Assassin's Creed II: Three Decades in Italy

this game looks great. big improvement over the first one

yup

psyched bout this game coming out

Where's Jade Raymond?

Something about the graphics and animation looks dated. Otherwise it looks awesome.

This was a series that I felt could hit the nail on the head with a sequel. The first game introduced so much new stuff, and did so much right (which a lot of people fail to give it credit for), but it definitely didn't completely find its feet. 
 
Hopefully, with ACII, they take the framework of everything they did right and replace/flesh out everything they failed to do with the first one.

Punching guitar man = game of the year.

" This was a series that I felt could hit the nail on the head with a sequel. The first game introduced so much new stuff, and did so much right (which a lot of people fail to give it credit for), but it definitely didn't completely find its feet.   Hopefully, with ACII, they take the framework of everything they did right and replace/flesh out everything they failed to do with the first one. "

Looks nice.

This is the first I've seen of the 50 year span element.  That's pretty badass.

Graphics dont look that good to me but they'll do, as long as they make the gameplay more interesting than the first.

With a team as huge as they have for this, I'm surprised how awful the animation (particularly the facial animation) looks in cutscenes.  I expected more polish from a AAA title from Ubisoft.

" With a team as huge as they have for this, I'm surprised how awful the animation (particularly the facial animation) looks in cutscenes.  I expected more polish from a AAA title from Ubisoft. "

Why do the graphics look WORSE than the first one? This shouldn't happen EVER.

Only issue i have (and this is a pet peeve more than anything) - how the hell is he going to do all his crazy parkour stuff in full plate armor?

Sweet. Can't wait.

" @Shuborno said:

" With a team as huge as they have for this, I'm surprised how awful the animation (particularly the facial animation) looks in cutscenes.  I expected more polish from a AAA title from Ubisoft. "

Meh. It looks like they're doing the cutscenes in engine, which makes it much harder to ramp up the fidelity of the animation. Looks fine to me, but then I'm a big ol' Assassins Creed fanboy. Can't wait. "

this game is going to be amazing..

Graphically it doesn't look as nice as the first game, but as long as the gameplay is what they claim, then it'll be far superior.

 Haha love the ending bit. Definitely will be picking this up in November! 

" no dedicated servers no buy.    "

fucking awesome

But, sarcastically, I love the development team doing all the interviews in a Gothic style church. They have almost nabbed the award from me for what I feel is the cheesiest thing in gaming. Currently their Cathedral Interview is just shortly behind the Marilyn Manson theme song for Dragon Age: Origins. If Ubisoft continues doing the, "We take ourselves way too seriously" interviews though, I feel like they will win the award hands down.

"Where's Jade Raymond? "

Game itself looks pretty good. Graphics looks pretty bad. I just played the first AC recently, and even taking video compression into account, it still seems like it looks WAY better than the things I'm seeing in these videos.
 
Also, when are skippable cutscenes going to be announced?

I don't like the lip-sync.

wow some of the textures close up look horrible

Looks awesome. but I hate the lifeless expression on the character model's faces.

I fail to understand the degeneration in the graphics.

" Why do the graphics look WORSE than the first one? This shouldn't happen EVER. "

" @TheMustacheHero said:

" Why do the graphics look WORSE than the first one? This shouldn't happen EVER. "

You're basing that off of a low-quality internet video. I can assure you this game will look at least as good as the original and most probably better. 
 
@HT101: I'm pretty sure he was joking. "

I don't get it, how old is he meant to be then? When he's younger he couldn't really pass for anything under 18, so in 30 years he'd be almost 50. Are we supposed to believe a 50 year old dude is free running across the rooftops of Venice?

Neat to hear that the character is going through a lifetime of events.

" Why do the graphics look WORSE than the first one? This shouldn't happen EVER. "

I like the fact that the weapons armour and fighting capabilities gets better as you progress through the game, it will probably keep the game-play fresh and interesting for longer than its predecessor. 
Graphics wise : I don't have any complaints as long as the facial animations on the main characters in cut-scenes are emotive and actually follow the dialogue to some degree. 
 
Overall a definite purchase for me.

I wonder if the armour will actually effect your movement like being able to run and climb as fast or if it's just a stat thing.

"I fail to understand the degeneration in the graphics. "

there's probably a prologue of Ezio at 8, then a section of him at 18, one at 28, and an epilogue of him as a hobbled old 38-year-old with a cane.