{"id":78352,"date":"2015-07-10T09:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T07:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=78352"},"modified":"2015-07-10T10:07:47","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T08:07:47","slug":"assassins-creed-syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/78352-assassins-creed-syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Syndicate meets real life parkour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Impressive displays of parkour never really get old, so much so that it\u2019s about more than getting around town as nimbly as possible \u2013 that\u2019s what motorbikes are for.<\/p>\n<p>Parkour is without a doubt a performance art, albeit a very extreme one \u2013 and often times requires death defying manoeuvres of agility and strength.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s why we keenly trawl through the internet in search of a new demonstration or recording, and this latest find is something else.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78358\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-2.jpg\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed Syndicate meets real life parkour\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-2-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-2-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This video, entitled \u2018<em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate Meets Parkour in Real Life<\/em>\u2019, is exactly what it says on the tin.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fantastic display of parkour, containing a number of stunts we could hardly believe. Throw in an <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate <\/em>narrative and you\u2019ve got a winning formula.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78360\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-3.jpg\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed Syndicate meets real life parkour\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-3-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-3-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not strictly true. It certainly couldn\u2019t have been done without the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FrenchFreerunFamily\" target=\"_blank\">French Freerun Family<\/a>, a professional international parkour and freerunning team based in France.<\/p>\n<p>You know what. Just watch the video and see for yourselves:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HFRscoOkkb8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a pity there\u2019s no grappling hook; it is a newly introduced staple of <em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate<\/em>, and something Ubisoft was only too keen to advertise \u2013 if only such a thing actually existed, right?<\/p>\n<p>Grappling hooks aside, <em>Just Cause 3\u2019s<\/em> notwithstanding, we\u2019re extremely impressed by French Freerun Family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78356\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-1.jpg\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed Syndicate meets real life parkour\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-1-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-meets-real-life-parkour-1-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If anything, we\u2019re also as impressed with the camera work. But we\u2019re not all that surprised at the quality of filming, not when it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/devinsupertramp\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Super Tramp<\/a> at the helm of the video.<\/p>\n<p>In case you don\u2019t know, Devin Super Tramp is a superbly talented YouTube video producer, who has produced some of the best videos you\u2019ll find floating around the interwebs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c2dlOR4CdR4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>More Assassin&#8217;s Creed news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/78196-ubisoft-assures-us-theyve-learnt-from-past-mistakes.html\">Ubisoft assures us they\u2019ve learnt from past mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/77640-where-could-ubisoft-take-assassins-creed-next.html\">Where could Ubisoft take Assassin\u2019s Creed next?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75842-assassins-creed-syndicate-7-new-things-to-expect.html\">Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate: 7 new things to expect<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s well worth a watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":78354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13872,13134,1969,11182,15397,1239,1853,14704,733,183,10065],"class_list":["post-78352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-assassins-creed-syndicate","tag-assassins-creed-victory","tag-news-2","tag-parkour","tag-pc","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-stunts","tag-ubisoft","tag-video","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}