died alone...
@@xninja2369 you are correct she did leave him and took the kids but out of fear because of what the Templars could do but that’s as much as we know we know that in 1812 which is the start of the war of 1812 the Homestead was burnt down She took the kids to protect them
He is the purest but the most interesting was Ezio no doubt he has 3 game series Connor is too perfect that man is like Jon Snow or Aragorn his perfection is hateful 😂
No game has ever made me feel what AC3 made me feel. The revelation that all we fought for was fruitless in the end, the fact that brilliant people sometimes don’t get a happy ending, and that there is no good or evil. There are just people with agendas. Still, it is beautiful in a way that this video game taught me everything I needed to know about life and continues to teach me to this day.
I've never played assassins creed 3 so I am downloading it now and people are commenting alot about his pain on the comments I've never even seen a min of ac 3 so I am going to play it in a couple days when it downloads :)
I just discovered your channel and I’m so grateful! AC is my favorite VG franchise and these slowed themes and ambiences are exactly what I need! Thank you!
Ezio and Altäir had family/blood left. Connor lost his family, friends and tribe. Though, in the end, atleast had the homestead settlers that looked after one another.
The biggest waste of potential was Ubisoft not making a sequel game with Connor, Shay, Arno and Aveline. That would be one of the best stories in gaming as a whole, not just AC.
I always had and still have an empathetic soft spot in regards to the plight of the native Americans, so this music really makes me want to tear up, especially at 4:45.
