Assassin's Creed II

[Alex H]

I've just accepted a time trial thing from a thief. So frustrating as I can't do it in time. I've been about a second away twice. The controls get really frustrating at times, but overall it's good so far!

 

[Scutch]

Yeah some of the races are incredibly frustrating.

 

[Christopher]

Loving this game. I can barely get off it, if I go on the Box.

 

[The Boosh!]

The ending is ALOT Better than the previous game. Roll on AC3

 

[Adamio]

Never played the first one but bought this one today

Haven't really had chance to play it yet, going to fire it up in a minute

 

[Scutch]

Loving this game. I can barely get off it, if I go on the Box.

Same here. It's brilliant.

 

[steven.m]

I'm struggling to keep playing this now.

 

[Seedy172]

What's the general opinion on this? A worthy purchase? Considering getting it later.

 

[BRUN]

what kind of game is this, it sounds like Fallout mixed with Tomb Raider ?

ive not played the first one, could i play the second ?

 

[BRUN]

i did struggle with the puzzles of tomb raider being honest, so if its a lot like that i dont think id enjoy it that much

 

[Adamio]

Well I did a couple of hours on it last night, didn't really like it tbh

I'll give it a bit longer and hopefully it'll grow on me

 

[GarethM]

once you get about 3 hrs in its really good.

im over halfway through now and still enjoying it

 

[Scutch]

It's class. Great game. All I've played since it came out.

 

[Alex H]

Just got into the catacombs in Florence for the first time, bit stuck with some of the platform hopping challenges. Taking a while but enjoying it.

 

[Adamio]

Done another couple of hours on it now and i'm really beginning to like it

Just returned to the Uncle's villa after invading the city.

 

[Alex H]

Prefering this to MW2. Know they're not the same genre, but much more fun overall.

 

[gazzajamerson]

i have just seem my dad and 2 vros get killed,. Visisted him i prison and delivered the letters, And thats it, When will it start kicking in?

 

[Scutch]

i have just seem my dad and 2 vros get killed,. Visisted him i prison and delivered the letters, And thats it, When will it start kicking in?

The more you play, the better it gets. Seriously. You learn moves, you get new weapons, your abilities increase. It's like a learning curve so you aren't given everything at once. As you progress, you can dodge attacks, counter them and take the opponents weapons, pick other weapons up, hide within groups of people, renovate places to gain money and receive percentages off the goods and hire others to do your work etc. etc. It's really good.

I've just completed the 4th "Assassins Tomb" last night (2 more to go until I get the sacred armour). I've renovated everything within the Villa and getting loads of income now. I'm thinking it will be a very difficult game to accomplish everything 100% (I've only collected 5 or so Eagle feathers from the 100 on offer!). As I progress, I look at the mini-map, if I see a treasure chest or something in the area, I'll do it. There's so much that can distract you from your main quest, but it's all good. Some of the puzzles on the buildings are quite tricky, too.

I've just completed a quest last night where I had to assassinate three guards (spread out on the map) without being detected. It certainly wasn't easy. It took me a good few goes, anyway. I was hiring people to cause trouble and fight with the guards, then sneak up on the guy I needed to clean out without being spotted, and kill him. Throwing knives helped a little for the first guard, but the other two were more tricky.

For me, it's much better than MW2 (single player obviously).

 

[BRUN]

scutch what kind of game is this, and how puzzling is it ?

 

[Scutch]

scutch what kind of game is this, and how puzzling is it ?

I was trying to describe it and actually couldn't, other than running up buildings, fighting and completing puzzles. But it's so much more than that. Way, way more. So I found this :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin's_Creed_II

Excellent description, TBH (in the Gameplay and Plot sections)

 

[Jonaldinho]

Bought it on Friday and really enjoying it.

Revamped the Villa too and have found my way to Venice. Didn't play the first one but I found this really easy to pickup and play.

I agree that it is soooo hard to put down though!

 

[Rhino172]

Think I'm at about the same point as you Scutch....Just got to "s**t town" the real muddy swamp type place.

All upgrades purchased for the villa,
have about 20 feathers,
20 codex pages (anyone else lined them up properley yet to show the full picture? ),
4 of the tombs done,
all treasures collected,
all available sub quests done, races, beat up, mail delivery, assassinations (the ones from the pidgeon coups)
found all glyphs that are available in the areas I've been to (about 16 or 17 i think)
purchased all available paintings, weapons, armour, pouches etc and still got about 120000 florins to spend lol
done all the training fights (including the ones you have to pay for)

Haven't been to venice yet, think thats my next main story mission, I'm a side quest ***** lol, oh and I've dyed my clothes, Wetlands Ebony Always find it best with games like these to get everything done as you go otherwise once the main story is finished I kinda loose the urge to play them as I've effectively "done it".

think thats about it so far lol agree about MW2 in comparison, I've still not finished the single player campaign and since getting AC2 I've not touched any other game at all.

 

[m4rkie23]

how many hours have you put in rhino?

 

[Rhino172]

god knows lol time goes so quick when I play this game, I just get totally emmersed in it. A complete guess would say about 15 hours possibly more

 

[Scutch]

I haven't done as much as you have with the collectibles, mate. Good effort!

 

[Rhino172]

lol, cheers, not sure how but I even seem to have treasure maps for areas I've not been yet?!?!? must be missing something somewhere...

 

[m4rkie23]

i cant wait for this. i may even get it before xmas. AHHH

 

[GarethM]

I've just completed a quest last night where I had to assassinate three guards (spread out on the map) without being detected. It certainly wasn't easy. It took me a good few goes, anyway. I was hiring people to cause trouble and fight with the guards, then sneak up on the guy I needed to clean out without being spotted, and kill him. Throwing knives helped a little for the first guard, but the other two were more tricky.

i did that mission last night too, took me ages!

ive got 25 codex pages, 20 feathers, and got 5 assassin tombs

 

[GarethM]

how many glyphs have people found?

 

[Woodentop]

16 found, 4 to go. Easy to find with eagle vision. I still have 34 feathers to find

 

[The Boosh!]

Anyone know what happens when you get all the feathers?

 

[Alex H]

Anyone know what happens when you get all the feathers?

You get an achievement and a cape apparently.

 

[GarethM]

16 found, 4 to go. Easy to find with eagle vision. I still have 34 feathers to find

aye, i have 4 left to find, just got the last assassin seal

and ive worked out what the codex pages make up too

 

[Bucko]

Message deleted. Left myself logged on while on break at work and can't trust my colleagues.

 

[Rhino172]

just been on a mega feather hunt...

got them all from all locations now apart from venice

(50+ feathers in the box at the villa unlocks a new weapon to purchase by the way )

 

[Adam.P]

I bought this yesterday, got home, and accidentally played it for 6 hours straight. Lost track of time completely! :S

 

[BioHzrd]

Got al the Glyphs and the movie it makes is a bit weird but still ! !

Ending is like a MILLION times better than the first BTW !

 

[GarethM]

ive got all codex pages, didnt do anything when all complete on the board, but is used in the story i think

 

[BioHzrd]

Yeah its used in the end also makes a huge part to the end of the game

 

[GarethM]

just finished the story, pretty poor ending imo

and i was one glyph missing