Ubisoft has really made an effort to meet the customers' needs. So all the shortcomings of the first part were eliminated and the story is really a really good story, and no accumulation of small missions more. So you have, for example in the course of the story controlling a carriage and the opponent as much as possible down spin of selbiger or you have to infiltrate a palace by flying through the air or it is the carnival games in Venice to win, thus a coveted mask reach. The story has a central theme throughout and is very well brought over. The cities are huge and as already mentioned, there are on almost every corner a magnificent monument to admire, that often has to be climbed. Everything is a bit oppulenter, bigger, busier than in the predecessor. Weapons and armor can now be purchased in order to make his hero stronger and more resilient. Money thus plays an important role. To get selbiges, it is the player's task to renovate a dilapidated villa. By renovating the surrounding shops of the value of the city is first increased to correspondingly increase the number of visitors. That brings wiederrum money that you can put in his villa or you increase the value of the Villa by acquiring paintings.
Assassin's Creed 2 actually has a lot of variety. The story is great and makes at the end of a real blockbuster. The game also includes some nice secret sequences that must unlock it. Thus, even after successful locking the main story is still offered plenty. Although the occurrence of various celebrities historically entsprichen not entirely true, but it makes fun to see how these characters were integrated into the story. So one meets on his journey, for example Leonardo Da Vinci, who actively supported a.
With all due praise and bombast but no criticism is made even with Assassin's Creed 2, even if it turns out very low. Many missions can be solved only by trial and error. Thus, frustration is often spoken when you have to go, for example under pressure from A to B and you have practically already lost when you slip up just once and the decisive leap not manage. The mission continues, the clock is ticking down, but we know that the mission is no longer to provide for this crash. Something you experience frequent in AC2. Just like the fact that - despite improved control - the main character is not out jumps always where it should jump or not sticking to a projection and one plunges into the deep, so that the building has to be climbed again, what time and nerve costs. In some missions is not exactly apparent at first where it is added races or what exactly to do. Therefore helps here only try, try and try.
And yet ... Assassin's Creed 2 is a masterpiece and captivates ungemeint, even if it is partially frustrating. Very strong buy recommendation! One of the best games in 2009!
