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I loved Assassin's Creed 1. Yeah, it had problems, but it was fun and as a total history nut I drank the setting in and it was a unique story. I don't really celebrate Christmas, but because I got my brother a Christmas present he decided to get me one and he knew that I was poor and was looking forward to ACII. Despite the fact that I played the first one on the 360, he grabbed the PS3 version for my shiny new PS3 that I won last year since I only have one other game for it (The only other game I has for it right now is God of War collection since my PS2 borked before #2 came out so I missed it when it first came out and I didn't finish the first one, and it was on sale for 20$ at my local gamestop). I've been playing around with it a bit and so far it's pretty cool!
I know some people didn't like the choice of setting, but I for one LOVE it. For some people French is the language of love, but for me it is Italian. Seriously, I hear Italian and a pretty voice speaking it and I go nuts.. I probably would even if it was coming from an evil soul sucking witch that was cast even out of Hades for being too despicably evil. I've been to Italy and loved it, and my wife who happens to speak it is teaching me. So combing my love for History and my love for Italy with the gameplay of Assassin's Creed is an award winning combination in my book.
Once again you play as Miles Desmond and yet another ancestor (Who thankfully has a proper accent this time around so when he speaks he doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.) named Ezio. The story picks up literally seconds after the obscure ending from the first game, with a recap so that even if you haven't played the first one you can get the gist of what happened, and Lucy grabs Desmond and they hike out of Abstergo and Lucy introduces Desmond to the other modern day assassins. They too have an animus, and are using it this time not to find another mysterious object, but to truly train Desmond for the on going fight against the Templars. When playing as Ezio, you actually don't start off as an assassin and the game gives you more time to grow attached to the character and while I kinda feel that Ezio's reason for becoming an assassin is somewhat cliched its all told well enough that you can really get into Ezio's shoes and have a more intimate look at the path to becoming an assassin.
The gameplay is a bit faster paced this time around, there's no more of that standing in a crowd walking at 1 inch per hour just to fool the guards and you can hide in water as well. You can still use the crowd and special characters to hide yourself, although I honestly don't understand how Ezio blends in with prostitutes... you'd think that a gaggle of prostitutes hiding a suspicious looking man would be even more suspicious. At least in AC1 the scholars had similar robes. You can still have fun jumping around buildings and the controls are still simplistic and fluent and it makes leaping and free running a joy.
The graphics are awesome. Although I have run into some MAJOUR texture/shadow/object fading and pop-up (I've heard the 360 version is better, but I wouldn't know and it doesn't really hurt the gameplay so I don't really care) the game is a joy to look at and has beautiful animations and details. The settings and characters are all distinct and pleasing to look at. The graphics are beautiful, only really annoying me when you get the pop-up issues.
I'm gunna be busy plus my wife & I have been invited down under to visit a friend in January so I'm probably not going to be able to finish it in time for the review to pop up as soon as it usually would. If I can beat the game before Jan. 1st I'll post the review soon, but I doubt I will be able to. If not I'll have the review out by Feb. So far the game is pretty good. I doubt it will turn anyone who didn't like the first one, but it does improve on many of the slower paced aspects and it looks good, sounds good, and plays good and as long as it keeps up I'll have positive things to say about it.
I know some people didn't like the choice of setting, but I for one LOVE it. For some people French is the language of love, but for me it is Italian. Seriously, I hear Italian and a pretty voice speaking it and I go nuts.. I probably would even if it was coming from an evil soul sucking witch that was cast even out of Hades for being too despicably evil. I've been to Italy and loved it, and my wife who happens to speak it is teaching me. So combing my love for History and my love for Italy with the gameplay of Assassin's Creed is an award winning combination in my book.
Once again you play as Miles Desmond and yet another ancestor (Who thankfully has a proper accent this time around so when he speaks he doesn't stick out like a sore thumb.) named Ezio. The story picks up literally seconds after the obscure ending from the first game, with a recap so that even if you haven't played the first one you can get the gist of what happened, and Lucy grabs Desmond and they hike out of Abstergo and Lucy introduces Desmond to the other modern day assassins. They too have an animus, and are using it this time not to find another mysterious object, but to truly train Desmond for the on going fight against the Templars. When playing as Ezio, you actually don't start off as an assassin and the game gives you more time to grow attached to the character and while I kinda feel that Ezio's reason for becoming an assassin is somewhat cliched its all told well enough that you can really get into Ezio's shoes and have a more intimate look at the path to becoming an assassin.
The gameplay is a bit faster paced this time around, there's no more of that standing in a crowd walking at 1 inch per hour just to fool the guards and you can hide in water as well. You can still use the crowd and special characters to hide yourself, although I honestly don't understand how Ezio blends in with prostitutes... you'd think that a gaggle of prostitutes hiding a suspicious looking man would be even more suspicious. At least in AC1 the scholars had similar robes. You can still have fun jumping around buildings and the controls are still simplistic and fluent and it makes leaping and free running a joy.
The graphics are awesome. Although I have run into some MAJOUR texture/shadow/object fading and pop-up (I've heard the 360 version is better, but I wouldn't know and it doesn't really hurt the gameplay so I don't really care) the game is a joy to look at and has beautiful animations and details. The settings and characters are all distinct and pleasing to look at. The graphics are beautiful, only really annoying me when you get the pop-up issues.
I'm gunna be busy plus my wife & I have been invited down under to visit a friend in January so I'm probably not going to be able to finish it in time for the review to pop up as soon as it usually would. If I can beat the game before Jan. 1st I'll post the review soon, but I doubt I will be able to. If not I'll have the review out by Feb. So far the game is pretty good. I doubt it will turn anyone who didn't like the first one, but it does improve on many of the slower paced aspects and it looks good, sounds good, and plays good and as long as it keeps up I'll have positive things to say about it.
