this thread made me start playing ass crud 2. i fucking hated the first one, but that was because it didnt have any actual gameplay. since this one does, and because its the only game i can think of that features italians that arent mobsters, i figured it was time to give it a chance. and hey, its actually a pretty decent game!
if the first game was a $60 tech demo, then this is a "first step" game because it plays like a fun game that hasn't had its small, annoying flaws removed yet. too much talky and walky with not enough action, dumb a.i., climbing and jumping still feels slow and stiff too often, etc. it's miles ahead of the first game, of course, but that doesn't say much. beyond its flaws it plays like we all expected ass 1 to play like - you're a baddass assassin silent killing dagos* left and right as you work your way through the political hierarchy. the cities feel more varied, there's some mediocre loot to collect, and there's some nice prince of persia style hidden areas. fun game that could be a great one if future installments ironed out some of the b.s.
for those of you that have played brotherhood and revalations, how are they in comparison to 2? do they make real improvements and add in new features or did the series plateau once the developers felt like they had done good enough?
also i have to add that the p.c. port is pretty ass. not like unplayable bad, but it looks like a shitty console port and there's no way to tweak it to look nicer! and the default gamepad controls are all janked up, too.
