Shortly after Ezio successfully enlists the help of the three other faction guilds, Niccolò Machiavelli asks Ezio how he managed to acomplish this to which Ezio answers that it was " Virtù", a concept about the spirit of leadership that Machiavelli is historically known to have theorized.
The achievement Grand Theft Dressage is a reference to the Grand Theft Auto game series. The title of the mission " Castello Crasher" is a reference to the indie beat-em-up game, Castle Crashers. This is likely not intentional, with the indoor lighting being misapplied to the exterior.Īssassin's Creed: Brotherhood Castle Crashers When going into these quarters, the sky and building outside will turn a blood red. The candle that Carlo Grimaldi and Doge Giovanni Mocenigo were playing under is unlit, but the chess pieces are in the same position as in that cutscene. When throwing coins among the crowd, female bystanders will sometimes cry "Money! That's what I want!", which is a reference to the Motown song of the same name.Īfter using the "Super jump" or "Fence glitch" to get into the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia, the player can access the Doge's quarters where Carlo Grimaldi assassinated the Doge. When Ezio first meets his uncle, Mario Auditore, he greets Ezio with the phrase "It's-a-me! Mario!,", a reference to the first line spoken by Mario in Super Mario 64. If Ezio is made to look down again, a second cutscene shows a tentacle coming out of the water, nearly hitting Ezio. If the player makes Ezio look into the water near the first lever for about one minute, a cutscene will play showing a large squid swimming by. The vision can only happen once.Įzio about to dodge one of the squid's tentaclesĪ giant squid can be found within the Assassin Tomb beneath Santa Maria della Visitazione. After meeting up with Niccolò Machiavelli, the player can return to the Palazzo and step into the center of the courtyard, where Ezio will enter into a state similar to his Eagle Vision and be able to see the figures of his parents and all of his siblings around the palazzo.
Returning to the Palazzo Auditore, a vision of Ezio Auditore's entire family can be seen. However, these keys have no effect, being dummied out content. In the missions " Knowledge Is Power" and " Hunting the Hunter", looting any of the dummy targets will grant the player keys. Occasionally while freerunning or climbing a building, a male bystander can be heard saying "Another capering crusader." This is a reference to the DC Comics superhero Batman, who uses stealth, has a tendency to run on rooftops, and is sometimes referred to as the "Caped Crusader".
He was originally featured as a mission target to be assassinated, but the mission was cut and he remained as a minor Easter egg.Īn arrangement of windows on certain buildings in Damascus and Acre are shaped like the front of G1 Optimus Prime, a character from the Transformers franchise, in truck form. Jamal was the traitor inside the Order who, along with Masun, opened the gates for the Templar siege of Masyaf. However, openly attacking him will prompt the other Assassins to attack Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Upon leaving Masyaf for the first time, one of the Assassins in the Kingdom, Jamal, can be silently assassinated with no consequences.
Psychiatrist Carl Jung was referenced throughout the Assassin's Creed series: