Game Review: Assassin’s Creed 2

In this new offering, Developer Ubisoft Montreal has tried to address almost all the flaws pointed in the previous version and some new features are also added to make the sequel even more exciting than its predecessor.

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Storyline of the Assassin’s Creed 2
Well if you are acquainted with the previous version of the game than you must know by now that the story line occurs between two timelines: Modern-day world starring bartender Desmond Miles and another in the past featuring one of his ancestor’s.

Desmond once again got stuck in the past with the help of gene-reading device known as Animus and this time its 15th century Italy, nearly three centuries after the previous version of the game.

Once Desmond gets there, the story is told from his ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze’s perspective; a young nobleman more interested in spending his time and money on wine and women.

But the plot of the story takes a U turn when several of the family members of Ezio were killed by the conspirators and he was forced to flee his hometown to secure the safety of the family members left.

Ezio takes up the role of an assassin to avenge the deaths of his family members. He’s not at all familiar with his family’s history or the war going on between Assassins and Templars.

The storyline is amazingly easy to follow even for the starters who never played the first game, jumping easily from one timeline to another without missing a beat.

What makes the story of the Assassin’s Creed 2 so fantastic to follow is its straightforward plot, bursting with mystery, mixing of real-world historical figures and fictional characters so well that it manages to capture the essence of Renaissance world.

To understand some dialogs you need to turn on the subtitles because they are spoken in Italian.

Assassin’s Creed 2 is a massive game lasting nearly 15 hours, fortunately for everyone involved in the production of the game it has turned out to be equally good.

Some good features of the game
-Wide variety of deadly weapons to choose from, missions and stealth techniques.
- New broader objective in the game
- Beautifully detailed world of the sequel.
- Can call upon encyclopedia like option which will provide the historical significance and details of the particular person or place created on real-life.
- Easy and amazing controls.
- Visual treat
- Wonderful new character: Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Some not so good parts about AC2
- Some additions look a little too artificial
- Some visuals look little too odd at times in the game.