So I am a broke college student. I really wanted the special edition version of this for 360 but couldn't afford it. Hell, I couldn't afford the regular edition. My question is when are we going to get an altair or ezio figure? I for one would throw down cash for that.
@salaminizer: Fact: Yeah, no shit. I have enough games to play for now, so I will probably wait for the PC version. If not, I can always rent it for the PS3.
@excel_excel: Totally worth it. I really love it compared to the first. It retains everything you like about the first and very little of what you didn't like. And it adds so much more than what the first one had.
@Turkeyslam: Hey I'm at eight hours too! It's been a wild ride, and is absolutely wonderful! They really decided to go all out with the voice acting this time around- love the Italian! It adds so much immersion!
@JayUnreal: Alright, you know I totally played about an hour of it. According to Gamespot's review- it's the utter definition of mediocrity. Honestly, I kind of liked it- free running still remains intact, there are definitely some camera issues (L- button + a face button swivels the camera) but if you love the Assassin's Creed parkour/combat, it retains most of the key elements.
The cities do feel under populated, and searching for coins would provide little incentive- but the cross platform upgrade with the PS3 is pretty awesome. I would say rent it- maybe try a couple hours, and then decide. They're saying it's a short game, but I like the feel of a portable AC game. It's truly surprising how powerful the PSP is...
@jslizzle: Really? I'm enjoying them both quite a bit but they're far from perfect. I think of the releases mentioned U2 is the only game that comes to deserving an "perfect" score.
@Slagathorian: Game Informer has defined a perfect score as something along the lines of a "near" flawless title. I think they nailed the concept...it provides wiggle room. No game will ever be perfect...but a 10 can be awarded when something is just fucking great. Why is that a sin...I'd give a 10 to many games I have played in the last few years alone.
@Slagathorian: First of all, did you have to "sigh" at me? It's rude.
Second, you're exaggerating, if you don't mind me saying so. I don't see perfect scores everywhere, left and right. I see plenty of 9's, but what do you want...it's the holiday rush and some excellent games have been released.
Dude, you can show me a hot woman and I'll think she's hot, and you can show me ten hot women and it won't cheapen the experience whatsoever. It will just be one hot woman times ten.
@Sakilla: I didn't want to start out being rude, I gave my opinion about a matter, how it seems this year that every game under the sun is getting a perfect score, and everyone jumped down my throat. I wanted to have an intelligent discussion about it, and everyone thought it would be more fun to misinterpret my words and parrot each other.
So I apologize about the sigh, it wasn't intended for you per-say.
@Slagathorian: Fair enough, man. Just a lot of people staring down from their high pedestals on this site...not implying you as well, just saying, that's why I became mildly irritated. Sorry.
Damn. These reviews really make me want to give AC2 a spin even though I was less than impressed by the first. Too bad my 360 RROD'd and the PC version isn't out until next year.
The open-world cities actually feel more like cities than any other open world game I've ever played (RE: nearly all of them).
If you liked the first one, AC2 will blow you away. If you hated the first one, this one fixes nearly all the problems the first one had, as well as really giving you the experience that you wanted to have with the first.
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You killed my father and brothers.
Prepare to die.
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The cities do feel under populated, and searching for coins would provide little incentive- but the cross platform upgrade with the PS3 is pretty awesome. I would say rent it- maybe try a couple hours, and then decide. They're saying it's a short game, but I like the feel of a portable AC game. It's truly surprising how powerful the PSP is...
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U2
NSMB
Borderlands
L4D2
AC2
MW2
Are people just tossing out perfect score left right and center?
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I guess definitions of "perfect" may vary...
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Because the more games you give a perfect score to, the more it cheapens the victory.
If 10,000 people per year won the nobel prize, it would cheapen the prestige of it.
If you found out that your hairdresser said "wow, you have the best hair" to everyone, then it wouldn't be the same when she said it to you.
And if you saw that game after game after game after game was receiving a perfect score, why would you even care as much?
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Second, you're exaggerating, if you don't mind me saying so. I don't see perfect scores everywhere, left and right. I see plenty of 9's, but what do you want...it's the holiday rush and some excellent games have been released.
Dude, you can show me a hot woman and I'll think she's hot, and you can show me ten hot women and it won't cheapen the experience whatsoever. It will just be one hot woman times ten.
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So I apologize about the sigh, it wasn't intended for you per-say.
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Tenchu + Shenmue + Italy= Assassin's Creed 2
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Still, the game is awesome when you get past the stiff controls and horrible voice acting near the beginning.
"This is baby!" You who played knows what character I'm talking about. lol
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"Hey, I have a great idea! Lets go follow the sneaky secret assassin around while singing about all the things he's done!"
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The open-world cities actually feel more like cities than any other open world game I've ever played (RE: nearly all of them).
If you liked the first one, AC2 will blow you away. If you hated the first one, this one fixes nearly all the problems the first one had, as well as really giving you the experience that you wanted to have with the first.