Nov. 25, 2009 at 1:42am with 1 note
Assassin's Creed 2
Oh Assassin’s Creed 2. I’ve been waiting for you like a man at war returning to his ever faithful wife, happily finding out that she has hasn’t changed at all, if anything, she’s gotten a little better, and we can now pick up exactly where we left off before I get shipped off. That’s right. Assassin’s Creed 2 is Assassin’s Creed 1, but turbo-charged. It’s prettier, the story is better, the voice acting is better, the expansive cities are bigger and more complicated…and you get a gun. That’s right, you get a gun. Mind you there is no silencer, so it kind of defeats assassinations when your fire, and the shot is heard in every street in Venice, but you get to shoot a gun nonetheless. Basically, the story goes that you, Desmond, must go through the memories of a 1480’s Italian version of you, sync your bodies, so you can go out and fight the Templar in the here and now without the years of training that the usual assassin would get. In the process, secrets are revealed, feathers are collected, and you jam your wrist knife into more heads than…a place where they do that regularly in large amounts. I know, my snap wit is amazing. If you liked the first one, you’ll like the second one. And with additions of administering poison instead of straight up killing, or using smoke bombs, or hiring hookers, mercenaries, and thieves to hide amongst, the game is even more expansive. As are the amazing cinematic kills with the three dozen weapons you collect. I never knew you could kill a man with a pointy object in so many creative and beautiful ways. The addition of very difficult puzzles is a nice break from the monkeying about Italy, but some of them are incredibly difficult, to the point where it gets too frustrating. You also get the run of your uncles mansion, who is named Mario. A chubby Italian man named Mario. Oh believe me, the joke was made in game and I was soo happy. You get money throughout the game, and can either buy better weapons, or upgrade your uncles estate to gain even more money. Despite my aversion to numbers, I really liked it a lot. In fact, I love this game so much, Italy is now off my European shitlist, which consisted of every country in Europe, save for England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, and Wales. France, I’m sorry, but your a lifer and nothing you do will get you off this infamous list. This game is amazing. It handles well, looks great, draws you in, and challenges the hell out of your brain. My one real problem with it is… it sets up the third one incredibly well…and then, as the last one did, leaves you wanting so much more. And now we have to wait. 9.5 “Itsa me…Mario“‘s out of 10 -Dave Q. Current Music- “Foreplay/Long Time” by Boston

Oh Assassin’s Creed 2. I’ve been waiting for you like a man at war returning to his ever faithful wife, happily finding out that she has hasn’t changed at all, if anything, she’s gotten a little better, and we can now pick up exactly where we left off before I get shipped off.

That’s right. Assassin’s Creed 2 is Assassin’s Creed 1, but turbo-charged. It’s prettier, the story is better, the voice acting is better, the expansive cities are bigger and more complicated…and you get a gun. That’s right, you get a gun. Mind you there is no silencer, so it kind of defeats assassinations when your fire, and the shot is heard in every street in Venice, but you get to shoot a gun nonetheless.

Basically, the story goes that you, Desmond, must go through the memories of a 1480’s Italian version of you, sync your bodies, so you can go out and fight the Templar in the here and now without the years of training that the usual assassin would get. In the process, secrets are revealed, feathers are collected, and you jam your wrist knife into more heads than…a place where they do that regularly in large amounts. I know, my snap wit is amazing.

If you liked the first one, you’ll like the second one. And with additions of administering poison instead of straight up killing, or using smoke bombs, or hiring hookers, mercenaries, and thieves to hide amongst, the game is even more expansive. As are the amazing cinematic kills with the three dozen weapons you collect. I never knew you could kill a man with a pointy object in so many creative and beautiful ways. The addition of very difficult puzzles is a nice break from the monkeying about Italy, but some of them are incredibly difficult, to the point where it gets too frustrating. You also get the run of your uncles mansion, who is named Mario. A chubby Italian man named Mario. Oh believe me, the joke was made in game and I was soo happy. You get money throughout the game, and can either buy better weapons, or upgrade your uncles estate to gain even more money. Despite my aversion to numbers, I really liked it a lot.

In fact, I love this game so much, Italy is now off my European shitlist, which consisted of every country in Europe, save for England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, and Wales. France, I’m sorry, but your a lifer and nothing you do will get you off this infamous list. This game is amazing. It handles well, looks great, draws you in, and challenges the hell out of your brain. My one real problem with it is… it sets up the third one incredibly well…and then, as the last one did, leaves you wanting so much more. And now we have to wait.

9.5 “Itsa me…Mario“‘s out of 10

-Dave Q.

Current Music- “Foreplay/Long Time” by Boston

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