Assassins Creed 2

Heh, the was kinda weird.

I printed the PDF, activated the webcam thingy and held the printed image up to the webcam. It "scanned" it, verified it (only the M. FRAG: EFBUI was verified, I guess if I access the site some other day the symbol will ave changed in the PDF file), and we got to see the arm of Altair from Altair's eyes as far as I could tell.

Some cool new info in this months GameInformer apparently, screwattack has some previews from it: http://www.screwattack.com/HardNews/041009

So what we know is that it takes place 285 years after AC, and he said we play as a decendant of Desmond, but I guess he meant of Altair, called Ezio. And judging from the pictures Ezio will be able to swim.

Also here's the cover of the new gameinformer with a pic of Ezio:

Originally posted by Morridini
Some cool new info in this months GameInformer apparently, screwattack has some previews from it: http://www.screwattack.com/HardNews/041009

So what we know is that it takes place 285 years after AC, and he said we play as a decendant of Desmond, but I guess he meant of Altair, called Ezio. And judging from the pictures Ezio will be able to swim.

Also here's the cover of the new gameinformer with a pic of Ezio:

I just got my game informer today, AC 2 is shaping up to be one hell of a game, can't wait.

That assassin looks more badass than Altair. Is there any confirmation of a release date yet?

November, most likely. I can't remember the exact date off of the top of my head but I went and looked it up when I was at work on Thursday.

I flipped straight to the article when I got my Game Informer, and yeah, it looks like it's going to be great. The stuff they're adding is going to be awesome, and I like that they realized that the first could get a bit monotonous and are changing things up.

Also, Ezio can swim 😛

Game comes out christmas time, and you can do a lot more than swim.

Originally posted by Peach
Also, Ezio can swim 😛

About time Ubisoft got that through their heads. Sometimes when I miss jumping to another pole, I miss it and instantly die in the water. Dying because of jumping into water has got to be the dumbest thing that has ever happened in videogames.

Game looks great, read it in my issue of Game Informer, am liking what they are saying about the combat system, cannot wait for a trailer showing it.

You can use any weapon you're enemies drop, and do like 16 types of mission. It's Assassin's Creed I on steroids.

Any words in Game Informer on whether or not they fixed the stealth aspect? Like not just holding down A to be "invisible".

Not really, but now Ezio can blend with any crowd, not just the scholars in white. They have probably fixed that problem since there's a notoriety meter now.

They should play some Theif and learn from that series imo.

and yes as it has been said before make it more "real" make guards smarter, make spontaneous things happend around the city so that somehow the perfectly planned kill can sometimes end up in a total mess because of fights. fires. or whatever.

Hire alot of voice actors!!! geez it felt like it was somesort of theater play that only had 5 ppl onboard.

get rid of some of the filler quests, I atleast would like it to be focus more on the story so and not just kill for no reason whatso ever. the quests need more background imo.

make a awesome combo system when fighting, that would be cool, while the system used was alright, it got very repetative as every guard was the same.

While I like the fictional take on historic accounts, I would love if they further explored this and added alot of historic events and characters to the game 🙂

They should play some Theif and learn from that series imo.

^ Not sure if they did, but it's a lot better.

and yes as it has been said before make it more "real" make guards smarter, make spontaneous things happend around the city so that somehow the perfectly planned kill can sometimes end up in a total mess because of fights. fires. or whatever.

^They totally upgraded the guards and crowds, you can even get away by knocking over parts of buildings and stuff.

Hire alot of voice actors!!! geez it felt like it was somesort of theater play that only had 5 ppl onboard.

^Don't know if they did, but they should.

get rid of some of the filler quests, I atleast would like it to be focus more on the story so and not just kill for no reason whatso ever. the quests need more background imo.

^They now have 16, versatile mission types, so if it is filler, it won't get repetitive for a long time. ANd they have made the story a lot more interesting than just kill this guy, kill that guy.

make a awesome combo system when fighting, that would be cool, while the system used was alright, it got very repetative as every guard was the same.

^Now you can use any weapon in the game, even those dropped by guards, including your assassin blades(you have two now, and you get to keep your ring fingers), swords, knives, short swords, maces, axes, halberds, etc..... Plus you can really fight hand to hand, and fight dirty, like crotch shots, throat punches, and throwing sand in their face.

While I like the fictional take on historic accounts, I would love if they further explored this and added alot of historic events and characters to the game 🙂

^They fixed this as well, they have a bunch of realistic events and characters, like Leonardo da Vinci(he makes your weapons, and you get to use his flying machine.) They even have realistic assassination attempts, like you trying to kill Lorenzo de' Medici during church.

To be fair, they made it sound like others will try and fail to assassinate Lorenzo, and in the aftermath you'll become a friend of the Medici family. You'll probably help foil the attempt.

Am I alone when saying that I think the character's attire design looks kinda...fruity?

Originally posted by First_Tsurugi06
Am I alone when saying that I think the character's attire design looks kinda...fruity?

Originally posted by Morridini
Any words in Game Informer on whether or not they fixed the stealth aspect? Like not just holding down A to be "invisible".

Yea, it's kinda fake when you can kill a guard right infront of another guard and get away with it by pressing A.

And I hope they put more concequences for when you assisinate someone in the middle of a crowd, In AC1 you could just walk through a crowd of people, assassinating every other person and noone even lifts an eyebrow.

Originally posted by First_Tsurugi06
Am I alone when saying that I think the character's attire design looks kinda...fruity?

Such attire is basically a more contemporary(in Renaissance times) version of what Altair wore.

Originally posted by KingD19
^They fixed this as well, they have a bunch of realistic events and characters, like Leonardo da Vinci(he makes your weapons, and you get to use his flying machine.) They even have realistic assassination attempts, like you trying to kill Lorenzo de' Medici during church.

Loving this, The Medicic were probably one of my favorite parts of learning about the Renaissance.

And also really liking (as well as thinking it looks totally badass) that this 'new' Altair has two hidden blades 😉

Originally posted by ThunderGodEneru
You would only think that is you didn't know alot about the Renaissance.

Such attire is basically a more contemporary(in Renaissance times) version of what Altair wore.

I'm aware of that, don't get me wrong. I just think they're exagerrating on it.