Assassin's Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin's Creed brand. In a vast open world environment, the game invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy. Ezio's subsequent quest for vengeance plunges players into a captivating and epic story that offers more variety in missions, surprising and engaging new gameplay elements, diverse weapons and a profound character progression that will appeal to fans of the original Assassin's Creed as well as entice players new to the brand."Our creative team is working hard to top the experience of Assassin's Creed,” said Patrice Desilets, creative director at Ubisoft. "We've made improvements to every aspect of the game. We've plunged ourselves into the stunning history of the Italian Renaissance so that we can offer fans a unique, varied and innovative Assassin's Creed experience.”
Assassin's Creed II
Game » consists of 27 releases. Released Nov 17, 2009
The second installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise follows the life of Ezio Auditore da Firenze as he seeks revenge on those who betrayed his family.
Assassin's Creed II Totally Officially Official
Assassin's Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin's Creed brand. In a vast open world environment, the game invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy. Ezio's subsequent quest for vengeance plunges players into a captivating and epic story that offers more variety in missions, surprising and engaging new gameplay elements, diverse weapons and a profound character progression that will appeal to fans of the original Assassin's Creed as well as entice players new to the brand."Our creative team is working hard to top the experience of Assassin's Creed,” said Patrice Desilets, creative director at Ubisoft. "We've made improvements to every aspect of the game. We've plunged ourselves into the stunning history of the Italian Renaissance so that we can offer fans a unique, varied and innovative Assassin's Creed experience.”
Assassin's Creed II, huh?
Definitely better than normal 2. ;)
ReTarDedFisHy can't wait for more on this game. The trailer looks great!
WAH??? No. That logo needs to CHNGE. the II needs to be CENTERED. God it looks horribly awkward.. otherwise awesome teaser
Can't say much, can't see much. Looking forward to more AC2. Just hope they make it less repetitive and install a much better combat system. Coupled with MUCH better AI.
The game's foundation was built nicely thoe. Great graphics, decent story, amazing and unique movements. Two, when built on all that should at least be decent.
09 is definitely the sequel to 07!
hurray! something cast in fuckin' stone for once! (Bar the website) i was gettin' a little annoyed before.
For a game that relies so heavily on history, you'd think there wouldn't be inaccurate generalizations in its trailer. The Renaissance was a rebirth for Europe, not the whole world. Science, mathematics, art, philosophy, and culture were alive and well in the Middle East and Asia.
this bums me out. why not just pick up where they left off with Desmond's story? It's a perfect place to start. The only "Assassin" skill he had was the vision skill. You could totally start off with him breaking out of the facility and being trained. Hopefully, the Assassin's have an animus of their own and need him to unlock some secret, but I would totally rather just play the same style game in Desmond's time.
Hell to the yeah!
Teaser trailer, not so good, but I'm really looking forward to the game. They did some much, much better trailers for the first one.
Cello
Bird of Prey
Lonely Soul
I want to play it now, I think the Italian Rennaissance is a pretty good time period for this game, but I would have liked the french revolution also.
That teaser was tight and light, still, anything that throws around Da Vinci's name excites and inspires me.
Cannot wait till we snippets of footage from E3. Thanks Brad
This one is going to have to do a whole lot of impressing to wipe that bad taste out of my mouth from the first one.
I'm skeptical at best.
Gameplay variety and a more focused story was all Assassin's creed needed . I guess the second game will fulfill that .
Got some more info from a newspaper article apparently. Explains some difference between Altair and Ezio.
1. Ezio Auditore di Firenze, the new hero of this adventure, is very different from Altair. " Being Italian, we wanted to give him a big attraction for women. He's a seductor(...) he's also more warm and free than Altair, following his ambition for revenge instead of only obeying orders.
2. The first game was criticized for being to linear. That's why this one will have over a dozen new types of missions, with a lot more liberty and surprises. For example, you can decide to kill some witnesses if you feel they we're watching you too much during your assassination.
3. Desmond Miles is back again, but this time the modern areas of the game will be more exciting.
4. The new hero is a much better swimmer than Altair, he can even hide underwater or kill his victims after bringing them into the water canals.
5.You'll meet historic figures in this game, some victims other allies. da Vinci will be playing a very important role as your mentor and will create gadgets for you to use.
6. Having more than your secondary knife, you'll be able to defend yourself with your fists. You are a master of death, so you have to know every way to defend yourself
7. The clothes of Ezio are a mix of noble Italian families from the renaissance (he's a privileged man who's been betrayed by the head families of Italy) and feathers typical of assassins in that time. Unlike the first, you'll be able to blend in with more than just the priests.
8. Big jumps are back from the first, but with your new ability you'll be able to dive right into water.
9. One of Leonardo biggest contribution will be a flying machine helping you getting into normally unaccessible locations. You'll also need it in some of the missions.
10. The criticized ending of the first will not change the way they look at this one. I don't think a direct ending is the best choice because it leaves no place for imagination. One thing is for sure, we will eventually get an AC3.
The 1st one made me laugh.
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