MidnightCowboy
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Fantastic game that improves on 2 in every way. The best thing about it is that there are far more opportunities for stealth in missions and all the various side stuff. I really liked all the Da Vinci stuff for this reason.
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LttP: Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
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UnluckyKate
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10 or 15 can't remember. Train them : it takes little of your time and it is rewarding and fun to call in your assassin's when you need help, feel like you want to create a big rumble or when you are just lazy to get the job done.
i did it after beating the story,i was curious because there was no conclusion of this story arc,so i googled and found out you need 75%,it's hidden pretty well because there are no achievements tied to it,that's why alot of people won't have seen this scene at all
BengaBenga
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No, I finished the game with ~70% sync and increased my sync afterwards. The last memory simply unlocks on the map whenever you hit 75%.
Angry Fork
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I played a lot of Brotherhood but just kind of lost interest even though it's great and improved on AC2 even more. I still haven't beaten it and I'm really not ready for Revelations yet. I could definitely say I have AC fatigue, I love the series but I mainly play it for the historical locations and cool pop ups that tell you about real life characters/places.
I do not at all give a flying fucking shit about Desmond's bullshit and the stupid modern day templar crap. It's dreadful. Every time I had to play as Desmond I wanted to quit the game for good. I just don't care and Desmond is such a random stupid useless character he doesn't deserve to have Nathan Drake voice, tainting it.
I also hate, loathe, hate, loathe recruiting shit in any game. I don't like running around as a team or managing other people I want to do everything on my own. I hated this in San Andreas too.
I do not at all give a flying fucking shit about Desmond's bullshit and the stupid modern day templar crap. It's dreadful. Every time I had to play as Desmond I wanted to quit the game for good. I just don't care and Desmond is such a random stupid useless character he doesn't deserve to have Nathan Drake voice, tainting it.
I also hate, loathe, hate, loathe recruiting shit in any game. I don't like running around as a team or managing other people I want to do everything on my own. I hated this in San Andreas too.
U n i o n 0015
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I love the series, too, but I was feeling a bit of the same last night while playing Brotherhood. There's almost too much to do, not enough focus.
And I spent a lot of time thinking, "wow, and there's going to be two more games of this?"
Don't get me wrong, that sounds like a negative but it's a really fun series. I just think they're killing it with the yearly sequels.
Angry Fork
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I definitely said the same thing. Down the line I'll be sure to play through them but I'm the type that LOVES completing everything and collecting everything with these kinds of games. There's just so much to do it's a huge time sink and usually that's a good thing but for some reason the samey environments, characters etc. kind of make it to feel like it's too much.
Revelations should bring some nice change to the setting but still I'm hoping AC3 changes things significantly but I'm not counting on it. What's there now works well and is solid so they probably won't risk anything new.
Been looking into this game. I kind of enjoyed ACII, but perhaps not enough to invest in another 20 hour game. May play it in a year, when the price drops to 20 dollars. But by then they'll be a new one, and I still won't have played Revelations! I wish they didn't pump out these games so often, jeez.
I thought it would too but it still made me feel like a badass right to the end even though it was extremely broken.
PjotrStroganov
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And if you wanted a real challenge, you could always go for full synchronization, which often meant a nono for assassins.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
I bought it at release and found myself burned out of ANOTHER AC game after only a couple of hours.
But I just put it in again after getting a bit tired of Skyrim and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I have a team of fully leveled assassins doing my bidding and I have a freaking parachute. The game is pretty damn good. Makes me excited for Revelations, once I can pick it up on the cheap.
But I just put it in again after getting a bit tired of Skyrim and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I have a team of fully leveled assassins doing my bidding and I have a freaking parachute. The game is pretty damn good. Makes me excited for Revelations, once I can pick it up on the cheap.
That is brilliant.
You not liking the multiplayer does not mean no one bought the game for the multiplayer. I really enjoyed the dozen or so hours I spent getting to level 20, and I even paid $5 for 3 months of Gold in July just so I could play the 360 version of Brotherhood online. Even eight months after launch there were still lots of people playing and no problems getting a full game.
^I think the multiplayer is great. I haven't played it much, but it's refreshing to see a completely original take on a competitive multiplayer game.
What's funny is that I complained that AC2 was too long and unfocused. Brotherhood is actually a massive improvement in this regard. Is there more to do? Yes. However, the main quest is much more tightly focused. I do feel that Cesare is not vilified enough, though he's handled better than his father was in AC2. As for the sidequests...yeah there are too many of them and they're all too similar. On the assassin companions: I think they're great fun to use. They do feel a tad too powerful, however.
As for the flying machine controls...I had no issue. You just had to realize that you had to shoot the ground ahead of you to give you lift and speed. It was actually much easier to control than in AC2 because you could generate your own fire.
What's funny is that I complained that AC2 was too long and unfocused. Brotherhood is actually a massive improvement in this regard. Is there more to do? Yes. However, the main quest is much more tightly focused. I do feel that Cesare is not vilified enough, though he's handled better than his father was in AC2. As for the sidequests...yeah there are too many of them and they're all too similar. On the assassin companions: I think they're great fun to use. They do feel a tad too powerful, however.
As for the flying machine controls...I had no issue. You just had to realize that you had to shoot the ground ahead of you to give you lift and speed. It was actually much easier to control than in AC2 because you could generate your own fire.
U n i o n 0015
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I'm the same way. I also think it's more limiting setting the game just in Rome (even though it's massive), compared to the multi-city affairs of the last two. Encountering a new city helps break up the monotony.
All that said, I'm sitting here at work counting the hours go by until I can play the game again!
Yeah, I picked it up pretty quickly, I was just a little rusty. The main problem I ran into was stopping the messenger during the final part of that mission. It kept respawning me in a location that made it nearly impossible to get to him before he escaped. It was just a constant loop of frustration.
aparisi2274
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I felt the same way about the game... When it was first announced at E3 I thought it was just a glorified expansion pack to ACII and I was going to pass on it, then when I heard about AC: Revelelations and how it would tie up the Ezio Storyline, I decided to get ACB and boy am I glad I did.
I think it took me around 33hrs to finish the game, because I went and renovated all shops, banks, ect and removed all Borgia influence from each region.
I really like the side story stuff. The Leonardo/Pythagorus story was great. Ezio's romance storyline is a lot of fun as well.
I think they overdid it a bit with the faction missions and assassination contracts. If I had to choose anything to take out of the game, it would be that. The templar assassinations are a little out of the blue as well.
I think they overdid it a bit with the faction missions and assassination contracts. If I had to choose anything to take out of the game, it would be that. The templar assassinations are a little out of the blue as well.
The 100% synch stuff is the best addition to the series, IMO. Adds a good amount of challenge for those that want it. However, I can see a few of them being problematic, as the requirements might only be fulfilled at the end of a 15 minute mission. Mess it up and you have to redo the whole thing over again.
I also have that.
And let's not forget that the gamebreaking bug if you step out of the animus after completing all the mission 16 puzzles. And it was never fixed!
Congrats OP, you've discovered the best AC game.
Besides the additional features, a series-best score, the beautiful overworld- all that stuff, it was hunting down the Borgias with Machiavell, just before he wrote The Prince, that made this game one of the best narratives of the generation. It also advanced the franchise storyline quite nicely.
Revelations is more of the same, and less historically interesting. It's just as feature rich though, even if it's a notch below in terms of the enjoyment factor.
Besides the additional features, a series-best score, the beautiful overworld- all that stuff, it was hunting down the Borgias with Machiavell, just before he wrote The Prince, that made this game one of the best narratives of the generation. It also advanced the franchise storyline quite nicely.
Revelations is more of the same, and less historically interesting. It's just as feature rich though, even if it's a notch below in terms of the enjoyment factor.
StalkerUKCG
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Iv just started this, im pretty burnt out after playing AC1+AC2 back to back but iv got the revelations animus edition sitting here waiting to be played so i should get to it soon.
My girlfriend drew this after we decided to revisit Brotherhood last night:
To be fair, I haven't touched the game in about a year, so my assassin skills were pretty rusty.
Sorry for the rather late bump but I just finished this too and this drawing cracked me up because that's exactly what I said/did. 100% sync is a joke because it won't even recognized a checkpoint. The thing is, I'm an OCD and it bothers me so much if a mission is not fully synced. So I basically quit and copy my save on each sync mission to make sure I can easily load if I fail the sync. Somehow I managed to fully sync all of the main missions and Leo DLC. Now I just have to wonder if finishing the other side quests worth it or not. I'm leaning to "No" since I can't seem to connect online to play the online portion so I can't ever platinum the game even if I want to.
I just finished this game. Really good time, though some of the 100% sync stuff isn't worth bothering with. Seriously, you get hit once in a 30 minute mission and you lose sync forever, even if you die to restart the checkpoint. Misses the whole point of adding checkpoints IMO.
There was so much to do, even though I preferred Florence and Venice of ACII as cities. Rome was too desolate on the lower half of the map.
There was so much to do, even though I preferred Florence and Venice of ACII as cities. Rome was too desolate on the lower half of the map.
I finally beat Brotherhood last Saturday, thus knocking off another game from my backlog, and I enjoyed it.
It's funny, because I almost passed on it early on, when I thought it was just an MP expansion to AC2. Once I found out that it had it's own single player storyline, I had to pick it up. Then I started reading about some of the game play mechanics, and got stoked.
Felt like a really nice upgrade from AC2, and I love the additions of features like building the Brotherhood, then using them to help complete missions, as well as sending them off on their own to level them up.
The characters and story was top notch as well. Controls still feel clunky at times, but climbing, running along rooftops, and killing fools is enjoyable nonetheless.
I'll pick up Revelations at some point, but I'm still chipping away at my backlog before I buy any new games (that, and I'm saving up for my Vita).
I'm actually kind of surprised at how much relevant story points are in Brotherhood, as I expected it to be more of a sidestory/offshoot, with loose ties to the main storyline (like AC: Bloodlines on the PSP). I was wrong. Some important stuff goes down in Brotherhood.
Along with Uncharted and inFAMOUS, Assassin's Creed is one of my favorite new IPs this generation.
It's funny, because I almost passed on it early on, when I thought it was just an MP expansion to AC2. Once I found out that it had it's own single player storyline, I had to pick it up. Then I started reading about some of the game play mechanics, and got stoked.
Felt like a really nice upgrade from AC2, and I love the additions of features like building the Brotherhood, then using them to help complete missions, as well as sending them off on their own to level them up.
The characters and story was top notch as well. Controls still feel clunky at times, but climbing, running along rooftops, and killing fools is enjoyable nonetheless.
I'll pick up Revelations at some point, but I'm still chipping away at my backlog before I buy any new games (that, and I'm saving up for my Vita).
I'm actually kind of surprised at how much relevant story points are in Brotherhood, as I expected it to be more of a sidestory/offshoot, with loose ties to the main storyline (like AC: Bloodlines on the PSP). I was wrong. Some important stuff goes down in Brotherhood.
Along with Uncharted and inFAMOUS, Assassin's Creed is one of my favorite new IPs this generation.
One of my favorite easter eggs in the game: those whispers are saying
nihil verus, omnia licita; Latin for "nothing is true, everything is permitted"
Just finished it, pretty good game although pretty repetitive at the end, was glad when the credits where rolling.
It also ensured that I'll pick up Revelations at some point, before playing Brotherhood I thought I'm done with the series.
Even though I played AC1 and 2, Brotherhood is the first game in the series that I finished.
Also why
Wikipedia isn't helpful and I don't want to spoil myself as I have yet to beat AC2 and play Revelations.
It also ensured that I'll pick up Revelations at some point, before playing Brotherhood I thought I'm done with the series.
Even though I played AC1 and 2, Brotherhood is the first game in the series that I finished.
Also why
did Ezio kill Lucy at the end? Was she a Templar?
Not sure why exactly, but he was being mind controlled, so he wasn't the one that really killed her
Bump!
So I finally completed this game and wanted to talk about it. First let me say that I started this game many months ago, and this was immediately after finishing ACII so I kind of stopped about a quarter of the way thru due to AC fatigue. I finally picked it back up again a few weeks ago. I liked the game overall but I think I liked ACII better overall. Now it may be because I played this game in fits and starts but the last 1/4 of this game felt very rushed to me. The storytelling in the last quarter of the game kind of fell apart for me in terms of pacing. For example, in one scene you confront Cesare Borgia after acquiring the Apple and Cesare is arrested by some Roman general. Honestly, I didn't even know who this guy was, he seemed to come out of nowhere. In the very next scene, you are talking things over with one of your Assassins comrades where Ezio looks into the Apple and decides that he has to leave and take care of business. We then cut to Ezio in another land Viana (???) or something and he is in the middle of a big war. It is a nightmarish setting .. I actually thought it was a parallel dimension or something. Ezio topples a Seige Tower and finally assassinates Cesare.
The cut from Cesare being arrested to him being on the loose was so abrupt that I thought maybe there was something wrong with the digital file I downloaded from PSN. Was this game missing an entire sequence or something? Is there something in the story that I completely overlooked? How did Cesare escape? What did Ezio see in the Apple that told him of the whereabouts of Cesare? It was honestly one of the most jarring "cuts" from one section to another that I've ever seen in gaming. It lead me to believe that the ending of this game was incredibly rushed. Did anybody else feel the same way?
So I finally completed this game and wanted to talk about it. First let me say that I started this game many months ago, and this was immediately after finishing ACII so I kind of stopped about a quarter of the way thru due to AC fatigue. I finally picked it back up again a few weeks ago. I liked the game overall but I think I liked ACII better overall. Now it may be because I played this game in fits and starts but the last 1/4 of this game felt very rushed to me. The storytelling in the last quarter of the game kind of fell apart for me in terms of pacing. For example, in one scene you confront Cesare Borgia after acquiring the Apple and Cesare is arrested by some Roman general. Honestly, I didn't even know who this guy was, he seemed to come out of nowhere. In the very next scene, you are talking things over with one of your Assassins comrades where Ezio looks into the Apple and decides that he has to leave and take care of business. We then cut to Ezio in another land Viana (???) or something and he is in the middle of a big war. It is a nightmarish setting .. I actually thought it was a parallel dimension or something. Ezio topples a Seige Tower and finally assassinates Cesare.
The cut from Cesare being arrested to him being on the loose was so abrupt that I thought maybe there was something wrong with the digital file I downloaded from PSN. Was this game missing an entire sequence or something? Is there something in the story that I completely overlooked? How did Cesare escape? What did Ezio see in the Apple that told him of the whereabouts of Cesare? It was honestly one of the most jarring "cuts" from one section to another that I've ever seen in gaming. It lead me to believe that the ending of this game was incredibly rushed. Did anybody else feel the same way?