The game once again features Ezio as the primary protagonist, and includes a new online multiplayer mode. Ezio begins slowly locating and assassinating the conspirators involved, and is ultimately able to identify Rodrigo Borgia as the Grand Master of the Italian Templars, whose main goal is to take control of all of Italy. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. After evacuating their home and sharing a brief accommodation with the family's housemaid's sister, who teaches Ezio some survival techniques, he brings his panicked sister and muted mother to the family's countryside villa, where they are given shelter by Ezio's uncle Mario, who begins training Ezio to become an Assassin. On April 16, Game Informer released details of the game, including pictures of the protagonist Ezio, [10] a new teaser trailer [11] was released, and the game was "officially" announced by Ubisoft.

Assassin's Creed II retains the core gameplay experience that made the first opus a resounding success and features new experiences that will surprise and challenge players. If it didn't end making its point abundantly clear with its targets and agressive explanation of reality and genesis of humans, it could serve as a simplistic piece of fiction, despite still being cynical. In the initial retail version, any progress made subsequent to the last checkpoint was lost if the Internet connection was severed. In 2012, another patch was released, removing the requirement of being online when starting up the game entirely, which would become the standard for later Assassin's Creed games.

The group vacates the hideout and attempts to find a new safehouse, where, according to Lucy, they should be safe for some time. Summary Assassin's Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin's Creed brand.

After his father Giovanni ( Romano Orzari) and brothers Federico ( Elias Toufexis) and Petruccio are framed for treason and executed by corrupt magistrate Uberto Alberti (Michel Perron), Ezio retrieves his father's Assassin equipment and murders Uberto in revenge. If the player steals an enemy's weapon, it is possible to follow up with an attack that instantly kills the enemy. It is the second major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the sequel to 2007's Assassin's Creed.From there, Shaun and Rebecca finish gathering the equipment and Lucy assures Desmond that Vidic will get what he deserves. The complete edition is essentially the vanilla game, but it comes with a sheet of codes so you can download the DLC for free. After about sequence 12 - 13 you will begin to unlock some of the DLC features, as you've already experienced. DVD with all the videos, behind-the-scene interviews and "e-goodies" about Assassin's Creed II, and game soundtrack by Jesper Kyd (BAFTA nominee for "2009 Best Original Score in a Game"). These three dungeons— Palazzo Medici, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari and Arsenale di Venezia—similar to the base game's Assassin Tombs but without special rewards other than treasure, were originally included in the "Black Edition" (European and Australian release) of Assassin's Creed II, with one included in the "White Edition" and two in the North American "Master Assassin's Edition".

The game was first released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009, and was later made available on Microsoft Windows in March 2010 and OS X in October 2010. On 22 January 2009, it was confirmed by Ubisoft that Assassin's Creed II was in production, but no details were revealed.

A direct sequel, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood was released on November 16, 2010, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, [80] continuing directly after the events of Assassin's Creed II. Additional content DVD with the Behind the Scenes of Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II soundtrack. In April 2020, Game Informer ranked the game as the fifth best game in the Assassin's Creed series to date.

Being better playable, with more variety of main missions, and bigger than the atrocious first game is not a grand merit, but having an infantile conception of the world and not being executed with compromise with deep action gameplay or stealth gameplay, trying to please two consagrated styles, is one hell of a "good to look at, average to play" demerit. Assassin's Creed II virtual items and an Ezio costume were also released on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360's avatars. The player may now swim in water, and Eagle Vision—the ability to identify specific people and landmarks—can now be used in third-person view and while moving. Originally exclusive to the White, Black and Master Assassin's editions, three Templar lairs were included in the game. The Orsi brothers kidnap Caterina's children to force her to surrender the map, but Ezio is able to assassinate Ludovico and rescue the children.Its second review was a perfect score from the Official PlayStation Magazine US, while the Official PlayStation Magazine UK scored the game a 9/10. However, he learns that while he was away, Checco stole the Apple, which Ezio had left with Caterina. Additionally, the player can hire groups of mercenaries, courtesans, or thieves to fight, distract, or lure guards, respectively.