Assassin's Creed 2 Gameplay Montage: Gettin' Down in Da Vinci Land

That was pretty cool. I don't understand how anyone can be the Cadillac of anything, though. What kind of connotations does the Cadillac hold? I mean, it's a good thing, right? When I think of a Cadillac I think of a giant, gratuitous American car.

Hmmm. The original Assassin's Creed was never on my radar for some reason. Is it worth playing (on x360)? Like, can I get this and pretend I'm playing a Thief game? That would be worth it right there. Can you knock people out and stack up their bodies in a dark corner? Or is it more fighting/action oriented?

For those of you wondering about the music.

Genesis by Justice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKNt-GY1ww

Watching that made me wish they hadn't gone the route they did with the whole virtual reality thing. The game would have been so much more compelling if it was strictly Thief in an open world with an awesome character.

I still have to beat regular ol' AC... haven't touched it in a long time. It got fairly repetitive quite quickly :(

The song sucks, i like the trailers of the first assassin's creed more

Hate!

Hrrrm..

Looks a little like instead of thinking of a new game for an entirely new culture, timeperiod, technology level and way of thought, they've stretched primitive game mechanics from a comparatively primitive time to 'fit' the new. I'd have appreciated the gameplay actually altering into something more involved in disguise, technology and social manipulation, rather than a content-expansion sequel that reskins and expands the exact same gameplay.

A lone killer jumping rooves and ghosting through the alleys of cities in a state of tyranny, war-time depression and martial law, witnessing mass-oppression of a people and frequent violence in an atmosphere or religious fanaticism - that felt right.

A psychotic killer in puffed sleeves with rouged cheeks shining his leather riding boots similarly sneaking across rooftops in a prosporous, relatively modern city setting seems overly barbaric, and an inefficient method for an assassin whatever the changes in the organisation across hundreds of years.

Oh, shut up. That was awesome, and everyone knows it. Also, "Murder simulator" is the best genre title I've heard to date. I laughed for a good while over that.

This game looks fantastic. Improvement on virtually everything from the first one it looks like.

For those complaining about the music, it's not that new for them. Here is the trailer for the first Assassin's Creed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcaSVvsFauQ Personally, i think it works well.

I'm glad to see developers use unique trailers like this. At least some companies have a sense of humor about their products.

Whats with horribly unfitting music in trailers lately?

Will be on your MP3 player DaVinci just invited.

Nothing like a bit of French electro house to go with the Renaissance.

That was actually pretty awesome, and the game looks quite amazing. I don't know if calling the new Assassin the "cadillac of renaissance warriors" is very flattering though.

I loled at the ornithopter. That thing can't fly at all. Da Vinci knew that.

It's kinda cool though, but it ain't happening.

The first one was hideously repetitive. I was slogging through it for the story, but then my savegame corrupted, and I just couldn't work up the will to go through it all again. Might pick this up if it shows up on a Steam sale for $10 or so.

I really like that music, but I guess the game will have your default cliche orchester stuff right?

but then, I'd love to hear Manson in Dragon Age, too. Guess I'm too bored of the same kind of "cinematic" music style being used for the gazillioned time.

I've seen a preview of the box art - "Jade Raymond's Assassin's Creed 2: A Game By Jade Raymond", and it has a big picture of her on the back. I'm not joking.

Lemme guess, Jade just bought a new Caddie with her signing bonus?

You want a montage...montage
Even rocky had a montage...montage