The biggest problem with this game is the tutorial. The game doesn't do a great job teaching you how its movement mechanics work and you end up running everywhere full-speed and jumping up random things you don't want to jump up because you don't realize the difference between running with R and running with R and A so you end up jumping when you don't want to because you shouldn't be holding down A unless you want to be jumping soon. Also the game can be a bit wonky with how it interprets which direction you want to jump.

Still, this is a great game and a fantastic starting point to the franchise. This was my first Assassin's Creed game and I'd recommend it to everyone. You do not have to play the earlier games first, just jump right in. Beware that the starting is kind of boring especially your first three quests for your family, but once you get past that and the game really starts, this game takes off and is awesome. There's a reason this is many people's favorite Assassin's Creed game. If you want a taste of what Assassin's Creed is all about, they made a live action short film that kind of covers a little bit before the game and the starting of the game and it's fantastic, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcE8xJkK6t4

This was one of the first 7th gen games that I played when I was younger, so it holds a special place into my memories.

What the game does well at this point is well-known: you'll be assassinating people (either stealth or not, up to you), run through roofs and jump onto bales of hay. and that, no matter how much time passes, is hecking fun.

It's surely an incredible advance compared to the first Assassin's Creed, but even if slightly better it falls short in the similar issues: repetitive combat, clunky movement and camera, boring collectibles and puzzles.

The movement and the hopping around was a pretty big thing in those years, but it definitely didn't age magnificiently.

The combats are as boring and tedious as the collectibles, an infinite wait for the enemies to attack so you can either counter or side-step. Not only that, but the assassination is sometimes (luckily not too many times) hit and miss, sometimes it works as you want and sometimes it doesn't, usually fucking up the stealth.

The glyphs and the "puzzles" were mostly so stupid that I gave up doing them even if I were to find a glyph halfway through the game. Give me an actual puzzle instead of a "find a png with a 10% opacity on this painting", please?

The lines felt like they were written by a twelve years old and everytime you assassinate someone where time "stops" for a little bit to hear them saying something, you'll be left wondering if you just witnessed two Oblivion NPCs.
This issue makes the character feel very.. forgettable, except for certain rare cases such as Caterina Sforza. Ezio itself isn't the most incredible charming character either, as again it seems to be the fantasy of a twelve years old.

In the end it's an ok game because of the historically semi-accurated setting, existing and well-portrayed places (considering its limitations, obviously) and because zwing-zwang, blades and all that stuff. It'd probably be a 2/5 if it wasn't for the nostalgia factor.

I seriously need a break before Brotherhood or I'm gonna burn out though.

Writing: 4/5
Gameplay: 3/5
Art Design & Visuals: 3/5
Voices & Sounds: 5/5
Atmosphere & Immersion: 4/5

Sorprendentemente, no tan bueno como recordaba. Sigue siendo entretenido y sus mejoras son más que bienvenidas.

Pero esa historia tan caricaturista contrasta demasiado con lo serio que se tomaba la primer parte; los enemigos TAN aburridos y sosos. Dejar de sugerir para comenzar a ser más bombasticos -cosa que no está mal, pero se extraña el manejo que tuvieron en la primer parte.

Las ciudades son preciosas y el mundo es increíble de recorrer. A veces, por que estar yendo y viniendo a ciertas ciudades para repetir misiones termina siendo algo cansado para la mitad del juego.

Dios da y dios quita.