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Assassin's Creed II - The |OT|
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Buckethead
Banned
Yes.D23 said:
The story is awesome and there are locales that I like better than ACII.
But if you love, or atleast like yourself, you won't play it for achievements.
The flags alone will make you want to kill yourself.
CriscoDisco
Member
How the f*ck do I
I get up to that little balcony about half way up and can go no further.
I'm losing my mind.
climb that tower in Acre?
I'm losing my mind.
Just finished it yesterday, great game.
The game took a while to get going but when it did, it was awesome.
Some of the missions weren't as good as others,
Oh and screen tearing and pop in. Seriously, get on that shit Ubisoft.
The game took a while to get going but when it did, it was awesome.
Some of the missions weren't as good as others,
especially the last mission: I thought it started out great making you use every skill you learned, but then the game started exposing its own weaknesses. The part where you have to go through undetected, you can kill a guard but the monks in the area won't alert the others even though they scream, run around and beg for mercy which I thought really killed the immersion the game built up throughout.
Oh and screen tearing and pop in. Seriously, get on that shit Ubisoft.
Buckethead
Banned
CriscoDisco said:
You could do what the other dude said..... or stand on ledge, run straight up, and then press jump again and push your left stick to whatever direction the tower beam is in.
It's one of the few times you'll have to do that weird double jump.
One more is for a feather
in Florence
in Venice.
CriscoDisco
Member
Thanks Gribbix. I would not have thought to do that. You prevented a meltdown.
Honestly, I don't care what point in time AC3 is set in... As long as I have my hidden blades, I'm happy. Speaking of which, the only way for the double hidden blades to exist is if the game takes place after Altair writes the codex. Wasn't he the one who came up with the idea?
Unless of course, you give the next Assassin access to the Apple of Eden and thus access to the same knowledge Altair got the idea from.
Square Triangle
Member
I just picked up AC: Bloodlines for the PSP, I'll give everyone some impressions once I get some time on it. I got the PS3 version at release too, so awesome exclusive content is awesome.
Square Triangle said:
Yeah it is, but the weapons aren't exactly spectacular =/ They looks nice enough in a 'well, that's different' sort of way. I would've preferred more capes or something cool like a whip or something.
@Above poster: Sorta. You won't be satisfied though, you'll just have more questions.
Lostconfused
Member
They still dont make sense, they just made them shorter.jett said:AC1 definitely has more interesting, "high concept" writing, but it's not as engaging as AC2. And I never understood how the speeches after you kill your targets were supposed to made a lick of sense.They go on for 5 minutes after you've stabbed their aorta.
Mana Sin said:
Altair is the one that came up with it and recorded in his codex.
Razorskin said:
I don't think so, but this is what people have pieced together, spoilers obv.
Adam and Eve were early humans genetically modified by some ancient race of aliens or something. Their descendents formed the Assassin's, explaining their Eagle Vision power or whatever. When they rebelled against the ancients, they stole the Apple of Eden, some powerful artifact that has powers and contains knowledge. Some kind of solar anomoly wiped out those ancient aliens or whatever, wiping out all trace of their existance except the Pieces of Eden. The Templar are normal humans who want to use those things to gain power and create a new world order. Assassin's descended from Adam and Eve are supposed to protect the Pieces of Eden from being exploited and use them for their intended purpose, to save humanity from the solar anomoly that is about to happen again.
It's not bad, per se, but it is very unpolished. For instance, the mini-map has an issue where the rotating icon radii will grow or shrink randomly over time. The auto-save is wonky too. Sometimes it will auto-save. Sometimes it won't. Not sure if you can force a save - it'd be nice to be able to restart the game at will once the mini-map is half the size it should be.Square Triangle said:
Lostconfused
Member
Yes but I was just pointing out that Ezio didn't not come up with the idea and he doesn't need to write a codex.Mana Sin said:
Edit: Well actually no. Altair is a skilled master assassin he came up with it on his own.
he just used the apple to learn how to make stronger alloys
learnedhand said:
As an older gamer I agree, as long as the balance between gameplay and cutscene is more geared towards gameplay I'm happy. I don't want to be watching cutscenes for 10 plus minutes at a time. Uncharted 2 and Creed 2 balance te gameplay to story very nicely. Creed 2 even more so than Uncharted 2 from what I've played of AC2 so far.
Lostconfused said:
whoa, major typo o.o I meant to say when Altair wrote the Codex, not Ezio.
But on the topic of Ezio writing, it would be nice to find an old diary of his or something in the next game. I really loved his character, I've only had the game for most of a week, but he's already one of my favorite video game characters ever.
Do you think Ubi will/could release new story-related dlc episodes based on
The missing years from the time Ezio gains the Apple until before he went to kill the Spaniard
I think the confessions are supposed to be between the assassin and the target. It also might be a glitch in the animus becausejett said:AC1 definitely has more interesting, "high concept" writing, but it's not as engaging as AC2. And I never understood how the speeches after you kill your targets were supposed to made a lick of sense.
some of the targets confess after you kill them like Dante and Silvio, and some are not dead after you assassinate them like Rodrigo.
The confessions in AC1 are just ridiculous, especially when A LOT of the assassinations inevitably occur in the middle of a big crowd of people. At least in AC2 they're limited to one or two lines, the dying words of a villain, movie-style.
It starts with the assumption that you played the first game. It does not do a job at recapping things. You're better off reading the premise of AC1 to understand what goes on in AC2.
Aspiring said:
It starts with the assumption that you played the first game. It does not do a job at recapping things. You're better off reading the premise of AC1 to understand what goes on in AC2.
Well even afterjett said:The confessions in AC1 are just ridiculous, especially when A LOT of the assassinations inevitably occur in the middle of a big crowd of people. At least in AC2 they're limited to one or two lines, the dying words of a villain, movie-style.
you jump on Borgia from 40 feet in the air and stick a blade in him he still lives
Can someone please tell me where in the hell is the glyph at Ponte Di Rialto (a bridge area in Venice)? I looked on both sides and on the roofs for like 10 minutes and I can not find this fucking symbol anywhere. Is it actually on the bridge or somewhere nearby? Last one I need and it's driving me crazy.
Toski said:
Yeah in that scene they're taking away action from the player. The proper way to do it would have been not showing Ezio stab him, but I'll chalk that up to rush.
I think the worst one in that respect is the
Carnivale. The game specifically tells you to shoot him from afar and yet you're shown holding his neck afterwards, when you're nowhere near the boat.
The confessions in AC1 are actually pretty great and interesting, but the way they occur don't make any sense.
brandonh83
Banned
good lord how the hell does one get back to the Sanctuary?
brandonh83
Banned
jett said:
yeah where you put the seals, I just found the last one and I'm itching to put them all in place :lol
Lostconfused
Member
beatenbrandonh83 said:
Oh its in the room with the codex/map thats the entrance.
brandonh83
Banned
Mana Sin said:
Ohhh, okay thanks. Sorry for the confusion jett.
Square Triangle
Member
So yeah..there are issues with the PSP Assassin's Creed but I love it. The PSP to PS3 features are kind of lame but the PS3 to PSP bonuses are actually pretty sweet.
Ok, I can't figure this part out (Around memory chain 6-7):
I go into the dream sequence as Altair, and I chase his target to a tower that the target goes into. I then climb up this tower to a balcony... directly above me is a wooden plank sticking out, but I can't for the life of me get Altair to jump/reach to it. It's literally 6 inches from his hand, but he won't go to it. Have I missed some control along the way that allows me to grab things directly above me, or jump straight up and grab something?