Assassin's Creed 2

[-Sho-]

New Assassin's Creed Project Teased :

"The Assassin's Creed series could be shifting to ancient Egypt.

The website for UbiWorkshop posted an image of what appears to be a new Assassin's Creed project, which was drawn by polish artist Grzegorz Domaradzki. It's unclear if this is for a new game or an upcoming comic book, however.

"Oh, and before you ask, this has nothing to do with Assassin's Creed Brotherhood," UbiWorkshop said on its twitter account.

UbiWorkshop also teased an additional project by comic artists Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl. Stewart noted on his blog that he and Kerschl are working on a new comic series "based on an immensely popular property." The new comic is said to debut at this year's San Diego Comic Con. "

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I wouldn't mind if it were in Egypt imo . (A Prince of Persia-like )

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by -Sho-

New Assassin's Creed Project Teased :

"The Assassin's Creed series could be shifting to ancient Egypt.

The website for UbiWorkshop posted an image of what appears to be a new Assassin's Creed project, which was drawn by polish artist Grzegorz Domaradzki. It's unclear if this is for a new game or an upcoming comic book, however.

"Oh, and before you ask, this has nothing to do with Assassin's Creed Brotherhood," UbiWorkshop said on its twitter account.

UbiWorkshop also teased an additional project by comic artists Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl. Stewart noted on his blog that he and Kerschl are working on a new comic series "based on an immensely popular property." The new comic is said to debut at this year's San Diego Comic Con. "

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I wouldn't mind if it were in Egypt imo . (A Prince of Persia-like )

If it's gonna be set in ancient Egypt, the story will probably be set at a time long before the original Assassin's Creed, and it would make sense if the assassins moved over to the promised land in later years.

[-Sho-]

Hell Yeah A trailer for Brotherhood :

So amazing that i have shed some tears

First as usual awesome movie trailer . Rome as the city , beautiful .
They introduced the Coop/Multiplayer . Wait Gameplay now to see how they'll do .

Arg , well "1503" , Rodrigo Borgia will die so we can say that Ezio and cie killed them at the end .

Also Bowman ? no Rifleman on the roof

Edit : Didn't seen that there is one assassin with a bow ^^

[Cyz]

Originally Posted by -Sho-

Hell Yeah A trailer for Brotherhood :

So amazing that i have shed some tears

First as usual awesome movie trailer . Rome as the city , beautiful .
They introduced the Coop/Multiplayer . Wait Gameplay now to see how they'll do .

The guy who stay in the car is Cesar Borgia i guess as Rodrigo is dead in 1503 .

Bowman ? no Rifleman on the roof

Something good to look forward too. I have this one in reserved already (yeah, it's still a while but what the heck).

[-Sho-]

More Info There with an interview with some multi gameplay .
In Ubi's conf they show us the single player . Awesome stuffs , specially the canon and the new attack = Throw an axe on Guard

"As you've probably already heard by now, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a direct sequel to Assassin's Creed II. You're still Ezio (when playing by yourself, not in multiplayer), but you're now 40 years old. You're still leaping and bounding your way through Italy, but this time you'll be contained to the hallowed city of Rome. In other words, the single-player in this installation will likely feel very similar to what was already seen in part two. "

"40 years old" , ohoh ^^ No children yet , maybe yes cuz at the beginning they show us Ezio with a woman in the bed


Anyway , the multi seems ok .

"See, Brotherhood's multiplayer is based on the idea of being an assassin. I mean being a real assassin, not just running around killing people. In the world of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, that means blending into crowds and behaving like a commoner, only to pop out and plunge your hidden blade into the side of one of your targets or a rival assassin, then stealthily blend back into the legion of pedestrians. "

So we have to be careful ^^

"The number of abilities available to you is determined by your level, which is built up by earning experience points and will cap out once you reach level 50. Everything from modes, new character models and maps will be unlocked through the use of XP"

Level 50 huh . Fast XP ?

Anyway , good article , the multi is interesting . Can't wait for November 16th .


Edit : Gameplay Video (+ trailer)

So now that Rodrigo is dead , the new bad guy is Cesar Borgia , his son .

Edit 2 : Multi :

PS3 users will get bonus missions + the beta (only on PS3)

[Renegade334]

Originally Posted by -Sho-

So now that Rodrigo is dead , the new bad guy is Cesar Borgia , his son .

Uhm...wait, what?

Spoiler:

Ezio spared Rodrigo Borgio at the end of AC2 after acknowledging the fact that killing the Pope would not give him his family back. In the new announcement trailer, you can even see him inside the carriage and looking out to see what's the holdup. R. Borgia also died of natural causes - though quite painfully and in utter disgrace, as the Church nearly denied him a funeral mass and all but declared him a 'damned' soul. Of course, since History is written by winners and others just as influential, it is still possible for Rodrigo to get recquiescat in pace'd and have his death passed off as a natural one for appearances' sakes. Who knows, maybe he'll be offed so as to avenge Mario's death? AC2 covered a period of more than ten years, so I doubt everything will just end in 1503.

Since AC:B takes place further in the future, it's possible they wanted a younger antagonist to square off with Ezio. Cesare Borgia was the perfect candidate, knowing how violent he was (can't recall the number of people - enemies and kin alike - whose death he ordered during his own reign).

Though there is one interesting thing to take note of...

Spoiler:

It's that the announcement trailer takes place in 1503...incidentally the year R. Borgia died...and on the other hand...I wonder if the woman in Ezio's bed during the Monteriggioni onslaught wasn't Caterina Sforza.

[-Sho-]

Hmmm i said he's dead cuz the trailer take place in 1503 so who know maybe Ezio killed him or will kill him later on . But Cesar is definitely a new bad guy .


Multiplayer presentation :

"This spetacular move" indeed

Wow , the multiplayer looks great !

[-Sho-]

More functionalities :

Look awesome . Assassin's trainees

[Kyero Fox]

holy crap, their making the game more ninja like

[TrueElements]

I mean as the games been evolving, its been losing that oh so important stealth element and just gives you the option to kill people head on, in the

AC1:you were always on the hide blending in with crowds avoiding the eyes of guards.. Just walking to fast could get you into trouble. You had to think of the right way to kill someone without being caught or you would just fail the mission.

AC2: you could literally walk to a guards face in a ground of people kill him, walk away and no one really cared. You eventually get a loud *** wrist gun which has 0 stealth too it since shooting it alerts everyone in a 5 mile radius. Even if you do not assassinate them properly you can just stab them. Every now and then you did a lame easy chase or grabbed someone off a building or boat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJW4u-kk_nY

AC Brotherhood: This guy literary just kills a guard off his horse in the middle of a town, rides by another guard kills him, then kills a group of people and simply goes on his way. I mean yeah in the game the guards are more tyrantish and oppressing the city. Not to mention the whole, assassin minion thing where you call them to do your work or send them on missions to get Exp and level up like some cheap RPG.


tl;dr the games losing with made it so fun. For sake of cheap action and simpler gameplay

Besides the horrible M. night shyamalan type endings, its turned into a fast pace sword game.. Just had to get this off my chest

[roriconfan]

Yeah I noticed those things myself. Don't forget the invisible walls that prevent you from leaving an area because the mission demands you don't or you siting on a bench and the guards don't recognize you anymore.

But hey, there is always Metal Gear or Tenchu Stelth Assassins.

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by TrueElements

AC2: you could literally walk to a guards face in a ground of people kill him, walk away and no one really cared. You eventually get a loud *** wrist gun which has 0 stealth too it since shooting it alerts everyone in a 5 mile radius. Even if you do not assassinate them properly you can just stab them. Every now and then you did a lame easy chase or grabbed someone off a building or boat.

If you kill a guard in the middle of the street, it'll alert every other guard around him. It's quite rare for a guard to be walking alone. Those that do tend to be up on rooftops so nobody caring if you kill them makes sense considering there's no one around. The only other times they're alone is if you're doing one of De Medici's assassination contracts and you're having to kill off a guard that you're targeting and he's in the middle of the street. Speaking of assassin contracts, there are quite a few missions where you have to kill your target without being seen. If you're spotted, you have to start over from the beginning. So stealth is quite important in those missions. Also, if you kill a guard out in the open street, all the civilians will start running away from you. So contrary to what you said, you can't just kill a guard in the middle of the street, and people would care if you did. Don't forget the notoriety system in AC2. If your notoriety reaches its max, guards will immediately get suspicious of you the moment they see you, even if you don't do anything. So it's important to stay out of sight until you can tear down posters, bribe the heralds or kill the snitches.

As for the gun, I agree. It is loud as hell and not very stealthy, but you also have to consider that we're in the 15th century here. Guns hardly even existed in those days in the first place as they were rare and extremely hard to come by, and silenced pistols came much later than that even. But, that said, I also agree that it doesn't make sense that Ezio could carry one around affixed to his gauntlet. Nevermind stealth, it's amazing how he can climb so fast with all that equipment on his arm.

Originally Posted by TrueElements

tl;dr the games losing with made it so fun. For sake of cheap action and simpler gameplay

Besides the horrible M. night shyamalan type endings, its turned into a fast pace sword game.. Just had to get this off my chest

I guess this is partly true. There is still an element of stealth but it's not as strong as it was in the first game as well as other games. Which is why I still believe that the best stealth game out there, or at least among the best ones, are the Metal Gear Solid games. Stealth defines those games and it's a lot more accurate to boot in terms of combat and movement.

[Keroko]

Frankly, I always found the stealth element in the first game to be vastly overrated as well. Running too fast gets the guard on your tail? wait what? Why would guard care about someone running? People run all the time. Yes, you can make the argument that guards would get jumpy if they see an assassin running, but then guards should get jumpy if they see an assassin to begin with.

I never really bought the whole hiding in plain sight shtick. Not when you're dressed like an assassin wearing the entire symbol of your known assassin order in bright colors. Even the Tenchu series did it better than that: You were dressed like a ninja, so the moment you were spotted people attacked you for being dressed like a ninja.

[Kafriel]

Which is why I still believe that the best stealth game out there, or at least among the best ones, are the Metal Gear Solid games. Stealth defines those games and it's a lot more accurate to boot in terms of combat and movement.

I'd personally go for Tenchu as the best stealth game, since in Metal Gear (particularly the later ones) you can just kick the door and rain down bullets and grenades while chomping on that ration.
Still, YkT has pointed out pretty much all the importance of stealth in AC.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Yoko Takeo

If it's gonna be set in ancient Egypt, the story will probably be set at a time long before the original Assassin's Creed, and it would make sense if the assassins moved over to the promised land in later years.

Shifting it into Israel is a bad idea though...it would give Fox News something to talk about.

[Tsuyoshi]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Shifting it into Israel is a bad idea though...it would give Fox News something to talk about.

Altair's story is set in the Holy Land after all, moving between places like Jerusalem, Acre and Damascus. Moving there from Egypt makes sense, what with everything that happened with Moses and the slaves moving to the Holy Land.

[Kyero Fox]

more like blending in with crowds and avoiding them if caught.

Originally Posted by Keroko

Frankly, I always found the stealth element in the first game to be vastly overrated as well. Running too fast gets the guard on your tail? wait what? Why would guard care about someone running? People run all the time. Yes, you can make the argument that guards would get jumpy if they see an assassin running, but then guards should get jumpy if they see an assassin to begin with.

I never really bought the whole hiding in plain sight shtick. Not when you're dressed like an assassin wearing the entire symbol of your known assassin order in bright colors. Even the Tenchu series did it better than that: You were dressed like a ninja, so the moment you were spotted people attacked you for being dressed like a ninja.

This isn't japan tho and in Tenchu you don't fuckin try to stealth in pure daylight in cities. if I saw someone running while everyone else was walking normaly. I'd assume he's either running from trouble or he is the trouble. I would most definaly take a closer look.

I played Tenchu and imo, their stealth system is easy, Can people in japan look up?

[synaesthetic]

I've said it many times.

Thief is the only series that has done stealth right.

Not to mention being awesome games in their own right, stealth notwithstanding.

[Kyero Fox]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

I've said it many times.

Thief is the only series that has done stealth right.

Not to mention being awesome games in their own right, stealth notwithstanding.

/nods Thief is definaly one of the best.

[-Sho-]

I like the Stealth system too