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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 dividing line between life and death. As an assassin confronted by perilous new challenges and difficult choices, what path will you choose? Stunning GraphicsView larger. Roam FreelyView larger. All New WeaponsView larger. Synopsis Get ready to plunge into the lush and deadly wor (more…)
December 10, 2009 at 2:55 pm
ACII should be summarized as great story telling mixed together with fun, realistic game play.
The story really flows from the beginning and draws the players into the history and the intrigue. The amount of detail and effort put into the game environment is amazing. And the open world reminds me of the play in GTA4 where you can jump onto basically anything, swim in the water, run around the rooftops and hide in all sorts of places.
In addition to the main game story and missions, there are a ton of side quests!
If you are into action/adventure games, ACII is definitely worth getting!
December 10, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I’ll say I was not a HUGE fan of the original Assassin’s Creed. It had beautiful graphics, a great open-world environment and a fun gameplay engine, but was hampered by level repetition and a horrid use of a dual story. Thankfully this sequel not only fixes these issues but surpasses expectations as a game itself.
Like the original, AC2 begins in the future with an escape from the first game’s institution. Thankfully this segment is acton-packed…and short. Within minutes you’re back in the “game” world in late 1400’s Italy. This (like the first game) is where AC2 mostly takes place. If you’re like me and absolutely HATED the bits in the future of AC1, don’t worry. You spend maybe 10 minutes a piece split up into three segments (though the middle one seemed a bit longer) in the future world. I still hate that you have to leave the game world proper at all but at least it’s only for 30-40 minutes in an otherwise 30+ hour game. Yes the game’s THAT LONG!
Your hero in this game is Ezio. He’s an Italian noble and has alot more personality and is alot more fun than Altair from Assasin’s Creed 1. He’s sort of cross between Nathan Drake, Casanova, and Batman. The story (ignoring the future bits) is a great revenge-conspiracy plot set through 30 years of Ezio’s life. While I won’t pretend all the character’s are memorable, they’re all played with personality and wit and the voice actors never strike a false note (you can even switch to playing the gamein Italian with english subtitles!).
The gameplay is also MUCH more fun and more varied than AC1. They leave out all the investigation bits of an assasination but add more story-based, action-packed missions for you to work through up to your assassinations. These again are VERY fun and each mission you go on feels completely unique to the one before it. Even the optional assassinations have more rules an complexities as you work through them.
Speaking of varied, aside from the basic story missions which will see you fighting, flying, riding horses, piloting boats and escorting/protecting characters there’s also a villa you can upgrade to get discounts on weapons/armor/clothing/medicine etc. I’ve never played a game that gives you so much to do in so many different ways. While none of the custimization and mission structure is new to games I don’t think all of these elements have been brought together so seemlessly before which is the big reason I like it so much!
Also, if this isn’t the best game of the year it has one of the best soundtracks. The music is not only original and cool it changes perfectly to match the action in the game (chase scenes, flying, hiding etc). The developers really went out of their way with this one.
Aside from a slow first few (story based) hours Assassin’s Creed 2 will hook you and never let go. I still think the Animus is an intersting but failed idea, but it doesn’t even remotly take away from the awesome things you can do in this game. There’s still time before the end of the year but I can’t think of too many games that will be able to top this one.