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"In the end I’m still stuck at one conclusion, and it’s that both Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities should have been included in one package. Given how much the two are intertwined (honestly, one is prologue, the other is conclusion), we’re really only inflicted with two DLC releases here because some marketing department thought it would drive more hype."
"The term “battle” is a little misleading. While the dev team have obviously tried to instill Forli with an urban battlefield feel, and keep the environment constant by bookending the majority of the missions, it doesn’t really work. Packs of Orsi’s men roam the streets in red, fighting with green-clad supporters of Sforza, but in amongst it are all the city’s usual denizens. Packs of mercenaries loiter around for you to hire, and heralds waffle on to the pitched battle warning them against as..."
David Hilton, Oxcgn's resident historian and Assassin's Creed fan, writes his latest article on the new Assassin's Creed: Renaissance novel and sees if it works in with the games story, specifically the new DLC, The Battle Of Forli.
Which is based on actual events of the time. Ubisoft have worked history into their series quite well, and David has been able to accurately predict many aspects of the game in the past.
Come and check out his latest item,you'll be glad yoou did.
Xboxliveaddicts’ reviewers look back on some of the best Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Arcade games of the decade with scores of 9 or above in this feature.
"In many ways, AC2 is similar to the previous game, only better. You still play an assassin in a historical setting—Florence, Venice and Rome being the highlights. You still perform acrobatic rooftop free-running and engage in stealth killings and open combat and you're still bent on finding answers to ancient secrets. The difference is, the experience this time is considerably more polished."
"... you’ll be playing as this Ezio fella. Standard sob story; your family gets knocked off and you are out to settle the score. But revenge doesn’t turn out to be a simple as Ezio might have expected.
Well, you could sum it up that way, but that kind of makes Assassin’s Creed 2 sound like an 80’s cop film, which doesn’t exactly do justice to the awesome writing that’s gone into this series."
"Assassin’s Creed II has been out for over two weeks now. From speaking to numerous gamers, many people are still sitting on the fence unsure of whether Ubisoft Montreal’s sequel is really worth buying after the original was initially flooded with positive reviews until a slightly sour aftertaste sunk in.
This article is for anyone in that position. You can take the lateness of this review as a good thing for several reasons, and find out why Ezio’s adventure is a perfect example of how a s..."
For this weeks review, Ben "Yahtzee" Crowshaw takes a look at Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2, and gives it a relatively positive review, praising the improvements over the first.
Assassin's Creed II has been getting lots of attention, and for good reason. It's waaay better than the first game, so that's a good sign that Ubi gives a crap about its fan base. Ezio has a fancier outfit, more money, friends, and the ability to swim.
That swimming thing alone is enough to make most gamers automatically declare the sequel a success over its predecessor. Anyway, here's the review from Neoseeker.
After the success of the original, it was inevitable that Ubisoft would release Assassin's Creed 2. After huge sales success following its release, Ian from All Age Gaming takes a look at whether AC2 was worth your hard earned cash.
"The main adventure within Assassin’s Creed II is undeniably better paced than that of its’ predecessor. Each and every mission has been delicately crafted and is unique, with no idle busy work thrown onto the skeleton to inflate the scripted progress. Missions now swing wildly from assassination attempts to fighting guards, rooftop escapes and common thievery, with the odd errand thrown in to bring the player to new locations, and the new Tomb Raider inspired Platform sections are a fantastic..."
"One of my biggest disappointments in video game history was when Ubisoft released the first Assassin’s Creed on Xbox 360; that game could have been the epic title gamers were waiting for. Unfortunately it was plagued by a number of unforgivable issues, including repetitive gameplay, unforgiving bugs, and even some major story problems. Because of that my anticipation for the sequel was not nearly what it should have been, allowing me to go into this review with a jaded perception of the serie..."
""Nothing is true," said Al Mualim. "Everything is permitted." The point of Assassin's Creed - apart from establishing a hugely successful new IP for Ubisoft - was to avoid taking the old man's words literally, and to begin with you may wish you'd done the same with the pre-release hype for the sequel.
For months we've been told that Assassin's Creed II will be much better because, not unlike Desmond Miles strapped to the curvy Animus machine, it will be defined by the lessons of its ancest..."
"With Assassin’s Creed 2 being released this week worldwide, Ubisoft has released Parts 2 and 3 of their lead-up film Assassin’s Creed: Lineage, which chronicles events prior to the game.
Detailing a vast conspiracy in Renaissance Italy and featuring Giovanni, the father of the game’s protagonist Ezio, as the Assassin, the first of the films (fully reviewed by OXCGN here) achieved more than 1.7 million hits on YouTube in 24 hours.
With the rest of the film now released and fully viewable..."
![Box shot of Assassin's Creed II [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUEMvQWN0aW9uL0FkdmVudHVyZQ==/assassins_creed_ii_frontcover_small_Aaxkuhn5jtLgkrH.jpg)