Assassin's Creed II

[Kingjad]

OK nimrods, need some advice.

I already got this game ordered from ASDA for 35 quid. I expect to get it on 20th. However, visited my local game shop and they'll have it TODAY, but for 45 quid. Should I be patient and save a tenner, or get it before most others?

[Genyus]

Be patient, you got MW2.

[Flat Face]

Yeah finish the campaign mode on MW2 and if you have then play through the gta series from VCS to III then HL1 to HL DLC2

[STREEM]

Assassin's Creed was pretty awesome so second part should be even more i guess, if i could i'd buy it today

[Kingjad]

Already finished the campaign mode on MWII lol.

Btw - Fuck Face/Flat Fuck/Fuck Flat, as an admin can you change the typing command for the smiley smile icon? Idiots like me keep typing this: and it doesn't show as a smiley face because it's currently set on typing it as

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I played the first Assassin's Creed and loved it, heard awesome things about the second one.

[Kingjad]

I decided to wait it out, I saw an email from ASDA saying it was dispatched last night (17th). I'm kinda expecting it in the post tomorrow (19th). I'm busy anyway with various stuff around the house to be playing too much games, but is anyone else excited about the upcoming release or am I the only one?

[Genyus]

I am. Going to find a cheap place to get it from soon. Various sites gave it a 9/10 and this time not because it's Assassins Creed and the idea is awesome. It seems everybody learned from the first game. I heard that the mission system is more like GTA and that most of the time you find yourself doing stuff you didnt plan to do but thought of doing while on your way to a mission.

[Dannye]

I was pretty late to the AC party, only just got into the first one about a month ago. While I'll agree it has faults, its hard not to keep wanting to come back for more - I can't get enough of the style, atmosphere and setting.

I have certainly heard lots of good things about 2, including that many of the prior's faults had been addressed, and am looking forward to trying it out at some stage - I should probably finish 1 first, heh.

[Kingjad]

I was late with the first one too Dannye, but not as late as yourself. I'm eagerly waiting for the postman to come so I can see whether the game will arrive today or not. If he doesn't have it I'm setting my German Shephard onto him, the bastard.

Reviews so far have been fairly complimentary, but a few are freaking out over the ending.

EDIT: Woohoo, it arrived today

[Kingjad]

So after two days of playing the game, I've finished the storyline. And...well...if you don't want it ruined for you, ignore the spoiler bit:

ALIENS?!?!?! This is some really fucked-up shit right there. It's always been a bit out-there after the ending of the first game and that Apple of Eden pish, but this is just going to extremes. By the look of things these aliens that people confuse to be Gods nowadays created people or whatever - and more to the point knew Desmond would one day witness Ezio's encounter with them. More so, there's some apocolyptic tones in there, with things like the disaster that happened the first time (leading to these aliens or whatever creating mankind 'in their image') could be on the horizon once more. This time there's no doubt about it what-so-bloody-ever, more games are on the horizon - not one, but a few I guess, if they're gonna follow through with this.

Gameplay's pretty damn sweet, loving the double assassinations - especially from the air. You can really just fly through the city, it's got an awesome parkour feel to it. A big change in how you do missions, it's more direct and there's no messing about. You don't HAVE to climb those giant towers anymore too all the time, it's not necessary! (Fun though). Lots of variety to it, those weird 'subject 16' glyph thingys are pretty nutty, only done three so far I think as it's not relevant to storyline (least not in this game I guess, who knows for next time?)

The much-hyped flying mission was not bad, but different from the demo in E3. Those fires do serve a purpose, though, keeps you elevated cos of the heat. Kicking people while flying's cool too. What MIGHT drive people doo-lally are the missions to retrieve seals from underground tombs - lots of precise jumping about and swinging around required, especially against the clock. The camera usually cuts to show you where to jump next in such challenges, helping you to figure out roughly where it is you're aiming to throw yerself. There's not a lot of going in and out the animus either, you only leave once really for a 'break', which Desmond shows some really trippy side-effects to being in that bloody machine, and immediately after the game ends you're still able to be hooked up to the animus for some freeplay - obtaining feathers and any other collectables.

Some interesting ideas in the game, but that ending was just a huge WTF moment - reviews have said it, Desmond said it as the credits started rolling, and I said it too when I saw it. A very fun game, which has lots of replay value to it as lots of the missions are quite fun.

[Genyus]

Lol I rolled over the spoiler accidently and was like WTF too after only reading that first word.

Gonna buy this Friday, can't wait.

[Kingjad]

Sorry bout that, I think it should be a clickable thingy instead, to view a spoiler just click the banner or whatever - I was afraid accidents like that could happen.

The random side quests about using the eagle vision on random symbols on walls and then trying to figure out the puzzles are doing my nut in. Some are easy enough but it's like ones which ask you to pick 5 different things that are linked to a clue, from 10 options, that really boggles my tiny little mind.

[Noah]

I pre-ordered it for PC 


Does anybody know the release date for the pc version?

[Kingjad]

No idea.

However, you can kill people with BROOMS!

[Genyus]

Fuck yeah, just picked it up at my friends place, gonna sleep now and post my first impressions tomorrow.