I think its sad that edward just retired from his pirate life and choose to live as assassin and when his daughther ask that question it feels like he get a flashback of his adventure and his dead friends and it give him bittersweet memory.
LordTouchMe 77 most pirates did not have such a smooth retirement they where killed in battle, hanged or went into hiding like Ann but i get what you mean in syncate when your in his mansion i pictured him walking around the house just picturing him thinking about the old days haha
Considering that two of the people there actually tried to kill him, and he had to kill them himself, it really shows how much the guy likes his friends.
It was heart-breaking seeing his friends there at the table.. They wanted nothing more than to live free from any kingdom's rule, but the Templars and crowns tempted them against each other. Some of it does need to fit actual history of what is known of the characters, but it still sucks to have them gone.
It’s sad when he had a flashback and saw all his dead friends and even the ones who betrayed him just hit me in my heart man. Hands down I think this is the best assassins creed
I finished AC black flag years ago and when I saw their friends again on the table made me cry a lot “In a world without gold we might have been heroes...” 😭😭😭😢😢
I finished it today and I cried like a baby.. It's soooo sad 😭😭 They started together and in the end Edward is almost alone...They couldn't see his changes, his daughter or theirs island...F**k.. I'm crying again 😭😭😭😭
The Kenways are the most tragic bloodline in AC Series. Edward: a man who wanted to be rich, but is consumed by greed and lost all of those who he cares for. Died at the hands of the templars. Haytham: a man who saw his father getting killed in front of his eyes, joining the templars and forced to kill his father's friend. Also got killed at his son's hand. Connor: a man who saw his mother burned to death, swore to free his village, only to get betrayed and left alone. Why can't they all have a happy ending.
You wrong about Connor. He does lived a happy life. He married a native woman and has 3 children. His daughter has the same eagle vision as Bayek. Abstergo lied about him by saying that he got abandoned by his wife. The truth is he lived a happy life till the end. The only Kenway that got a decent endings
I feeled a bit wrong when I "killed" Rodgers at his party. In german he sais:" Selbst am Ende der Klinge finde ich noch einen Freund in dir" "Even at the end of the blade I just find a friend in you." 😭
If you listen to the conversation with his daughter at the end: "Do you think we'll have a chance of seeing pirates?" "No, I don't think so" Really shows how times have changed in the game. We didnt really feel it but sometimes years past between sequences and it only hits us when the abundant pirates are now down to a minimum few.
I think pirates were still abundant but kenway just lied to his daughter because he didnt want her to start thinking more of pirates. he wanted to be a father not a pirate. also that convo took place a few days after he killed torres I think
@@anuclearpan4554 while you are correct, by the time of the game's end historically the Golden Age of Pirates was nearly at its end, so the number of pirates was very minimal.
Aditya N. Pirates where still around right up into at least the late 1700s and it was still ripe in the Indian Ocean but i do get what you mean but maybe he meant sense he was a respected pirate himself and other pirates would recognise the jackdaw and not bother attacking
Joel Schembri haha yer the ship is way over powered you can take out like 10 ships in one trip but really pirates mostly only attacked about 1 ship every couple of months and they would sometimes spend weeks just trying to find pray
@@jasonmcroberts4464 I mean yeah, This game is an assassin's creed game but really doesn't feel like one, so the game has to shove it in your face that you are playing Assassin's creed, not Pirates creed
@@raahimhammad589 He attacked with his little ship a man o'war of Britain and lost his men and his ship. He got captured by the british and hanged in December 10th, 1718, begging for mercy.
11:46 I'm sorry. That hit hard. Edward will always be my favorite assassin. His life is a redemption. One that took years, blood, and lessons learned through pain. But he got there. He finally grasped his redemption
when Jennie said will I see pirate ships and Edwards replied no he probably closed his eyes and smiled while saying no but on the inside he cried deep down
I actually read about a comment saying that he tried to redo that part over and over again, hoping that if he killed every soldier on board in time, the cutscene wouldn't be triggered and black beard would be saved.
"Hm! And what about Pirates? Will I see Pirates?" "No. There's not much chance of that. I think" every Jackdaw memeber who are pirates on the ships "Am I a Joke to you?"
Danny Walker yeah, but not so fast. Edward didn’t die old, he was killed by some mercenaries. I think Haytham tells something in AC3 or Rouge about it because he was in the day Edward was killed.
Fallen Warrior the guy that killed them was the same guy that was hiting on Jennifer before i think and he was secretly a templer later on and he organised to kill Edward then he had Jennifer sold into slavery to Turks and raised haytham as a templer but when he was a adult he learned the truth went to Damascus and freed his sister then they killed the templer but he never left the order
@@crashpal Altair's story is actually mediocre compare to Ezio's. Objectively and subjectively speaking, 1st game wasn't the best. Maybe because the limitations of the game, however it is what it is.
Totally agree. I cried when he saw/remembered his friends. You play through, then they hit u with that and the song. Emotions all over the place. AC never had this effect on me.
Jenny: can you tell me a story on one of your adventure Edward: well one time I destroyed a whole entire battalion of Spanish soldier while defending a place called Tulum
Edward: let me tell you the story on how I conquered the entire caribbean and fought a fleet ten Man o war at the same time with only this brig and it's twenty crew Alone!
I can't believe that Ubisoft accidentally made the best pirate game in gaming history. This game is a treasure to horde. A wonderful experience. Its one of those games that makes you sad that its over, that there is no more. It was a true mistake not making a sequel for Captain Kenway. Its one of those games that is so good that it makes you want complete all side quests even after the credits. Black Flag is truely one of those games that would make you say: "Now that was the peak of gaming."
how bittersweet; by the time edward finally has direction and wealth and everything he set out to find, the people he cared about most weren't able to fully see that transformation (well, maybe with exception to addy)
Christon Huffmaster Haytham didn’t kill him, Edward was murder by mercenaries and then Haytham was taken in by Reginald Birch who ordered Edward and Haytham was raised a Templar.
Thats the sad thing about his story. Ultimately he aquired everything he desired and worked for, but it had a high price. He may have everything but in the end he standa alone. At least he got what he deserved, a family.
Jenny: “Do you think we will find pirates?” Edward, with a heavily reinforced ship, several tons of golden canons and mortars and enough sugar and rum to burst the hull: “Uh.... no.”
One of the things I love about this series are the endings: each one leaves me at a loss for words. Most of them come from shock or confusion though. This one, however, has been my favourite, just because it was so sad yet happy at the same time.
That shot of Edward's lost comrades is still the most heartbreaking moment in all of Assassin's Creed. This game is the saddest of them all and my personal favorite by a mile.
I swear to God after the end of the game i appreciated my circle of my friends , started to be less cocky with them and more respectful honorable and a good man....
I wish Edward didn’t have such a tragic ending. He was a pirate that turned his life around finally. I wish he could have been rewarded for that. Instead he was murdered, and his son became a Templar and went off to kill his old friends who were Assassins. I guess karma came back to him in the end for all of his crimes. So sad.
@@lordtouchme77 it also shows how much of a character development Edward have throughout his life he changed from a greedy pirate to that stage to say a line like that surely man ubisoft made such a masterpiece of a game and now we're playing rpg games with Vikings
Every SINGLE time I see that black screen and credits, I tear up. I was too young when I completed this game for it to effect me but now, after 7 years of life. I can’t stop those tears
Edward should have had a trilogy like Ezio, the second game in London, the third with Edward exploring the world looking for pieces of eden. we know he did go back to London, become an assassin, then explore the world, where he lost the jackdaw, before returning to London, but I would have loved to play those parts in games.
What made this game so great was that Edward gave everything and got back so little! Even more tragic was that the woman he loved (initially) never got to see the wealthy and successful person he'd become >: and that scene with his friends at the end ..the feels
+Croc Gator ikr, that's super sad, people though he just left for ambition, he was ambitious/drunk/robber but still he loved his wife and wanted to make his family rich unfortunately he never did it D:
i didnt know all of edward's pirate friends were based off real people. i only thought hornigold and blackbeard were real. after some research after i finished ac4 a few minutes ago, all of them: stede, rackham, vane, kidd, anne, blackbeard, and hornigold were real people. it's really amazing how they brought all them back to life in this game with a touch of real history. hell, even cockram, burgess, rogers, du casse, and torress were real.
Okay so I’ve been thinking about this ending a lot lately,but I haven’t looked up anything on AC or even talked about it out loud… yet here it is in my recommendations…
11:45 Farewell my friends, I couldn't save any of you. And some of you even turned on me, but nonetheless I still consider you my friends. I'm gonna miss you all. But now its time for you to rest and know peace. Goodbye.
I'm currently replaying this game for the first time in years after rewatching this video a few days ago. And after having just finished high school. And now knowing that I'll never see most of my friends again, it hits very differently. My life will never be the same. And so replaying this game, the first game I was really ever invested in, the first game I ever loved, the first game that made me love gaming... It hits entirely differently. I'd nearly forgotten why I'd loved this game so much. Why I loved Edward and his story so, so damn much. Why I loved gaming so much... I've played great games since this one. Some that I might even like just a bit more than it. But none truly hit quite like this one. Amongst the increasing storm of mediocrity and tedium of life. This game serves as one last reminder of my childhood before I really become an adult in just 10 days. And acts as one last emotionally moving, action packed, breathtaking adventure that I can truly escape into without any worry. I'll miss it all, but there isn't any other game I'd rather have serve as my last farewell...
Having just finished the game. I have to say, it's every damn bit as good as I remembered. Still the best ending to any game I've ever played. With my favorite character arc in all of gaming to boot. God bless this game. I thank it dearly for getting me into gaming and for reigniting that love just recently. But now, it's time for a new story.
Hot, Tbh I just beat the game , literally as I'm typing , I wasn't expecting an ending :( I'm friggin sad now ! beautiful fucking story with a beautiful ending!
This game was filled with emotional moments even the craziest men who died dropped a emotional pain in my heart but Blackbeard's hit me the hardest " in a world without gold we could have been heroes " -Blackbeards last words. And although all these struggles of emotions hit me hard I managed to carry on and worst thing is Edward got killed by a goddamed mercenary in London
@@ShadowSearcher31 technically the story to this entire franchise goes separate ways. It goes forward and then it goes backwards and then it goes forward again.
@@raven3067 they call it four but it’s the three in the timeline also yes I’m not gonna mention the next gen xbox360 exclusives because names confuse me
It really hit me when Edward saw all his old friends gathered at the table, it just reminded me of how many people he'd lost. And when I saw Stede there it reminded me of how Edward in the beginning was out for himself, and by the end he gave it up for something better.
It was nice how he still remembered some of them as they were; his friends. Even ones like Hornigold and Vane who turned out bad later, Edward was a better person in the end. I think that's a hell of a lot more effective of an ending than whatever AC3 was trying to do. Also we didn't get any modern day crap here, we just had this really nice, but sad as well, ending that gave us the closure we needed.
Olórin356 Vane was left on the island. Later there came by a British ship, but the captain refused to take Vane with him. Days later there comes another ship that does take him with them, because they don't recognize him. On the crossing toward England they come upon the first ship Vane tried to sail with. The captain of that ship sees Vane and imprisoned him. Vane was brought to England and hang by the neck.... So yeah, he's dead.
Man.. there's so few games out there that manage to drop such a hard hitting emotional bombshell on the player within 5 seconds.. yes i'm referring to the table scene... *cries a lot again*
Damn this game helped me in a time of deep depression a few years back It was one of the first games on the newly released PS4 I bought The ending makes me emotional lol This game is a masterpiece 👏
@@anantambisht4895 It helped me focus on a video game with combat elements but also music,problem solving, a fun story etc 👍 Depression is you don’t feel like doing anything and you have low energy It’s not only being sad
that could easily just be dlc, its not a black flag 2 that we need, its another assassins creed thats just as good as black flag. Assasins Creed 5 is most likely going to be the next AC anyways though
6:30 ~ Got a good chuckle out of you shaking your head "no" when you were asked if you wanted to see the trailer. Made up for all the tears in the rest of the video.
I’m playing through it again, and I just barely came to the part where you first go to Nassau and meet up with Hornigold and Thatch and then have to go round up a crew. I literally stood there and just looked at them all drinking and hanging out and just wanted it to last. I’ve never felt such an emotional connection to a game until I played Black Flag. It’s timeless
I'm not either, I'll feel sad, though, games that try to make the player cry never work for me, yet this games ending hits me very hard for some reason, I guess it's just so unexpected you'd think in a pirate game it'll end in a pile of gold and women but not this one. You save the world and get a daughter. DAMNIT IM CRYING AGAIN!
Its such a perfect ending and its just so heartbreaking when you realize that while now they are all like 'you dont have to worry all your worry days are gone' and then in like 10 years the templars just break in and kidnap Haytham ;(
Damn, Matt Ryan KILLED it as Edward! He's so wonderful, and the character growth was great too. It's good to see him get something good, even if it doesn't last, because in this world, nothing ever does.
+Odoacer If you read the book forsaken you will love haytham, I felt sorry for him after everything his father had done, but at least haytham took revenge on behalf of his father
+Odoacer I don't believe so, I think Edward would still be proud of Haytham's convictions (despite their disagreements, just as was Haytham's view on Connor), that, and that fact he did make a successful attempt soften the templars' means, as well as giving the possibility of a Templar-Assassin Reconciliation a chance. Haytham also kept a lot of what his father had taught him and incorporated some of it into his Templar Chapter.
+antonis735 what's awful is he didn't join the Assassin's even though he found out Birch was responsible for his father's death, he still remained a Templar.
pelu101 He remained a templar but he did some things his father would. To be honest Haytham was not completely a bad guy. Read the book Forsaken, it explaines everything.
2BHG I agree, tbh the true villain of this story is the Sage, an immortal man who wishes to be together with Juno, which will bring upon the enslavement of humanity once more.
@@majimaparto7254 you don't have to , but yea after he leave you he became a pirate but was unlucky and died You hear that from a guard when you have to save Kidd
+6HotelBravo actually, Rogue came after this. and, after that, 3. and then Unity. which means, Shay's still out there. but, Edward's grand child did take care of Haythum.
i get that they had to make a game, having nothing to do with america (i mean, we have, Black Flag, Liberation, 3, and now, Rogue) and, Unity is slightly, a breath of fresh air. it being in a new place and all. buuuut, i liked Rogue more. liked the story, free roam, and and elements (plus better/more familiar controls) my only hope is that Syndicate is a little like both. a breath of fresh air, in a new setting. but, better story then unity. and, similar weapons system.
Nope connor in fact get a happy ending. He married some native woman and had a lot of children. His daughter have eagle vision like bayek and connor decided to train her.
