This game looks awesome, after watching the quick look It moved from my list of "oh yeah, thats a game thats coming out" to the list of "buy..stop pissing about and buy it" but i need your guys advice.  
 
I never played assassins creed 1. When i bought a ps3 it was already a platinum and most reviews said it was quite repetitve. I refrained from assassins creed 2 on the basis i didnt know anything about the story. Now this games coming out and it looks like a series of games where I just dont want to miss out.  
 
So, do you think i should buy assassins creed 2 and play that first? I can read up the plot of assassins creed 1 but from those who have played it would you recommend playing the second before this? it would mean i'd be a couple of months behind brothehood, but do you think that in terms of the story, its just a better experience to play both?

Play AC2 first. I didn't play the first and I didn't feel lost or anything.

" Play AC2 first. I didn't play the first and I didn't feel lost or anything. "

You should play AC2 first for sure, you can pick it up for nothing nowadays anyway, you probably don't need to play AC1 but I'd suggest it if you fall in love with the series hard (Like I did :D)

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This game looks awesome, after watching the quick look It moved from my list of "oh yeah, thats a game thats coming out" to the list of "buy..stop pissing about and buy it" but i need your guys advice.  
 
I never played assassins creed 1. When i bought a ps3 it was already a platinum and most reviews said it was quite repetitve. I refrained from assassins creed 2 on the basis i didnt know anything about the story. Now this games coming out and it looks like a series of games where I just dont want to miss out.  
 
So, do you think i should buy assassins creed 2 and play that first? I can read up the plot of assassins creed 1 but from those who have played it would you recommend playing the second before this? it would mean i'd be a couple of months behind brothehood, but do you think that in terms of the story, its just a better experience to play both?

                   

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Yeah, I'm sure it's not absolutely vital but I say go out and get AC2.

I'm one of the few people who prefer AC1 to the second game.
My mind tells me that AC2 is technically better in every way, but AC1 is still my personal favorite.
Plus Altair is much more of a badass then Ezio.

As smart as I think they are with giving you exposition, I think it'll be really hard to get into Brotherhood if you haven't played AC2 first. (But you definitely do not need to play AC1 to be able to fully enjoy AC2) 
 
Personal side note: AC2 opens very slowly.

I would play them in order starting from first. The information gathering quests can be repetitive, yes, but the payoff of the larger assassination missions made them worth it and I don't think it dragged the game down too far. Much of that is optional anyway. You don't have to clear everything everywhere, especially if all you really care about is getting through the story and enjoying it firsthand.  You should be able to find the first game for a couple of bucks, so it wouldn't be putting you out much on the financial side of things. 

Buy all of them. They are all amazing. Start with 1, trust me, it's not as awfully repetitive as people say.