Assasin's Creed 2: Battle of Forli (Ehh...)

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Link to a good review, followed by my own:

So I downloaded Battle of Forli expansion yesterday & beat it this morning.

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Short version, it really isn't worth your money.

Longer version. The expansion fills in the plot holes, like how Enzio was able to track down all the pages of the Codex. It also expands on the character of Caterina Sforza. Machiavelli plays a part as well, but you really wouldn't know it, as he has few lines, and doesn't really do much for the story.

Primarily, the missions pit you up against a larger than normal number of guards & adversaries. Thing is, the engine wasn't designed for this army style combat, and you begin to see the strings.

For instance, there are at least 2 timed missions where you need to push through several brigades of troops to get to your target. I just didn't bother to engage these brigades, and just ran straight to my destination.

And for whatever reason, the AI for my ally troops got REALLY stupid the more guys I had working with me.

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So no, I wouldn't suggest you buy it for anything other than story purposes, and if you're a completest.

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As an aside, I am fairly honked off about the fact that Ubisoft did not throw in the Templar Lairs of Home Invasion, Over Beams/Under Stone & Shipwrecked, along with the downloadable content. For those of you who don't know, the Templar Lairs are bonus levels that were sold with extra special Black edition of Assassin's Creed sold over in Europe.

Stateside, we were able to get one of these Lairs, depending on where we purchased our game. Best Buy was Shipwrecked & Home Invasion was Gamestop, not sure if who did Over Beams/Under Stone (if anyone).