Assassin's Creed II

I have played through almost all of the games in this series and none have matched up to this game. This is the perfect Assassin's Creed game and has aged quite well.

Assassin's Creed II is a story of a young, charismatic, flamboyant kid without a care in the world...who's family has been framed of treason & sentenced to death. He's forced to grow up overnight, quite literally. He flees the city, hoping to escape the poor hand life has suddenly dealt him. This same kid gets thrown into a never-ending battle between two factions. The Assassins & The Templars.

The Templars fight to control the masses & create a "New World". In order to so, they search every corner of the Earth to find "artifacts" from ancient civilizations, which have capabilities of enlightening those who use them, but can also bend the minds of the people.

The Assassins fight for Free Will, they fight for full freedom. They seek to prevent The Templars from synthesizing the minds of civilization.

That kid finds out his father has been keeping many secrets from him, including his career as an Assassin. The kid still insists on wanting to run away from all of this. He laughs at this crazy talk of "Assassins", "Templars", "mind control" & "new worlds".... Until he avenges his family's honor, killing his first targets.... And get this, they just so happened to be Templars.

He realizes his father's work is deeper than he thought. This was a conspiracy unraveled before his eyes. This kid who had no goals, no passions, has finally found purpose. He sets on a path to finish his father's work, all of it. As the story progresses, this kid grows into a man, a poet of the kill... Traveling through Florence, Tuscany, Romagna, Venice & Rome, to assassinate those who seek to oppress & corrupt the minds of the free... All in the midst of the Italian Renaissance.

His name is Ezio Auditore da Firenze, and he...is an Assassin.

Assassin's Creed II delivers everything a gamer could possibly want; to kill ruthlessly, or to silently kill and walk away. Many new additions have been added to the game, although players hooked to the first game will have to get the hang of how weapons are selected and how to buy them and such. The new setup is quite different from the first Assassin's Creed, due to now there be actual missions rather than the basic storyline of having to kill some bad people. But Assassin's creed delivers great graphics, more gore, more counter-attacks, and now one of the greatest inventions in gaming history, to use your opponent's weapon against them, and delivering the same great feel. Plenty of unlockables means it's time to unsheathe your sword and get ready, you're in for a real show stopper.

Honestly no words for this great game! The best game in the AC series.

I've been saying to everybody, if you didn't play Assassin's Creed (AC) 1 yet, play it before you play Assassin's Creed 2. Although, there is not much link between the two parts, AC2 is much more advanced than AC1. When I first played AC1, I loved it, but I had few comments (which everyone did), but now in AC2, all these comments were taken care of, making this game the best game in 2009.

They have taken care of many comments, which many players had including me. They have dealt with the repetition in AC1, there is limited repetition, where the story is much smoother and different. They have dealt with the fact that a great assassin jumping from building to building could not swim, now the assassin can swim wherever he desires. The graphics have been enhanced. There are more weapons to use and not limited to the sword, assassination blade and throwing knives.

I would say that Ubisoft should be very proud for being able to create such a great game. We will definitely be waiting for Assassin's Creed 3.