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Assassin's Creed II - The |OT|
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start menu then stats. no save game file on 360 to look at !BlindMonkey said:
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Vilix
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It's-a-me, Mario!
beelzebozo
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why is this dan brown shit so much more entertaining in a video game :lol
it's like, "i will catch you, knights templar, god yes i will"
i'm far too intrigued and invested.
it's like, "i will catch you, knights templar, god yes i will"
i'm far too intrigued and invested.
freethought
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beelzebozo said:
I once read some shitty airport novel when I was 14 in which an ancient and advanced civilisation (Atlantis in the case of this particular book) are destroyed by some bizarre solar activity. They built a machine to protect the earth from the effects but couldn't activate it in time to save themselves. The Atlantean survivors travelled all over the world implanting various cultural memes and symbols into the primitive cultures of our ancestors disguised as religion. The novel involves the race by some religious expert to correctly interpret the clues and thus activate the sun shield saving civilisation.
I knew they were going in a similar direction for the series by the end of the first game but even I was surprised by how closely ACII mirrors that book. I was not impressed.
I'm honestly still hoping that the world within the animus and the 'memories' Desmond is experiencing are all some kind of S3 situation designed to brainwash Desmond. Think about it; in ACI the leader of the Assassin's turned out to be the bad guy as you were in an animus created by the (presumably Templar controlled) Abstergo. But in ACII, with Desmond inside an Assassin controlled animus, suddenly the Assassins are the good guys.
I knew they were going in a similar direction for the series by the end of the first game but even I was surprised by how closely ACII mirrors that book. I was not impressed.
I'm honestly still hoping that the world within the animus and the 'memories' Desmond is experiencing are all some kind of S3 situation designed to brainwash Desmond. Think about it; in ACI the leader of the Assassin's turned out to be the bad guy as you were in an animus created by the (presumably Templar controlled) Abstergo. But in ACII, with Desmond inside an Assassin controlled animus, suddenly the Assassins are the good guys.
I also hoped that in the contemporary world, the architecture is very homogenised and some of the familiar layouts between ACI and ACII (mainly the stepped stacks of crates and beams) are actually based on the utilitarian structures Desmond would run into in ACIII. I'm still curious how they're going to explain all of the sword fighting in the modern setting.
By the way, I played through the game with my mate and haven't finished the truth yet (waiting for the PC version to 100% stuff like that) so if whatever that turns out to be totally contradicts my theory, please bear that in mind.
edit: Fuck, went overboard with the spoiler tags I guess. I haven't been in this thread so I don't know what's cool to talk about.
Double edit: Funny thing about Dan Brown, I read the Da Vinci Code and that guy just ripped off Broken Sword!
Buba Big Guns
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Im so glad I picked this game up.
It was in the game case. I was kinda of pissed because the actual cover art had a stupid "Gamestop Only" logo on it.purg3 said:
Yeah. I appreciate this game so much I've bought the Altair avatar costume and both premium themes just because I want to keep giving them money.Jtyettis said:
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Good call on the Desmond crew being in Italy, I never picked up on that. I seriously cannot fucking wait for part three. I'm almost to point that I wouldn't care if they farmed it out to Treyarch or something. :lol
rollingstart
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jett said:
Which makes you wonder if the first game area took place there also. Then again, you weren't aware of the drive length.
wait, what if (end game spoiler)
the place you go at the end of the game is actually the Auditore villa you've been building up with Ezio. that would be awesome.
Linkzg said:
http://www.monteriggioni.info/
That's a real place, though, and kind of a tourist attraction. Dunno why they'd go there.
Linkzg said:
HEH, maybe. Well it's definitely not in the same vicinity as Abstergo, the buildings around that place are modern...but they couldn't have driven that far to leave the country. I mean the guy is stuck in the trunk, that'd be just mean.
If someone's italian here, you could check if the licenses plates on the cars in the parking lot match. I believe that Patrice and this team understandably fell in love with Italy
and couldn't bear to leave these cities behind them. I think there's a chance the next game will re-use some of the cities but in the present, with some other place in the past. This would enable them to re-use most of the assets from this game and have the game come out sometime in the foreseeable future. Then again they'd probably flee the country to escape from from Abstergo. But it'd be awesome if the HQ of the current assassins was in fact in Monteriggioni like you say. The leaders better be all kinds of badass, too.
Then again they'd probably flee the country to escape from from Abstergo. But it'd be awesome if the HQ of the current assassins was in fact in Monteriggioni like you say. The leaders better be all kinds of badass, too. rollingstart
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It's not surprising if they liked Italy so much. Hell, my biggest concern with the next game is that I feel like it's impossible for them to top Italy for gameplay, style and design.
I am taking this game so slow it's absurd. I did most of the available assassin missions before I even got the dodge move, making the one with the fucking eight brutal knight guys really difficult :lol
I haven't even got to Venice yet after 30 hours. I never want this game to end, never. The second biggest surprise of the year for me, considering I really genuinely did dislike Assassin's Creed.
I haven't even got to Venice yet after 30 hours. I never want this game to end, never. The second biggest surprise of the year for me, considering I really genuinely did dislike Assassin's Creed.
dragonflys545
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Sai-kun said:
Aren't they the same character with different voice... and hair style?
dragonflys545
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jett said:Supposedly, but for some reason Desmond looks really weird to me personally. He looked better in AC1.
...not that I care about that kinda thing.
He does look better in AC1... He looks weird as shit in the second one.
rollingstart
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He looks like a turtle without shoulders.
dragonflys545 said:
I think they used the same character model for Altaïr too. Damn lazy devs using recycled assets.
lol
Finished last night. It's my GOTY, easy. While Batman provided more challenge and better combat mechanics, the world and the story in AC2 were hands down the most engrossing for me all year. Uncharted 2 falls to third.
criesofthepast
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So torn between AC2 and MW2. Which one to buy. I'm leaning towards AC1 and I don't know why. I was so disappointed in AC1, it was the only game in my life as a gamer I've actually traded in.
WHICH ONE SHOULD I GET. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BOTH AND HAD TO PICK ONE!?!?!?!
WHICH ONE SHOULD I GET. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BOTH AND HAD TO PICK ONE!?!?!?!
MrNyarlathotep
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jett said:No you're right, it's pretty much impossible to top Venice and Florence, nevermind renaissance Venice and Florence. They screwed themselves there.
I dunno, I would be all over Revolutionary Paris or Victorian London.
astroturfing
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i think feudal Japan was referenced to at the end of AC1. also Peru (the Nazca Lines). and a bunch of other cryptic stuff.neorej said:
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AC2 is an absurdly better single-player game, and while it isn't my favourite game of the year, it is definitely the game that I felt like my $100AU was most justified. The game is just brimming with awesome content.criesofthepast said:
I guess if you like the MP thing in MW2, then it's worth taking a look, but nonetheless, I can't recommend AC2's single-player campaign enough.
An AC game set in feudal Japan would be pretty hilarious. There would be 1 viewpoint per city, every single building will look identical, and instead of huge cities, you'll be horse riding through long mountainous roads and forest passages just to get between many tiny ass villages and castle towns. Not sure if want.
akachan ningen
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criesofthepast said:
asking this in an AC thread is kind of silly. but anyway, I have them both and I'd say MW2. But if you want a used copy of AC2 for PS3, let me know.
akachan ningen
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MMaRsu said:
Then you're not really qualified to give an opinion on it, imo.
jett said:Ugghh I can't stand the framerate issues, the constant screen tearing and the blurry image quality any longer. I've tried to stay positive, but I can't seriously recommend the PS3 version to anybody. I'm sorry if I did.
Is the pop-in as horrible in the 360 version? LOD textures, shadows, grass and people can and will pop in mere feet in front of you.
Someone from my PSN friend list, MrPertusato
who is still waiting to getting approved here
Ok I'm out. Still have to play AC2 and don't want to read any spoilers.