Assassins Creed 2 Official Thread

[SlipperyMooseCakes]

There have been a few threads floating around so I decided to make an official thread that we can go to and post all the new, leaks, rumors, etc.
Assassin's Creed 2

Teaser:
Teaser #1

Rumored information out of Game Informer:
Source
*SPOILERS?*

- You'll have a ton of new weapons to choose from including an axe, a hammer, a mace, a spear, 2 different sword types, a spear axe thing, and 2 smaller blades
- You CAN swim
- Da Vincis workshop is in the game
- Locations include Saint Marks Basilica, The Grand Canal, The Little Canal, and the Rialto bridge.
- The game opens in 1476, Altair is from 1191
- So you do indeed play as a new ancestor of Altair / Desmond
-You will see the countryside of Tuscany
- The "Auditore" family is mentioned
- The main characters name is Ezio Auditore de Firenze
- He is a nobleman of Florence
- Big characters are in the game including Machiavelli, Caterina Sofrza, and Lorenzo de Medici
- YOU DO INDEED FLY AND THERES A PICTURE OF IT.
and thats just what I got from the pictures. I'll let you know more details as I read more.
- Game will feature a new notoriety system that governs how enemy soldiers and people will treat you.
- You can disarm enemies and use their own weapons against them this time.
- each weapon has a special move.
- 16 unique mission types.
- No more ease dropping or pick pocketing missions.
- If you get beat up to much you will need to see a street side doctor to regain ful strength.
- Hidden objects (like flags in the first one) are there to uncover but this time if you track them down you will get in-game bonuses that make it worth your time.
- Items include, flags, statues, and gold coins and more that isnt mentioned.
- New enemy types with unique attitudes and weaknesses are present in the game. Archers are mentioned, as well as elite enemies, dagger wielders, "Brutish" armored troops with heavy armor and 2 handed swords and axes, and an intelligent halberd enemy will probe hiding places with their weapons if they think you're near by.
- While hiding in a hay bail you can assassinate people this time, but it may expose your position.
- You can still climb towers and ride horses
- The Lorendo de Medici assassination is in the game.
- There is now a night and day sequence in the game.
- 240 people are working on this title.

[scetch00]

Trophies?

That's all I care for.

[Jerkapotamus]

The statistics looks promising, then again, they did for the first game as well.

Combat looks improved and there's more mission variety, which were the obvious flaws in the first game. I don't really understand why they restrict themselves to mission types at all though. Why not just do something similar to GTA, where the missions may be similar in some ways but have their own special things that make them unique. Hopefully there will be more diversity in the structures you have to climb as well. The climbing was fun in the game, but having to climb up the exact same structure multiple times in different locations got tiresome.

[SlipperyMooseCakes]

At 4/9/09 11:29 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: The statistics looks promising, then again, they did for the first game as well.

Combat looks improved and there's more mission variety, which were the obvious flaws in the first game. I don't really understand why they restrict themselves to mission types at all though. Why not just do something similar to GTA, where the missions may be similar in some ways but have their own special things that make them unique. Hopefully there will be more diversity in the structures you have to climb as well. The climbing was fun in the game, but having to climb up the exact same structure multiple times in different locations got tiresome.

To be honest I wasn't the biggest fan of the first one but this one sounds a lot more interesting. The potential is so high. I agree with the climbing I would like a Tomb Raider/Crackdown feel to it where you can climb just about anything.

At 4/9/09 11:27 PM, scetch00 wrote: Trophies?

That's all I care for.

Well now you can comforatably say that there will be trophies no matter what.

[Kalix70]

it looks that its gonne be a really good game and realistic i hope its as promising as it sounds

[SniperWolf1564]

At 4/9/09 11:15 PM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote: - No more ease dropping or pick pocketing missions.

While Assassins Creed was good, these were the two most menial (eaves dropping) and irritating (pick pocketing) missions in the game.

Also:

HAY GAIZ I HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT MAP THAT LABELS OUT A PARTICULAR PERSON'S GUARD LOCATION AND THE BEST WAY TO ASSASSINATE ME I BETTER NOT LET IT GET STOLEN.
*steal*
OH NOEZ I LOSTED IT WAT DO I DO?

[fawnret]

if we do play as a new character I hope he will be ass bad ass as altier.

[JonnyEarthquake]

Game Informer link doesn`t work.

[BananaBreadMuffin]

omg omg omg omg omg omg

Venice was always an obvious candidate due to its unrestricted and free-flowing layout, and its clearly defined boundaries, but mentions of Firenze hint that Florence might be an available city too, which'll be awesome.

I seriously can't wait, but then again I loved the first game to bits.

[tobisfan12]

To be honest I wasn't the biggest fan of the first one but this one sounds a lot more interesting. The potential is so high. I agree with the climbing I would like a Tomb Raider/Crackdown feel to it where you can climb just about anything.

wait isnt crackdown that game where your skills lvl up in fighting agaility jumping ect?

[Shnam]

It looks cool so far but Altaïr sounds more badass then Ezio Auditore de Firenze

[Jerkapotamus]

I like the new look. Much sexier than Altair.

[Zepwich]

At 4/10/09 04:17 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: I like the new look. Much sexier than Altair.

Very sexy

[BulletCasing]

At 4/10/09 04:17 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: I like the new look. Much sexier than Altair.

OH EM EFF GEE!2 HIDDEN BLADES!?THAT IZ TEH SMEXINESS!

Ok,seriously,I am HYPED for this next game.I have ever since I beat the first AC,that left a cliffhanger so huge,it's like God himself made it.I haven't been this stoked for a game since Mirror's Edge...

And I don't care if you think Mirror's Edge sucks.I like it.Being an individual rocks.

[Jawdyn]

Coincidently, I played Assassins Creed again today for the first time in a long time. It's really fun running and jumping about, I hope AC2 has some kind of MP, that would be epic.

TAG YOUR IT!

[SamIam]

I'm excited to hear about the story is this one.

[Angerpains]

My lord I'm so excited.

I really want to see how this new AC game plays out.
It sounds that the combat is better, with you using every weapon availible, and different enemys, because the same one every time gets boring.
I also want to see what is in stall for Desmond this time round.

[Shnam]

Does that mean that this ancestor is missing both ring fingers? Because Altair was missing his ring finger on his left hand where his hidden blade pops out.

[VenomKing666]

At 4/10/09 09:29 PM, Shnam wrote: Does that mean that this ancestor is missing both ring fingers? Because Altair was missing his ring finger on his left hand where his hidden blade pops out.

We can see on he cover that he still has both.

[Valjylmyr]

"New enemy types with unique attitudes and weaknesses are present in the game. Archers are mentioned, as well as elite enemies"

There were archers and elite enemies (Templars) in the first game.

[Jerkapotamus]

At 4/10/09 09:29 PM, Shnam wrote: Does that mean that this ancestor is missing both ring fingers? Because Altair was missing his ring finger on his left hand where his hidden blade pops out.

From the Game Informer picture, it looks like I can make out five fingers on at least the one hand. He just has his fingers adjusted so he isn't self-impaled. Maybe in the hundreds of years between the first and second games, the secret organization decided missing ring fingers wasn't the most stealthy way to signal membership. Then again, they didn't seem to figure that out by Desmond's time.

[SniperWolf1564]

At 4/10/09 09:32 PM, VenomKing666 wrote:

At 4/10/09 09:29 PM, Shnam wrote: Does that mean that this ancestor is missing both ring fingers? Because Altair was missing his ring finger on his left hand where his hidden blade pops out.

We can see on he cover that he still has both.

I wonder how they will explain that. Lucy has a missing finger, Altair has a missing finger, but this guy, what happened?

[SlipperyMooseCakes]

At 4/10/09 04:17 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: I like the new look. Much sexier than Altair.

http://www.mondoxbox.com/news/16117/assa ssin-s-creed-2-scan-in-alta-qualit-da-gi .html

Shitload of scans.

[irashii]

I'm hoping that they improve on some of the problems of the first one. Obviously being able to swim will make it easier to get around (and make some assassinations less frustrating. Holy man did I hate having to skip from boat to boat) but I do hope that the monotony of having to repeat tasks endlessly is removed. There's nothing wrong with having to save citizens or the like, but I think it would be more interesting if those things were random events that you would just come across instead of having to find them via tall building.

I also hope that they don't rinse and repeat the dialogue like they did in the last game. Having to listen to peasants give the same response every time you save them, or bump into them, or ran around, or did pretty much anything got very grating on the nerves. I'm not saying that every person needs to have their own dialogue, but at least have enough programmed in that they are not repeating themselves every twenty seconds.

And if they got rid of the beggar women, that would be awesome as well.

[VenomKing666]

At 4/10/09 09:39 PM, SniperWolf1564 wrote: I wonder how they will explain that. Lucy has a missing finger, Altair has a missing finger, but this guy, what happened?

Eeeerm, Lucy has all her fingers, she just put her hand this way to make the asassin symbol.

You don,t go work for a templar company with a MISSING RING FINGER. Bad cover.

[malachi117]

At 4/11/09 05:20 PM, VenomKing666 wrote:

At 4/10/09 09:39 PM, SniperWolf1564 wrote: I wonder how they will explain that. Lucy has a missing finger, Altair has a missing finger, but this guy, what happened?

Eeeerm, Lucy has all her fingers, she just put her hand this way to make the asassin symbol.

I thought she had a fake ring finger and pulled it off in the end?

[CashClock]

At 4/10/09 04:17 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: I like the new look. Much sexier than Altair.

Is he smiling?!?!?!?!??!

He's definatly different from Altair if he's actually SMILING!

He may even laugh at least once...

[VenomKing666]

At 4/11/09 05:56 PM, malachi117 wrote: I thought she had a fake ring finger and pulled it off in the end?

He she definitely bent her finger to make a sigh with her hand.

[Jerkapotamus]

At 4/11/09 04:45 PM, SlipperyMooseCakes wrote: http://www.mondoxbox.com/news/16117/assa ssin-s-creed-2-scan-in-alta-qualit-da-gi .html

Shitload of scans.

Ugh, I'm getting Deja Vu with this game.

Step 1- interested by the concept and setting. Check.
Step 2- Really liking the looks of the media released. Check
Step 3- Buy and hate the game.

It's Assassin's Creed 1 all over again.

[TehreTard]

At 4/10/09 04:17 PM, Jerkapotamus wrote: I like the new look. Much sexier than Altair.

Because an Altair clone with the with the exception of TWO finger-blades instead is sexier than the original?

Are you retarded?