#1 | 9 January 2010, 11:00 PM
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#2 | 10 January 2010, 5:32 AM
yeah both a good set of games, we had a normal version a black verison and a white verison, of the second one, for me thebest bit of the series so far is how vastly improved the second one is over the first one, i also like how you may now swim XD
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#3 | 10 January 2010, 5:38 AM
Yeah, it's nice to be able to swim now, though it did make sense for Altair not to be able to swim since it wasn't really something people did back in those days XD
Also... I find it funny that the enemy dudes that Desmond fights at the very end all had harmless rods instead of something like... you know, guns. lol
Also... I find it funny that the enemy dudes that Desmond fights at the very end all had harmless rods instead of something like... you know, guns. lol
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#7 | 24 January 2010, 8:06 PM
More people need to effing play these games 
I just finished playing ACII myself, my roommate bought it, but it's definitely a game that I'm going to end up buying down the road, because I want to actually own it. Anyway I'll try to spoiler tag things, but don't blame me if I fuck up.
I'll start with bullet points
Pros:
Cons:
Now spoilers shall ensue...
...End Spoilers
Basically what ACII does, is "and the plot thickens." Clearly leading the way to another iteration in the franchise and I couldn't be happier about that. I have more to say, and as such would thoroughly enjoy discussing the plot with others, but for one I'm fucking tired, and two you all need to fucking play the games so you can participate in said discussion.
I just finished playing ACII myself, my roommate bought it, but it's definitely a game that I'm going to end up buying down the road, because I want to actually own it. Anyway I'll try to spoiler tag things, but don't blame me if I fuck up.
I'll start with bullet points
Pros:
- Ezio's outfit looks way cooler than Altaïr's impractical and flashy as it may be.
- Mission structure is much better, and not as repetitive as AC1
- Ezio has more tools, which allow for greater diversity in combat, and mission execution.
- Double hidden blades.
- More visually stunning environments, the cities of Renaissance Italy are much more colorful than Altaïr's Jerusalem.
- You can steal an enemy's spear, and then execute extreme justice, fuck yeah!
- You can swim.
- PS3 and PSP connectivity, you unlock bonuses for both ACII and AC:Bloodlines, the bonuses for ACII are much more beneficial, early game.
Cons:
- The platforming, (free-run and jumping sections) can be really touchy resulting in Ezio jump in undesired directions, this hasn't really been improved since AC1. Once you get used to the controls it becomes less of a problem, but it can still be an annoyance.
- Combat is still too simple, I know this sort of contradicts the "Pro" but let me explain. ACII allows for more options for what to use in combat, but the actual combat system is virtually the same, just hold block and counter your way to victory.
- Nathan Drake is Prince of Persia is Desmond Miles.
- Character models and graphics, particularly facial animations, don't look up to par with other games, granted character detail usually does take a hit on large open-world games.
- Game ends
Now spoilers shall ensue...
Basically what ACII does, is "and the plot thickens." Clearly leading the way to another iteration in the franchise and I couldn't be happier about that. I have more to say, and as such would thoroughly enjoy discussing the plot with others, but for one I'm fucking tired, and two you all need to fucking play the games so you can participate in said discussion.
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#8 | 25 January 2010, 4:25 AM
Assassin's Creed II is definitely an improvement over the first, but I don't think it is as big of an improvement as everyone makes it out to be. There are many things ripped straight from the original like different animations and the entire combat system basically, albeit there are still some new things to add variety in the combat. I want to emphasize what Mav said about Ezio randomly jumping where you don't want him to, this is EXACTLY the same as it was in Assassin's Creed, they did not improve this at all, which was a major frustration for me.
Honestly, I would say I actually "enjoyed" the first game more. This is because it was new and fresh and fun. I didn't really care about the repetitive missions because I thought the overall gameplay was fun enough. With Assassin's Creed II, there was definitely a more varied mission structure, but I felt like more than several of the missions were very menial. Not that I expected the gameplay to be a lot different, but the new missions just weren't enough to keep my interest throughout the whole thing. I did finish the game but the fiction was what kept me going at the end, not the gameplay which I was getting a little tired of.
All that said it's still a fantastic game that I would recommend to almost anyone, and I'm looking forward to the third entry in the series.
Honestly, I would say I actually "enjoyed" the first game more. This is because it was new and fresh and fun. I didn't really care about the repetitive missions because I thought the overall gameplay was fun enough. With Assassin's Creed II, there was definitely a more varied mission structure, but I felt like more than several of the missions were very menial. Not that I expected the gameplay to be a lot different, but the new missions just weren't enough to keep my interest throughout the whole thing. I did finish the game but the fiction was what kept me going at the end, not the gameplay which I was getting a little tired of.
All that said it's still a fantastic game that I would recommend to almost anyone, and I'm looking forward to the third entry in the series.
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