Epic Assassin's Creed 2 trailer is epic

Originally Posted by Sailboat

He'd probably do better than "Leonardo DiCaprio Clone XXVI".

My point was that if he's going to blend in with crowds to be an assassin, he probably should look pretty generic.

Originally Posted by Prof. Fish

That was the object of the game. I thought it was an okay story. It provided some neat justification for common video game reality-breakers.

To each his own, I guess. I thought it felt like work rather than story development.

Originally Posted by Beh

My point was that if he's going to blend in with crowds to be an assassin, he probably should look pretty generic.

That's true, but the thing is, he doesn't look like your everyday average person, he looks like your everyday average protagonist. And no, that's not an entirely bad thing, it's just a little bit played out, I guess.

And plus, when he's doing the actual assassinations, he's got flamboyant white robes on and a thousand weapons strapped to every inch of his body, so doesn't that make his generic appearance void?

Despite the many flaws Assassin's Creed had, I still found the game to be very enjoyable. Then again, I really enjoy free-roaming, platforming, stealth games.

Originally Posted by Sailboat

That's true, but the thing is, he doesn't look like your everyday average person, he looks like your everyday average protagonist. And no, that's not an entirely bad thing, it's just a little bit played out, I guess.

I don't think we're gonna get anywhere arguing this. We'll just have to agree to disagree I guess.

And plus, when he's doing the actual assassinations, he's got flamboyant white robes on and a thousand weapons strapped to every inch of his Montague-esque body, so doesn't that make his generic appearance void?

Sailboat, this is Renaissance Italy. If the guards were told to go after the guy wearing flamboyant white robes a quarter of the city would be arrested.

Originally Posted by Beh

I don't think we're gonna get anywhere arguing this. We'll just have to agree to disagree I guess.

Just about to say the same thing.

Originally Posted by Beh

Sailboat, this is Renaissance Italy. If the guards were told to go after the guy wearing flamboyant white robes a quarter of the city would be arrested.

Originally Posted by me

And plus, when he's doing the actual assassinations, he's got flamboyant white robes on and a thousand weapons strapped to every inch of his body, so doesn't that make his generic appearance void?

I can't believe people are falling for this again

Some of the new attacks look really good. The concealed gun is really neat and so is the double stab thing. I only hope it isn't as repetitive as the first one.

Originally Posted by Wrath of Pong

I noticed something. In it he says that the day he realized his purpose was 30 years ago. If he was in late teens-early twenties (as shown in the cutscene), wouldn't that make him about 50 years old?

It looks like the story will be told in flashback.

Originally Posted by Da Vinci

Probably. I hope. It was a really good mystery in the first one. Towards the end it got me really anxious about what was going to happen. They can't leave us at the end of the last one, especially after Lucy did this,

I enjoyed the story, reading the emails and doing some research on what the symbols meant helps alot.

Originally Posted by Da Vinci

Some of the new attacks look really good. The concealed gun is really neat and so is the double stab thing. I only hope it isn't as repetitive as the first one.

Ubisoft has gonbe on record saying that there are 15 different misson types.

That's a relief. The one big flaw in AC was the repetitive missions.

Originally Posted by Dark~Knight

Despite the many flaws Assassin's Creed had, I still found the game to be very enjoyable. Then again, I really enjoy free-roaming, platforming, stealth games.

What were the flaws of Assassin's Creed? The only one i know that it was repetitive. But other than that, i loved this game. The second game is going to be awesome. Flying, swimming, hiring bad guys, chasing, etc.
Its creative enough as it gets.

Originally Posted by Sailboat

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Well, he doesn't. He has two hidden blades. They made it a point that for this he doesn't have a standard weapon he hauls around. If you need something other than your hidden blade you steal it from an enemy with a counter.

Originally Posted by silver-hero

What were the flaws of Assassin's Creed? The only one i know that it was repetitive. But other than that, i loved this game. The second game is going to be awesome. Flying, swimming, hiring bad guys, chasing, etc.
Its creative enough as it gets.

My main qualm with AC 1 was how brainless the AI was. There would be 6 of them standing around me, but they would all attack one at a time. Furthermore, the blend feature was too strong; there were instances where I would kill someone right in front of a guard and then go into blend, and they wouldn't go after me. Also, the combat became too easy, since you were practically invincible once you learned counter kills.

Originally Posted by Wrath of Pong

My main qualm with AC 1 was how brainless the AI was. There would be 6 of them standing around me, but they would all attack one at a time. Furthermore, the blend feature was too strong; there were instances where I would kill someone right in front of a guard and then go into blend, and they wouldn't go after me. Also, the combat became too easy, since you were practically invincible once you learned counter kills.

I mostly agree with you. But that didn't matter to me much. I only used the blend feature to enter towns. I have to admit that i used it only a few times in the game during fighting. The combat system was great, the only bad thing in it was that it always got easier and each guard attacks one at a time, like you said. But Ubisoft is sure to have improved these flaws in AC2.

I liked the climbing. I hated the story, the combat, the dialogue, and the mission structure.

Originally Posted by Wrath of Pong

My main qualm with AC 1 was how brainless the AI was. There would be 6 of them standing around me, but they would all attack one at a time. Furthermore, the blend feature was too strong; there were instances where I would kill someone right in front of a guard and then go into blend, and they wouldn't go after me. Also, the combat became too easy, since you were practically invincible once you learned counter kills.

Yeah the AI was bad in the first one, soldiers would literally line up to be killed.

I also thought it was funny how whenver you hauled ass on your horse it would somehow give you away as an assassin.

So, judging from the EDGE magazine I bought today, the game now tells its story through proper, non-interactive cutscenes. It follows Ezio from birth until middle-age (a bit like Fallout 3) as well as Desmond and Lucy's escape from the Aspergo facility. There's even an 'Animus 2.0' to explain all the gameplay upgrades. Nifty.

I can't believe people are falling for this again.

Oh no! Not again!
So, people are getting excited for a sequel to a game that was vastly over-hyped, big shocker. It's quite hypocritical to assume that the game will dissapoint when it isn't even out yet.

Originally Posted by JoGoron

So, judging from the EDGE magazine I bought today, the game now tells its story through proper, non-interactive cutscenes. It follows Ezio from birth until middle-age (a bit like Fallout 3) as well as Desmond and Lucy's escape from the Aspergo facility. There's even an 'Animus 2.0' to explain all the gameplay upgrades. Nifty.

That sounds cool, can't wait to see that.

Another thing I noticed in the gameplay was new environmental objects you can use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1y11dU9ag4

If you watch 0:53- 0:58 you can see he uses the flower pot. I thought that was a really cool idea.

Originally Posted by Young Old Man

So Ezio is Batman?

LOL XD

My brother and some friends told me that assassin's creed 1 was so repetitive, i mean at first a lot of fun but after a few time get bored of the same stuff.

I like the trailer. Can't wait to get this game! ^_^

Originally Posted by smallville boy

LOL XD

My brother and some friends told me that assassin's creed 1 was so repetitive, i mean at first a lot of fun but after a few time get bored of the same stuff.

Other than it's repetivity, I still found it to be an enjoyable game.