It is a good life we lead, brother. May it never change. (AC2 THREAD)

Pharezon

What's this game?

Assassin's Creed II is a non-linear action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and Microsoft Windows. It is the third video game installment of the Assassin's Creed series and is a direct sequel to the 2007 video game Assassin's Creed. The game was released on video game consoles in November 2009, and will be ported to Microsoft Windows in March 2010.

Where does it take place?

Florence!

Spoiler:

Venice!

Spoiler:

Tuscany!

Spoiler:

How'd all this get here?

The game is set in 2012, with player-controlled protagonist Desmond Miles escaping from Abstergo Industries with an employee, Lucy Stillman, after being forced to relive the genetic memories of ancestoral assassin Altaïr ibn La-Ahad through a machine known as the "Animus". After escaping from Abstergo, Desmond enters a device identical to the Animus and relives the genetic memories of ancestoral nobleman Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who lived during the Renaissance period of the late 15th and early 16th centuries in Italy. The player controls Ezio, who becomes an Assassin after his father and brothers are murdered. While controlling Ezio, the player can explore game renditions of Italian cities and counties in open world gameplay. The gameplay is a mixture of action, stealth and acrobatics.

Mostly all about killing Italians dead.

Downloadable content

On December 1, 2009 Ubisoft announced its first two downloadable content (DLC) releases for Assassin's Creed II for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The first one entitled Battle for Forlì will continue the story of Caterina Sforza and is expected to come out in January 2010. The second one, entitled Bonfire of the Vanities, will likely concern the mass burning of sinful objects in Florence and is scheduled to be released in February 2010.

Buy it.

http://www.elecplay.com/screenshots/a/assassinscreed2-09.jpg

[Bogey edit - Image tags removed on last pic because of size restrictions.]

ChicoBlue

I thought this was an ASCII thread and I was very excited.

UnbreakableVow

YaYa made an AC2 thread a few weeks back

But that's cool, I'm down for more AC2 stuff

The DLC is gonna kick ass

A fucking gig each for $5 and $4, respectively

Pharezon

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

YaYa made an AC2 thread a few weeks back

But that's cool, I'm down for more AC2 stuff

The DLC is gonna kick ass

A fucking gig each for $5 and $4, respectively

Gonna meet that Machiavelli.

Bearstranaut

I remember when AC2 meant asheron's call 2. Which sucked.

The first asheron's call ruled.

ARE MY APOSTROPHES CORRECT?! IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE IT HAS MATTERED

UnbreakableVow

You already met Machiavelli

Pharezon

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

You already met Machiavelli

Continue to meet, sorry.

Nuzak

i knew you'd make this thread you fag

Ashcroft

AC1 Spoilers, for those who avoided it, cross posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mYlPTYkvGw

Only thing the video fails to mention, is

Spoiler:

The visions you see at the end were written in blood by the previous person they put in the Animus, Subject 16 (Desmond is subject 17).

babyeatingjesus

I got this for Christmas and I liked the first one a lot but this improves on it in every way. I'm not very far into the game proper, because I want my town to be so ballin' I'm just grinding cash by finding treasure chests and tackling pickpockets.

vsove

I got this for 40$ CAN on a Boxing Day sale. I'm just waiting for it to arrive and then I can have yet another game I currently ignore in favour of Torchlight.

Veretas

babyeatingjesus wrote: »

I got this for Christmas and I liked the first one a lot but this improves on it in every way. I'm not very far into the game proper, because I want my town to be so ballin' I'm just grinding cash by finding treasure chests and tackling pickpockets.

Don't do this. You will make the game so fucking easy because then you just end up buying the best weapon and uhuhaguahgjlagjhauhgj

Pharezon

Veretas wrote: »

babyeatingjesus wrote: »

I got this for Christmas and I liked the first one a lot but this improves on it in every way. I'm not very far into the game proper, because I want my town to be so ballin' I'm just grinding cash by finding treasure chests and tackling pickpockets.

Don't do this. You will make the game so fucking easy because then you just end up buying the best weapon and uhuhaguahgjlagjhauhgj

The best weapon is the war hammer. *THUNK*

vsove

Bearstranaut wrote: »

I remember when AC2 meant asheron's call 2. Which sucked.

The first asheron's call ruled.

ARE MY APOSTROPHES CORRECT?! IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE IT HAS MATTERED

I remember seeing the graphics for Asheron's Call 2 and being completely blown away.

Dichotomy

got this for christmas
played the SHIT out of it
beat it last night

so good.

babyeatingjesus

Something about this game in particular even over the last one makes me want to completionist run the shit out of it.

Dichotomy

I am not the completionist type

ever

but I want to find all the feathers and shit just because running around is so much fun.

also, lategame spoilers:

Spoiler:

Old Ezio is so cool

Fandyien

Does this exist for the pc

Moriveth

I got all the achievements in AC1

I am hoping to do the same with AC2!

Bogey

Moriveth wrote: »

I got all the achievements in AC1

I am hoping to do the same with AC2!

Now who's the Achievement Whore?!

101

Still need to get all the feathers.

And get no hitter.

God damn no hitter.

Veretas

Ahahahah I got the sweep achievement with pure luck. It was awesome.

Moriveth

Bogey wrote: »

Moriveth wrote: »

I got all the achievements in AC1

I am hoping to do the same with AC2!

Now who's the Achievement Whore?!

M... me?

Also the only really annoying achievements to get in AC1 were those stupid flag collector ones. I was so sick of it when I was 2/3rds of the way through but I had come that far so I figured I might as well finish.

Nuzak

pity you can't buy spears and other long weapons

Moriveth

I have just one assassin tomb left

it looks like the most difficult one

JoeUser

So does this play better on a console or PC?

Moriveth

Console

because it's not out on PC for another couple months

Fishman

I picked this up in the post-Christmas sales. I think I'll probably like it, given that I really liked the first game. Tempted to actually go back and knock of the last few missions for 100% completion before starting 2, except I'd have to do all the Lucy dialogs, and bugger working out which one(s) I'm missing.

Moriveth

If you liked the first game, it's a fair bet that you'll probably like this one

there's only one collectible thing this time and you actually get something for doing it!

Ashcroft

I have so much money in this game. I've been playing since Xmas day, and I've only done the first Assassination in Venice, but I have bought everything it's possible to buy, and still have 250,000 Florins, with 12,000 more coming every 20 minutes.

Those damn chest maps, I just can't help myself. Can't find all those little statues though.

Nuzak

i had to stop myself running after pickpockets a little while in, i ended up never getting anything done

i got distracted like a dog with a red ball

it's not like i chased them for the money, it's only because they ran

Dichotomy

the thrill of the hunt

Ashcroft

I don't even have 20 feathers yet. They must be well hidden, you'd think all the chest hunting would have had me happen across more.

Nuzak

Dichotomy wrote: »

the thrill of the hunt

"oh i don't have to kill him to take his money?

oh.

oh dear"

Ashcroft

Nuzak wrote: »

Dichotomy wrote: »

the thrill of the hunt

"oh i don't have to kill him to take his money?

oh.

oh dear"

I always tackle them, and in my head, Paul Heyman yells 'GORE, GORE, GORE!'

YaYa

if someone can get me a gif of that spear kill where Ezio does a point-blank javelin toss I'll be soooo happy

101

The only time I kill pickpockets is when they annoy me.

They can be a bitch to catch

Moriveth

Whoo I finally got Messer Sandman

now I have to try and get the trip five guys in one sweep achievement

which means finding a dude with a spear or something

Tommy2Hands

man, I should play this later tonight

Tonkka

I want this game very hard.

DarkPrimus

I couldn't find the last goddamn Templar in the first game. I think I'm gonna speed-run through the game to get them and the Conversationalist achievement before playing AC2 but with my 360 red-ringing I don't even know if I'm gonna have much time from when I get it back to when Mass Effect 2 comes out.

Mass Effect 2 kind of takes priority to me.