Assasins Creed 2 [Archive]

D Mac

04-10-2009, 04:28 PM

DAMN iNATOR

04-10-2009, 05:01 PM

Hmm...don't know for sure, but it looks like they were hinting at the main characters' memories possibly taking him to medieval times this go round? Would be cool if so, but I am sure whatever the time and place settings, the game will probably be awesome.

Buzzkill

04-10-2009, 05:04 PM

I hope they have something cooler to offer this time around than just a sweet new engine.

Disturbed316

04-10-2009, 05:37 PM

Loved the first one, high hopes for the second.

ClockShot

04-10-2009, 06:20 PM

I hope they put some extra effort into this. I liked the first one, but I felt like they rushed it out the door. The best example is throwing heavy templars and flags everywhere and you get nothing special for getting them all.

But I do hope they wrap up the business at the end of the first game in the sequel. It left me thinking "Shouldn't I go and kill that guy?"

D Mac

04-10-2009, 07:41 PM

I loved fucking around in front of civilians and hearing thier comments like "He should stop acting like a child" or "He's going to hurt himself, and when he does, I won't help him."

:lol:

Funky Fly

04-10-2009, 07:49 PM

RoXer

04-11-2009, 12:37 AM

I couldn't give a shit less.

Don't get me started on this waste of a game

04-11-2009, 12:53 AM

The first one was completely boring.

D Mac

04-11-2009, 02:14 AM

You are completely boring. :mad:

Funky Fly

04-11-2009, 02:52 AM

I liked the first one, but it was hella repetitive.

Kalyx triaD

04-11-2009, 11:40 AM

Totally skipped on the first one. I like the character design for the second so I might check it out. I was also impressed with the tech involved.

HeartBreakMan2k

04-11-2009, 12:23 PM

Pretty good preview article in the new Game Informer. Looks sexy.

What Would Kevin Do?

04-11-2009, 12:32 PM

It takes place around the time period Leonardo DeVinci was alive. Also, it has historical figures in it, like Machiavelli... I'm sold, especially if it's less repetitive then the first game (although killing people was so damn fun!)

HeartBreakMan2k

04-11-2009, 12:34 PM

Plus there is a version of DaVinci's flying machine in the game, which is dank.

7spike

04-11-2009, 02:43 PM

I'm looking forward to this too. The first one was fantastic.

There are a few mechanics that I think they should work out, like tapping the run button repeatedly makes you look more like a crazy man than just running, so people should freak out when they see you do that. That would be awesome. I would also like to see the beggars beg from someone else other than Altair, because frankly, I hate when three of them surround me.

D Mac

04-11-2009, 05:50 PM

Totally skipped on the first one. .

It should be in the bargain bin so I suggest getting it, or renting at least.

RoXer

04-11-2009, 06:57 PM

It should be in the bargain bin

No kidding

ClockShot

04-16-2009, 08:19 PM

Another trailer released.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/48084.html

Requiem

04-17-2009, 02:52 AM

Can't wait for this game.

Vietnamese Crippler

04-17-2009, 04:10 AM

One new technique I can't wait to use: SWIMMING :o

D Mac

07-13-2009, 09:45 PM

D Mac

07-13-2009, 09:56 PM

Double hidden blades and kills from concealment. Sweet. Gonna Pre Order.

Disturbed316

07-14-2009, 01:59 PM

Hot shit

Kalyx triaD

07-14-2009, 02:11 PM

Gotta love trailers that show straight up gameplay. That shows confidence in your product.

07-14-2009, 02:25 PM

Is that not the same exact video we saw at E3?

Kalyx triaD

07-14-2009, 02:48 PM

I ain't see that video.

07-14-2009, 03:03 PM

I think it was at the Ubisoft conference, not Microsoft's.

Kalyx triaD

07-14-2009, 03:19 PM

I don't recall saying it was M$'s confidence. Or are you referring to someone/thing else?

07-14-2009, 03:27 PM

I was saying that incase you only watched the main shows and not the 3rd party shits, which is why you wouldn't recall that video.

Funky Fly

07-14-2009, 05:39 PM

It's the same, with cleaned up narration, so it doesn't sound live on a stage.

Kalyx triaD

07-14-2009, 08:44 PM

I was saying that incase you only watched the main shows and not the 3rd party shits, which is why you wouldn't recall that video.

You know by now that sort of pretentious ignorance isn't a trait of mine.

D Mac

09-13-2009, 07:20 AM

Mr. Monday Morning

09-13-2009, 08:23 AM

Gonna wait a while on this one. Just a bit worried that they haven't actually fixed some of the problems from the first one, just glossed them over.

D Mac

09-13-2009, 05:25 PM

Dunno looks flawless to me.

Mr. Monday Morning

09-13-2009, 06:53 PM

That's kind of the point of the video

11-16-2009, 10:48 PM

Midnight release at gamestop tonight.

Anybody gonna get this?

:shifty:

LoDownM

11-16-2009, 10:52 PM

No. I wouldn't play it even if I did, haven't touched Borderlands since I got MW2, AC2 would probably meet the same fate.

ClockShot

11-16-2009, 11:22 PM

Midnight release at gamestop tonight.

Anybody gonna get this?

:shifty:

If I'm out of work early tomorrow, I'll grab it. If not, I won't get it till friday.:(

D Mac

11-16-2009, 11:56 PM

I'll get it later on down the road.

OssMan

11-17-2009, 02:02 AM

I thought they only do midnight releases for those really popular games that you are supposed to get and then spend the entire night playing online multiplayer. Don't understand why they would do this for Assassin's Creed 2

LoDownM

11-17-2009, 02:57 AM

Nope. They've been doing it with games since PS2 and Xbox, before either of them had online features out.

The Destroyer

11-17-2009, 03:52 AM

This is due out already? Dammit, why must they pack so many releases together at the end of the year.

Not sure whether to get it now or wait until I finally run Modern Warfare 2 into the ground.

Funky Fly

11-17-2009, 05:49 AM

For my Canadians up in this piece: Assassin's Creed 2 will be $10 cheaper at Best Buy Nov 17 - Nov 19 only. Get em while they're hot.

DAMN iNATOR

11-17-2009, 02:28 PM

IGN.com VIDEO REVIEW
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D Mac

11-17-2009, 03:11 PM

9.2 Outstanding

Fignuts

11-17-2009, 05:07 PM

I picked up the first one in a bargain bin recently, but havn't had a chance to dive into it, what with the onslaught of new games we've been getting. Will probably check it out after the holidays, once things die down, and then pick up the second shortly after that.

LuigiD

11-17-2009, 05:28 PM

Didn't care much for the first one(was a good game but did not blow me away) but I am much more interested with this one due to the historical setting. I have visited a lot of the cities in the game and study Medieval and Renaissance history so I would love to explore the cities and meet Da Vinci.

Skippord

11-17-2009, 06:54 PM

Da Vinci is kind of a douchebag

I thought anyway

Shaggy

11-18-2009, 01:44 AM

Rented it this morning so I could give it a try. Took me all of 15 mins of playing to realize why I never finished the first game. I hated the controls. I still dont care for them in this one also.

I really hate being high up on a building and trying to get him to jump to the side...and instead he jumps the complete opposite collection and falls straight to the ground. Ive been playing to much Infamous so maybe im expecting him to move alot like the other guy.

DAMN iNATOR

11-18-2009, 04:00 AM

Da Vinci is kind of a douchebag

I thought anyway

Yeah, if he lived in modern times, he'd definitely be considered a major nerd. Not to mention most experts seem to agree that Da Vinci may have been (not saying he was) a homosexual.

Grand, ain't it?:D

Skippord

11-18-2009, 05:10 AM

oh I meant in the game

just seems to be kind of a prick at the beginning

ClockShot

11-19-2009, 09:52 PM

Wow. Ubisoft got this game right. It's everything I wanted and more.

Loving this right now.

Shaggy

11-20-2009, 06:31 AM

Anyone beat it yet? Im wondering how long the game actually is. Rented it the other day and hoping soon Ill just be able to sit and put a whole day into it to beat it before I return it.

ClockShot

11-20-2009, 03:08 PM

Pretty long if you put the time and effort into it. You can probably buzz through it quick if you're going just for kills. But you're gonna miss out on so much.

Extreme Angle

11-20-2009, 08:31 PM

I'm currently at the villa with mario. Loving the game so far :).
Found 2 extra codex's but can't remember where to find Da Vinci...
It says he's a 'L' on the map, but there isn't one on there...

ClockShot

11-20-2009, 10:39 PM

You try knocking on his door?

Sepholio

11-21-2009, 05:00 AM

ffs now all i want is Assassins Creed 3. The end of this game is incredible. I can not wait 2-3 years to kill more people. I need sequel by tomorrow.

Requiem

11-22-2009, 05:08 PM

Started playing this last night.. like it a lot so far.

Extreme Angle

11-22-2009, 05:13 PM

Found out it wasn't accessible till a little later into the game.
This game wreaks of awesome though...
Did anybody else lol at the "it'sa me! Mario!", part?

Disturbed316

11-22-2009, 05:18 PM

Fecking loving this game.

The Destroyer

11-22-2009, 05:43 PM

Found out it wasn't accessible till a little later into the game.
This game wreaks of awesome though...
Did anybody else lol at the "it'sa me! Mario!", part?
Yes, I did. :'(

ClockShot

11-22-2009, 06:24 PM

Pfft. Played the bonus content mission from Gamestop yesterday. Waste of time.

Hoping Ubisoft puts out some DLC. I really don't wanna sign up for their uplay thingamjiggy.

Reavant

11-23-2009, 01:25 AM

how many years is this game take place after the first one?

Vietnamese Crippler

11-23-2009, 03:33 AM

Which timeline? The "present" or the past? 400 years if you're talking about the bulk of the game. Not very long if you're talking about Desmond's time.

Disturbed316

11-26-2009, 03:31 PM

God I dont want this game to end. Just finished section 8 and just spent the last two hours dicking about getting treasure and assassins tombs. Been so into this I haven't touched MW2 for almost a week now.

Nark Order

11-26-2009, 03:42 PM

Pretty entranced by this game right now. Don't even want to go to Thanksgiving today so I can play this more. Only about 3 hours in.

Skippord

11-27-2009, 05:53 PM

I felt retarded everytime I was in an Assassins Tomb and couldn't figure stuff out

ClockShot

11-27-2009, 06:25 PM

No-hitter trophy/achievement is a bitch to get. All I'm doing is getting into fights with guards just to get it.

DAMN iNATOR

11-27-2009, 08:03 PM

Just went through the "re-training" shit with the security system. UGH. Fucking hated going back to AC1 and being Altair just to senselessly try to assassinate some guy, have him shut the door to the area he hides in just before you get there, and then you scale to the top of the tower and jump down after a scene between Altair and his GF in AC1...I felt it was kinda lame...

Requiem

11-27-2009, 08:22 PM

Beat it yesterday on the last day I had it. Had to hurry through some of the side stuff, but I ended the game having done all the tombs, maxed my villa out, all the weapons and armor..

Didn't get the feathers or all the statues, but everything else was golden. Great game, can't wait for the next.

ClockShot

11-27-2009, 09:47 PM

Got the harder/stupid trophies today. Should be on easy street the rest of the way.

:cool:

ClockShot

11-28-2009, 09:33 PM

The Truth is some crazy shit.

11-28-2009, 09:48 PM

if i want to just go through the main story, skipping all the side missions and shit, how long would it take

DAMN iNATOR

11-29-2009, 01:58 AM

Not sure, exactly, G, although I do know from checking the achievements page that there's 14 Sequences that have to be completed. I've been playing...not non-stop, obviously, for 4 days now, putting in a good 5-6 hours a day, so I'd give a ballpark figure (a very rough figure, at that...) of about 24-30 hours. Dunno for sure though.

OssMan

11-29-2009, 02:53 AM

I saw my friend play this. How does flying over fire propel you higher and give you a speed boost

RoXer

11-29-2009, 03:34 AM

I was told in 4th grade that hot air rises

DAMN iNATOR

11-29-2009, 03:40 AM

ClockShot

11-29-2009, 08:31 PM

Platinum'd.

Bring on the third. Just retool some of the things in this game, and they could have a masterpiece.

11-29-2009, 08:33 PM

platinum'd must be a ps3 term

ClockShot

11-29-2009, 08:35 PM

Yeah. Pretty easy to get 1000/Platinum for this game. 1 or 2 gave me trouble.

DAMN iNATOR

11-30-2009, 07:39 AM

Welp, finished the story, not gonna be bugged to try for 100% or anything. Now the long wait 'til AC III...

Disturbed316

11-30-2009, 02:38 PM

Just finished the story, amazing. Bring on 3.

11-30-2009, 05:39 PM

Got it today. I have 17 days to finish it. Hopefully I can put in at least 1 hour per day. Hopefully it's not going to bore me.

DAMN iNATOR

12-01-2009, 02:08 AM

I don't think it'll take you very long, even at 1 hour a day minimum to progress through the main questline pretty fast. The side quests may be a little more time consuming though. And while it's definitely not the most challenging game on Earth, the plot is quite enjoyable.

Disturbed316

12-01-2009, 01:04 PM

Having difficulty with the sweeping 5 guys with a weapon achievement, any tips?

OssMan

12-01-2009, 01:11 PM

Yeah, heat rises, and so naturally anything underneath the heat source will rise also, and the wind gust resulting from said heat also compensates for/explains the temporary speed increase.

Anywho, when I next feel the urge, I'm probably going to polish off what I have left of the storyline...gotta visit - UGH, "Roma"...
what, no

if it was some big mushroom shaped thing and it hovered over the fire for a while then yeah it would rise but flying some hang glider thing over it at high speed wouldn't do anything

ClockShot

12-01-2009, 03:46 PM

Having difficulty with the sweeping 5 guys with a weapon achievement, any tips?

Go back to the courtyard at your villa and buy the training. Might as well grab the throw sand while your at it.

Kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Disturbed316

12-02-2009, 05:17 AM

Yeah done that, but never seem to get surrounded with guys when i have a sweeping weapon. Any hotspots to try it in?

ClockShot

12-02-2009, 09:22 AM

Best place would be in the San Marco District in Venice.

Sit in front of that big building marked in red on your map and cause some trouble. Guard should come flying towards your position, but keep moving around the area to attract more.

Then what I did was Smoke Bomb a large group when I'm in battle. Then IF you got a polearm, use the sweep.

Disturbed316

12-02-2009, 11:43 AM

Will give it a shot.

Currently going round collecting feathers, pretty bored of it now.

D Mac

12-02-2009, 04:34 PM

I'll buy it used probably after Christmas.

Disturbed316

12-03-2009, 03:58 PM

100% this earlier, done everything that can be done. Looking forward to the dlc thats coming, hopefully its this missing dna segments from the story.

12-06-2009, 12:15 AM

I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet. Played for maybe an hour tonight, and did like 12 missions or so up to the point where I finally got the suit. I hate the combat. I wish every game like this would use the Batman fighting engine. I will give it some more play time tomorrow and see what happens.

12-14-2009, 12:34 AM

Finally beat it. Took almost 18 hours. Didn't really care for it at first, but started to like it more and more as it went on. None of the missions gave me any problems, only a few times did I die. Got 910 points for it, and gonna call it quits with it. Not gonna be bothered getting the 100 feathers. Good game, I would recommend it. :y: