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Assassin's Creed II
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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.
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"Assassin's Creed II elaborates on the good ideas of its sneak-and-stab forebear, making an experience that requires far fewer excuses to enjoy."
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2 ★ (1)
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Crystallizing its place within the hall of the newer generation's most hyped series.

I cannot deny Assassin’s Creed 1 was my cup of tea. Sure, it had its problems, sure there were only a few different objectives after all, sure most people were interested because of the beautiful grap… Read more

Assassin's Creed II is a wonderfully inspired and mostly well-made experience

Released in 2009 and developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Assassin’s Creed II is a unique and compelling adventure through renaissance Italy, placing the protagonist at the front lines of history in a way t… Read more

A Sequel that Doesn't Feel Like a Sequel

This is no simple sequel. This is Assassin's Creed II. Released in 2009 for consoles and in 2010 for PC, AC2 quickly gained a TON of critical acclaim, and for good reason, too. This game improves upon… Read more

Lets Review Another Older Game!

SPOILERS I will put another Spoiler warning before the actual spoilers. So, my last review was of Assassin's Creed. Great game, but had its fair share of problems. So lets review its sequel! Assassins… Read more

Agree with Giant Bomb's Score

Assassin's Creed II is one of the games I've been meaning to buy and play for a year or three. As such, there are many descriptive reviews already written. My review will be very basic. I originally p… Read more

The AAA the first game wanted to be

Okay so if you've read my review of Assassin's Creed I concluded it wanted to be a triple A game but didn't have the budget for it. Assassin's Creed 2 clearly had the budget because they went for AAA… Read more

Mamma Mia!

Glockstar Armani presents this game with 6 *GLOCKIE* awards for: *BEST SEQUEL* *BEST ACTION-ADVENTURE GAME* *BEST ENDING* *BEST NPC ALLY: LEONARDO DA VINCI* *BEST THEME: EZIO'S FAMILY composed by JESP… Read more

Masterpiece -- the huge step forward that you want from a sequel

The first Assassins' Creed was one of the most ambitious games ever made. The combination of unique settings, open-world exploration, cutting edge technology, and stealth/action gameplay made for an e… Read more

Despite all of this, I still like Ass Creed...

I've been playing Assassin's Creed II for so long because I can't stand to play it for more than a couple of hours at a time, once every month or so, such are its many, many, irritating flaws. Look, h… Read more

Mileage will vary, as will the ride

The first Assassin's Creed ended with all the enigmatic hints at story direction that a conspiracy nut could ever hope for. Being partial to the odd secret history tale myself, I entered AC2 on a wave… Read more

Ezio sucks. Game rocks.

I wasn't terribly fond of the first Assassin's Creed. Well, let me put it this way: The first hour of Assassin's Creed 1 is near perfect. The mission takes a long time (which I personally love), it's… Read more

Assassin's Creed 2 Review: Requiescat in Pace

Assassin's Creed 2 is the sequel to the beautiful but deeply flawed Assassin's Creed. You reprise the role of Desmond in the present day parts but Altair and the third crusade has been ditched for a n… Read more

ASSASIN'S CREED 2

Assasins creed is one of the most enjoyable and stunning game of 2009.The sequel to the succesful game assasins creed is here and is better than it,s predecessor.Every mistake that was in the original… Read more

Assassin's Creed II

Assassin's Creed II is a game that improves upon it's predecessor is almost every conceivable way. The first game was fairly renowned for it's sheer level of repetitiveness, the majority of the game b… Read more

Assassins Creed 2 Review: Requiescat in pace

Assassin's Creed 2 is the sequel to the beautiful but deeply flawed Assassin's Creed. You reprise the role of Desmond in the present day parts but Altair and the third crusade has been ditched for a n… Read more

Changing History One Game at A Time

In 2007 Assassin's Creed was a much anticipated game that met mixed criticism. It felt like the building blocks were there but the pieces never really fell into place. It was a good starting point for… Read more

A Fantastic Story Hampered By Frustrating Controls

Assassin's Creed 2 has such a polarizing a effect on me for several different reasons. The first game in the series was impressive for several reasons. It established a wonderful universe with some re… Read more

A Late Look at Assassin's Creed II

I never played the original Assassin’s Creed. When it was releasing the previews never appealed to me and the general buzz around the game seemed to be that it had a lot of good ideas but executed the… Read more

Improves on AC 1, but gameplay still feels a bit underwhelming.

Of all the genres that have benefitted from ever-more powerful hardware, the action-stealth-platformer has reached perhaps the most dizzying new heights this generation. Led by standard-setters like U… Read more

Sometimes it's the simple things in life

Having scratched my head about how the first Assassin's Creed sold so well after hearing the numerous criticisms, I approached this game with a healthy dose of skepticism. Having finished the lengthy… Read more

A Well Worthwhile Sequel

It's a strange time to have just finished Assasins Creed 2, a year after its release and with Brotherhood now on the shelves. It's taken me a year to complete after being sidetracked by other games bu… Read more

Assassin's Creed 2 Review

By - Richard J. Remember back to 2006 and 2007 when everyone was so excited for 'Assassin's Creed', set to be released for the Xbox360 and PS3? Gamers around the world were so excited for a game that… Read more

Better in every which way

I gotta say, I'm ridiculously impressed at this franchise's sophomore offering. Quite possibly the largest leap forward from sequel I've seen. +'s The combat system is fun and versatile. The combat is… Read more

Hidden Blades How About Hidden wonder

Might I borrow this Sir I picked up assassin's Creed when it first came out. I thought " Wow here is a game that looks like it could be fun." Oh how wrong I was *facepalm* Assassin's creed was a const… Read more

Assasins

Very good game keeps you entertained for ever and earns you tonnes og achievments ( 715 g) ! not many sequels of games are better than the 1st game but assasins creed 2 is a lot better than assasins c… Read more

Stabbing people in the face never gets old.

Assassin's Creed II is a game that received a lot of attention during the past couple of months. It's been nominated for the Game of the Year 2009 award at several websites, and gotten all positive re… Read more

a awesome stealth game

This what i wanted from the first game but that failed and just got boring fast. but with AC2 i had so much fun, the stealth is so much fun and the kills are great and like the first one things to get… Read more

Ezio trumps his ancestors in every way possible.

To be up front and blunt I hated the first Assassin's Creed. I didn't understand where all the hype was from. Yes the game was beautiful on a strictly graphics plane but that didn't take away from all… Read more

Perfection!

Now ive played none in the series until now but after playing the sequel i now am not only getting the first one but its now arguably my favorite sandbox game, and one of my favorite series. Italians… Read more

Better then the First...thank god

Assassin's Creed 2 is a large improvement to its eponymous predecessor in that it removed the need to do a minimum of side quests to continue to the main assassination missions and you can now SWIM!!!… Read more

Better story, better gameplay

In Assassin's Creed II, players will once again delve into the memory of Desmond Miles, AC1's main but not-so-main character. You will play as the genetic memory of Ezio Auditore Da Firenze, a noble f… Read more

Play it NOW!: Assassins Creed 2

Play it NOW!: Assassins Creed 2 A period piece, fictional or not, has always been something I have an affinity towards. Maybe it is the academic in me, but understanding events in world history can br… Read more

La Grande Avventura

I started Assassin's Creed II hoping for a better time than I had with the its predecessor, and I wasn't disappointed in the least. The game gripped me with its whirlwind opening and barring a few tec… Read more

A Cowardly Game

Assassin's Creed II is the John Wilkes Booth of assassin video games. Sure you've murdered your target, but you've also clumsily leapt off a banister (possibly cracking your leg in two) and you have h… Read more

Assassin's Creed II has come so far, except also not-so-far...

For those that didn't play the first Assassin's Creed, here's a summary of what you did in the game: running, riding horse, sneaking into city, beating people up, EAGLE DIVE, racing, 'ooooh, flag!', a… Read more

Not a fan of the first? You'll enjoy AC2!

Ubisoft fires up the Animus once again in Assassin’s Creed II this time dropping players into to Renaissance Italy. ACII promises to follow in the footsteps of its predecessor while smoothing out its… Read more

long , super nice and jump!

this game is really nice, especially the story ,a bit riddle and mystery combine with amazing technology ..i love the mix..but the short game inside it sometime a bit frustrating...if its require u to… Read more

Assasins Creed 2 - Improvements over the first one.

Reasons Why I loved it more than the first one. 1. Better Game play then the first one. 2. Better Graphics. 3. Better Story. 4.totally left it open for a closing of a trilogy 5. one of the best games… Read more

Two blades are better than one

To be blunt with this. It is an amazing game. It is Just as free-roam as the first, allowing you to travel anywhere within the game boundary that you have unlocked. The fighting is much more interesti… Read more

Sitoxity Reviews - Assassin's Creed 2

This is a review for Assassin's Creed 2 that I wrote, it never got posted on any website, so I bring it here for you guys. I know it's been months since it's release, but why not. This was written bef… Read more

Everyone Loves A Good Sequel / Rewrite

In 2007 Ubisoft Montreal released the original Assassin's Creed to critical 'meh'-ing; it wasn't a bad or broken game as such, but it didn't live up to people's expectations and instead became a somew… Read more

Haiku Review: Assassins Creed II.

This is the Haiku Review, where I fully review a game in seventeen syllables, in a 5-7-5 format, letting you know everything to expect from beginning to end for this game. Batman: Arkham Asylum Haiku… Read more

A Franchise Renaissance

Imagine a hidden-blade wielding assassin chasing his target at full speed on top of a roof in Renaissance Italy. Now imagine he leaps from one building to another, over a canal in Venice. Then, he gra… Read more

Assassins Creed 2 > Assassins Creed 1

It would be hard to write a review of Assassins Creed 2 without comparing it to the first in every way because it every way it is better and there isn't a whole lot of other games to compare it to or… Read more

They Nailed Their Target

The prior Assassin's Creed was probably the most hyped up series debut not named Little Big Planet. It sold extremely well and provided a storyline ripe with easy retelling as the idea of a man whose… Read more

VENI, VIDI, VICI

Love and hate are two of the strongest emotions one can feel. One can’t exist without the other. I absolutely loved Assassin’s Creed II, but at some moments, I hated it. Without spoiling anything, Ass… Read more

Wicked Game Review

Assassins Creed is a great IP. An open sandbox world that's rich, detailed, highly populated, and full of potential. With its go anywhere climb / anything mentality, Assassins Creed was one of the bes… Read more

Assassin's Creed II makes a fantastic game even better.

The first Assassin’s Creed came out of the gate running. It was a stealth game that had intense action. It’s construction and gameplay elements were so revolutionary that it had other developers tryin… Read more

A Creed Indeed

Assassins Creed was a title that quickly became one of my favorites. At times its gameplay was repetitious, but for a majority of the game it swept me away into a world I hadn't thought could exist in… Read more

As Ezio, You will Kill by The Creed in ACII

Assassin's Creed II is a much more enjoyable game than ACI and improves on many of the faults that were found in the original game. Those very repetitive tasks required for an assassination are gone,… Read more

Assassins creed 2, review.

I ( like many others) really enjoyed the first AC, but realised how much better that game could have been. AC II sets out to do just that, it's an amazing overhall of the originals traversal/ stealth/… Read more

Exactly what a sequel should be.

Currently, the video game industry is driven by sequels; rather than risk a lot of money on a new series, game companies would rather stick to a franchise that has previously proven itself. Unfortunat… Read more

Simply a Fantastic Game.

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The game we all wanted

Assassin's Creed 2 despite being a nightmare to spell did not really spark my interest at first. The main reason for this is that I was so excited to play the first one and when I did I was hugely dis… Read more

Still waiting for the first AC to be fixed.

Assassin's Creed 2 was extremely hyped for fixing everything that was wrong with the first game, and glorious review after glorious review told me that it didn't matter that the I thought the first on… Read more

So much better than the first...

I wanted to like the first Assassin's Creed, but found the mission structure too inflexible. It was a nice looking game, and I enjoyed the running around on rooftops, but the actual game content wasn'… Read more

Assassin's Creed II is the perfect sequel embodied

You may remember the first Assassin's Creed as a game with some really cool ideas and great graphics, that was brought down by some significant flaws, like the fact that the entire game basically cons… Read more

No Jade and I'm really liking it* 100% Spoiler Free*

The Assassin Creed Redemption The first Assassin's Creed was just bursting of potential to me. The repetitive missions that were required each time that unlocked the assassination main missions were a… Read more

Freshly Refined

Its a Bird! Its a Plane! Its a Flying Italian? The first Assassin's Creed blew on to the scene and kind of took the industry by surprise. Most new IP's that come out don't have the draw like Assassin'… Read more

Italian flair can make good, great.

Assassin’s Creed II sees players once again taking on the role of the franchise lead character, Desmond Miles , as he once more delves into the past of and ancestor. This time it’s Ezio Auditore da Fi… Read more

This is how you make a sequel.

Ubisoft is a company I have a love-hate relationship with. For the most part, I adore their Tom Clancy games, and Assassin's Creed 1, while dissapointing, was still something I found to be a lot of fu… Read more

How did they do the first one wrong if they made this?

Assassin's Creed 1: side mission, side mission, side mission, assassination, side mission,... end of game. Assasin's Creed 2: Escape, Street Brawl, side missions, story, murder, escape... Perfect. Ubi… Read more

A much improved sequel

The sequel to one of my favorite Xbox 360 games finally here. Does this make up for all funky parts of gameplay or does it create more bad parts. Positive: Extraordinary visuals Improved gameplay Stun… Read more

Deep Fast Brutal Repetitive Penetration w/ Love Story

Assassin’s Creed 2 is a MUST BUY for anyone that doesn’t mind murdering people in a video game in creative and fun ways. The End. It has 20-30+ hours of gameplay featuring amazing character animation,… Read more

Decent But Highly Overrated

The first Assassin’s Creed was the fastest selling new IP in recent memory and for good reason! The ability to climb virtually anything and assassinate evil doers in ancient times appealed to a huge a… Read more

One of those games you need to read abit to know whats its about

Ok this game from the start i was like ok wtf is going on now i did play the first one and loved it but i didnt fully understand what it was all about and the ending just made me go ??? so yeah now th… Read more

Ubisoft gets it right this time around!

Ubisoft gets it right, here's for my review of one of my favorite crack addictive games of the year. Available for the Xbox360, PS3, and sometime next spring for the PC. I give this game a well deserv… Read more

assassins creed 2

i have been playing assassins creed 1 for a very long time i lov that game i went and got it a couple days it came ot then some years later i heard assassins creed 2 was coming out i was so exited i h… Read more

The Trees are Crooked but the Forrest is Breathtaking

First of all, I absolutly LOVE Assassin’s Creed 2. In fact I would venture to say that it is the most interesting video game franchise out today. It takes you to exotic new locations and times, introd… Read more

Defining the art of the sequel,

The First Assassins Creed was a love it or hate it kind of game, most praised it for the expansive environments filled to the brim with people and featuring some of the best animation in the industry.… Read more

When developers listen to fans, you get the perfect sequel

Ever rarely does it seem that a sequel to a loved, albeit flawed, sales hit ever deliver on it's promises of fixing every problem and adding on more than what was ever to be expected. Assassin's Creed… Read more

Assassin's Creed II - Perfecting the Formula

The crux of my review is going to be this: the developers have done the thing which earns them the deepest respect of the gaming community, they took what they had which was good, figured out what mor… Read more

Me, my blades and Ezio - Venice Painted in Blood

Assassin's Creed 1.5? Altaïr's blade was never cold for longer times In short, no, but let's face it, the game's core is nothing new from the previous, it's everything around it that has changed. Assa… Read more

Assassin's Creed II: game of the year

Assassin’s Creed II is a truly incredible game. The gameplay is one of the most fluid, and fantastic experiences in any game. The dialogue is hilarious as well as just great dialogue because it has su… Read more

Assassin's Creed II Video Review

Assassin's Creed II is a step in the right direction as most of the issues which had dragged the first experience down have been ironed out leaving a much more enjoyable experience. If anything is a t… Read more

Assassin's Creed II

A lot of people had issues with the first game, though I liked it quite a lot. Still, it had its flaws. Running around, climbing up buildings, and sticking dudes with your hidden blade was a lot of fu… Read more

Assassin's Creed 2 - The tale of the murdering Italian

Do you remember Assassin's Creed ? If you do, you are likely to remember the god-awful lack of variety that game had. Still, a few of us also remember a bit more than that. The sun-drenched cities of… Read more

Gaming's second most popular Italian.

Assassin’s Creed 1 starred a preachy, philosophical, emotionless, characterless unibomber-lookalike named Altair. Killing was his business, but business was not good. First he had to pickpocket, eaves… Read more

A must-play; Assassin's Creed 2 sucesfully improves the 1st game!

Assassin's Creed 2 is of course the sequel to Assassin's Creed 2. It mainly plays the same as the first game but it is just so much more than the first game. The sequel will take you roughly 12-15 hou… Read more

Assassins Creed II Review

Assassin's Creed II Review Two years ago it seemed a lot of people had to lob some justification in front of their enjoyment out of Assassin's Creed, or harsh criticism for their contempt with the gam… Read more

sequal? yes please!

this game was pure awesome, the main campaign was swell, and the collectables were awesome. just trying to unlock that 1000G was a challenge in itself! cant wait for the sequal! also the easter eggs i… Read more

Assassin's Creed II

Assassin's Creed 2 Review Ezio StabbyMcDoubleBladedJazzHands has just left the building. The Good: Occasional moments of brilliance/awesome, free roaming, graphics The Bad: Accuracy, the parts where y… Read more

Working towards something great ... I hope

First off let me start by saying this game is better than the first one by far. If you enjoyed the first one but thought it was lacking in content then don't worry this game is much more enjoyable tha… Read more

One Bloody Renaissance.

Even two years after the release of the first Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft Montreal remains undisputed in their mastery of traversing through and scaling buildings. More than any other game I can think o… Read more

My Favorite Game but not Perfect

I played Assassin's Creed 1 to practically completion, except for all the flags. Assassin's Creed II is a great sequel to the Assassin's Creed story. It takes all the aspects of AC1 and improve them.… Read more

Even more awesome then the original.

So i just finished the story yesterday and i think it took me 2 days or so, (did alot of treasure hunting so that took some time). And i must say i love it as much, maybe even more, then the first one… Read more

Everything the First Game Should Have Been

I don't think I need to go into the problems the first Assassin's Creed had. Just know that the second game in the franchise addresses nearly all of them. There's so much to do in this virtual realiza… Read more

"Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted."

Assassin's Creed 2 is exactly what the first should have been and more, it improves on everything the first game was criticized for. Desmond's getting ready to enter the Animus 2.0. Starting literally… Read more

Excellent adventure game with a buggy PS3 release

So. First off, I loved the original Assassin's Creed , and while the original was bogged down by a slightly confusing story and some gameplay issues, Ubisoft Montreal seems to have studied the feedbac… Read more

A huge step forward.

I was going into Assassin's Creed II with the little hope that Ubisoft really learnt from the mistakes the made in the first game. I was wrong. They did not only learn from the mistakes, they pushed A… Read more

A Solid Sequel

Pros Very good looking game. More interesting side quests and other assorted diversions than the first game. Solid game play. Good at handing out achivement points, if that's your kind of thing. Cons… Read more

This is the real meaning of learning from past mistakes.

Assassin's Creed II is the same game as Assassin's Creed at heart, but every complaint has been answered. No more long speeches after assassinations, no more tedious conversations at the beginning of… Read more

Double the Blades, Double the Fun!

The first Assassin's Creed was an amazing experiance from start to finish. Repetative gameplay aside the intriguing story really pulled you in. AC2 has that same high quality story but with even bette… Read more

Twice the hidden blades, twice the fun?

Twice the hidden blades, twice the fun? The first Assassin's Creed game was quite polarizing. There were plenty of good things to be said about the free running, the graphics, and the quality of the s… Read more

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