Assassin's Creed 2 - PC

Let's just say up front, Assassin's Creed 2 is one of the best games I've ever seen, let alone played. The story is immersive, the gameplay is great. The best part though, is the overall feeling of the game. It feels so great to walk the busy streets of Renaissance Italy, and it feels even better to free run across the rooftops. The graphics, atmosphere and animations are amazing, and within these beautifully recreated cities, there's a great game to be played. Now the DRM. I was really frustrated by this at first. I heard it would always be cutting me off, I wouldn't ever be able to connect, and the world would end. However, my time in the game is at least 40 hours now, and I've never had an issue at all, even though my internet isn't even that stable. If you're mostly playing games at home, I wouldn't worry that much honestly. The aspect of the DRM people don't mention is that it allows you to install it an as many PC's as you want, with your saved games synchronized online. What does that mean? It means I can install it on my friends laptop at work, and pick up right where I left off at home. Or at my other friend's home computer. It also means they can make their own profile (you can have 3) and play through the game themselves whenever I'm not playing, all without a disc. I probably sound like a Ubisoft representative, but I was really surprised and pleased with how this system actually worked out. It sounds awful on paper, but it can end up being quite handy. Now, if I regularly played games on my laptop on the train (a believable situation, though if you read the DRM reviews it seems as if the only place anyone EVER plays games is on a train) or some other situation where internet was unavailable, I agree it would be really frustrating. But if you're into gaming enough to boot up your gaming laptop during the commute, you probably have another game that you could pass the time with. It's also probably not the only time you play games, so, trust me, buy Assassin's Creed 2 anyway, because it's one of the best games you'll ever play. That's my take on it. So, more about the game itself. I'm sure you've heard, they really improved the gameplay in the second game. It has big, open cities like the first one, but this time the story and side missions have a lot more variety. There's just a lot more stuff to do, races, side assassination contracts, factions, etc. Though at first glance it seems the same, the fighting in this game has a had a major overhaul from the first. You can fight with your hidden blade(s!) use a ton of different weapons, quick-step around enemies, and of course, disarm and dispatch them; the finishing moves always look sweet. If you're willing to not just smash the attack button, they give you everything you need to create interesting and epic battles. The assassinations themselves are a lot more interesting, Ezio's skills let you come at them from a lot of different ways. From the air, from a hiding place, from below, with a gun, two at a time, it all makes it more fun. So, it's a FANTASTIC game, with an unusual DRM scheme that you can actually find a lot of good in--if you're that kind of person.

Assassin's Creed was for me a mixture of a perfect game and a lackluster game, offering equal parts of both. The world, graphics and basic gameplay were all solid and you really felt like you were in the dark ages, during the crusades, adventuring in the middle east. Unfortunately the game was also repetitive, offered no real mission variety or progression and also lacked some subtle nuances which make games fun to play for longr periods. Assassin's Creed 2 changes ALL of that, thankfully. The world is just as wonderful to look at and interesting to traverse, but now what you do in the world is also entertaining. The missions shake things up, there are more of them and the story really carries you through it all. No more rigid structure, instead there is a greater open world feeling like in a Grand Theft Auto game. Collecting items for your base and improving it through investment is also rewarding and adds to the gameplay, no more mindless searching for flags in AC2, now you search for improvements to your character and your surroundings. It's hard not to recommend AC2 to a fan of the original, it has everything you liked about that game plus a ton of improvements and additions. If you disliked the original game entirely, well, the basic fundemental gameplay is identical, so you should probably steer clear. The important thing to remember is the gameplay is the same, it's what you do with the game that is bigger and better. Note: A lot of the reviews on amazon right now are focused on the DRM (digital rights management) system the game uses, called Uplay. Uplay basically makes AC2 play like an MMO on PC, but without other players in the game. A server connection is required and your saves are on a server, so you can log in and play where you left off from any PC. There are also unlocks and new content delivered through Uplay like an MMO content patch. A lot of consumers have issues with this because of the constant internet connection requirement, which I understand, but as a person with constant internet I can say the DRM has no real impact on gameplay if you have a similar setup. The game logs in in less than 5 seconds and during gameplay you never notice it. I am not rating the DRM, only the game, which is a stellar achievement in game design and a must play for those who can.

good

Overall this is a great game worth every penny, graphics are stunning and gameplay is awesome, some camera angles tend to make the game harder but not enough of those to make this epic game a bad game. 5 *

Pour une raison inconnue, il est impossible de compléter l'installation du jeux. L'installation essaie d'accéder un site de ubisoft qui n'existe plus. ☹️

Great game!

This game is excellent.It's a good upgrade from the first Assassin's creed. The only bad side is that a certain moment, the game freeze for 1-2seconds and come back.Even whith a powerfull computer (Core i7 950, 1gb Asus HD6870 and 12gb RAM), this game lag.I've seen that it is because the game doesn't have a good management of the multiple CPU, so you got to have a good overclocked machine to run the game perfectly.