Assassin's Creed, or Leaping From Rooftop To Rooftop Murdering Guards All The Time

[Ecks]

So I've been playing the Assassin's Creed series lately. Finished up the first game, finished the second, and picked up the DLC for it, and I'm now getting through Brotherhood (played Bloodlines, was meh) in preparation for Revelations' release on November 15.

HOLY FUCK I LOVE THIS SERIES.

I understand the first was a flawed gem. But the subsequent games took the concept and RAN WITH IT. Assassin's Creed II was an EXCELLENT GAME. I loved almost every minute of it (except, y'know, Carnivale's ridiculous race and capture the flag crap) and I'm now getting to play as Desmond in Brotherhood.

This thread is for anything Assassin's Creed, and ideally, it will turn into the Revelations thread once November rolls around, should it last that long. Post stories about your favorite assassinations, really slick stunts you pulled, how you took a liking to wearing white or black hoodies after playing, etc.

For example, I was playing Sequence 12 (the DLC) in ACII. I needed to assassinate Checco, who had stolen the Apple of Eden. I had previously attempted it, and been run down by those really fast fuckers that can catch up to you. So I opted for a different approach: I scaled the battlements, and did a leap of faith into a nearby haystack. A guard approached, and I stuck him with the hidden blade, dragging him into the haystack. I leapt out, only to attract another guard, where I jumped back in and dragged him into the hay after jabbing him with the blade. I then crept up silently behind the remaining two guards, scoring a double assassination while they weren't looking, and then gutted Checco from behind. It looked way cooler on-screen than it sounds via text, I swear.

[Azisien]

I struggled through Assassin's Creed II because I just don't like Italian people or their annoying accents!

I also get annoyed by how the combat becomes a counter-kill button engine.

However, they are pretty damn good games. Brotherhood multiplayer was really neat, and I look forward to seeing how they evolve it.

[Locke cole]

AC1 was interesting in parts. Sadly, much of my time was spent thinking about how I had to slog through 2 hours of stealth quests to get to the interesting parts.

AC2 improved on literally every part of it, and I absolutely love it for it. In that one, I'm exploring, murdering guards, running on rooftops, and going through story events that don't feel like endless fetch quests before I get info on where my target is.

Though, I don't like how methods for quick and easy kills are disabled during story-based fights where your target is meant to survive in a twist of Shyamalanian proprotions, though. Oh, so suddenly my portly target is immune to guns, throwing knives, smoke bombs, and the ever-popular tactic of "throwing dust in his face, and then stabbing him", eh? Gee, I wonder if I'm supposed to kill his guards, and then have him escape in the next cutscene?

[Bells]

A video i did, relevant to this series and thread!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA6AzL7v45Q

[Ecks]

Being an audiophile, I really enjoy the soundtrack. AC1 was a little bare bones, but ACII had a very nice soundtrack, and I'm looking forward to the soundtrack that's coming with my Revelations preorder.

Ezio's Family

I like almost every one of the tracks that use this theme as a base, like Venice Rooftops.

[Aldurin]

Hey look, apparently they refuse to move on to another assassin for the next game.

[Locke cole]

Well, it's supposed to be the last Ezio game totally-we-mean-it-this-time.

[Aldurin]

Nah, he's probably only in his early 50's at that point, he's got a lot of mileage left.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Ezio is baller as fuck im cool with this

[CelesJessa]

Assassin's Creed is my current obsession. That is all that you need to know.

Nah, he's probably only in his early 50's at that point, he's got a lot of mileage left.

Ezio is eternal (Spoilers, I guess, if you're unaware of Ember's existence.)

EDIT: Also, is this really the first time we've realized that Revelations is about Ezio? They've come out with about a half-dozen teaser trailers for Revelations so far. Spoiler: You play as Altair too.

EDIT 2: if so there are some trailers you need to see. This one is a continuation of the one posted earlier.