Dive Into Assassin's Creed II

PlayStation LifeStyle writes, "We've got an inside scoop on Ubisoft's upcoming title, Assassin's Creed II, and it looks like the team in Montreal really went all out this time around. As you may know, the main character in this installment is Ezio Auditore di Firenze. He's a much better swimmer than Altair ever was, and apparently more of a "ladies man". We'll let you speculate on the gameplay possibilities there.

What the developers really wanted with this game though is to give the player a greater sense of freedom than before, as well as increase the number of missions you can take part in. Repetitiveness was a big complaint with the first Assassin's Creed, so hopefully that problem has been eliminated in the sequel."

[DoucheVader]

LOL

[DoucheVader]

Put in wrong section at first.

[DJ]

So I'm really anxious to see what they do with AC II. The swimming mechanics caught my attention.

[N4g_null]

Why is this listed under the Wii? I've heard nothing about this series appearing on the Wii. ASCRED is a normal map tour de force.
So you liked the swimming in that game huh? I though it was about wall climbing? I wonder how many people would buy part 2?

[DoucheVader]

I believe they intend on having Wii and PSP for AC II.

[josh14399]

well i kinda liked the first. i just didnt like how crap and easy the combat was and the repetetiveness of the missions

[DoucheVader]

They needed more missions. They could have just switched a few things up to at least dress up the missions in a different "wrapper" so to speak.

[freediro]

What they need to do is not make everything so broad and focus a little more on their goal. i felt like the first game had all the ideas but not properly executed!

[Araceae]

I know a lot of people didn’t think the first game was all that great, but I really enjoyed it. I’m really looking forward to the sequel.

[thedarkvault]

I liked the first one, but won't buy the second one because of how Ubisoft dealt with Far cry 2, or the lack of their dealing with it. It's been out for half a year and they haven't patched things they promised months ago like glitches that extremely break the game for lots of people.
If I do get AC2 it will be from the used game bin.

[DoucheVader]

When AC2 was first announced I was like, big deal. I mean the way they designed the time element into the story I felt was very convenient for sequels and honestly detracts slightly from the value of the story.

Some of these details are definitely intriguing. Mainly the charismatic qualities of the character. I am reading between the lines a bit but perhaps this character is apart of the royalty or at least friendly enough that he hob-nobs. You potentially could have a relationship system similar to GTA4 or perhaps they will expand on it to allow for a real political system to develop through the gameplay.

Either way I am definitely interested now, but not enough to be disappointed. LOL

[Deadman64]

Can't wait to see a gameplay trailer.

[Matpan]

Iguess it would have been quite an ill move not to include swimming for a game set in venice... :P