How many think Assassin's Creed 2 is better than Uncharted 2?

Don't get me wrong, Uncharted 2 was a great game. Drake is very cool and Indy-like. The graphics and puzzles are great.

But after playing Assassin's Creed 2 (on PS3), I found it to be a clearly superior game. Easily the best game of the year. Here's why:

Characters/Story- Ezio and Drake are both great leads. But Ezio changes as the game goes along. He starts as a brash youth and ends as a mature and thoughtful man. I will never forget the prideful Ezio, who yelled his name for all the betrayers to hear after killing Uberto Alberti. His reasons for continuing were more compelling than Drake's, and the questionable decisions by Drake seemed a bit contrived to make the story draw out (he could have ended Flynn like a million times, including right before Flynn nearly killed someone important to Drake.)

Gameplay- Both had great gameplay. I actually prefer the combat in Uncharted 2 more than AC2, mainly because it was difficult. If there's one flaw in AC2, it's the lack of difficulty. My problem is the platforming in Uncharted: sometimes inconsistent. Drake would sometimes float horizontally to make an impossible jump, and sometimes he would just die trying to grab (what appeared to me) a very obvious handhold. Whoops, that wasn't the correct way, try again. Ezio was never really so constrained in his platforming- there was never really a "guess the one right path or you die reaching for an apparent handhold" scenario. And the physics were consistent throughout. Also, AC2 had better stealth play.

I feel like I'm in bizarro land when I see threads like "Uncharted 2 = greatest ever." It does deserve that level of praise. But I don't see the same for AC2, which in my mind was clearly the best all year (and in several years.) I love DAO too and am a Bioware fanboy to the core, but AC2 just spanked everything this year.

You lost me at "Superior".Symphonycometh

That's okay. It's probably too long for most, but I needed to get it off my chest. :)

I may get flamed for this, but here it goes. AC2 was just more of the same. I didn't find it to be any more fun than the first. Quite frankly, I think it sucks.

I may get flamed for this, but here it goes. AC2 was just more of the same. I didn't find it to be any more fun than the first. Quite frankly, I think it sucks.

caseystryker

That's interesting because I despised the first for its repetitive nature and bland main character. AC2 fixed those problems, but not for everyone it seems.

You think AC2 is better then U2 and i think cute guys in dress are freaking awesome, the magic of personal opinions. marcl18123

You think AC2 is better then U2 and i think cute guys in dress are freaking awesome, the magic of personal opinions. marcl18123

Most probably understand that opinions are subjective, and that I was making one when I used the word "better" in the title.

I'm not really sure what your reply adds to the discussion, but thanks anyway. ;)

[QUOTE="marcl18123"]You think AC2 is better then U2 and i think cute guys in dress are freaking awesome, the magic of personal opinions. KristoffBrujah

Most probably understand that opinions are subjective, and that I was making one when I used the word "better" in the title.

I'm not really sure what your reply adds to the discussion, but thanks anyway. ;)

i disagree with that. uncharted 2 was a far suprior experience than ac2.

gameplay in u2 is a lot better, it has some flaws, but i found in ac2

so many times trying to run about climbing up walls and wrong moments.

plus you cant beat the story and the characters from u2, in ac2 it was all the same.

you say in ac2 is was better due to the aging factor from youth to full assasin bare in mind

ac2 is best over a good 20years(a guess as i cant remember at this moment) so he had to grow up

u2 was based on a few weeks if that.

plus like i found from the first even tho i found this one was more enjoyable but the whole killing someone

was exactly the same over n over, each kill was like the last, and the fightin i hated it, the only way

to kill them is by counter attacking, if u just try and fight them more times than not ur just hitting there sword

overall as much as i liked playin through ac2, thats me done for that game, i dont feel as tho i cud sit through

it all again. but with u2, it's more like a film so i cud quite easily sit through it again, plus the characters are

alot more appealing and have a sense of likeabilty to them.

No, Uncharted 2 was a lot better

Assassin's Creed II was probably my all time favorite game of 2009. I have yet to play Uncharted 2, so I can't agree or disagree with you yet.

I dont know how people are even Comparing AC2 to a Great game like Uncharted 2. i mean this is Ridiculous. I just finished AC2 . THe ending was very Bad . One of the most stupid ending i have seen on the ps3. The game was more or less like AC1. didnt find anything ground breaking anywhere and 9 was a very Courteous score by gamespot for them. On the other hand Uncharted 2 is just too good. A True 9.5 earner and GOTY candidate. With groud breaking gfx and gameplay. Very nice. just look at the bus climbing its so revolutionary new kind of gameplay. Ac2 is just same old kill and run. I found uncharted 2 to be the best from very angle and demons souls is surely a game which can be compared to it but Ac2 comparison makes me laugh.

I mean Ac2 is not even a candidate for GOTY on the ps3 where we have games like Uncharted 2, demons souls and Killzone 2.

I kind of agree, I haven't played Uncharted 2 admittedly I thought the first Uncharted was really boring so I haven't even given U2 a chance.

Assassins Creed 2 on the other hand completely changed my views on AC, the first AC was a snooze fest as well but AC2 was awesome, it may be the same for Uncharted, perhaps I will pick it up one of these days.

AC2 was a good game but had a few control issues. Keir21

[QUOTE="caseystryker"]

I may get flamed for this, but here it goes. AC2 was just more of the same. I didn't find it to be any more fun than the first. Quite frankly, I think it sucks.

KristoffBrujah

That's interesting because I despised the first for its repetitive nature and bland main character. AC2 fixed those problems, but not for everyone it seems.

Assassin's Creed II was my 2009 GOTY, so yeah, I think it was better than Uncharted 2. Still enjoyed the heck out of both games though.

I'm no more than 20% into the storyline of Assassins Creed 2 and although I do not yet agree it is "better" than Uncharted 2, I can see where the argument can be made.

I too found AC1 to be rather boring with its lack of variety...how many times do you have to ride your horse down the same mountain?!?!? Assassins Creed 2 remedies this very well by offering a wide variety of things to do. I just completed Sequence 3 tonight and the thought of collecting all of the Codex pages, Feathers, finding the Assassins crypts...it all seems like a lot to do. So with respect to replayability...I give Assassins Creed 2 the nod.

I find the controls in both games to be good, but I think Uncharted 2 has tighter controls. The platforming controls in AC2 can be a bit wonky at times. That's probably my biggest complaint. In the scheme of things, it's not a big deal. I'm nitpicking.

I'll edit this post when I complete AC2. No doubt this game falls in my top 3 games released this year that I've beaten. Right now these are my top 3.

1. Uncharted 2

2. inFamous

3. Batman: Arkham Asylum

While I found Uncharted 2 to be a superb game with one of the best graphics I have ever seen on any console, I enjoyed Assassins creed 2 more.

I am not saying technically Assassins creed 2 is superior but i just enjoyed it more.

while I thoroughly enjoyed AC2.

No chance it was as good as Uncharted 2. UC2 for me was essentially like playing through a movie. Not to mention the boss battles were actually difficult.

AC story line was better but when it comes to action,id give it to Un.charted 2. AC 2 is not much different than the first but is still a good game

While I did love Assassin's Creed II and feel like they vastly improved it over the first game, I still prefer Uncharted 2. There's really 2 things that made me question some of the game.

1) The story, while interesting, really drug its feet about midway through the game and up until the last bit. With the jumps in time and the feeling that I was assassinating people for what felt like no reason that was important to Eizo or me, I was kinda lost. I just think they could have handled the storyline a little better.

2) And second, the combat still feels really stale. The assassinations are really satisfying when you pull one off, but the head-to-head combat is so clunky and boring, imo. 90% of the battle is just waiting around trying to get a counter kill or maybe grabbing and slicing their neck. They'd have to overhaul their entire combat engine to really change it for the 3rd game which I can't see them doing. Thankfully though, the amount of times you actually have to fight are few and far between as you can pretty much run away from most conflicts which can be exhilarating flying over rooftops and running through crowded streets.

And probably just nitpicking now, I'm disappointed they didn't add a Chapter Select like they had in the first game. I realize they said they didn't have enough time (although I'm not sure why, it couldn't have been that complicated to add being as they already had the interface for it in one of the options/database menus), but still, it'd be nice to have.

On the other hand, the platforming is definitely more fluid and enjoyable than in Uncharted 2. Sooo yeah, both are great games, but Uncharted 2 pulls ahead for me.

there r both good games in their own way.

I may get flamed for this, but here it goes. AC2 was just more of the same. I didn't find it to be any more fun than the first. Quite frankly, I think it sucks.

caseystryker

I sorta kinda agree. More of the same, boring missions, repetitive, and I thought it was like a 7.5-8.0 type game.