Assassin's Creed 2 Game Informer First Details Revealed

From the official Assassin's Creed forums:

"Sooo I'm looking at the new Game Informer right now, and it tells a few thing but only has one new image, the one we already have, the 5th one.

- You'll have a ton of new weapons to choose from including an axe, a hammer, a mace, a spear, 2 different sword types, a spear axe thing, and 2 smaller blades
- You CAN swim
- Da Vincis workshop is in the game
- Locations include Saint Marks Basilica, The Grand Canal, The Little Canal, and the Rialto bridge.
- The game opens in 1476, Altair is from 1191
- So you do indeed play as a new ancestor of Altair / Desmond
-You will see the countryside of Tuscany
- The "Auditore" family is mentioned
- The main characters name is Ezio Auditore de Firenze
- He is a nobleman of Florence
- Big characters are in the game including Machiavelli, Caterina Sofrza, and Lorenzo de Medici
- YOU DO INDEED FLY AND THERES A PICTURE OF IT.
and thats just what I got from the pictures. I'll let you know more details as I read more.
- Game will feature a new notoriety system that governs how enemy soldiers and people will treat you.
- You can disarm enemies and use their own weapons against them this time.
- each weapon has a special move.
- 16 unique mission types.
- No more ease dropping or pick pocketing missions.
- If you get beat up to much you will need to see a street side doctor to regain ful strength.
- Hidden objects (like flags in the first one) are there to uncover but this time if you track them down you will get in-game bonuses that make it worth your time.
- Items include, flags, statues, and gold coins and more that isnt mentioned.
- New enemy types with unique attitudes and weaknesses are present in the game. Archers are mentioned, as well as elite enemies, dagger wielders, "Brutish" armored troops with heavy armor and 2 handed swords and axes, and an intelligent halberd enemy will probe hiding places with their weapons if they think you're near by.
- While hiding in a hay bail you can assassinate people this time, but it may expose your position.
- You can still climb towers and ride horses
- The Lorendo de Medici assassination is in the game.
- There is now a night and day sequence in the game.
- 240 people are working on this title."

[Straight Life]

This game would have been a TRUE NEXT GEN open world game, if it was a PS3 exclusive using a 50gig bluray disk.

Dont be ignorant.

PS. Dont mention the PS3 GPU bullsh*t, its been said hundreds of times when it works with the Cell, it is very powerful.

[00]

Your a horrible troll who sounds like a broken record.

[Philip J Fry]

Seriously, why do you feel it is so important to tell us all this. We all know what each machine is capable of. That is why we are on this site, we know and follow video games. So what, the open world aspect of the game was not the downfall of the first game. It was the repetitive missions.

[John HX]

Can we please drop this allready?

[ProperFunked]

and the fact thats it's hardly a stealth action game but more of an action game. dont give me that "social stealth" bullshit, if it did what it was supposed to, you could assassinate a target without being noticed. i tried on many different occasions to pull this off, but it never worked.
however, even the the combat was repetitive as well, i still found the animations and counterkills enjoyable. everything else...not so much.

[N2NOther]

Really? I was able to pull off an unnoticed assassination 2 times during the game.

[The_Beast]

Don't go around telling everyone.

[Nightfallen]

Really excited for this title. The day and night sequences are very interesting. Assassinations at night sound more appropriate.

[Freak of Nature]

Yes love this new feature,lots of new optons with this....

I mentioned flight in another thread,and got mocked for my comment.I have a friend that worked on the title early on,pre viz/concept art,and he mentioned to me long ago about flight/Davinchi contraptions....

Looks like they have been listening to us.....: the swimming issue, lack of weapon variety, lack of mission variety, stronger, smarter, more unpredictable enemies, a night and day cycle, collectable items that DO something, no more gigantic life bar...

The first one was a "flawed masterpiece" IMO.I liked it,but it had it's issues........I have always said that they should do everything possible to keep this next one as "un-repetitive" as possible,keep it fresh,and stay away from anything remotely repetitve.With the 16 unique missions,looks like they have been listening to us fans real well....

Cannot wait to play....

[SuperM]

looks very good.

wow @ 240 people working on the game. Seems promising.

[Jinxstar]

@ Super M

I hope so but I feel the old saying of 'Too many cooks spoil the stew" may be a caution flag here...

[gaminoz]

If all that is true I am so pumped for this game...

[Mozilla89]

Do you guys think it would be a good idea to try and play the first game before playing this one? I've been toying around with the idea of getting it but never actually went through with it.

[locos85]

^^^
I would. I liked the first one and the story was pretty good. The game really relies on its story.

[The Lazy One]

Guerilla probably had close to 200 people working on killzone 2 when it was in it's final push before release. There might be many cooks, but there are only a select number of chefs, and they're the ones that make or break the food.

[moblin]

Sweet!

[Sanzee]

Way to keep the vg spirit alive here. All you did was mention a feature in a videogame, and as if by magic, ps3 and 360 fans stopped arguing!

[Avenged Sevenfold]

Give it to me baby! Uh huh, uh huh.

[Bren86]

Sounds like a ton of new improvements/features. Can't wait to fly.

[ballsofsteel]

only thing i hated about the first one was the stupid eavesdropping and pickpocket crap and overall just the consistent repietitivness. the assassination mission were great and fun as hell and running away when you were discovered was fun as hell. i really hope the make that better

[terrandragon]

Specials moves, different enemies, and the bonuses will hopefully keep it fresh and not be so repetitive.

[Jadaking]

HELL FVCKING YEA IM BUYING THIS BITTCH

[swiftshot93]

it seems that the guys at Ubisoft are addressing everything that was complained about AC1 and they're putting everything fans wanted.

It will be a great game indeed.

Edit: 240 people? Holy crap this better be AAA.

[The Lazy One]

It fixes all the bad things, and seems to have a lot of new good things. I'm excited for the notoriety thing. As long as nobody knows your an assassin, you can carry on as a noble and use that to ur advantage.

[JOEdANGEL]

I loved the first game, but this one sounds like it has a lot more going for it. The night and day transition is a needed addition and the ability to fly sounds absolutely awesome!

[pwnsause]

"- 240 people are working on this title."

The PS3 version better look this time if theres that many people working on it, cause seriously. the AC engine was used as lead for Prince of Persia, i hope they do the same for the PS3 version

[FantasyStar]

Damn, PoP used the Scimitar Engine?! Could've fooled me! The only part I saw that was similar was the smooth transition of animations.

[PrimordialSoupBase]

That's one of the largest dev teams I've ever heard of for a single title.

[Sanhlami]

Flying, Swimming, and more type of missions is all I need.

[Lionsguard]

Night/day? more weapons? man it's as if they read my gripe when the first game was released. I just hope they put it other things to do in the cities like how GTA is now instead of just making a big city for the sake of it. What a waste Jerusalem and the other cities were. Such beautifully detailed cities yet absolutely nothing to do in them but eavesdrop and pickpocket. Oh and PLEASE no more 1 button combat!!

EDIT: OH yea god I hope they hire an Italian guy to voice Ezio that is if he is Italian. I HATED how Altair the half middle eastern/european guy sounded like an American born and raised in the heartland and not only that but he had no heart or kick in his voice he was so damn monotone I was wishing for there to be some kind of voices off option on him.

[PS360PCROCKS]

"No more ease dropping or pick pocketing missions"

Thank you lord!! :) and night and day cycles? That's a no brainer, thank god for that as well. On a side note lmao I never noticed the first game never had night lol how funny.

[SprSynJn]

I liked those missions and am sad to see them go. Everything else though looks very exciting, to say the least! Definitely a first day purchase for me this will be.

[Highatus]

Any gripe made against AC is surely being addressed on AC2.

I enjoyed AC, but with all these improvements it sounds like AC2 should have been the first.

[DestinRL]

The source is actually
http://www.ScrewAttack.com/...

[fanboi hater]

This sounds incredible. All the new features sound really cool and seem to resolve any past qualms about the first game.

[DestinRL]

you actually glide, not fly.

[The Lazy One]

falling with style 8-)

[Shaka2K6]

..

[FantasyStar]

No word about Jade Raymond being involved? Putting her aside as a women, she has proven she can make games and it would help me feel better if she's involved. The breadth of the story was so deep that it impressed me alot.

[ProperFunked]

other then that.....meh...

[God_of_War]

This guy cant even type the spelling of eve's.....and u expect to believe his crap.......just wait for reliable sources

[vrc]

LMAO well neither can you...it's eavesdropping.

[Deadman64]

lmao.

Anyways, I hope those details are true. Seems like Ubi is really trying to make this game much better than the first.

[Gambit07]

The 1st one was plagued with such a ridiculous structure problem, but it had an amazing setting, I just hope I won't be crushed again.

[krazy14kraz]

Sounds like it is going to be another great story. I love the AC plot.

[Panipal2005]

Lorenzo de Medici died 1492 of an illness, in bed, so his assassination won't be in the game. Or if it is, it shouldn't be. (His brother Giuliano was assassinated in 1478 though, which fits better with the timeline of the game).

[micro_invader]

Ah, but what if that "illness" was a poison slipped in to his food by an assassin!?

I don't have a clue who this Lorenzo guy is so you should probably ignore this comment. :p

But poisoning would add a cool new game element.

[Buttons]

That reminds me of some elements of Oblivion...Poisoning characters (Summitmist Manor, anyone?) was so damn fun

[MK_Red]

Awesome. I'm gonna miss Altair but darn, this game is gonna rule. Can't wait.

[Mikelarry]

but im sure this new guy will just be as cool (well i hope)in any case i shall be getting this one as well

[ParanoidMonkey]

I'll hold my excitement in for now but damn, I hope they fix everything that I didn't like about AC1 because this has potential.

[J@D]

Certainly, that's a huge list of improvements compare it with the first game on the series. Keep my eyes on it.

[Bengoshi-San]

The real question for me, and the biggest thing I hated about the first game was:

How often am I going to end up in useless street skirmishes with the guards just for brushing past someone in a ridiculously overcrowded alleyway?

I found that after 5 or 6 assassinations, it became nearly impossible to go about your business without being spotted instantly and ending up in repetitive street fights.

If they can fix that, they have my money.

[Sugaruby33]

im jizzing in my pants over this!!!

cant wait.

[MattG]

When I posted my article a few days back everyone called me a liar and jackass. Hopefully this changes peoples opinions

http://n4g.com/NewsPending-...

[poeo]

i have to try and contain my excitement but WOW, this sounds like they have listened to the fans and put more variety in the game and fixed a lot of the problems.

i simply cannot wait. this will be the perfect antidote to all the shooters i've been playing. and damn, they even put Machiavelli in the game. i hope i'll learn some history while playing, cos im kinda lacking in that area lol.

and PLEASE have Jesper Kyd make the soundtrack again, the first game had AWESOME atmospheric music! (very underrated aspect of the game btw, even though they even got some award for the soundtrack).

these are pure WIN if true:
- 16 unique mission types.
- There is now a night and day sequence in the game.
- You will see the countryside of Tuscany
- ...an intelligent halberd enemy will probe hiding places with their weapons if they think you're near by.

[Cheeky Gamer]

I have a feeling that this game won't disappoint.

[infekt]

I was addicted the first one. It was really well done. Hope to see more of the same finishing for the second title in the series.

[Karum]

Hope this is better than the first one, it got boring for me.

The first game did look amazing though, visually. I only had an SD TV at the time too, would love to see a new version with even more polished graphics on an updated engine on the HD TV I have now.

[Phantom_T]

My mate mentioned something a few months after the first assassins creeed came out how the second being set in France about the time this is set.
Which is a pretty random guess,for thinking of a game setting.
Brb ringing for lottery numbers.