Ubisoft

Society as a whole has gone through a lot of ups and downs. One of the most covered of these downfalls is the dark ages. However, the first city to usher the world out of the Dark Ages, and into the Renaissance is Venice. In the spiritual successor to the Assassin’s Creed, you follow the most exalted parts of the world, but where corruption lies seeded in which order must be overruled once again. The question is how does the play react and see to their judgment of cured and brimming part of this era in human history.

The gameplay is fleshed out, or at least compared to the previous title, with the involvement of the hidden cannon which allows for long-distance assassinations while possibly sacrificing your placement and the addition of heavy weapons. Which include swords ranging from the Serbian regions of Europe to the Syrian desserts of the Middle East. As well as the inclusion of heavy hammers to even halberds. Which brings more variety to hand-to-hand combat. There is also an implementation of different gadgets to bring a quality of life to both stealth and hand-to-hand combat.  Parkour is improved, not to the best standards but better than depletion or stagnation. This includes augmenting more controllable free running and more accessible hook points. User of the r/Assassain’sCreed forum, Cameron A. speaks in acrimony that the sequel does not hold up as well in the combat.

“Everything is extremely clunky, counter button only does anything when it feels like it, and most of the enemies except the beret-wearing grunts you can’t use counter or grab on and the fat knights can’t even be dodged.”  They continue this by stating. “You have to mash each button for anything to happen.”

The visuals have taken such a great step, with the architecture and lighting, with each sequence (level) having its scale and Italian aesthetic. Going from annual celebrations with lamps and music of the night to the slums which may not have recovered fully from the black death. Even though it doesn’t cover as much land as the first game, the creativity with which each area is presented is a perfect example of quality over quality. Blogger Nando Sadi believes that whichever version of the sequel you play, they have something to offer.

“I played the original AC2 on PS3 quite a while ago and loved it. I saw the Ezio Collection on sale a few days ago on Switch and just jumped at the chance of replaying it. They protract by saying, “That’s when I noticed the graphical differences, mainly the textures, colors, and lighting. This prompted me to compare this new version to the original, just for kicks.”

Overall this game in my opinion was really the magnum opus for this series. I think with all of the primitiveness compared to the other games. However it still has specs of ages in between its cracks, but it is still masterful and is well-deserving of the awards they have earned.