Even more awesome then the original.
So i just finished the story yesterday and i think it took me 2 days or so, (did alot of treasure hunting so that took some time). And i must say i love it as much, maybe even more, then the first one. It's safe to say that this one is like the first Assasin's Creed but better, and that's what makes this game so fun, that is if you liked the first one.
The story picks up right after the original and makes some things clear that you maybe didn't get at the ending of the first one. Also i like it that now you don't have to spend so much time out of the machine, because it bothered me a little in the first game. As i said it's more of the same like the first one so it's still hella fun jumping and climbing up tall ancient buildings and being a real badass assasin!
This time you get more moves, weapons and A-LOT of more things to do.
For example you now have to watch how high your 'wanted level' is (like in GTA) and you can reduce it by tearing down wanted posters, bribing speachmen or killing corrupted politicians (or whatever those guys are). Also you have more side-missions like killing random targets given to you, races, beating up men who have been cheating on there women etc. This means more time to spend in the game so it's all good fun. And instead of the flags from the first game you can now collect feathers that are much easier to find then those weird flags. Also your eagle vision is back (you can now move when it's activated) and this is used mostly to find targets or hidden symbols spreaded around the city's, if you find a symbol, these will start a puzzle and if they are solved you can 'discover the truth' and find out more about the story.
One of the coolest new things imo are the tombes, these are sometimes tricky parcour and puzzle solving area's where you have to get a seal, that's hard to get to most of the time, and with those seals you can unlock the pantser of Altaïr (Which looks awesome btw). The sword of Altaïr is also unlocked and it's the best sword in the game. Now that we are talking about weapons, yes, the double hidden blades kick some serious ass. One of the most fun weapons to use in the game. You can now have a main sword, a dagger, hidden blades, poison, a hidden pistol, smoke bombs and throwing knives, something for everyone! I like the daggers because there fast en give your enemy less chance to attack back.
The enemy's in the game are pretty much the same as in the original only now you have these heavily armored knights who can kick your ass if you don't watch out. Blocking with your sword is pretty useless so you have to disarm them and then put their big weapons against them. It makes the combat against more enemy's pretty fun cause you have to switch tactics from time to time. This time you have some friends at your hand who will help you distract or fight them for you, these in include thieves (they can follow you on buildings or wherever execpt they cannot seem to avoid falling into the water lol) , girls (you know what i mean you frisky dog) and fellow swordsmen.
On the graphics and sound department there's nothing to complain about so it's al good.
There are only two things that come up as a little negative and that's the accents of the characters get pretty annoying after a while and sometimes your movement and jumps are a little off so you stumble to your death, but this doesn't happen very often so it's nothing to worry about.
Well there you have it, my thoughts on Assasin's Creed 2, if you get the chance play this game, you will have alot of fun with it, peace out.
