Author Topic: Assassin's Creed 2 (Read 25933 times)

brawndolicious · « **Reply #60 on:** November 20, 2009, 06:40:39 PM »

gamecrazy has a trade-in deal for mvp's that'll probably make blow my money. It's kind of annoying that this was released just a couple weeks the shopping season.

demi · « **Reply #61 on:** November 20, 2009, 06:50:10 PM »

Why would you buy stuff for other people?

iconoclast · « **Reply #62 on:** November 20, 2009, 07:03:41 PM »

What did you think of the first AC demi? I see a lot of people who thought the first game sucked saying AC2 is great. Maybe I'll pick it up after I get a new 360.

demi · « **Reply #63 on:** November 20, 2009, 07:06:51 PM »

Boring, repetitive, yawn, flags

MCD · « **Reply #64 on:** November 20, 2009, 09:59:55 PM »

the ending

brawndolicious · « **Reply #65 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:23:24 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 20, 2009, 06:50:10 PM

Why would you buy stuff for other people?

no I'm saying that this game is probably going to be $40 by the end of the year but I don't have the patience to wait. it's annoying how all triple a games come out at the same time making you want to do a bunch of impulse buys.

cool breeze · « **Reply #66 on:** November 21, 2009, 01:49:34 AM »

If this game didn't have so many visual problems (tearing, frame rate, pop in), I would say it looks better than Uncharted

chronovore · « **Reply #67 on:** November 21, 2009, 07:09:39 AM »

I played a lot of the first game, completed the DNA chains, but could not muster the energy for the flags. AC1 singlehandedly broke my will to do collection Achievements. Anymore, unless they're marked on a map like in BULLY or there is an online map of superlative quality, I am so, so done with that kind of crap.

Also could not stand the "therapy" sessions even though I'm fond of that Veronica Mars actress. Talking was fine, but mashing B Button to continue getting chatty during each possible break... and still not getting the completed-every-conversation Achievement was also crappy. But worst of all is the debilitation of the character. You can't strike the doctors - whatever - if I'm locked up against my will, I may want to act out a little. But you can't run or jump or climb, either. You can only walk, and you can't even push past the doctor when he's hanging out in your room. It isn't a "contrast" between playing Altaire vs. the prisoner, it's just broken feeling.

And then the whole "use your Eagle Vision in the clinic" ending was just unintuitive and crappy, too.

Hopefully they work all that out.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #68 on:** November 21, 2009, 12:53:03 PM »

warning AC2 game spoilers ahead, ignore if you dont want to be spoiled.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18579026&postcount=1

:gerstmann

wtf

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #69 on:** November 21, 2009, 01:25:08 PM »

Quote from: Purple Filth on November 21, 2009, 12:53:03 PM

warning AC2 game spoilers ahead, ignore if you dont want to be spoiled.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18579026&postcount=1

:gerstmann

wtf

as I said in the other thread, probably the most distinguished mentally-challenged game story of all time. Is this all true?

gameplay wise, this is sounding way better than the first one. May pick it up later on.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #70 on:** November 21, 2009, 02:25:37 PM »

I haven't been following AC2 at all and I still don't have a fucking clue what they've done differently this time around but I just placed and order for it along with Borderlands.

cool breeze · « **Reply #71 on:** November 22, 2009, 12:04:22 AM »

this game

cool breeze · « **Reply #72 on:** November 22, 2009, 12:32:14 AM »

and smh PoP (last year). The six linear platforming levels in AC2 annihilate that entire game.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #73 on:** November 22, 2009, 11:13:26 AM »

Its sounding like they learned a lot from their previous mistake.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #74 on:** November 22, 2009, 11:57:33 AM »

hope this is on sale on amazon black friday

demi · « **Reply #75 on:** November 22, 2009, 05:37:11 PM »

Everything in that thread is 100% true. Which is why it's awesome. It's so LOST

cool breeze · « **Reply #76 on:** November 24, 2009, 01:07:25 AM »

1000/1000

third game that I did this with (after Infamous and Banjo Nuts and Bolts)

Bildi · « **Reply #77 on:** November 24, 2009, 01:29:23 AM »

Can't wait to play this over Christmas holidays.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #78 on:** November 24, 2009, 02:46:12 AM »

if this isn't on sale on amazon on black friday or cyber monday...i'll just order it anyway. sounds like the game the first one should've been.

chronovore · « **Reply #79 on:** November 24, 2009, 04:29:51 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on November 24, 2009, 01:07:25 AM

1000/1000

third game that I did this with (after Infamous and Banjo Nuts and Bolts)

How hard was it to 1000/1000 Banjo?

brawndolicious · « **Reply #80 on:** November 24, 2009, 06:45:14 AM »

"I don't mean vaginas."

best line ever.

maxy · « **Reply #81 on:** November 26, 2009, 04:19:08 PM »

For the undecided...

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

AC2

cool breeze · « **Reply #82 on:** November 26, 2009, 04:35:13 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on November 24, 2009, 04:29:51 AM

Quote from: swaggaz on November 24, 2009, 01:07:25 AM
1000/1000

third game that I did this with (after Infamous and Banjo Nuts and Bolts)

How hard was it to 1000/1000 Banjo?

It has multiplayer achievements, and some can be done using two controllers local multi (like marathon where you have to leave your 360 on for hours...seriously). Single player stuff isn't hard assuming you have the tendency to collect everything in platformers like I do. It's the hardest of the three I listed, and took the longest. Like, the only reason I went through the trouble to see if I could have enough patience to get 1000/1000 in a game. If I had AC2 1000/1000 before it, I probably wouldn't have bothered because the multi achievements are annoying. Though, one of them is playing with a dev or playing with someone who played with a dev, and if you can't find someone, I could help out there.

Quote from: am nintenho on November 24, 2009, 06:45:14 AM

"I don't mean vaginas."

best line ever.

Ezio

Bildi · « **Reply #83 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:41:37 PM »

A cool time-lapse of 10 days in the game across different cities.

http://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry/

duckman2000 · « **Reply #84 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:45:57 PM »

Beautiful

Bildi · « **Reply #85 on:** November 26, 2009, 09:47:58 PM »

It's funny to see some people sit or stand in the same place all day long. What a bunch of losers!

Can't wait to crack this game open over Christmas. My copy just arrived in the mail.

Akala · « **Reply #86 on:** November 26, 2009, 10:37:14 PM »

game is pretty awesome.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #87 on:** November 27, 2009, 08:58:17 AM »

I just started playing this yesterday and it seems pretty good so far even though I really prefer the setting in the first game over this but there's one thing that's kind of bugging me - all the cross eyed characters. I haven't been following AC2 so I don't know if other people have been bitching about it but god damn it's distracting.

chronovore · « **Reply #88 on:** November 27, 2009, 09:44:30 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on November 26, 2009, 04:35:13 PM

Quote from: chronovore on November 24, 2009, 04:29:51 AM
How hard was it to 1000/1000 Banjo?

It has multiplayer achievements, and some can be done using two controllers local multi (like marathon where you have to leave your 360 on for hours...seriously). Single player stuff isn't hard assuming you have the tendency to collect everything in platformers like I do. It's the hardest of the three I listed, and took the longest. Like, the only reason I went through the trouble to see if I could have enough patience to get 1000/1000 in a game. If I had AC2 1000/1000 before it, I probably wouldn't have bothered because the multi achievements are annoying. Though, one of them is playing with a dev or playing with someone who played with a dev, and if you can't find someone, I could help out there.

Neat-o. I've got Banjo N&B but was not sure when to fire it up. I -loved- the demo, but have been postponing booting the disc because I think it'll take a LONG time to finish, and would be a hard game to go back to if I don't do it in a single run.

OTOH, as good as AC2 sounds, I'm not buying it until next year. The backlog, it towers above me.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #89 on:** November 27, 2009, 12:30:38 PM »

So how is the stuff outside the cities? I read that they had integrated some of the Dunia tech, does it show (weather effects, foliage)?

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #90 on:** November 27, 2009, 01:08:24 PM »

"It's-a me! Mario!"

The Sceneman · « **Reply #91 on:** November 27, 2009, 06:08:46 PM »

this game is pure fucking sex and I don't even have any weapons yet! I also like how I got 3 achievements for not doing anything! Is this game easy enough to 1000? I'm guessing the collectibles are a pain in the ass

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #92 on:** November 27, 2009, 07:01:59 PM »

I want this game. Go on sale dammit!!

cool breeze · « **Reply #93 on:** November 27, 2009, 07:12:49 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on November 27, 2009, 06:08:46 PM

this game is pure fucking sex and I don't even have any weapons yet! I also like how I got 3 achievements for not doing anything! Is this game easy enough to 1000? I'm guessing the collectibles are a pain in the ass

Only real collectibles are the feathers, and they're super easy to get with a guide (even without a guide they're easy to find). First, the glowing eagle eye vision highlights them for you. Then the game tells you how many feathers you need in total, by city and by district. So, while it says 100/100, it breaks it down by saying 32/32 in Florence, 6/6 in so-and-so district in Florence.

There are a ton of side missions and treasure chests to collect, but they're not required for completion.

demi · « **Reply #94 on:** November 28, 2009, 12:12:27 AM »

the adventures of ezio da firenze da pussy assassin BYAH

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #95 on:** November 28, 2009, 08:26:31 AM »

I was doing the second assassin tomb last night (the one in the chapel) and I had a little touch of vertigo in the process. I don't know when the last time a game did that to me but there was something about climbing on those beams that made my palms sweat, and that's pretty damn awesome.

And I love upgrading the villa, I just wish there was more of it. It would've been cool if they implimented a Suikoden style recruitment process along with the building upgrades. Maybe they'll give it to us in AC3.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #96 on:** November 28, 2009, 06:30:08 PM »

Man, Venice is purty.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #97 on:** November 29, 2009, 04:59:40 AM »

The game is incredible

An even better sequel than Uncharted 2.

GilloD · « **Reply #98 on:** November 29, 2009, 06:12:53 AM »

I'd like to buy this but it's NOT ON STEAM. Maybe in January I;ll try and steal it or something. Or maybe they can give me a way to buy it.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #99 on:** November 29, 2009, 04:18:40 PM »

I finally got the armor of Altair and now I don't like it a bit. I was thinking that it would look like the outfit from the first AC, instead it looks like a freaking clown suit. $:-\$

Oh well, at least the tombs were fun to go through.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #100 on:** November 29, 2009, 06:22:28 PM »

Quote from: GilloD on November 29, 2009, 06:12:53 AM

I'd like to buy this but it's NOT ON STEAM. Maybe in January I;ll try and steal it or something. Or maybe they can give me a way to buy it.

I'm double dipping on this one once it hits PC. For as nice as it looks on 360, I really want to play it without the ridiculous tearing.

demi · « **Reply #101 on:** November 29, 2009, 06:34:48 PM »

A little past when you first get the assassin suit

cool breeze · « **Reply #102 on:** November 29, 2009, 06:34:55 PM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 29, 2009, 04:18:40 PM

I finally got the armor of Altair and now I don't like it a bit. I was thinking that it would look like the outfit from the first AC, instead it looks like a freaking clown suit. $:-\$

Oh well, at least the tombs were fun to go through.

The big benefit is that you never need to repair armor again. And if you want to look like Altair for AC1, you can use that uplay system to get that. Just finishing the game gets you enough to unlock almost everything for free.

demi · « **Reply #103 on:** November 29, 2009, 06:57:13 PM »

A lot of people get confused on how it works. Altair was already in the assassin group, he was at Master rank from the start.

Ezio is just some poor boy thrust into a world of deceit and lies and throat slitting, who happens to be related to said Master Assassin. He's completely clueless. But through the game he begins to understand and learn the ways of the neck cutter. Story baby, story.

Also you get lots of pussy. Catalina is only the start.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #104 on:** November 30, 2009, 12:40:34 AM »

Well just finished. That ending was...uh, wow. That was some MGS calibur WTF shit. I really enjoyed the game overall but now I think I need someone to explain to me what exactly the fuck is going on.

demi · « **Reply #105 on:** November 30, 2009, 12:50:08 AM »

Awesome ending, so stoked for AC3.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #106 on:** November 30, 2009, 12:58:01 AM »

It'll definitely be interesting to see which direction they'll go with AC3. I really don't know if it's going to be more Desmond oriented in the present day, another assassin from history, or maybe some future/past setting The Truth was hinting at.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #107 on:** November 30, 2009, 07:39:38 AM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 30, 2009, 12:58:01 AM

It'll definitely be interesting to see which direction they'll go with AC3. I really don't know if it's going to be more Desmond oriented in the present day, another assassin from history, or maybe some future/past setting The Truth was hinting at.

Nazi Assassins Creed I hope

cool breeze · « **Reply #108 on:** November 30, 2009, 08:38:44 AM »

Nazi AC is what I hope The Saboteur is

chronovore · « **Reply #109 on:** November 30, 2009, 10:21:51 AM »

Velvet Assassin's Creed 3.

Akala · « **Reply #110 on:** November 30, 2009, 10:45:15 AM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 29, 2009, 04:18:40 PM

I finally got the armor of Altair and now I don't like it a bit. I was thinking that it would look like the outfit from the first AC, instead it looks like a freaking clown suit. $:-\$

Oh well, at least the tombs were fun to go through.

I didn't like the white either. go to the tailor and change the color to a better one.

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #111 on:** November 30, 2009, 11:11:43 AM »

You can't change the color of Altair's armor though. The dyes...they do nothing. [/Rainier Wolfcastle] You're basically stuck looking like a jester if you put that suit on.

Anyone look out the windows during the section when you're controlling Desmond out of the Animus? It looked like Florence. I don't know if that was supposed to be a clue about something or not, but I thought it was interesting since I thought you were still in some modern city, but maybe not.

Akala · « **Reply #112 on:** November 30, 2009, 11:21:46 AM »

ah. I just got the suit, haven't really had time to play, thought that's what you were talking about.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #113 on:** November 30, 2009, 04:28:47 PM »

Can you get a proper charcoal black outfit in this game? Getting a bit tired of the shiny buckle and fancy sash look.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #114 on:** November 30, 2009, 04:29:07 PM »

The truth...

Loved the game.

demi · « **Reply #115 on:** November 30, 2009, 04:41:18 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on November 30, 2009, 04:28:47 PM

Can you get a proper charcoal black outfit in this game? Getting a bit tired of the shiny buckle and fancy sash look.

You can dye it black yes

demi · « **Reply #116 on:** November 30, 2009, 04:42:08 PM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 30, 2009, 11:11:43 AM

You can't change the color of Altair's armor though. The dyes...they do nothing. [/Rainier Wolfcastle] You're basically stuck looking like a jester if you put that suit on.

You can take off Altair's Armor, and it was black for me. Did you have it a different color?

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #117 on:** November 30, 2009, 06:32:31 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 30, 2009, 04:42:08 PM

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 30, 2009, 11:11:43 AM
You can't change the color of Altair's armor though. The dyes...they do nothing. [/Rainier Wolfcastle] You're basically stuck looking like a jester if you put that suit on.

You can take off Altair's Armor, and it was black for me. Did you have it a different color?

Well you can take it off and the color of the default outfit will be the color you last dyed it, so if it's black it's because you dyed it that, but you can't change the color of the Altair set. And I don't necessarily have a problem with the color of Altair's Armor (nothing wrong with black!) it's just the white stripes on the sleaves. I know I'm sounding like your average gaf-tard fashionista about this but imo it just looks ridiculous. All white or all black is much more bad ass.

MCD · « **Reply #118 on:** November 30, 2009, 08:29:29 PM »

that's better than having 4 damn hard freezes at the loading screen.

thankfully game auto saves.

demi · « **Reply #119 on:** November 30, 2009, 08:44:09 PM »

Not a single bug or lockup here. Nice FUD though thanks

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