Oh The Brütality Of Assassin's Creed 2

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Saturday, 17th of October 2009 - 04:17 PM ]

Well low and behold, Ubisoft mind readers have plucked those simple thoughts and unspoken upgrades from my head. One of the major ones was the guard types, but also the fact that you can no use all of Ezio's weapons and steal weapons from guards and use them in a very brutal way. Meaning you can even use his hidden blades as a normal attack.

I'm sure you have all seen the weapons from the other videos, or skipped down to the one below. So I'm not going to discuss them outside of the fact that Ubisoft has given them more of a real world feel when using. Some are sluggish and are used and wielded like if you were holding them. Also each will leave you with a look and feeling of "Fuck that had to hurt!" Just as if you had it happen to you.

The thing I'm really excited for those is the three different types of guards though. The Brute, The Scout, and The Agile. The brute is exactly how it sounds and is a lot like most of the guards from the first. Except that they are dumber, searching and spotting wise. You can pretty much turn a corner and hide and they will run right by. Unlike The Scout that works similar, just less powerful and can spot you amongst a group of people you are hiding in. They are also the same guys that will stab in hay carts to see if you are in there.

So what about The Agile? They are quick guards that can employ all of the free running skin Ezio can in the game. Sometimes it looks like even better than. Mainly because it will alter path, speed, direction, and everything based on how you the player are running about. From the looks of it, making combat 200% more complex than before.

If it wasn't for all the games before Assassin's Creed 2 comes out, it would be a long and horrible wait for it. This game gets even better with each new Developer's Diary that Ubisoft throws out there.