Question, there's an achievement for "sweeping" 5 enemies with a long weapon...I can't figure out how to swipe. I've tried it with a giant axe and a lance and I just don't get it.
I agree. I just got my platinum trophy last night, and the ending had me thinking "what the god damned hell?"
I never beat AC1, was its ending crazy too?
I have a question...
Is there any way to locate particular monuments on your map, or to tell what monument you happen to be near AFTER the first time you go there and it pops up the message to look in the database? I have some monuments with glyphs on them that I missed when I first visited the area, and now I have no idea where those particular locations are. I'm getting tired or randomly running around trying to find a place that looks like the little pictures in the database
For those that might be interested, I summarized my thoughts on AC2 on my blog, discussing where it succeeded and where it failed:
http://eat-games.blogspot.com/2010/01/review-assassins-creed-2.html
Bumping this somewhat old thread because I just finished AC2 today. I had picked it up about a month ago even though I never finished the first one. Went back and beat the first one, and jumped right into 2. The first one got trashed in the media, but I actually really enjoyed it for the most part. After beating AC2 which was a fantastic game, it raised my opinion of AC even more.
I think the designer's have done an outstanding job of mixing historical events and people with myth and legend, and come up with one of the most fascinating stories I've ever seen in a video game. If you took the time to hack the computers in AC and read all the emails, and read all of the letters and codex pages in AC2, there really is a lot of philosophical depth to the game. I for one can't wait to see the final game in the trilogy. If they can keep up the level of storytelling and can find a good way to end it, it could be amazing.
Picked up AC2 the other day, it was one of Amazon's lightning deal. 23 bucks shipped to my door. Sure I probably won't see it until later next week.
I didn't care much for AC1, but I numerous reviews said it was much better. I told my self I wouldn't pick it up until it went on sale for cheap somewhere, figured now was as good a time as any.
I liked AC1, but did find it very repetitious. AC2 is much better and has a lot more moves, weapons, and ways of killing people.
AC2 has a LOT of optional missions. If you do them all, it gets very repetitious. I gave up trying to finish them all after the first big city.
I recommend just doing enough of them to earn enough money to build up your own town, and buy what you need. Once your town is sufficiently built up, it will provide more than enough money for you to buy everything you need, without your having to do any optional missions.
Regarding "The Truth" - WTF indeed!