Assasin's Creed 2

[vault_overseer]

Got to see it last night, so far looks really awesome - a lot of stuff to do, no mandatory repeating missions(viewpoints still exist though), voice-overs are great, story looks promising and the game is gorgeous.

Edited November 17, 2009 by vault_overseer

[Purkake]

So Assassin's Creed II then?

 

The whole future thing is/was pretty bad.

 

Edit: Fast edit was fast.

Edited November 17, 2009 by Purkake

[vault_overseer]

Yeah, I didn't see the future in the new one, but I was told the guy can actually fight now.

[Purkake]

Does he still walk like an elderly gentleman with two wooden legs?

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Isn't the PC version delayed?

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

Yep, PC version is later.

 

Just picked up my copy for PS3, definitely looking forward to it. Then again, I like the first one too.

[Maria Caliban]

Got to see it last night, so far looks really awesome - a lot of stuff to do, no mandatory repeating missions(viewpoints still exist though), voice-overs are great, story looks promising and the game is gorgeous.

 

How many hours in are you?

[Calax]

I think I'm 7-8 hours into it now. There's only one future part so far, otherwise the story is more linear within the game and yes, desmond does fight.

 

One thing I've noticed is that they REALLY amped up the sexuality. You learn how to be invisible from prostitutes, one of the first things you do is get ezio laid, and you can hire prostitutes to distract guards. also there is a LOT more complexity in leveling your character and how things work, they actually incorporated a lot of GTA stuff (earning money, improving property, buying weapons and armor)

[Purkake]

I think I'm 7-8 hours into it now. There's only one future part so far, otherwise the story is more linear within the game and yes, desmond does fight.

 

One thing I've noticed is that they REALLY amped up the sexuality. You learn how to be invisible from prostitutes, one of the first things you do is get ezio laid, and you can hire prostitutes to distract guards. also there is a LOT more complexity in leveling your character and how things work, they actually incorporated a lot of GTA stuff (earning money, improving property, buying weapons and armor)

 

There better be A LOT of sexy Kristen Bell then...

[Calax]

I think I'm 7-8 hours into it now. There's only one future part so far, otherwise the story is more linear within the game and yes, desmond does fight.

 

One thing I've noticed is that they REALLY amped up the sexuality. You learn how to be invisible from prostitutes, one of the first things you do is get ezio laid, and you can hire prostitutes to distract guards. also there is a LOT more complexity in leveling your character and how things work, they actually incorporated a lot of GTA stuff (earning money, improving property, buying weapons and armor)

 

There better be A LOT of sexy Kristen Bell then...

not really, there was only ONE section of the future that I've seen thus far.

[Purkake]

I guess I'll wait and see then

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

So far, I'm not sure whether the sequel will necessarily change most peoples' minds who didn't like the first at all. They took complaints about the mission structure to heart, and the social stealth is handled much better IMO.

 

That said, in combat it's still fairly possible to counter-kill your way through an army. The game will occasionally throw a curve your way, but nothing too huge. That may be just enough for the skeptics to feel like they're actually "playing" the combat this time around, or it may not.

 

Personally, I'm enjoying the heck out of it with what I've had a chance to play so far. Though I'm unsure whether it will convert haters to the cause, it's a worthy sequel in its own right.

[Malcador]

Reminds me, aren't they making a fifth Hitman game ?

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

IO Interactive is, supposedly. I haven't seen any real info about it yet tho.

[vault_overseer]

I just got out of Florence, love it so far. Side quests are bit too Dan Brown, though.

[J.E. Sawyer]

Reminds me, aren't they making a fifth Hitman game ?

They are busy making Naked Man Dog Killing Simulator 2.

[Purkake]

IO Interactive is, supposedly. I haven't seen any real info about it yet tho.

Hitman 5 is in the works; according to the Eidos team and is due for release on November 28, 2011.

 

From Wikipedia with this as the source, take that as you will.

[Calax]

That said, in combat it's still fairly possible to counter-kill your way through an army. The game will occasionally throw a curve your way, but nothing too huge. That may be just enough for the skeptics to feel like they're actually "playing" the combat this time around, or it may not.

Actually they made it so that the counters you pull off can be dodged, you can be countered, and there are uncounterable opponents (the weapon used is so friggin big you couldn't counter it effectively).

 

 

I finally got to the first major Desmond bit, took me quite a while (7 hours IIRC) as I had Ezio running to Venice. Basically you're in the Animus this time because the assassins are trying to get desmond back up to "I can kill any man" levels of skill and are using ezios experience to do it.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Use spoiler tags, please.

[Calax]

Use spoiler tags, please.

eh, I figured something mentioned in the first 5 minutes didn't need tags.

[Purkake]

The "modern times" story can seriously die in a fire. There's absolutely nothing stopping them from just showing different assassins of the same bloodline doing stuff in different ages, the animus is just stupid.

Edited November 18, 2009 by Purkake

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

That said, in combat it's still fairly possible to counter-kill your way through an army. The game will occasionally throw a curve your way, but nothing too huge. That may be just enough for the skeptics to feel like they're actually "playing" the combat this time around, or it may not.

Actually they made it so that the counters you pull off can be dodged, you can be countered, and there are uncounterable opponents (the weapon used is so friggin big you couldn't counter it effectively).

 

That's my definition of "occasionally throwing a curve your way, but nothing too huge." I didn't want to tell people how to play the game in my post since that might take away what few surprises the combat has in store for them. Oh well, here goes.

 

Your counters didn't necessarily kill in the first game either, and you could be countered. People still bitched about the combat.

 

Brutes can be countered, you just have to do so empty-handed.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Use spoiler tags, please.

eh, I figured something mentioned in the first 5 minutes didn't need tags.

Well, you mentioned 7 hours, so I assumed it was important.

[entrerix]

the countering fighting style of AC was my favorite part of the game, it made me feel like a real badass swordsman when i could kill 10-15 soldiers without taking a scratch (not to mention the myriad awesome kill animations).

 

i also thought the fighting system in batman arkham asylum was brilliant for similar reasons. i dont think EVERY game should have that style of combat, but it makes sense sometimes.

[Calax]

Use spoiler tags, please.

eh, I figured something mentioned in the first 5 minutes didn't need tags.

Well, you mentioned 7 hours, so I assumed it was important.

Well, I'm pretty deep overall in the game, but the reason you're playing as Ezio is given in the very start of the game. The future part of the story is actually building (supposedly anyway) to the culmination that is in the third game where you play as desmond in the future, probably hunting for the pieces of eden.