Narrative Analysis of Assassin's Creed II 🗡️

A narrative critique of Assassin’s Creed II. Full spoilers for AC 1-AC 3.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:11 Act I
20:26 A Florentine Youth
1:06:57 Vieri de’ Pazzi You Insufferable Dingus
1:29:04 Act II
1:57:37 The Renaissance Perseus?
2:04:24 Here I Go Killing Again
2:22:26 The Middle Bit
2:42:36 La Bella Venezia
3:17:00 Carnival and L’Arsenal
3:54:14 Act III
4:20:52 The Siege of Forli
4:43:26 The DS/iOS Game
4:45:49 The Bonfire of the Vanities
5:10:44 The Vatican & The Vault
5:41:13 Conclusion

Links
Online Recorder (very fun imo): https://www.doctormusik.com/apps-and-games/virtual-recorder/
AC Lineage Film: https://youtu.be/vcE8xJkK6t4?si=5Vk3KQsJRuInqB3i
Fra Giocondo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Giocondo
The Montefeltro Conspiracy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/167574/the-montefeltro-conspiracy-by-marcello-simonetta/
The Florentine Onesta: https://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~mariterel/Onesta%20and%20Control%20of%20Prostitution.pdf
On Love, The Devil, The Clergy, and Chastity During the Renaissance Witch Craze: https://www.academia.edu/10712318/On_Love_The_Devil_The_Clergy_and_Chastity_during_the_Renaissance?sm=b
The Prince: https://ia804706.us.archive.org/11/items/MachiavelliNiccoloThePrinceEN1513239P./Machiavelli%2C%20Niccolo%20-%20The%20Prince%20%28EN%2C%201513%2C%20239%20p.%29.pdf
The Prince & Satire: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/criwkd/is_machiavellis_the_prince_actually_a_satire/

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