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- Explore the deadly, umbrageous world of the assassin with new assassin Ezio
- Roam freely finished the lush and dangerous world of Renaissance-era Italy
- Do some it takes to complete your missions in the game’s all-new open world and assignment structure
- Thrive in an environment flush with power, revenge and conspiracy
- Practice your assassin’s art with all-new weapons and instruments created by sculpturer da Vinci
Product Description
The world of the assassin is one cloaked in shadow and steeped in danger. Ensnared in a web of revenge and conspiracy, the assassin embraces power at its most elemental, acting as the disjunctive line between chronicle and death. As an assassin confronted by unsafe new challenges and difficult choices, what path would you choose?FeaturesExplore the deadly, umbrageous world of the assassin with new assassin EzioRoam freely finished the lush and dangerous world of Renais… More >>
By PeoplePhobic on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
Nowhere near as fun as the original. Repetitive game play with a few refreshing exceptions. Same old viewpoint climbing and guard killing. This game is too short, the story is lacking, and the ending sucked. There is way too much jumping around and Super Mario stuff in this game and it makes it seem less realistic and less engrossing but if it wasn’t for all that jumping around and falling and having to start it all over this game would have taken like 3 hours to beat. The first Assassin’s Creed was one of my favorite games of all time but the second installment did not thrill me or capture and hold my attention like the first did. Disappointing.
Rating: 1 / 5
By The_Assassin47 on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
Assassins Creed I was great. Sure it got a little old, but I enjoyed it. It was good clean fun. Alright for mature audiences only, but the only questionable bit was the violence. There wasn’t even any language. Great game.
Assassins Creed II changed all of that. Right from the start everyone started swearing. I mean I can handle swearing, even District 9 style swearing, but it was just untasteful. It didnt add any depth or emotion or something. Just a substitute for good writing. If it were just that though Id be fine. Within a short time of playing, I was to visit a lady friend of mine. Then it got sexual really fast, and horrifyingly so! IM NOT JOKING. Its Push B to undress her. Push Y to have sex with her. NO JOKE. Are you kidding me? This is what games have become?
I am truly horrified, and angry. I wanted to continue the fun of the first, but I can not.
Rating: 1 / 5
By A. Levensalor on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
This game might be the best thing ever, and from the reviews it sounds like an awesome game. Ubisoft’s choice to use DRM, however, means they think all of their customers are just waiting around to rip them off, and I’l never, ever buy another Ubisoft game because of it.
DRM is retarded, and not in the fun way.
Rating: 1 / 5
By Magic Pink on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
Just so you know, I really liked Assassin’s Creed. The first game was a joy just to run around in; especially exploring the various cities and countryside. That’s why this game was such a dissappointment; exploration is a tedious, frustrating experience and, because of the new monetary system, MANDATORY.
Firstly, story. I don’t know what game the other review sites are playing, but it’s not the one I’m playing. This story is a ridiculous stereotype of bad buddy cop and action movies with a healthy dollop of tired conspiracy thriller; EVERYONE is betraying everyone else; there, I just spoiled it for you. The characters are just as stereotypical: Ezio is basically a drunken, whoring moron who is too stupid to understand anything beyond drinking and violence but we’re supposed to excuse that because he’s handsome and physically able; the writing is just full of terrible garbage in a similar vein. All villains are either fat or old. Everything is a just a huge neon sign blaring WE CAN’T WRITE. I just cannot get across how really, really poor the whole thing is.
The health system has been re-worked so, rather then just regenerating health if you find a quiet spot, you actually have to break off from the mission you’re currently on and seek out street doctors to heal you. This would be fine if it wasn’t for the horribly oversensitive, paranoid guards in the game which pretty much attack you on sight now. Instead, it just ends up being a immersion breaking task similar to an annoying fetch quest. Happily you can buy some medicine vials to use on the fly though which aleviates the annoyance; of course, you still need to hunt up money to buy them.
The guards bring up my other big problem; I can’t explore anymore. They’re so senstive that even running by them will trigger a huge chase and they’re so numerous that you can’t get anywhere without having to deal with them. They make the whole game seem terribly claustrophobic and not free roaming and non-linear at all. The messy combat system is back simply with additional options making it even messier; lacking even a basic tutorial unmtil well into the game (other then control pop-ups hints which, if you stop to read, you’ll end up dead because they don’t appear until you’re IN a fight) fights end up being sloppy, button mashing dissappointments. Even with all the bizzare, rock-paper-scissor weapon match ups they’ve added, the only effective way to kill EVERYONE is still simply the same move as the first game; Counter Kill with Hidden Blades, which makes all the weapon buying in the game nothing more then decorations for your villa.
The free running system in this version is touted as improved; in reality it’s totally broken. You’ll find Ezio constantly veering over 45 degrees off your course to make jumps he doesn’t even need to do; he overcompensates ridiculously when jumping so you’ll repeatedly find yourself plummeting to the streets below, usually triggering yet another guard chase or need to find ANOTHER doctor, and Ezio’s feet are apparently magentically attracted to posts, probably so he can do that lame “crouch on a high place” pose as often as possible. I actually had Ezio TURN COMPLETELY AROUND at one point to hop onto a pole he had just passed rather then simply leap across a small alley to the platform on the other side. He’ll also frequently get hung up on regular six inch steps; the whole character will freeze and refuse to move at all as if he was on the edge of a steep precipice.
That’s not to say the game is devoid of improvements; the new Blending system is neat (and necessary since the guards are complete turds), buying new dyes, armour and weapons is fun and the graphics are as good as they were in the previous game; albeit very similar. There’s really no telling you’re in different cities then any from the first games at most points; Venis is beautiful tho.
When you do manage to explore, the game is as fun as the first with TONS of things to find but they’re hard as anything to find; most are sourrounded with a white glow that almost perfectly matches the sky and roof shingles; if what you’re looking for is on the roofs, either wait until night or you’ll only find it if you trip over it.
So, if you liked Assassin’s Creed for the exploring, this game pretty much kills it and the story is reason alone to never even look at the game case on the shelf. Yes, there’s lots of new things added to the game but it’s like a spaghetti sauce that started out good but then had way too many ingrediants dumped into it to try to make it better.
Rating: 3 / 5
By Cerdac on Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
Overall 7/10 (The story was the most important to me)
Gameplay 9/10
Story 5/10
Graphics 8/10 (On a big tv you can see the seams ALOT as in every 5 seconds you see a new one)
Character Depth 9.5/10 (leaves you hanging on some part)
Let me start by saying the first assassins creed was and still is my favorite game.This game however is pretty fun gameplay wise but is seriously lacking in the story department untill about halfway through the game. I just feel like the game I loved has been replaced by something completely gameplay focused.
The free runing is really good although it does have some problems where Ezio will jump somwhere other then where you planned and you will probably end up with half your health gone. The climbing works well and is improved over the original. But none of the free runing or climbing requires much thought. There is almost always a clear cut path or you just have to go around the corner. Inside the tombs there is an obvious criss cross patern or it shows you the path you need to take.
Another problem i had with the game was i didn’t have the feeling that i was in the animus. yuor health is now literally health and you must pay to have yourself brought back up to full health. also you only play as desmond three times (i really enjoyed the desmond scenes from the original game)
There are more types of quests but only a few types are enjoyable, (The beat up quests, the races, and some of the assassinations)unlike in the original where i wanted to do every single side quest. The beat up quests and the races are extremely enjoyable and you will want to do all of them that you find. on the other hand you have things like the courier quests which are just a complete pain. All of the main quest assassinations are enjoyable but only some of the side assassinations are fun while the rest are just tedious. Another pain is when you have to follow someone to a certain point withou being detected before killing them, if you bump into one person with a box you will most likely be starting over.
The new weapons are pretty cool but you are barely ever going to use any of them besides your hidden blades, your sword, and your fists(and only these for the beat up quests). You can only aqquire weapons when the game makers are ready for you to have them because you have to wait untill later memory blocks for most weapons to be available (your going to already have the money).
The villa is definitely the my favorite part of the game It is fun to upgrade and nice to get the money every 20 minutes also it is a nice safe place to hang around. I love how they took real paintings and told you the histories of them. But there just arent enough upgrades and paintings to keep you entertained.
Now I’m going to tell you about the story. The story is pretty pathetic. for the first half of the game its pretty much “EZIO MAD EZIO KILL” and the other half is crap about weird creators who want to save us or something. I’m not going to tell you the ending but (at least in my opinion) it was just stupid and worse then the first. The codex pages leave you wondering what happened after altair looked into the apple the last time or if he even did. But even though it isn’t a great story i still half to say I am going to get the third to find out what happens and if they can fix this screw up.
Also I have had a few glitches like when i got my head stuck in a gondola and it acted like i was walking even though the rest of me was underwater and i couldn’t get out. Another time there was an archer with half his body in a building.
The biggest problem of all is that YOU CAN’T REPLAY MEMORIES which was great for me in the original. I played through most assassinations multiple times in the original.
Now that I’m done with the review part i’m going to tell you what ubisoft should release as downloadable content to fix at least some of these problems: More indoor maps, More side quest types as well as just more side quests, More addons for the stronghold including ones that increase its size and more paintings for it, more weapons and armour, and most of all a patch (thats free) That lets you replay specific memories. Anything else they can think of also.
Rating: 3 / 5