Ever been so entranced that you rigged in your mind the fastest climbing route for the building like an assassin? Yes, me too. A funny tweet from the official Assassin’s Creed account reminded players of ascending virtual landmarks-the famed Notre Dame. It read: “Me: I’m just going for a walk. Also me: Mapping out the fastest parkour route up the Notre Dame. How would you climb to the top? 🤔 #AssassinsCreed”—Seriously, same vibe.
An image of the Notre Dame appeared, with a yellow line marking a climbing path, complete with a checkered flag at the top. This is when responses exploded from players who clearly had not lost the thrill of climbing Paris in Assassin’s Creed Unity. I mean really; who would? The parkour mechanics are gorgeous-even if the launch was… uh… shall we say-that would open up a whole suitcase none of us wants to unravel.
Somebody else listed another best path: @_farahx___ Tweeted, “Naaaaaaah real ones know that on the side there is a rope that launches u to the top, kill 3 guards and make way towards the right balcony area where the guy waiting for his keys is there and u open the door or find the construction with the open glass on the other side 🌚” Damn. Memory at its best. @Nathanrjones23 says it straight up: “The scaffolding on the side is the clear path if you were in the game.” Fair enough.
But, no, the responses were not just about climbing. As soon as the tweet hit, demands for a Unity remaster/60FPS update came crashing in like a tsunami.-@Frogboyx1Gaming went right to: “Unity Remastered When?” and @ThePale_ added: “Unity 60fps update when?” Appareantly, fans still adore Arno’s exploits, so maybe Ubisoft should pay attention.
And then there were the wild responses. @RavenMentore threatened, “Don’t tempt me, I’ll climb it,” and honestly? That’s the energy of that one friend who would actually try to scale a historical monument IRL. @MastermindAggie undercut it with: “I’m giving the bystanders a show. Watch me climb it. 😛” with a GIF of Spider-Man swinging through the city. Iconic.
Not to forget PLEASE GIVE ME A GAMEKEY TO AC SHADOWS randomly from @Haha363873982. Buddy, we all want that.
The tweet also sparked the presently ageless debate: Should Ubisoft bring back Unity-style parkour? @SmeshbroMMA begged, “Make another AC like Unity again I beg,” while @Milktub69 made some very specific demands about kunai pickup rates. (Devs, take note.)
So, why is this tweet-a mere joke about virtual climbing-ringing so loud? Because Assassin’s Creed is more than being followed-up on, it’s a vibe. It’s one of those fleeting moments of being on the street, spotting a cool building, and your brain internally screaming- “Hmm, could I climb that?” It’s muscle memory for holding RT to sprint up walls. It’s a shared trauma of Unity bugs-and weird nostalgia for it anyway.
Real talk: Ubisoft drops a Unity remaster or actually does that 60FPS update? The Internet just might actually break. Until then, we’ll just keep parkouring, mentally, up every building we see.
So how would you climb Notre Dame? Scaffolding? Rope launch? Full Spider-Man? Throw your runs in the comments-better not go try it IRL.
