Assassin's Creed 2 is finally out. eh.. i don't know how to start this review. Well, this game is a big improvement compared to the first one. They fixed mostly all of the problems that the first one had (thank god). The controls issue is still here although it got improved a lot and i have 10 times less problems with the controls than i did in the first one. I stumbled across a glitch (the invisible wall) and i had to restart my game because it wouldn't let me out. That only occurred once throughout the whole game though. The story continues on and it's still really engaging and interesting and just awesome. I love playing games with good stories. This one is also like twice longer than the first one. Actually it's probably about 3 times longer than the first one. There's way more stuff to do and more stuff to explore. Unlike the first one, this time all the cities look different in some way. Venice was my favorite location to go and you spend about 5 or so levels there. It's just a big part of the game. You get new weapons in the game including a dagger and this firearm that allows you to shoot people as surprising as it sounds. Also, all of the levels are different from one another this time around. You will have to do completely different things in all of them, although you have to assassinate a target at the end of almost each one. That's fine with me though. You befriend Leonardo Da Vinci in the game (yes the painter) and you get a lot of your equipment from him. You also get to use a boat, ride a horse(like in the first one), ride a carriage, use a flying device to let yourself fly to your objective (which was one of the funnest parts of the game) and more. This time you're an assassin named Ezio Auditorie (or however you spell it) and this guy is way more badass than the first assassin, because first of all he's a ladies man, secondly he has cooler weapons and better skills. He can just kick ass! I enjoyed playing this game and i'm glad that i tried it out. You should do the same. You won't regret it.
There's no denying it. The original Assassin's Creed was a massive disappointment. The annoyingly repetitive sequences, the not-so-interesting storyline, the lack of character development; the problems just pile up. Howe... Read Full Review
Hard to believe it was almost two years ago (May of 2008) that I played the original Assassin's Creed, a game that I gave a 9.0 because while it did have some repetitive gameplay that fact never bothered me because the a... Read Full Review
