| The fellowships of assassins return. The | | | | The variety of missions in Assassin's Creed 2's |
| anticipated release of Assassin's Creed 2 is a | | | | The structure of the first Assassin's Creed (often |
| double edge sword for its Ubisoft developers. The | | | | criticized for its rigid and linear tendencies) has |
| expectations are extremely high for the sequel of | | | | been totally revamped in the sequel. |
| the game that sold more than 8 million copies | | | | The history of Ezio and of the fellowship of |
| when it first came out. | | | | assassins evolves more naturally and the two |
| Contrary to the first Assassin's Creed, which is | | | | new types of missions are progressively |
| about Altair (an all-white dressed killer operating in | | | | introduced. Inside Ezio's skin, we race against our |
| the Holy land in the 12th century), the sequel is | | | | brother by jumping from rooftops to rooftops; |
| based on his offspring, Ezio Auditore, a young | | | | we fight against our rivals of the Pazzi clan; beat |
| Italian noble who joins the fellowships of assassins | | | | up the face of a punk who broke our sister's |
| more by coincidence than by choice. | | | | heart; steel from the pockets of fellow citizens; |
| Desmond becomes an assassin | | | | climb a prison tower to help our incarcerated |
| The loyal fans of Assassin's Creed already know | | | | father and kill a corrupted judge... |
| that the events unfolding in the historic past of | | | | Actually, there is so much things to do and |
| the game are in reality the "genetic memory" of | | | | objects to use in Assassin's Creed 2 that some |
| somebody named Desmond Miles, a modern bar | | | | players might be intimidated by the enormous |
| tender who's the descendant of the Altair and | | | | content. |
| Ezio. In the first Assassin's Creed, pharmaceutical | | | | Assassin's Creed 2's mysterious Ezio |
| company Abstergo kidnapped him and kept him | | | | In spite of the strength of the first Assassin's |
| prisoner in order to decrypt his valuable | | | | Creed, it might be difficult for the fans to identify |
| memories. | | | | with Altair, the total opposite of Ezio, a passionate |
| In the beginning, he didn't offer any resistance, | | | | and extroverted man of the renaissance. Early in |
| but in the first minutes of Assassin's Creed 2, | | | | the game, he's been interrupted in his lovemaking |
| Desmond escapes with Lucy Stillman, his | | | | with a young woman, and has to flee from the |
| accomplice (played by Kristen Bell), by killing every | | | | furious father by escaping from the last floor's |
| security guards standing in their way. | | | | window. But he is also a very loving son to his |
| Later, in the new assassins lair, Lucy tells | | | | mother, a generous brother, and (later on) the |
| Desmond that the more he relives Ezio Auditore's | | | | one that will carry the burden of his father. |
| past, the more he will gradually gain the aptitudes | | | | The major role played by Ezio's family adds a lot |
| of his ancestor. "We will train you to become one | | | | of emotions to the intrigue and involves us heart |
| of ours." | | | | and soul in his quest for answers and vengeance. |