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Assassin's Creed II - The |OT|
- Thread starter Costanza
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Miguelangelo
Banned
this game is sick. been playing nonstop all weekend, im actually not too happy im at work right now & after work i gotta help a friend move. no bueno i need to finish dis game!
Gamestop called and let me know they're having a midnight launch tonight. I have my collector's edition paid off, but I don't know if I want to go in that late since I have work early 
Tomorrow going to be a great day with Assassin's Creed II, New Super Mario Bros. coming in, Left 4 Dead 2 and Star Trek Blu-Ray. Good god I'm not going to have enough time.
Tomorrow going to be a great day with Assassin's Creed II, New Super Mario Bros. coming in, Left 4 Dead 2 and Star Trek Blu-Ray. Good god I'm not going to have enough time.
Question... when you first reach Venice, in the middle of the town slightly to the left, there is a viewpoint that I cannot reach. Any ideas? It's a readily accessible mini building/tower on a rooftop, but I can't seem to make the jump onto the ledge above me. Any help would be much appreciated.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Woohoo. Release Day delivery is back! Order confirmed: ACII, day one delivery, $30.99 (with an additional $10 toward my next game purchase). Hell yes.
So happy this comes out tomorrow. Been trying to avoid buying games to play to fill the time between this and Ratchet. Forgot L4D2 is out tomorrow... guess its good I just got my 360 back from my neighbor. Why does the game industry insist on making the end of every year so jam packed? I guess it does give me a chance to lead a normal life for like... 3 months a year haha.
Square Triangle
Member
So what's the verdict on the Splinter Cell demo?
MMaRsu
Banned
I hate you all for getting it so soon . Does anybody know when Gamehubs will send out their versions? Did the UPS thing, got Dragon Age coming in as well in the same package .
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YESSSSSS Gamehubs is sending their copies out tomorrow! Fucking sweet.. three day delivery means I should have it on Friday, as well as Dragons Age. FUCK YESSSSSS. Plus I got sunday, monday and tuesday off. FUCKING SWEEEEEEEEEEEET
. Does anybody know when Gamehubs will send out their versions? Did the UPS thing, got Dragon Age coming in as well in the same package .-edit-
YESSSSSS Gamehubs is sending their copies out tomorrow! Fucking sweet.. three day delivery means I should have it on Friday, as well as Dragons Age. FUCK YESSSSSS. Plus I got sunday, monday and tuesday off. FUCKING SWEEEEEEEEEEEET
Grimm Fandango
Member
Square Triangle said:
I don't think we'll know until tomorrow.
smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
Can't wait to get this tomorrow been avoiding spoilers so far too.
iamcool388
Member
Updated impressions:
When Ubisoft said they had learnt from the mistakes in AC1 and were fixing them in AC2, they werent kiddings. Mission variety is immense, the ridiculous investigations are gone, and the ones which still remain are presented in such a way that they make sense in context. The game is leaps and bounds better in keeping you sucked in... I keep thinking 'one more mission' all the time... been playing this non-stop.
Also... the game world is MASSIVE. Mind bogglingly massive. I could be unlocking areas and finishing the small side missions all this month basically. :lol
Unless the story goes crazy at the end, this is an absolutely amazing game. I might be high on this game mostly because I had low expectations... but this has blown me away and truly won me over. Dont miss this because of any misgivings about AC1.
When Ubisoft said they had learnt from the mistakes in AC1 and were fixing them in AC2, they werent kiddings. Mission variety is immense, the ridiculous investigations are gone, and the ones which still remain are presented in such a way that they make sense in context. The game is leaps and bounds better in keeping you sucked in... I keep thinking 'one more mission' all the time... been playing this non-stop.
Also... the game world is MASSIVE. Mind bogglingly massive. I could be unlocking areas and finishing the small side missions all this month basically. :lol
Unless the story goes crazy at the end, this is an absolutely amazing game. I might be high on this game mostly because I had low expectations... but this has blown me away and truly won me over. Dont miss this because of any misgivings about AC1.
Square Triangle
Member
iamcool388 said:
SO happy to hear this! Assassin's Creed 1 was my 2007 GOTY so I'm pumped to hear this.
brandonh83
Banned
Sorry if I missed the post, but is there a store list for Gamestop midnight openings?
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/content/AC2-L4D2_Midnight.pdfbrandonh83 said:
brandonh83
Banned
Thanks. I Googled the shit out of it but couldn't find that :lol
Grimm Fandango
Member
GameStop texted me yesterday about the midnight release at my store. Kinda neat.
iamcool388
Member
Square Triangle said:
I liked it AC1 too, just like I enjoyed Resistance 2! I dont bring this up too often cuz GAF will ridicule me no end. :lol
Terrordactyl
Member
Is it fun to just fuck around this time? It was for a bit in the first one, but I be very happy if it you can spend an hour doing nothing but stealth killing randoms and exploring and have a good time doing so.
iamcool388
Member
Terrordactyl said:
Yeah... tons to explore, the feathers and treasure chests are all over, so if you have a collection bug, you can pretty much go crazy. Getting all the viewpoints is also a good way to pass the time. There are 66 of them, so you wont be running out of them too soon. The main story will definitely make you want to synchronize a good number of them, but there will be some left which you can go back and check out.
There are also a number of side missions (assassination, races, beat up someone, courier etc etc) which you can do for money, you can unlock tombs, you can search for codex, buy everything there is in the shops and display it proudly in your villa... you get the picture, the list of things to do is endless.
The bolded part might be difficult to do though... everytime you kill a civilian (happens a lot to me, sometimes i'm moving fast and the lock-on buttons gets on a civilian instead of the target), you get a message saying "Ezio didnt kill civilians."
Unlike Altair, this time its believable that he didnt.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
iamcool388 said:
Stop it. Need Tuesday to come NOW!
How's the story progression and just the plot in general? I absolutely LOVED AC1's story despite some of its setbacks; can't wait to see how it develops in ACII.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Theres no SC Demo in my 360 copy.
iamcool388
Member
Domino Theory said:Stop it. Need Tuesday to come NOW!
How's the story progression and just the plot in general? I absolutely LOVED AC1's story despite some of its setbacks; can't wait to see how it develops in ACII.
The Desmond arc is handled better. Though you still dont know whats going on (like the first game), the time you do get to play as him is better organized, so you have a set goal and you always know what you are supposed to do... so you dont waste your time around walking like a clueless zombie.
The Ezio main story is handled MUCH better than Altair's... at least according to me. This time everything you do is for a reason... In the original you just ended up being a servant to Al-Mualim (or whatever the name of the leader was)... you did things because he told you to. In this game, its more about you growing up and taking responsibility... you do things because YOUR character wants to do them, not because someone else ordered you to.
The cast of characters is also excellent... lots of people I like already. Each character also has a small biography (some even have videos) in the database, so you can check them out. Half the time I dont even know if they are real historical figures or not... i'll check it out after I am done with the game.
Another feature I forgot to mention earlier on when I was listing the amount of content in the game is finding and decoding glyphs... In vague terms, that leads you to a greater understanding of what is going on in the greater picture in terms of present day. Good stuff... decoding them is a lot of fun.
Fuck, I sound like a Ubisoft viral marketer. :lol
iamcool388
Member
Guiberu said:
Yeah... I noticed it on my third. For example, in one of the puzzles, you are looking at pictures...
Look at Buddha's Face... or Top left of the military formation... or bottom right of the picture of 5-6 soldiers getting ready to attack.
Shit is freaky... I am sure they are some sort of code, but how do I get back to viewing it... cuz once its gone, you unlock the video, and... thats it. Unless I note it down...?
Also, are you finding it a little annoying going back to the Villa after every 4 20min chunk to take out the money from the chest... cuz otherwise you will miss the next payment? I got so much stuff... I should really start buying some paintings and weapons.
The only thing I havent bought at ALL are clothes from the tailor. It just seems a little... pointless? Do you become automatically incognito when you buy and wear those clothes?
P.S. I've upgraded every single shop and renovated everything I can in my villa.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Terrordactyl said:
God I loved fucking around in the first.
Best was to just run into a small regiment and wreck their shit.
Or tackling guards off of roofs. Then you hear the crowd scream a second later. So awesome :lol
Let me dust off this pic here...
Got this by standing in one spot and countering every sorry son of a bitch who took a shot at me.
I'm going to love this game no matter what.
polyh3dron
Banned
Is anyone else's Amazon order still stuck on the "Shipping Soon" status?
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Grimm Fandango said:
polyh3dron
Banned
It was on "Shipping Soon" yesterday too though. Same thing happened with Uncharted 2 and was still stuck there the day after release day, they had to cancel the order and make a new one.Costanza said:
Only shitty ringtones on www.splintercell.com/ac2
As far as the splinter cell demo goes I just got off the phone with my buddy who is a GS store manager. He said they got something in with AC that has to do with splinter cell but he's on his break right now so when he gets back to the store he is going to call me and let me know what it is. As soon as I know I'll update here.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Holy shit, not much longer until midnight. Went over early and traded in KZ2 and SSBB to get the game for 20 bucks. What a deal. Tonight can't some soon enough. Anyone else going to *lose* themselves in this one tonight? No question AC2 is the redeemer; brown and tan assassin garb please!