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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
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The third installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise, this game's story picks up right after the events of Assassin's Creed II, showing Ezio Auditore traveling to Rome to recruit a new force of assassins. Brotherhood is the first game in the series to offer online multiplayer.
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"Ubisoft's distinctive murder adventure series gets better and better with this continuation of Assassin's Creed II."
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Celebrate the New One by Playing The Older One!

Yes, at the time of my writing, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag has shipped for 360 and PS3. While all of those nice people get to enjoy it, I have to wait until the good ol' PS4 launch to play. Lucky… Read more

Rome Wasn't Built in a... Well You Know the Rest

If you haven't played Assassin's Creed yet you are missing out on an entertaining series. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is the sequel to Assassin's Creed II so if you haven't gotten around to playing A… Read more

Enjoyable, but the improvements over II are somewhat minor

In 2009, Ubisoft shocked the gamers of the world by releasing one of the greatest sequels of all time, Assassins’ Creed 2. It was a huge, unexpected step forward in an industry that is riddled with la… Read more

Jump back into Ezio's slightly improved world

After celebrating all of the great things the first Assassin’s Creed did back when it first came out, and then having my jaw hit the floor at how much better Assassin’s Creed II was, My thoughts comin… Read more

Rome Wasn't Rendered In A Day

Glockstar Armani presents this game with 2 *GLOCKIE* awards for: *GAME MOST PERFECTLY SUITED TO MY TASTES* *BEST GAME OF 2010* Seriously, I think that Ubisoft Montreal followed me around my entire lif… Read more

The Definitive Assassin's Creed Experience

I really enjoyed Assassin's Creed II and this one improves upon everything, and I mean everything, in that game. If you liked that game, you will love this game. Notable improvements/additions are the… Read more

Same Game, Same Frustrations

This is now the third game in the Assassin's Creed series and I have stuck through these games so far mainly for the storyline. The overall arch that Ubisoft has developed here with a broad conspiracy… Read more

Still Worth It Even Though It Should Have Been Better

The main problem with playing the Assassin's Creed series on Windows rather than a console is that there isn’t really much effort put into translating to what’s available in that environment. As with… Read more

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Review: Desynchronised

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is effectively a sequel to Assassin's Creed 2. You play as Ezio again in the animus parts and Desmond in the present day scenario, and the game picks off directly from whe… Read more

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Review

Assassin’s Creed is a perfect example of seeing developers learning and refining their game with each iteration. The jump from the original to AC2 was incremental to say the least, and Brotherhood is… Read more

A good title for both AC fans and new gamers alike.

Single-player review. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is a direct sequel to 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II. The game literally takes place moments after the ending of Assassin’s Creed II. Players familiar w… Read more

Cool Game

Great game, fun, great campaign. However not much replay-ability once your done :( Read more

Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted

Ubisoft seem to be fast becoming my favourite company, with Assassin's Creed becoming my favourite franchise. I'm not normally a fan of sandbox games: I follow story progression and tend to miss out o… Read more

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Review: De-synchronised

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is effectively a sequel to Assassin's Creed 2. You play as Ezio again in the animus parts and Desmond in the present day scenario, and the game picks off directly from whe… Read more

An AC game to die for

If you’re familiar with the Assassin’s Creed series, you’ll probably remember that the first game was… divisive. While the premise of the game was enticing, some found that the execution was lacking.… Read more

The best yet - Brotherhood delivers on all fronts

I enjoy the Assassin's Creed games. I don't love them, but I don't hate them, and I generally think that there are a lot of things that they do well, on top of a lot of things that are maybe not so gr… Read more

Like stabbing dudes? Then you should probably play this.

There was a lot of rumor leading up to the games release that this would be a multiplayer centric chapter in an otherwise entirely singleplayer focused franchise. Thankfully this is not the case and w… Read more

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood: Less Polish, More Desmond

If there is one thing Ubisoft can’t be described as, it’s slow. By using several different studios and hundreds of developers, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was blasted out in 12 months. This short sc… Read more

Not Game of the Year, Not Even Close

This game reminded me of Assassin's Creed 1 all to much. I'm very glad I only gave it a rental, because it has the same flaws that have driven me to dislike this series. So where to start, well I'm al… Read more

You broke my heart Ezio, you broke my heart

Normally, I tend to scoff at gamers who say a game was a big disappointment. A lot of them expect the moon and even the slightest fault and the game is seen as inferior or not quite what they thought… Read more

Great game for history geeks

Keep in mind, the Assassin's Creed franchise is definitely the one that made me become a gamer. With a broad array of challenges, immersive gameplay and an intriguing storyline, I didn't think the AC… Read more

Back to Stabbing We Go

With Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood being released just one year after Assassin's Creed 2 , it was a concern how full of a package Ubisoft Montreal could deliver. Would it only add a couple hours of si… Read more

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

I was a bit surprised by the two year gap between the original Assassin's Creed and the second game when so many franchises these days focus on the yearly schedule, but it didn't take too long for Ubi… Read more

Refined Stabbing

Just a year after the spectacular "Assassin's Creed 2," Ubisoft Montreal has served up an equal, if not superior product, with "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood." While the lack of an almighty and legiti… Read more

Believe it or not, the game has issues

I must be playing a different Assassin’s Creed franchise than everyone else. I mean, this can’t possibly be the game that was a runner-up for game of the year on Giant Bomb and received positive revie… Read more

A very well crafted stop-gap worthy of your time and money.

Ezio´s trek through renaissance italy and his struggle to overthrow the Borgia is a journey that once again casts a shadow over Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Because unlike the entry that preceeded i… Read more

When in Rome

Following precisely from where Ezio’s last escapade left off, Assassins’ Creed Brotherhood plunges the player into a series of explosive opening sequences which lays the path for the Assassins’ new st… Read more

Live by the Creed, Recruit by The Creed

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is pretty much a direct sequel to AC:II. Things pick up right after the end of the of that game, and without giving anything away, just know that you’ll be controlling the… Read more

Death from Above

I have always been interested in the Assassin's Creed franchise but wasn't sold at all till the second instalment. When I found out the next game in the series would be set in the same location as the… Read more

XBOX 360 Review: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Assassin's Creed was a good game marred by many overt flaws that hindered players enjoyment. It's sequel Assassin's Creed II took all the criticisms to heart and delivered what in my mind was the sing… Read more

This is a PSA: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a full AC Sequel

Let me start off by saying that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood is a full on sequel to AC2. Ubisoft really shot themselves in the foot by only focusing on the multiplayer aspect of the game, because the… Read more

My landlord, the assassin

So lets start this review for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood by talking about the end of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. And I won’t spoil the ending, except to say the ending sucks. Then again, the end… Read more

Really Iterative Game Design

Multiplayer is brought to a game that seems really not well-suited to it. How well does it fare? First off, this game is a direct sequel to Assassin's Creed II. Literally, a total direct sequel. If yo… Read more

All Good in tha Hood

The Assassin's Creed franchise has enjoyed a speedy accent into AAA franchise status with Assassin's Creed 2. Now comes Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, a sort of "2.5" released only 1 year later. Touti… Read more

"Everything... is permitted"

I'm of the belief that realistic expectations for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood would be low expectations. Here we have the third game in a still inconsistent franchise released only a year after the… Read more

A little buggy, but still a great experience

Just to start, this is my first review... So moving past that, lets get on with it shall we? I have been a huge fan of the Assassin's creed series since AC1 was released. Even though many people were… Read more

Assassin’s creed: Brotherhood Review

A quality of many great video games is there ability to make the player feel like a total bad-ass. Assassin’s creed II is one of these rare games that had the ability to make you feel like a bad-ass a… Read more

Da Boyz in da Brotherhood are Always Hard

Lets get one thing out of the way if you do not like the Assassin’s Creed series you will not like Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and no matter what I say in this review it will not make a difference… Read more

AC: Brotherhood Review

It has only been a year since the last Assassin title and know with a large emphasis on team mates and multiplayer is there enough to make this a must buy on your holiday list or is it just a quick ca… Read more

Checking under the Hood you'll see some problems...

I've been a fan of the AC series since the first game. So it was only natural for me to grab a copy of Brotherhood. Though what I got was kind of a mixed bag... The game picked up literally seconds af… Read more

The Brotherhood welcomes you with open arms!

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood to most will seem like a cash-in for Ubisoft to some, a multi-player experiment to others. At the end of the day, Brotherhood offers a lengthy, quality single-player exper… Read more

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