With enough money, anything can be critically acclaimed.

can't...wait...for...ACB...

I thought they were both awesome games, particularly the second, and I'm looking forward to Brotherhood even though I won't be pre-ordering it.

I played the first two but I have had enough by now.

Not sure if I should get AC:B.... I love both AC1 & 2 but AC:B seems like a few more missions with multiplayer..... I'll rent it, and if both the SP and MP are amazing I'll consider buying it.

So I just got a Beta key for Brotherhood, might test it out once the Beta opens. Not sure if I'll buy it though, we'll see. I will buy AC3 though, I loved AC2.

I liked the first Assassins Creed the best, and I might get #3. I might just rent it like I did #2, I got all but 1 achievement for the second one within 5 days.

http://kotaku.com/5623602/assassins-creed-brotherhood-single+player-in-action

Thanks for posting.

I find the assassin's creed games fun, but they svck at making the game worthwhile to play after you beat it. It's definitely a game that could benefit from procedurally generated repeatable missions, since currently the only reason to pick up the controller again is if I want to do a replay. Actually, these games could really benefit from a new game+, as it would be great to see how the late game equipment would change your early game strategies. (Or just not have to re-gain everything just because you want to play a mission)

Looks like AC2.


With improved game play and more to do. Yes. Plus, being able to walk through Rome alone sealed the deal for me.

To me, more of AC2 is more than welcome. I loved everything about it, and even if they hadn't changed anything I'd still get Brotherhood. But it looks like they've added just enough to make it even better.

I'm rather looking forward to AC3, myself. The first game, I ended up renting and beating in a couple of days (the joys of being unemployed at the time, with nothing better to fill my time with...) I thought it was a neat concept that needed a bit of refinement (and really wasn't a big fan of some of the end-level boss battles - like the one where you have to kill an ungodly amount of soldiers and then take out your real target; and dying meant reloading just before an unskippable - and rather long - cut-scene over and over again.)

The second really impressed me, though. I found it, simply on a game design level, to be very elegantly constructed. Just the way everything tied into the gameplay. The levels and all the crowds, down to even your costume, were all well integrated I thought, and intrinsically implemented into the gameplay. And really quite immersive.

So I'm hoping for #3 to really continue that pattern of refining the gameplay and narrative concepts. They still seem to be trying to find the right balance between telling the story of the "main character" versus whoever you're experiencing during the simulation scenes (which make up the bulk of the game, after all.) That's the trouble I kind of had with #2, if anything. I spent so much time playing with Ezio and worrying about his plight, that I kind of forgot that there even was a whole other story going on outside of that. It's hard to play 90% of the game as Ezio and then have the game assume you still care about what's happening with what's-his-name.

It's going to be interesting to see what direction AC3 takes that dynamic, since now, unlike in 90% of AC2 and AC1, Desmond is fully combat capable and should at least be fully able to utilize every gameplay element that Ezio had access to.

I found AC to be very boring.

Each mission consisted of :

1. Flashback
2. Pickpocket
3. Ask for info
4. Find Eagles nest
5. Hide
6. Infilitrate
7. Kill.

Very repetitive.
AC2 wasn't much different. I got AC2 for Christmas last year, didn't ask for it, played it for about a day and traded it in.

I won't be looking at AC3.

AC2 was much different. Had armor and weapon upgrades, a different assortment of missions. Was not nearly as repetitive as the first.

I loved the first but it just dragged on and on. The second was great.

*casts Resurrection* Less than 2 days!!!!

I can't wait for Brotherhood, although I wonder how long the series will continue before we see AC3, and I'm really curious to see how AC3 could work in a modern day setting, assuming Desmond will be the one to fight as the protagonist in the third Assassin's Creed. Is he going to wield guns and assassinate the sun (and by that, I mean burn to a crisp trying)?

I still need to play the second one. I need money to buy it. Then once I do that I'll be getting it. So in about a year.

I want the Harlequin's pre-order bonus but I have no way of getting to a store on Tuesday and I haven't set up my PO box for school yet

To cheap to buy it full price, but I'll be eagerly waiting for some sort of sale. I loved AC1, even if it was repetitive (the fact that I rushed through it helped), and 2 fixed most of the problems with it for me. I'm actually really excited about the multiplayer concept, it sounds like they actually integrated it well.

In the meantime, I'm playing Project Lineage :blush:

Just saw an ad for the latest one, I've read the multiplayer is immense; though I still don't understand how it works.
I've only played the first one, and loved it till the repetition set in; I hear the sequels have better back stories and gameplay. I'll be getting the latest one probably this week, cannae wait

I thought AC1 was a bit boring, and planned to leave the serries at that. Then someone got me AC2 for Christmas, and 'm gald they did, because it was by far an improvement. I'd definitely be willing to play Brotherhood, and the eventual AC3.

When is Brotherhood released in the U.S.? I heard it was the 16th and I pre-ordered it, but I haven't bought it, yet.

I'll probably rent this game, I love the AC series but this one doesn't seem to be worth the full $60. Hopefully they'll start working on AC3 already though, I want to see how the story will end. I'm tired of cliffhangers.