Assassin's Creed 2: Masterfully Executed

With so many Assassin's Creed games that have come out, how will my Assassin's Creed 2 review hold up? Ezio himself is smug, charming, and deadly. Our first real character arc in the series since Altair was more of a blank slate. I still remember this game fondly and it set the template for future Assassins Creed games for nearly the next decade. But does AC2 remain the high point of the Assassin's Creed series? Let's find out.
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[@matinbaker235]

”It’s a good life we lead, brother”. ”The best, may it never change”. ”And may it never change us”.

[@drummar_boy]

Tears. Just tears

[@jimmyboyle3543]

Chills every time

[@longlam1474]

nolinagirlaSia.link

[@BigBossMan1996]

💯💯

[@barneykenway4767]

that's my favorite scene in the hole series

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

I get goosebumps every time “Ezio’s Family” plays

[@Thelonedrifter]

Who doesn't

[@lucidvijay]

I get those goosebumps everytime yeah

[@jordanmiles5610]

You’re only human. Aren’t we all

[@RikouHogashi]

and Venice Rooftops (also used in Ezio's cameo in Soul Calibur 5) the more active version of the song

[@Melancholy_rin]

As soon as it started playing a chill ran down my spine

[@ZenoDLC]

Jirard : That's not how numbers work Kingdom Hearts : **Sweating profusely**

[@tribble608]

Final Fantasy would like a word

[@nocturnaldjinn243]

@@tribble608 Final Fantasy is at least consistent with numbers lmao.

[@unsocialpsychopath1764]

I mean kingdom hearts is my favorite game but damn😂

[@SP41891]

People keep saying no one cared about the modern day stuff, but I found that more intriguing. Like how is the world outside of the facilities? It was awesome seeing Desmond gaining the skills from his ancestors outside the animus. Honestly when they ended him, the series really fell off for me. Brotherhood was my favorite.

[@FraserSouris]

Nah, Desmond was a boring protagonist with no real personality or agency in his story. He could have been a silent character and little would have changed. It's good he died so we can focus on the actually good stuff

[@billoo13]

I was really expecting the game was building up to a modern day game too. I liked how it went between past and present. Revelations is my favorite game of the series but I was disappointed by the ending.

[@yamigekusu]

"It's-a me! Mario!"

[@mojojojo4865]

I marked at that bit when this first came out 😂

[@mohamedmagdy299]

I loved this

[@TMS6432]

Uncle mario died 😭😭

[@Helltown66]

That sir was an offensive racist joke and the whole thing is ableist! Lol jk

[@Harman.s.ghotra]

@@mohamedmagdy299 me too

[@rickynova834]

Playing this as an Italian who's been to Firenze, Venezia and Roma, this game is such a blast, Ubisoft really got it right

[@Sammmmmmmm617]

Did you visit Monteriggioni?

[@rickynova834]

@@Sammmmmmmm617 I didnt, but I have it planned for the future. Its like 2 and a half hours away from my home town. Still San Gimignano is way more beautiful. If only Villa Auditore wasnt fictionary...

[@Sammmmmmmm617]

@@rickynova834 build one lol

[@rickynova834]

@@Sammmmmmmm617 Lmao

[@longlam1474]

nolinagirlaSia.link

[@eddiehimself]

One unique thing of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag I can think of is that I'm almost certain it's the highest-profile videogame to feature a Welsh protagonist.

[@danmenard6917]

No argument here.

[@AshutoshKumar-es8xy]

Aurthur Morgan is welsh

[@OurHourglass]

@@AshutoshKumar-es8xy Who?

[@OurHourglass]

Uffern ie!

[@spelareNR14]

@@AshutoshKumar-es8xycorrection: he is an American of welsh descent.

[@PhantomBones101]

Seriously I couldn't have been the only person who was invested it in Desmond's Story.

[@gytech1]

I was too, I was hoping the series would end in modern day, and you play as Desmond to take down the Templar's once and for all. When they killed him off in III, I lost all interest in the series, it just feels stale in terms of continuity.

[@WednesdayMan]

Assassin's Creed's appeal wasn't just in the past, it was the present as well.

[@wesleysobik9137]

The ones who find Desmonds story the most intriguing are the ones who don't just view the first game as ok. Also. The first one was huge and the back and forth philosophies between Desmond and the scientist and Altair and his master was what made you understand how Altair became the master he is

[@67Iskenator]

Who?

[@Scurge237]

@@gytech1 that's how I envisioned his story also tbh

[@someguy1141]

Ubisoft "We made two more Assassins Creed games before we released number 3!" Kingdom Hearts "Hold my Beer."

[@notmakingcontent]

Kingdom Hearts has disney characters on there though. Soooo Kingdom Hearts: Hold my Keyblade.

[@dungeonmaster201]

*cough**cough*...... we here at Ubi soft, we release 4 games involving our hero Ezio, buuuutt good luck finding the Nintendo DS Ezio game...

[@gamekidg7]

Just out of curiosity, of the 11 deaths you had, how many of them involved DaVinci's glider?

[@swatmajor1]

12 of them

[@jbrew1237]

@@swatmajor1 That is truly the only valid and factual response

[@mohamedtahlawy3728]

This comment is way too funny😂

[@jameswatsonatheistgamer]

3 for me.

[@Agito4774]

"MA COSA! SHOOT, SHOOT THE FLYING DEMON!!!" XD

[@dereknight861]

HELLO MY NAME IS EZIO AUDITORE DA FIRENZE! YOU KILLED MY FATHER AND MY BROTHERS PREPARE TO DIE

[@viso3821]

I could actually imagine Ezio saying that

[@cultured2535]

I was about to comment that lol

[@forastero54321]

*Nani!!!*

[@Ko700el]

my name is amigo toytota, you killed my mother my father, my sister, my bother, my uncle ..prepare to die -AngryJoe

[@longlam1474]

nolinagirlaSia.link

[@mighty_mag]

4:15 I do. Or, I did. Well, I mean, not "for"it, but it definitely was a huge factor. Up until AC3 I was really invested in the MD storyline. I actually miss Desmond!

[@emmanuelporte4201]

I was all in myself. AC3 was a let down to MD. It still bugs me that they still mention him, but don't expand on it in future games.

[@jasonblalock4429]

I didn't really care much about Desmond, but I'm really attached to Shaun and Rebecca at this point. I hope they show up again sometime.

[@jamretro1336]

@@emmanuelporte4201 that's because they finished Desmonds story in the comics. Like tf?

[@Nickle_King]

I was invested. That's where the real mystery was. That was the actual story happening in the game. It was cool, having the historical conspiracy theories framing device, but Desmond and the Precursor stuff was the real plot. I was looking forward to playing as Desmond in modern times trying to stop the burning of the planet, or just trying to save who he could save in some sort of Adam and Eve bunker..

[@FraserSouris]

Nah, Desmond was a boring protagonist with no real personality or agency in his story. He could have been a silent character and little would have changed. It's good he died so we can focus on the actually good stuff

[@xstationo11]

I miss the scene where they sing Creed's With Arms Wide Open.

[@BloodDripss]

climbin takes me higher!

[@dereknight861]

WITH ARMS WIDE OOO-PEN!

[@toobusytoplaygames2319]

I love how cryptic the Puzzles were to unlock the Adam and Eve video sequence. I got some chills trying to solve the different puzzles showing different Pieces of Eden meshed into the narrarive. AC2 definitely reached a high note for completionists. 😁

[@IAmMightyMike]

I'm not gonna lie, but I wish they'd release the Brotherhood multiplayer on it's own.

[@Pheatan]

I just wish people still played it so i can get the achievements. Brotherhood and revelations are the only assassins creed games I haven't got every achievement in.

[@theroamingsavage8813]

This game inspired me to go to Italy, soni went in 2018 and its astonishing just how accurate the city layouts are. I literally felt like I had been there before just from playing this game, down to the streets and alleys

[@omdhdk]

I was 14 years old when it released in 2009. I was so happy when I got it as a gift from my parents because they knew I wanted to play it so badly. I re played it a couple of months ago. It's still amazing. If you are only going to play one AC game then I always recommend playing AC2.

[@KushQrox]

Sounds amazing.

[@leviathandrumming2175]

Yo, same. I was 14 too lol. The story and wonder at the end of each of the games made the anticipation so great. Which is why I was so fucking pissed they just trashed Desmonds story. I grew up with it, only for new players who never even played the first one bitch to where ubisoft fell into their demands. Now I don't even like anything past black flag, either.

[@austinphillips7385]

"Stoic boring archetypes" (cuts to Edward Kenway) Me: Excuse me!?

[@adwaithratnakaran8017]

Exactly my thought. Kenway was almost as well developed and lovable as Ezio. And he got that in a single game. Not to mention how brilliant the story was.

[@yugitrump435]

That ending tho

[@saxor96]

I still found AC Revelations the best of the Ezio Trilogy. Mechanically it wasn't any different from from Brotherhood, but the story was on par with 2, and being mechanically better than 2, it made me have a lot of fun with it.

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

Revelations is my fav too. Constantinople is the most gorgeous setting out of them all.

[@lemur_official]

Liked the story, wasn't a huge fan of the setting though. Not super varied, especially color wise

[@jlev1028]

Not different mechanically? What were you smoking when you said that? Revelations featured bomb making and tower defense minigames and both of those mechanics sucked ass in my opinion.

[@saxor96]

@@jlev1028 the bombs are nice but completely inconsequential if you didn't care about them. The tower defense is a non-mandatory mini game if you don't care about external missions of the brotherhood that much. In the end, both of them are things that don't affect in the slightest the main gameplay, and thus is almost the same As Brotherhood. And it doesn't make it worse if they don't taint the rest of the gameplay.

[@douglas4934]

My top 3 are: 2 > Brotherhood > 4

[@themidnightotaku22]

You know? Weirdly enough I was always hoping that Desmond would get his own game in the series that would’ve built up his character and gameplay a little more(cut to his last appearance in the series where he’s unceremoniously killed off.)

[@thefilmerrsnake5102]

I am agreed I wanted a desmond game he deserved mora than just 5 games

[@Vexilor]

Just 100% completed AC2 for the first time on Steam and managed to do it in 27 hours, this alongside Brotherhood was the pinnacle of Assassins creed and loved revisiting it! Love the review Jirard!

[@chanceyeomans4115]

Thank you for uploading this. My Dad loved to watch my brother and I play Assassin’s Creed 2 when it first came out. I was 13 and my brother was 11 at the time. My Dad died of cancer last December. This helped bring back some fun memories we had. That is priceless and I thank you for that. Finish it 🤘🏻

[@MegaCloud05]

Jirard you should complete The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

[@AJ-pc9gu]

yes please!

[@fraughtmonster8]

YES, fucking please

[@marcoschioli2532]

What??? I played the games for Desmond!!! :( ... I miss him.

[@wa1d0o48]

Yo I was literally watching all his assassin's creed completions like a few hours ago. I expect more but hopefully dragonrider limits himself the ones after 4 are just so long and can get really boring at times stay healthy jirard

[@Smellbringer]

Just replayed this a few weeks ago, absolute classic. Though it was the start of Ubisoft making open world tower based games with waaaay too much to do though there is actual substance here unlike the later stuff so it's not all that bad.

[@MiriaJiyuu]

It felt like a better balance of spending your time finding every collectible on the map and actually advancing the story. The ONLY thing I would take from the later games back to AC 2 is honestly the climbing mechanics.... Ezio is just honestly the slowest climber and I don't have that kind of time anymore XD

[@TheCeraization]

That scary moment when I’m playing Assassin’s Creed 2 on PS4 and this video uploads.

[@WornSatsuma2]

Same, but on xbone

[@Mine_that_is_filled_with_salt]

@@WornSatsuma2 I read that as X bone

[@conaldeugenepeterson2147]

Umm, it’s called an Eck Bock

[@longlam1474]

nolinagirlaSia.link

[@steakcrust558]

I played these because of desmond.... So killing him was a big f you to me

[@lsmithrulez]

It’s not why I played these games, however it’s definitely something I enjoyed. The Modern Day was amazing back then, whereas lately (since Black Flag) it’s fallen flat. Even Origins, Odyssey and potentially Valhalla will be flat, but is going in the right direction.

[@FraserSouris]

Nah, Desmond was a boring protagonist with no real personality or agency in his story. He could have been a silent character and little would have changed. It's good he died so we can focus on the actually good stuff

[@RamuneSky]

I would have been okay with it myself, IF it actually had a purpose afterwards But no, Abstergo just keeps on growing and growing and it makes Ezi and the other Assassins' lives feel like they're in vain.

[@klawsnthingz9411]

AC2 was the first game I 100% completed. Holds a dear place in my heart.

[@Vaxonblue]

7:41 "Returns to the stoic, boring archetypes..." *shows Edward* Edward is probably one of the least stoic and boring AC protagonists by a long shot. Show Arno, Shay, Connor, Evie, fair enough, they fit the archetype, but not Edward. Good video, but I strongly disagree with that.

[@Starcat5]

Agreed. That was an editing flub of, if not the *HIGHEST* order, then at least really high up there.

[@kyraptor2521]

Shay I wouldn't say is stoic.

[@forastero54321]

But Edward was the first of many; he's identity to most immediately became "the second Ezio." That what Jirard meant and he's not wrong.

[@adwaithratnakaran8017]

@@forastero54321 But he was nothing like Ezio. Edward was an arrogant selfish asshole for the first whole half of the game, till a certain someone dies in his arms. He doesn't become anything like Ezio even after that. He's an entirely different character altogether.

[@forastero54321]

@@adwaithratnakaran8017 when people say that they mean to say that they all have that quirky marvel character's vibe to avoid doing anything like Connor ever again. But connor's seriousness wasn't the problem, it was that he had such an npc stare throughout the entire game while also just being a yes man to the blue coats; instead of standing out on his own. But Ubisoft is so scared to try a serious character again that they just stick to the one note of having a quirky character who becomes somewhat serious at the end of the game...I want someone like Altair again, someone who actually fits the description and has the aura of an assassin.

[@massdefection]

Yo I loved this game when I first got it. Something about it just pulled me in completely.

[@Agito4774]

Same

[@TheBlackKakashi]

The feathers are still a pain in the ass and I've 100% the original and the ezio collection

[@jimmyboyle3543]

Still one of my top 5 games of all time. I wish I could erase my memory of playing it and experience it all over again.

[@megaman7010]

This game was the first game I actively tried to complete beyond the story because I loved it so much

[@qloan44]

Almost done with my third playthrough of AC II and absolutely loving every minute of it. From the atmospheric ambiance to the smooth, weightless controls, this game is way more than just nostalgia. I wish they stuck to their roots and kept a more grounded, mature feel to the franchise we AC fans grew to love. But until then, I'll just remanence on what once was.

[@JosephGarcia-hw4of]

I play assassin creed 2 when I was 19, 27 and 31 years old. Trust me. It still gives me joy and goosebumps on these moments

[@DTCompletion]

Why does it feel like I haven’t heard the music at 12:40 in so long? Is that just me? I just smile every time I hear it.

[@Razor_Afterlife]

Imagine an ancient Rome game where you play as another auditore from before

[@favna]

Oh boy he’s doing it, he’s doing it!! I’ve waited so long for this! I went full Completionist on all AC games, now to see one of my icons do the same.

[@Sly_Maverick_31]

Not exactly AC related but Ezio for Smash.

[@thefilmerrsnake5102]

That would be amazing

[@cortomaltese5206]

That would be cool to see, tho I dont have a switch

[@Sly_Maverick_31]

@@cortomaltese5206 Honestly, it's highly unlikely it'll happen. Assassin's Creed already has some representation in Smash with Altaïr's costume. But, one can still hope.

[@thefilmerrsnake5102]

@@Sly_Maverick_31 yeah but at least the is still a possibility

[@RamuneSky]

YES If it does happen I hope we'll have an option of skins of his AC2, ACB, and ACR uniforms

[@RanCossack]

Another great episode as always. Was a time and a half watching you complete this one on stream, especially with all the bug troubles. Keep up the great work, Capn.

[@BlazerK1914]

One of the best Action-Adventure Stealth video games I have ever played.

[@WickedKnightAlbel]

Well what's the best?

[@WickedKnightAlbel]

Well what's the best?

[@BlazerK1914]

@WickedKnightAlbel • Assassin’s Creed 2 • Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood • Assassin’s Creed Revelations • Hitman Absolution (never played other Hitman games, sorry) • Dishonored 1 • Dishonored 2 • Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones • Batman Arkham City • Batman Arkham Origins

[@TheAquarius87]

If im okay with collecting a ton of feathers, Just to get the platinum trophy, the game is doing something great. Ezio is still one of the best video game characters ive played.

[@remstarz8530]

Once again, who wouldn't want to be subscribed to this man? HES a LEGEND

[@mahirasifchowdhury7600]

@THE BADAPPLE 66 he actually is

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

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[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

@@mahirasifchowdhury7600 no, it's a bot that verification isn't real.

[@TheCeraization]

Mahir Asif Chowdhury No he isn’t. His account was made in July 2020.

[@beanboy4421]

“Here’s a little lesson in trickery”

[@onigiri2032]

7:38 I agree with you for the most part. Edward kenway is amazing and honestly if he got any more games he could have probably topped ezio. Too bad

[@raulrojas9253]

I forgot jirad had already made this episode. Ok Jirad I am fine with this

[@BloodDripss]

i sure do miss that other guy.... this was my favorite episode they dis together. they did a fucking hilarious skit where he sings this creed song but assassins creed style and it was priceless. hope he is doing well

4:15 I did. And still do to some degree. The modern day had it's ups and downs but it is what hooked me up in the first place. Yes, I know, running around in the past is the most fun part of all the games, but that mysterious and complicated sci-fi story told in small segments through out the game was the icing on the cake for me. I am slightly disapointed with some of the choices they made (Desmond's ending wasn't particularly bad for me, I think they took way more annoying decissions in later games) but overall is still an aspect of the narrative I'm looking for with every entry in the franchise. Also, shame on you, Altaïr is a treasure as a protagonist. (I'm kidding, I love Altaïr but it's ok if you don't).

[@lionkillerhaha]

"I've played almost 3 times, is that too much" *thinks about how I've played it around 7 times* "haha yeeeaahhh*

[@adaytorememberfan121]

This was my first completion on the 360 and got me into achievement hunting. I just got all 3000 gamerscore in AC Ezio Collection. Such a solid title

[@TheKuno]

"no one played these games for desmond" :look you can see the moment when his heart breaks.

[@karimeid7975]

Personally i like the brotherhood recruiting and upgrading your assassins part im glad the new one has a similar system

[@vaibhavchopra7450]

Brother you have earned a new sub just because of this!!!! This game will be a part of me for the rest of my life... I agree with u on this 100 %.Everything about AC2 was just perfect,be it story,characters, and that music ,i still don't have words to describe the feelings i have for the music of this game.Also, since we are living in the era of remakes,i just wish that this gets remade for the upcoming generation. It will be a dream come true!!!

[@coreymyers5321]

Imagine if Creed did the soundtrack for Assassins Creed.

[@jeremyjulkowski4844]

I remember several years back that I decided to do a 100% playthrough of AC2 on my Xbox 360, so I took my, at the time large CRT PC monitor and desktop PC, and set them both up beside me on my old coffee table and linked said PC to to my network and use it as my interactive players guide via KZbin to find the rest of the feathers I missed and locate the insignias order to translate the Adam and Eve videos. Granted this day in age, I can use my laptop plain and simple, but there was something genuinely euphoric all those years back playing AC2 on on my 360 using this cumbersome setup with my old PC and monitor that I miss as it was so much fun to become so engaged in a game in this manner that I would gladly do it again minus getting a herniated disc in my lower back from hoisting that damn CRT monitor around!

[@AquilaFawkes]

4:15 "No one plays this game for Desmond" I did. ._.) Also AC1 > AC2 in terms of story and setting. But AC2 ending was an insane ride, though.

[@Agito4774]

I agree on the setting because I prefer the Crusades more but AC2 had a better story but I love AC1's story too because it's deeper on the Assassin and Templar moral conflict than AC2 is

[@jacobalvarez5381]

Assassin's Creed II was better in many ways so AC 2> AC1

[@FinnaWoken]

Im still so confused. I played both ac 1 2 and brotherhood on pc and it worked perfectly well. I do not remember facing a single bug except for a climbing animation that bugged out ONCE durring my whole 20 hour playthrough of brotherhood

[@bruceallen6174]

Am I the only one who actually cares about Desmond and wish his story would have continued as the torch was passed to his son and have more assassins through that way

[@therealdarzeval]

No your not the only person

[@luisfelipedecastro6728]

Best title opening in the whole ac series

[@claytonrios1]

Those darn feathers!

[@DarknessGuard]

Finally the Vaporio episode is out, great. (AC Brotherhood still my personal favorite)

[@FurreverFaith]

@The Completionist, if you want a good idea of what the future sci-fy stuff is based on and playing around, Look up the Anunaki.

[@AlexBogues]

Awesome! I loved this game, and ghosts of tsushima gave me the same feeling this game did back then. I would love to see you start work on the YS series, maybe YS VII

[@Yettum]

Okay I'll say it--- Desmond looks like Adam Sandler

[@TsWn_Manimal]

I'll never forget going over to my cousins house and watching in complete amazement at him jumping off of these huge rooftops into barrels of pink flowers. Totally blew my 6 year old mind

[@assassinmaster3419]

I can help with the whole criptic video thing. Ok, across the entire series there have been references to the Precursors, who apparently was an advanced civilization that eventually was ended by something with the sun, I believe. The secret cuts energy was showing basically how civilization started in AC. Adam and Eve running away and no longer being slaves. This kept them safe from the whole getting murdered by the sun, but it also meant humanity had to start again from the ground up. Throughout the entire series, there have been quite a few precursors left over. There was even one that infiltrated Abstergo industries. I have only played up till AC Syndicate, so I don't know if they added anymore to the story or not. If you read this far, you either wanted to know about this or you just pressed read more and didn't realize how long this was going to be.

[@Icem4n84]

Easily one of my favourites! I didn't like the full synchronization they went with after! This one I felt free to take out the target how I wanted.

[@devingiles6597]

The Completionist, I have some suggested games you should complete in future videos. Suggestions: Astral Chain Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Super Mario World Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Sleeping Dogs The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Kameo: Elements of Power Perfect Dark Jet Force Gemini Freedom Planet Shadow the Hedgehog Sonic Lost World Sonic the Hedgehog CD Grabbed by the Ghoulies Jak 3 Klonoa: Door to Phantomile New Game Plus: Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

[@PointandClickNerd]

Assassin's Creed 2 was my very first platinum trophy

[@kamron_thurmond]

Nobody played those games for Desmond. I guess I'm a nobody (that's a kingdom hearts reference), but I was seriously invested in the modern day story line. That I looked up what went down afterwards, and with out spoilers shit got crazy with Juno being released in modern day.

[@Dystxnn]

The way you ended your intro was awkward as fuck. I love it. I'm subscribing.

[@cabesonportillo8555]

My first platinum trophy ever .....this game was so much fun I played it about 3 times over

[@JPHarringtonJr]

I haven't played one of these games since the first one. Half way through watching this, I took a break and watched a trailer for the new Assassins Creed game with its hyper drama music, then went back to this. Doing so really highlighted the fact that this vid has Donkey Kong music playing in the background, what a great effect lolol. I always like the vibe in Completionist vids.

[@DCRStudios]

I owned a Wii instead of a Ps3 or 360 back in the day, so I missed a LOT of games of that generation, so thank you men, I'm gonna put Assassin's Creed II to the list.

[@HitnRunTony]

I was thinking of going back to play these, so I’m glad I can just start at part 2

[@erskain]

I was around 11 when I played this masterpiece, I finished the main story but I got stuck after that and didnt know what to do. Im going to setup my 360 today and hopefully my save is still there!

[@shawnheatherly]

It really is disappointing that there are still bugs in the PS4 collection, especially when you consider how popular the games in the collection are for Assassin Creed fans.

[@Prophes0r]

Minimum effort. Maximum Profit. That's how the publishers work. They don't ask "Is this good?" They ask "Can I get away with charging people for this RIGHT NOW?" This is what you get when you pre-order and/or pay for Early Access games. Every single time anyone does this, they are choosing to make the situation worse for us all. It is a choice.

[@CoffeeBrainzz]

Why is AC2 so good!? Because Ezio Alditore is Assassin’s Creed Geralt of Rivia, The White Wolf!!

[@tonts5329]

I hope Jirard is going to tackle more Assassin's Creed in 2021. I'd like to see him take on and complete AC Rogue, ACIV, Liberation, Origins or Syndicate.

[@ethanpease5936]

Finally. I was hoping you'd complete this.

[@777Jeetesh]

I literally shed tears when Ezio died in Assassins Creed Embers....and that is saying something.

[@tajvir]

been playing this game recently loving it

[@YouTubeCensors]

Unity gameplay slaughters every other AC game that followed that formula. Playing through AC2 again now its so rough on the ezio collectio, hoping the other 2 I never played fare better.

[@bobafett8054]

This just came out at the perfect time, im currently replaying the entire series on ps4 for platinum trophies l. Im successfully up to rogue.

[@bobafett8054]

Also was my 3rd time completing 2,brotherhood and black flag

[@Grim_Pinata]

Haven't played AC2 but I am absolutely awestruck by visual design of the pause menu. It's just incredibly beautiful and bold, how it uses just two colours in white and red, and how dynamic the animations are and the DNA-like theme of it, and I love the sharp contrast between the historical setting and the present day sci-fi stuff. And for a menu that fucking beautiful and visually animated to be in a 2010 game, when UI that pretty only really started appearing around 2014-ish, is quite impressive. (Yes I care too much about UI in games)

[@matteoar]

Wow, didn't notice you did this review for NG+. Ah, man, the memories. This was the first game I completed.

[@MrGutsTheBerserk]

Have this on at work and got an email from someone named "Rodrigo B." Had to pause and think on the coincidence of that for a minute.

[@DJJokersWilde]

Black flag is fun. It just takes a while to get everything, and it’s so easy to get absorbed in for me. I end up doing side tasks for upgrades first than continue the story only to do the same thing when I get the upgrades

[@ProphetBoo1]

When I think of assassins creed, I just think of a dead horse. Hm weird.

[@foxhoundbridges4851]

sucks for you, sorry to hear that.

[@MrSqueezingfarts]

Anyone else agree that the Completionist and maximilian dood have the best yt intros

[@fatdoraemon2069]

I always think of altair when I think of assassins creed. My first game was bloodlines and since then altair has been my favourite

[@SullySideUp]

"is avenging the death of his father and brother" Hey I know Federico is barely in the game but he still died too 😤

[@WolfieGirlSheena]

I find it interesting you had issues with crashing. I never had such issues.

[@nickchier6313]

As a big completionist myself, I had two glitches that drove me up the wall. For some reason I didn’t get the achievement for completing sequence 6, and even though I had 100% sync at the end, a mission was listed as incomplete, even though I did it. This game really frustrated me while I played it.

[@Leontious]

For anyone wondering the binary code at the end of the Adam and Eve cutscene translates to "EDEN"

[@ScreenHardy]

the Desmond stuff is what made me enjoy the original games way more.

[@skullythekidd0175]

Me: sees title Also: *inhales through teeth* is it though?

[@waspywasp451]

The game is really janky. It definitely aged. I can't count how many times I just died because Ezio jumped off of a high building despite me telling him to climb up

[@jcers]

@@waspywasp451 that would be because you were triggering wall ejects. You never have to push a face button while climbing in Assassin’s Creed (the exception being climb leaps in AC2-Rev & Unity). The button combo for back ejects is High Profile + Legs, and the button combo for side ejects is High Profile + Legs + a directional input. When Ezio jumped off of the buildings and died, he was doing exactly what you told him to.

[@waspywasp451]

@@jcers No, I'm fairly confident I was pressing ✖ to have Ezio climb leap, but then he decided to just jump back instead. I'm also confident it wasn't due to me, because I never had a similar situation in Brotherhood or Revelations

[@jcers]

@@waspywasp451 it’s that the move tends to be fairly camera relative, and the leeway is a good amount less in 2 than it is in Brotherhood or Revelations. The best way to be sure is to click R3 to re-centre the camera before doing a climb leap to be sure that the camera position won’t be messing you up.

[@evildeedz6905]

Glosses over treasures

[@thablkgd1019]

You snapped Jirard

[@jaikthesnake6285]

I was wearing the same shirt as Jirard while watching this and I felt cool lol

[@BloodDripss]

Climbin' takes me higher!