Assassin's Creed II

Cash is a new addition to Assassin’s Creed 2 and plays a heavy role in how you play the game. You acquire Florins by pickpocketing people, finding hidden treasure, or simply completing quests. These can then be used to buy new weapons, items, armor, or health vials. Other items can be purchased as a simple makeover to Ezio’s clothing by purchasing new colors for his armor or buying paintings for your villa. The Villa is a small area that is basically your safe haven you can go to whenever you want via fast travel to check on your progress in the game. Investing money in various businesses in y...

It is quite simply the most daring and ambitious Assassin's Creed game yet, and a brave new step for Ubisoft's flagship franchise.

The storyline is intricate, there's depth beyond the main quest, and the action is incredible at times. We've had some stunning games this year, and Ubisoft has given us another to add to the list.

Assassin's Creed II transforms a middling action game into an intriguing and consistently entertaining open-world adventure. Based on this game, Ubisoft Montreal should run a clinic on how to iterate a franchise and if the series continues in this vein, the next installment will take aim at Rockstar's best efforts. The experience is layered, unique, and shows an incredible attention to detail. This is one case where the sequel has triumphed over the original by catching the gameplay up to the already excellent visuals. No matter what your preconceptions are about Assassin's Creed II, the game ...

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Bloodlines offers a few good moments, but it fails to capture the joy of its console brethren.

Assassin’s Creed II is something altogether unique in its uninhibited size and wealth of ambition, few games managing to measure up in terms of depth and detail. The development team at Ubisoft Montreal has gone far beyond what we’d normally anticipate from a sequel too, delivering not only an unreservedly brilliant and compelling follow-up, but one of the finest games we’ve ever played. Boasting a suitably grand soundtrack, majestic aesthetics and masterful level design, Assassin’s C...

Attention! This is a public service announcement. Before reading this review, discard everything that tainted your thoughts previously regarding the Assassin’s Creed franchise, because this is Assassin’s Creed, but not as you know it... this is Assassin’s Creed 2.0. Hey! It was my turn to do that! Everyone else is putting that “point zero” crap on the end of things these days, I just wanted to try it, and unfortunately, it’s not as overpowering or amusing as you’d quite expect. ...