Assassins Creed II Yay or Nay!

jomz27

I didn't like the first one but do you lads think the second one is goin to be good or it will be boring and repetitive like the 1st one?

Star Bingo

nay be/ nay be not. renaissance italy.. should be visually impressive but i don't wanna be caught birdspotting again, seems like all i was doin in Damascus

yoshytoshy

first one reminded me of zelda ,but without the exercise.

dr gonzo

The thing that made Assassins Creed 1 pretty dull were very specific complaints that everyone who played it was quite vocal about, overall the game was great so i'd say they took those on board for AC2. Im banking on AC2 being great.

Homicidal_jesus

im with gonzo there wasnt a whole lot wrong with the orginal just the repetitive and with 12 or so missions in the new one thats pretty much sorted

and the ease of fighting ha although it was really enjoyable with the close ups so the various enemy types should make it more fun

AND SWIMMING WOO
also apperently they are make it easier to be stealthy not like the last wear you would end up cutting through a fair few guards to get your target most of the time

rizzla

As you pass through a crowd you can pick pocket and a new way to escape is to throw coins on the ground so crowds will block anybody chasing you.

I liked the first one, looking forward to the second one alot.

J-blk

I'm looking forward to it but definitely going to wait for a lot of reviews/opinions here and a possibly a demo before going for it. I was very disappointed with the first one because it had huge potential but got boring pretty much right after the first mission...

Retr0gamer

From what I've seen I'm going to give it a nay. It seems to be making the exact same mistakes as the first game with really scripted assassinations and I presume crappy repetitive (but this time less so) missions. The scripted missions are a big no no for me. The game would benefit so much more if they went for gameplay more like Hitman.

Homicidal_jesus

rizzla wrote: »

As you pass through a crowd you can pick pocket and a new way to escape is to throw coins on the ground so crowds will block anybody chasing you.

coin thing sounds cool!
can you pickpocket different things in this one or still just daggers?
I liked the first one, looking forward to the second one alot.

eddhorse

I'm still playing through the first one, about 66% through. Is a bit repetitive alright, it does get better when the guards get smarter and stronger, its bad though when you can win a fight against 10 armed guards.

I would have to play the demo of the new one or see some unrepetitive differences. I will wait till you lot buy it first

jomz27

we should start making threads about the upcoming games if it's a yay or nay so we should see the opinion of others...

steve_

its not that im looking forward to it but ill give it a shot for sure. The controls and fluency of the movement in the first one was pretty impressive and unique. However it was very repetitive and the combat was dull. Whats this i hear about a flying machine in the new one?

Homicidal_jesus

steve_ wrote: »

Whats this i hear about a flying machine in the new one?

ya i heard that too..one of da vinci's inventions..you get to meet him too which is pretty cool


although the flying machine which is da vinci's glider was proven incapable of flight by mythbusters ha

L31mr0d

It's a yay from me. I played the PC version though which had 4 additional mission types (archer assassination, rooftop race challenge, merchant stand destruction challenge and escort challenge)

I was continually confused by people saying there wasn't a lot of variety in Assassins Creed until I read about the PC versions additional side missions. The archer assassination time trials I found particularly good, as you had to use stealth and speed while moving. You had to make judgements as to which archers could see other archers and in which order to assassinate them.

Without these 4 additional modes I do agree the game would of been boring. If you haven't yet, I'd recommend playing the PC version of the game, it's the superior version.

mailrewop

I can't wait for this, thought the first one was great and though some people didn't like it for it being repetitive and going by everything so far it seems as that won't be a problem

eightyfish

I only got the original a few weeks ago. Loved it at first - beautiful looking game with fluid controls and very immersive. Then started to get annoyed by the problems of repetative gameplay, bash-X combat and and repetative voices ("i'll have your hand for that!"). Still playing it however.

Apparently the new one has fixed those issues, and it also looks fantastic.

So yay.

It's a yay for me, I'm looking forward to it. I had no problems with the first with except the ending. Hadn't a clue what that was about

Homicidal_jesus

Deleted User wrote: »

except the ending. Hadn't a clue what that was about

ya that was about a 10 on the random scale

Retr0gamer

Please just give me control over how I handle assassination missions. Only about 3 in the original would let you perform a stealth kill and it was so tight and scripted anyway. I killed one of the targets in a way that the game didn't allow in the first game, by knocking him off a building and the game glitched for me. We don't need to have altair or whoever hovering of the guy before he dies having a nice little 1 to 1.

dr gonzo

Retr0gamer wrote: »

We don't need to have altair or whoever hovering of the guy before he dies having a nice little 1 to 1.

Agree with that. Also i hope the new guy will actually have an Italian accent, i know they made their excuses about Altair but for gods sake hes supposed to be a muslim assassin in the 12th century holy land or something and he has this offputting yank accent.

eightyfish

dr gonzo wrote: »

hes supposed to be a muslim assassin in the 12th century holy land or something and he has this offputting yank accent.

Isn't he a Crusader? In which case he sould have a French/central European accent, but one from the middle ages before we had modern French.

Either way; American didn't work.

Retr0gamer

eightyfish wrote: »

Isn't he a Crusader? In which case he sould have a French/central European accent, but one from the middle ages before we had modern French.

Either way; American didn't work.

I wouldn't say that to any muslims face let alone altairs.

Krusader

AC II is suppose to be outta the GTA mould this year
I for one say YAY!

Homicidal_jesus

Crosáidí wrote: »

AC II is suppose to be outta the GTA mould this year
I for one say YAY!

cars,guns and russians...interesting!!:p:p:D

Krusader

Homicidal_jesus wrote: »

cars,guns and russians...interesting!!:p:p:D

hehe

No, but there is a stagecoach mission where you transport people to different cities
You can now swim in the canals of Venice
You do missions for buddies/guilds to earn their trust and they in return help you in the storyline missions
More types of weapons
You can change clothes

All reminisent of GTA

Homicidal_jesus

Crosáidí wrote: »

hehe

No, but there is a stagecoach mission where you transport people to different cities
You can now swim in the canals of Venice
You do missions for buddies/guilds to earn their trust and they in return help you in the storyline missions
More types of weapons
You can change clothes

All reminisent of GTA

change clothes!!?cool!i want a pink versoin of altairs outfit
and if possible a butterknife for stealth kills

RAIN

New Gameplay Video, looks the exact same as the other one to be honest. Also there seems to be underground sections like Infamous

FreeOSCAR

Nay from me but Ill probably end up getting it.

Hopefully the present day storyline is a bit more interesting. AC1 was just pants. Desmond needs to go Jason Bourne and smash his way out of that facility.

To be honest though its probably one of the best of a mainly mediocre group of games been released during the Xmas season (MW2 and Uncharted 2 withstanding)

qwytre

rizzla wrote: »

As you pass through a crowd you can pick pocket and a new way to escape is to throw coins on the ground so crowds will block anybody chasing you.

Thats the problem with a lot of games, the focus is on a trival albeit cool piece of programming. Someone forgot to put a decent story and game behind the small features like the throwing of coins etc.

It is a bit like making a film with CGI experts but no director.

Krusader

FreeOSCAR wrote: »

Nay from me but Ill probably end up getting it.

Hopefully the present day storyline is a bit more interesting. AC1 was just pants. Desmond needs to go Jason Bourne and smash his way out of that facility.

I felt the present day story a bit lame aswell, it didn't seem to lead anywhere

jill_valentine

The first one had some terrific ideas which got drowned in all the flaws. As somebody stated above though, the gripes were specific enough that they've hopefully been addressed since.

My main reservation was the new setting; as repetitive as the first one was, the one thing that kept dragging me back was the fairly unique - for a video game - holy land setting. Venice looks a bit too much like at least one city in every Final Fantasy.

Exclamation Marc

I think its a yay from me. Once they sort out the repetition I'll be sorted. I had no problem getting all the info, but seeing as every information trail was the same, it just got tedious. Cannot wait to get this!

koHd

Yay.