Assassins creed 2, review.
I ( like many others) really enjoyed the first AC, but realised how much better that game could have been. AC II sets out to do just that, it's an amazing overhall of the originals traversal/ stealth/ action gameplay and a very deep game as well.
Unlike the first game, there is actually an interesting story concerning the "Assassin" Ezio, even if it simply boils down to the basic revenge plot. It's actually the ties to the main story of AC that makes Ezio's plot so interesting, where Altair's story felt hollow Ezio's does not and it makes the overall story in AC II more satisfying.
But that's just one of the things that makes AC II such a great sequel. There is also a laundry list of improvement's made to the gameplay, here are just a few of them, better traversal, better combat, new weapons and armor. Again, thats not everything thats in here and to tell you the truth I really am enjoying collecting all the feathers/ glyphs and doing sidequest's.
I really found it hard to kind of put my fellings into words simply because I found so many surprises in the game, unlike the first game I actually want to find everything and spend as much time as I can in Italy.
Overall: It really boils down to this, If you liked AC then you probably have already played it to death, but if you didn't like the first one for it's repetitive gameplay or souless protaganist, then you owe it to yourself to give this game a shot.
Gameplay 9/10
Graphics 9/10
Sound 10/10
Value 10/10
