Assassin's Creed 2

[CaptainZombie]

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You know... this engine would be freaking PERFECT for a new Zelda game.

The sword fights, the jumping, exploring, hell HORSE RIDING.... It's pretty much what I would expect from a Zelda game with a little bit of Prince of Persia thrown in.

I've been playing for about 8-9 hours.... I think I've had a long enough break. Back to the game!

To me its like they took the Prince of Persia concept of last generation and blew it up. This game is awesome and if you love the Renaissance era, this is a must play. I wish there was more with the horses which would have been cool. I think with AC3, they really need to fix the controls. If they get the controls down pat and a better ending, that game will rule. The controls are a bit clunky especially in the Assassin's Tomb sections.

[BlueNGold]

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I've been playing for about 8-9 hours.... I think I've had a long enough break. Back to the game!

Your name doesn't happen to be Andy Murray, does it?

[billmatic]

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I never played the first one, and love this game.

The first one was the most repetitive piece of crap I've ever played. From the 3 or 4 hours I've played of this one, it seems a lot better.

[Jonesy]

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Good grief, I just spent all day playing this game.

It's phenomenal. Probably my game of the year, ahead of Uncharted 2. Just... wow.

Wow big praise indeed. I loved U2 and if this game can top that i'll be very impressed. Might have to get this myself.

I'm more of a single player guy as opposed to online and love assasin games (must have played through each hitman game at least 3 times) so this should be right up my alley.

thanks for all the impressions fella's.

[NEOPARADIGM]

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Good grief, I just spent all day playing this game.

It's phenomenal. Probably my game of the year, ahead of Uncharted 2. Just... wow.

I played Uncharted 2 for about six hours today (first time).

I like ACII better as well.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Indeed this is a much better game. Starts off slow as hell, but it gets better and better the longer you play it. Because the longer you play it, the more weapons, armor and skills you unlock, which make taking out people even more fun and creative.

I thought Blood Money had some creative kills, but this one is just plain awesome.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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So, the bards are annoying as ****. The last time I played, I poisoned bladed one and threw some coin on the ground. Crowd went for the coin and got pummeled by the bard. Then when he died I threw more coin down and they trampled his ***.

[CaptainZombie]

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Well, I have all the trophies except for 1. I missed the "Fly Swatter" trophy. I will start another game up and try to rush to this point to attain this trophy to get the Plat.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I just beat the game finally ! Very worthy of game of the year. You know this game is so funny to me, because Borgia looks like and sounds like one of my co workers LOL. Throughout the whole game I kept calling him my co workers name LOL.

[DGuinta1]

Assassin's Creed 2 patch frees you from the Hideout

If you're one of the unlucky Assassin's Creed 2 players who've been wandering around the Hideout for days, with no way to get back into the playground of Ezio's memories, you'll be relieved to know that a new freedom patch is on the way. It'll launch for PS3 today and on December 11 for Xbox 360.

The patch promises to fix the Sequence 11 glitch and many others (the list may contain spoilers for you), including a bug that allows Ezio to walk on air in "extremely rare occasions." We didn't know about that one, but now we're going to miss it.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/09/assassins-creed-2-patch-frees-you-from-the-hideout/

[Pared]

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To me its like they took the Prince of Persia concept of last generation and blew it up. This game is awesome and if you love the Renaissance era, this is a must play. I wish there was more with the horses which would have been cool. I think with AC3, they really need to fix the controls. If they get the controls down pat and a better ending, that game will rule. The controls are a bit clunky especially in the Assassin's Tomb sections.

Yeah but this is way better than PoP. The size of the lands that you can visit and the fact that it is completely free-roaming is just... incredible.

Think about all the controls... I'm telling you, change the guy's name to Link, throw some rupees in there, add a hookshot, bow and arrow and a boomerang in there and bam - Zelda.

I played for another 6 hours or so after that last post. I haven't had a marathon gaming session like that in a LONG time.

I just made it to:

Spoiler

Venice. I'm guessing I'm near the end?

And I absolutely LOVED AC1, despite understanding the complaints of being repetitive. They certainly found a happy medium and addressed those complaints in AC2.

Just an incredible game... I just finished Uncharted 2, started GoW: Collection then interrupted it and went on a marathon of this.

Don't try and tell me gaming is in a dry spell.

So, the bards are annoying as ****. The last time I played, I poisoned bladed one and threw some coin on the ground. Crowd went for the coin and got pummeled by the bard. Then when he died I threw more coin down and they trampled his ***.

I may have to try that. They are annoying but from what I read here I thought they would be unavoidable.

[CaptainZombie]

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Yeah but this is way better than PoP. The size of the lands that you can visit and the fact that it is completely free-roaming is just... incredible.

Think about all the controls... I'm telling you, change the guy's name to Link, throw some rupees in there, add a hookshot, bow and arrow and a boomerang in there and bam - Zelda.

I played for another 6 hours or so after that last post. I haven't had a marathon gaming session like that in a LONG time.

I just made it to:

Spoiler

Venice. I'm guessing I'm near the end?

And I absolutely LOVED AC1, despite understanding the complaints of being repetitive. They certainly found a happy medium and addressed those complaints in AC2.

Just an incredible game... I just finished Uncharted 2, started GoW: Collection then interrupted it and went on a marathon of this.

Don't try and tell me gaming is in a dry spell.



I may have to try that. They are annoying but from what I read here I thought they would be unavoidable.

I will not disagree that this is not similar to Zelda, but I'm just saying that I think this whole concept has some ideas from the Prince of Persia of old (not the new one). I spent several hours late last night playing this one. I did get the rest of the feathers and then restarted the game because I need that fly swatter trophy. Now with my second run through I am just running through and doing the main missions trying to avoid having to do anything more than needed. The mission I need to get to is past halfway through the game.

[Pared]

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No, Zelda is better than PoP!! It's more like Zelda!

[/fanboy rant]

[CaptainZombie]

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http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/09/as...m-the-hideout/

Now I wish they would have given us the option to go back and play sequences like the first one.

No, Zelda is better than PoP!! It's more like Zelda!

[/fanboy rant]

LOL! Imagine a Zelda game running on this engine though. That would be total kick ***.

[mgoblue]

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Yeah but this is way better than PoP. The size of the lands that you can visit and the fact that it is completely free-roaming is just... incredible.

Think about all the controls... I'm telling you, change the guy's name to Link, throw some rupees in there, add a hookshot, bow and arrow and a boomerang in there and bam - Zelda.

I played for another 6 hours or so after that last post. I haven't had a marathon gaming session like that in a LONG time.

I just made it to:

Spoiler

Venice. I'm guessing I'm near the end?

And I absolutely LOVED AC1, despite understanding the complaints of being repetitive. They certainly found a happy medium and addressed those complaints in AC2.

Just an incredible game... I just finished Uncharted 2, started GoW: Collection then interrupted it and went on a marathon of this.

Don't try and tell me gaming is in a dry spell.



I may have to try that. They are annoying but from what I read here I thought they would be unavoidable.

You've still got at least a few more hours left from where you're at...

I agree that gaming's not in a dry spell though! In the past 2 months (or so) I've beaten Uncharted 2, Borderlands, and AC2. I'm pretty close in Dragon Age as well. I haven't actually finished this many games in a while, usually I get distracted/bored. Plus MW2 I should be able to beat in a long night next time I play.

AC2 took all the awesome of the first, eliminated the boring/crappy stuff, and gave us more fun. I can't wait for the 3rd.

For those new to playing, it does start out a little slow, but once you get past the necessary beginning plot aspects, the game opens up and hits its stride.

As for Zelda, I'd really hope Link wasn't running and climbing over every building like Altair/Ezio...While I love the graphics, I think Zelda could be a bit different just because they don't need to design cities/buildings for free running. I would like to see HD Zelda with graphics comparable to UC2 or AC2, but that won't happen until Nintendo makes a new system