Assassins Creed 2

So for those of you that have it, is there a place like the Kindom in AC 1? An open area connecting all the cities, or is there just teleporting from city to city?

If I had to guess, it'd be Monteriggioni/Villa, the city where Ezio's uncle (hint to my previous post) lives. I think a trailer said it starts out all decrepit, but you can do stuff to liven it up.

Gamefly is sending this to me tomorrow. Win/win. Get to play it, and if it's crap like the first it cost me near nothing. Though from what I'm hearing it's a lot better than the first.

I just picked it up, I will play it for about 12 hours straight.

Originally posted by First_Tsurugi06
In buying it at the midnight launch, and after 4 hours of playing it, I'll just say that a certain character's introduction is already the most epic reference that any game has made to another game ever.

I won't say, but you'll know it when you hear it.

LOL, dude, that was hilarious. I can't believe they did that so well, and you'd never think about that happening, but yeah, it's the most epic...evar.

Originally posted by KingD19
LOL, dude, that was hilarious. I can't believe they did that so well, and you'd never think about that happening, but yeah, it's the most epic...evar.

What's the reference?

Spoiler:
When you leave Florenza with your mom and sister to go to your uncles villa, you get attacked by Vieri Pazzi(the guy you fight at the start of the game). His men then get slaughtered by arrows. Then a guy who looks like a fit Ron Jeremy with a scar over his blind eye comes out with his men. You and them fight Pazzi's men. When it's over, Ezio thanks him. Then the guys like, you don't recognize me Ezio. Ezio asks who he is...Then the guy says... IT'S A ME, MARIO!!!!

Originally posted by KingD19

Spoiler:
When you leave Florenza with your mom and sister to go to your uncles villa, you get attacked by Vieri Pazzi(the guy you fight at the start of the game). His men then get slaughtered by arrows. Then a guy who looks like a fit Ron Jeremy with a scar over his blind eye comes out with his men. You and them fight Pazzi's men. When it's over, Ezio thanks him. Then the guys like, you don't recognize me Ezio. Ezio asks who he is...Then the guy says... IT'S A ME, MARIO!!!!

Hahaha, epic.

That part was awesome. I already knew about it beforehand, but even so. I burst out laughing at that.

I'm right now in

Spoiler:
Tuscany, to assassinate Vieri

I also seem to have a talent in dropping down/falling off a buildings right into a bunch of guards. Whoops.

Those glyphs have been kicking my ass. I get through a few, but sometimes I have to wait for the advice button to pop up.

I'm just starting this game, about to get to the first Assassination mission, and it's already way better than the first. Way better plot and pacing and story structure.

Originally posted by Peach

I also seem to have a talent in dropping down/falling off a buildings right into a bunch of guards. Whoops.

!!!!!!!

lol, metal gear

😂 😛

Also, using groups of courtesans to distract guards? Brilliant.

I also kinda tend to pickpocket everyone I walk past. Makes me giggle.

Are there any annoying things like the drunks and beggars from AC 1?

I use courtesans from time to time, but more often than not I employ thieves and mercs.

And I now get about 10,000+ florens every 20 minutes. I've completley upgraded the villa, but I've yet to buy all the paintings, armor and weapons.

Originally posted by Morridini
Are there any annoying things like the drunks and beggars from AC 1?

I haven't come across any drunks or beggars yet, but once or twice I was 'accosted' by a singing minstrel 😛

Originally posted by Morridini
Are there any annoying things like the drunks and beggars from AC 1?

I'm very early on and I've not seen any drunken shovers. And thank god for that, hopefully it stays that way because the drunks were the most annoying part of the first game. Hopefully they did away with them completely.

Like Peach said, the only follower I've seen so far is the minstrel, but you can easily get rid of them by tossing some money on the ground, or just knocking their lute out of their hands.

And the shovers from the 1st game were horrible, and most of the time I just ended up beating them senseless. Although I sorta felt bad about beating on the handicapped ones.

Is there a worse penalty for killing a civilian this time around? 'cause in the last game there wasn't a lot of incentive for me to not kill the drunks/crazy people and punch the beggars until they fell to the ground unconscious.