Before I say anything, I really LOVE the opening sequence with Ezio as a teenager, a dispute between family boys because one of them had it with the other's sister, gets into trouble for it but still continues to have the meetings with her and have sexy time? Now THAT was funny, especially the fact that we beat the f out of Ezio sister's boyfriend for having an affair was just fantastic. Modern games should take a lesson from this to be more open and not afraid to show a bit of flavour to not be so PG-13 with everything, even mature games now a days.

Without further ado, I recently replayed this game because of nostalgia, at first, I thought this would ruin the awesome moments I had playing it. But, in reality, it made me love the game more, giving it a 5*, it's my favourite Assassin's Creed game by far from my memory and it's going to stay that way, this was my first game I ever played on a PS3. I didn't remember much about the story after 15 years but now that I look at it, it was enjoyable, it was not as laggy and buggy as I was expecting it and it made me want to continue with Ezio's trilogy to see the story unfold again.

Now onto more of the gameplay critics even 15 years later, the parkour was a massive improvement from the first game but sometimes a bit clunky and the assassinations mechanics were an upbringing with 2 hidden blades instead of 1. Also, the combat was a bit unresponsive but what do I expect when I play on a more responsive machine that has more framerates, it did make it a bit more challenging to actually counter attack but it was still easier than I imagined.

Overall, it emblazed my love for gaming again and I want to play more games that are just like this (I will play older games), no bullshit, not being woke, sometimes silly when it needed to be and the seriousness was enjoyable as a story.

eu tenho uma relação muito de conforto com esse jogo. eu joguei ele numa época da minha vida que tudo tava horrível e eu só queria desistir, um amigo me recomendou esse jogo, baixei a tradução pirateada e só fui e porra, isso aqui foi minha felicidade por meses, por mais que ele seja curtinho.

amo tudo nele, a ambientação principalmente de veneza e monteriggioni, o combate por mais que tenha ficado datado eu acho tão divertido e a mecânica de parkour também, até este verme deste vilão eu acho bom, só não gosto muito da história fora do animus como a grande maioria, mas não estraga o jogo em momento algum pra mim.

parece exagero mas eu amo muito muito o ezio, pra mim ele é top 3 protagonistas da história, ter de amadurecer tão rápido pela família, não só por vingança mas por amor, eu amo demais este filho da puta!!!!!!!

jogo de conforto da minha vida, vou jogar e rejogar várias e várias vezes e acho que nunca vai enjoar <3

Assassin's Creed II, my beloved. This is where the series starts to find its footing and starts getting some engaging storytelling going. The parkour is more polished than Assassin's Creed, but I did find myself missing the ability to vault like you can in the first game. Combat is more of the same, enemies circling you and coming at you one at a time as you counter them. The story is surprisingly enjoyable and interesting. The time jumps are disorienting but watching Ezio grow as a character is incredibly satisfying.

For some downsides, this game does require a mod to bring it up to modern standards - EaglePatchAC2. Additionally, the game definitely starts to drag in the final third. Killing the 9 lieutenants and then having to collect the codex pages if you weren't already can definitely feel like you're just doing busy work waiting for the game to end.

Overall, a 7/10 game, worth playing as it's the start of Ezio's story, which is a trilogy that is absolutely worth seeing through.

Assassins Creed II é um dos melhores games da franquia, senão o melhor. A história é absolutamente incrível, o combate ainda que seja bem datado para os dias de hoje, ainda funciona bem, a ambientação e construções das cidades italianas são muito bem feitos, o parkour é limitado mas para a época era bem inovador. Além de tudo isso, uma das características mais marcantes de Assassins Creed II é a sua soundtrack, uma obra de arte total, talvez uma das músicas mais marcantes da história dos video-games seja "Ezio Family", não ironicamente, é o tema que se tornou símbolo de TODOS os Assassins Creed, mudando apenas alguns detalhes remixados nos jogos posteriores. Infelizmente a única coisa que decepciona nessa versão, é a ausência de conquistas na Steam por culpa da Ubisoft, e isso acontece em quase todos os games da mesma, ainda aguardo poder fazer as platinas de toda a série original de Assassins Creed, infelizmente a Ubisoft parece pouco se importar com essa questão. No geral, Assassins Creed II é uma obra de arte completa.

Nota 10/10

Assassin's Creed II continues the story of Desmond Miles as he now trains to become a modern day Assassin. To do this, he will live the life of his ancestor, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Ezio's story is one filled with loss and revenge as he takes on the Templar Order. This is a direct sequel to the original Assasin's Creed and greatly improves on the existing mechanics. Each assassination takes a unique approach as you learn new skills and use more tools. All of these new mechanics are greatly integrated into the overall story as we see Exio grow up and become a Master Assassin. The Deluxe Edition includes two lost sequences that fill in a time gap from the original game, definitely worth playing. Great controls and smooth performance, although the graphics are outdated these days.