Video: News on the just announced Assassin's Creed 2, plus teaser trailer.
Assassin's Creed was a game that launched to great hype and mixed reviews - it had some stunning gameplay elements, but suffered from some repetitive tasking and a lack of depth. Nonetheless, we still fire it up every now and then, as the sense of speed and movement in the game is unsurpassed. Now, with the announcement that Assassin's Creed 2 will hit shelves sometime toward the end of the year, we're starting to get excited all over again.
Coming in time - hopefully - for Christmas, AC2 invites players to incarnate Ezio, a young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by rival families. The game follows Ezio's quest for vengeanceand offers a greater variety in missions, new gameplay elements, diverse weapons and a an apparently 'profound' character progression.
"Our creative team is working hard to top the experience of Assassin's Creed," said Patrice Desilets, creative director at Ubisoft and all round nice guy (we met him at an event for the first game). "We've made improvements to every aspect of the game. And we've plunged ourselves into the stunning history of the Italian Renaissance so that we can offer fans a unique, varied and innovative Assassin's Creed experience."
It certainly sounds like the team is trying to learn from its mistakes. We still feel the promise of Assassin's Creed far outweighed the flaws, and hopefully the sequel will be a tighter experience in every way.
And here's the teaser trailer:
Okay, not much in the way of gameplay, but we're intrigued nonetheless.
Issue: 133 | February, 2012