Report: New 'Packaged' Assassin's Creed Coming Sometime This Year; Details in May

I'm somewhat surprised that ac2:bro is getting similar ratings to the first ac2. I found it much more rageworthly than ac2 in many ways. Many of the missions didn't feel like they were focus tested properly and had confusing elements or just flat out buggy. I found myself getting caught in geometry occasionally, diving off rooftops into haybales during chase sequences because there was no pigeon/poop markers for leap of faith spots. I even assassinated a guy who got up immediately after killing him during a cutscene, walked over to open a gate and then re-died after the cutscene.

As far as the design, the tether mechanics where you can't get too far ahead or behind seemed more restrictive than last game, the city design seemed to me to have wider streets so parkour was more difficult and slower while freerunning and I really don't think they did a good job ramping you back into all of the various aspects of the gameplay.

I really enjoyed ac2 and think I would have enjoyed ac2:bro more if I had played it immediately following ac2, but as it was it was difficult to pick up and be playing at the level the game required after not playing ac2 for a year. ac2:bro felt like a game constantly trying to make me hate it.