A new Assassin’s Creed 2 trailer, once it gets past its, “Look, a bit like The Da Vinci Code which is a book and film you know!” tedium, shows off some of the melee combat in the game. Which looks mighty meaty. Of course, mighty meaty melee combat is going to be all rather put in the shade as a result of Batman. It’s going to be interesting to see if the Dark Broody Knight’s amazingly visceral fisticuffs will have the same effect on action games as the Persian Prince’s introduction of reversing time: make everything else feel like it’s missing something important.
It certainly looks good. Things appear more involved than the original, with slightly more intricate use of the scenery, and coo, look, a Da Vinci-style flying machine. And while the music couldn’t seem more at odds with everything on screen if it were two old men blowing into either end of a hosepipe while a third slaps seaweed against an upturned bucket, I found it a rather pleasing accompaniment.
The game is due to appear toward the end of November.
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Nothing has yet surpassed River City Ransom in the area of combat. NOTHING.
Though that could just be the nostalgia talking.
I quite enjoyed Assassin’s Creed. While repetitive, I just loved the fact that I could run around entire cities stabbing people at will. Jumping, climbing, it was all great fun.
The missions were a bit of a letdown, including the assassination ones, often.
I do hope they properly port this to the PC, this time around. Meaning we don’t have to resort to alt-f4 to get out, there’s a proper save system, and the game is optimized properly. Oh, and support full-screen resolutions. This was the game that forced 4:3ers to run in letterbox, was it not?
Sweet jesus they used Justice!
Sold.
Forgive my negativity, but I thought Assassin’s Creed was an awful, awful game. One of those titles that is visually extraordinary and has high production values, but when you think “what am I actually doing while playing this game?” the answer is – “not much.” I can’t think of a more un-interactive game in recent memory. Bought it for $10 on steam and uninstalled it after about 3 hours.
The actual music in the game has been done by Jesper Kyd again (same guy who used the Budapest Symphony Orchestra for Hitman 2): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesper_Kyd
My claim to fame: I’ve spoken to the guy who does the voice for one AC2’s minor characters.
Yeah, I know, you’re impressed.
i want the next assassins creed game to be about you playing jack the ripper as he murders “innocent” women who are actually part of a 2000+- year old conspiracy to ide the presence of the illuminati in the british royality THE QUEEN IS A REPTOID TONY BLAIR IS A REPTOID GORDON RAMSEY IS A PRIEST IN SERVICE OF THE DEVIL “HELL’S KITCHEN?” NO COINCIDENCE DICK CHENEY IS A WARLOCK AND A LICH AND THE DEVIL FROM THE BIBLE AND THE DEVIL FROM COW AND CHICKEN AND ZOMBIE GOAST LEFT THE VEIL SHEEPLE
As someone who has never played the game, is Assassins Creed #1 worth getting, or would it be worth just waiting for AC#2 to come down in price?
@kirrus
Get the first one. It’s entertaining in its own right, quite cheap right now, and the second one will follow on from the plot of the first in some form.
Thanks Vinraith, I will. Now I just have to wait until I get home and back to my gaming PC :)