The assassins’ brotherhoods are back. The early release of Assassin’s Creed 2 is a double-edged sword for developers at Ubisoft. Expectations are extremely high for the sequel to the game that sold over 8 million copies when it first came out.
Unlike the first Assassin’s Creed, which was about Altair (an assassin clad entirely in white operating in the Holy Land in the 12th century), the sequel is based on his offspring, Ezio Auditore, a young Italian nobleman who joins the community. of assassins. more by chance than by choice.
Desmond becomes a murderer
Loyal Assassin’s Creed fans already know that the events that unfold in the game’s storied past are actually the “genetic memory” of someone named Desmond Miles, a modern-day bartender descended from Altair and Ezio. In the first Assassin’s Creed, the pharmaceutical company Abstergo kidnapped him and held him prisoner in order to unlock his precious memories.
At first, he offered no resistance, but in the opening minutes of Assassin’s Creed 2, Desmond escapes with Lucy Stillman, his achievement (played by Kristen Bell), by killing all the security guards that get in their way.
Later, at the new assassins’ lair, Lucy tells Desmond that the more he relives Ezio Auditore’s past, the more he will gradually acquire his ancestor’s abilities. We will train you to become one of us.
The variety of missions in this game.
The structure of the first Assassin’s Creed (often criticized for its rigid and linear tendencies) has been completely revamped in the sequel.
The story of Ezio and the assassin community evolves more naturally and the two new types of missions are gradually introduced. Inside the skin of Ezio, we run against our brother jumping from roof to roof; we fight our rivals from the Pazzi clan; punching in the face of a hooligan who broke our sister’s heart; steel from the pockets of fellow citizens; Climb a prison tower to help our imprisoned father and kill a corrupt judge…
In reality, there are so many things to do and items to use in Assassin’s Creed 2 that some players may be intimidated by the sheer amount of content.
The mysterious Ezio from Assassin’s Creed 2
Despite the strength of the first Assassin’s Creed, it can be hard for fans to identify with Altair, the complete opposite of Ezio, a passionate and outgoing renaissance man. At the beginning of the game, he has been interrupted in his sexual act with a young woman and has to flee from the furious father by escaping through the window on the top floor. But he is also a very loving son to his mother, a generous brother and (later) the one to carry his father’s load.
The main role played by Ezio’s family adds a lot of emotions to the intrigue and involves us body and soul in his search for answers and revenge.
