Assassin's Creed 2

[Durahansolo]

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very watered-down GTA with stealth elements.

If anything I would've thought it was a watered down Splinter Cell with ancient elements, but GTA? MAL WTF!? I'm liking the story in AC2 so far, it was somewhat about the same thing that I thought it'd be about from the trailers, except the "real world" story that is going on outside the Animus.

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It seemed kinda Matrix-like in the first story, but now it is really seeming like that and 3 will probably definently be like that LOL.

I even like the fact that you can buy stuff even though I'm not making much money at the moment...BRB! *Runs through a crowd stealing wallets.*

[Lmnop]

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The first Assassin's Creed:

Awesome "auto-platforming" (as I dubbed it). You hold down a button and go running. Your character does all the work and you get to look cool. A lot of people were like "what's the point of even playing? he does all the work for you". But seriously? Who wants to jump onto a ledge, spend 90 seconds meticulously lining up your next jump, and then perform your running jump 12 inches too early, and thus miss the ledge you're aiming for and fall to your doom? Is that fun? No.

I really liked a lot about the game (and hated always hearing the same shouted speeches "...must be made to pay!" every 2 blocks). But there was one significant problem:

Open city. Very detailed. Huge. Lots of places to go. You get to your assasxxxxtion target. Suddenly, there's about 2 ways to proceed: a) smash through every guard in town and cut his face off or b) do the exactly one method of getting close to your target, assassin's strike him (maybe!), and even if no one witnessed your act, the city bells are sounded and everyone wants you dead!

How does that make a damn bit of sense? You're an assassin and you have to play The Fugitive every time you knock someone off? There are no clean kills in the 1st game and very little choice about how to go about accomplishing the mission. Compare: Hitman games.

Has any of that changed in AC2? (Armored Core, Asheron's Call... no more AC games, plz)

[Malacite]

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If anything I would've thought it was a watered down Splinter Cell with ancient elements, but GTA? MAL WTF!?

It's a sandbox filled with people whom you are free to maim as you please, you even get a flying machine lol (though I think it's a 1-time thing?) etc etc... GTA is just what 1st came to mind is all, not necessarily the defining comparison. It's another sandbox where you can indiscriminately kill people.

[Tickmeoff]

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Did not realize the PC version wasn't released yet.

Watching a friend play right now and it looks pretty fun, but I will be waiting until the PC version is released.

[Durahansolo]

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and even if no one witnessed your act, the city bells are sounded and everyone wants you dead!

That is so true. Apparently even though nobody saw the actual kill, eveybody saw you holding the victim and talking to him during the cutscene.

It's another sandbox where you can indiscriminately kill people.

No. If I remember right you fall out of sync (And somewhat game over/have to continue from checkpoint) if you kill too many citizens (You could kill all the guards you wanted though lol). However after you beat the game, you can indiscriminately kill whoever. I've already gotten 2 warnings for accidentally killing citizens, it'll pop up at the top of the screen and say *WARNING: Ezio did not kill citizens."

I really like the way they made Leonardo Da Vinci's character.

[TheGrandMom]

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I enjoyed the hell out of the first game so I was excited about the second. I don't pre-order much anymore because I've been burned too many times. I read a lot of stuff and watched some great gameplay videos and they got me excited for it. I might have to pick that up after I beat some of the games I got for my birthday. Or I could just put it on my Christmas list I guess. Problem is I think I know what Santa is cooking up for Christmas and its better than games...... So let me know how the game is if anyone gets it!

[Durahansolo]

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Just unlocked Assassin Missions. As in side missions from the main story you can do to assasxxxxte people (For Money). You can use the money to buy better weapons and armor or

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You can use the money to upgrade Uncle Mario's settlement so you can get a discount on armor, weapons, paintings (Yes, paintings/art) etc. You also earn money every 20 minutes for owning part of those assets. I might actually have to take back what I said about "Not really being similar to GTA" now... (DAMN YOU UBISOFT!)

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As you go along the storyline, you get encoded blueprints for engineering upgrades and Leonardo decodes them for you. For example: Poison Tipped Hidden Dagger!!! I wanted to test the dagger out, so of course I went after one of those street preachers rambling on about assassins walking the streets and how we are plaguing the city... I poison daggered him and walked away. The guy then randomly started spinning around and flailing his arms like an idiot, eventually falling on the ground still kicking and then dying. The strangest thing was that the crowd that was around him listening did not move one inch while he was spazzing out, even after he was dead.

[TheGrandMom]

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<Previously posted in another thread so I'm not so old that I'm repeating myself....>

Well I got Assassins Creed 2 or I should say my son got it for me but its not here yet. It came with an AWESOME figurine that I'm dying to get! Too bad he got the white version because the black version was WAAAAAAY cooler! I'm gonna have to track it down me thinks!

WHITE:

Black Edition...WAY cooler! <FYI HUGE PICTURE ALERT>